Podyssey Picks
Podyssey Picks (Dec 18)
This week’s podcast picks features some great community recommendations, including an episode on her horrifying experience in a Japanese psychiatric hospital, why men and boys are struggling, and how to conquer fear.
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Best Episodes of the Week
1. Her horrifying experience in a Japanese psychiatric hospital.
Journalist Makiko Segawa who had a terrifying experience when she was sent to a psychiatric hospital when she was a young woman meets other people who have been caught up in the country's controversia...Show More
2. Why men and boys in the industrialized world are struggling.
Sean Illing talks with author, researcher, and Brookings Institution senior fellow Richard V. Reeves about his new book Of Boys and Men, which documents the ways that males all over the industrialized...Show More
3. How to conquer fear.
Sam and Gina tackle the topic of fear and why it continually shows up in our lives. They bring their attention to some commonly faced fears such as the fear of showing up, the fear of being seen, and ...Show More
4. What it’s like inside China’s COVID protests.
Over the weekend, protests against China’s strict coronavirus restrictions ricocheted across the country in a rare case of nationwide civil unrest. It was the most extensive series of protests since t...Show More
5. Why this US-hired doctor tried to convince Americans to eat tofu in the 1910s and failed.
Dr. Kin had charisma, a medical degree, and support from the USDA — but she still couldn't convince Americans to eat tofu.
6. Was there a technologically advanced species living on Earth long before humans?
Was there a technologically advanced species living on Earth long before humans? And if one had existed, how would we know? This is the first episode of our new four-part series, Lost Worlds. For more...Show More
New & Notable Podcasts
Why Do We Do That?
Featured Episode: Why Do We Sit Down to Poo?
14:36 | Dec 2nd, 2022
1 RECOMMENDATION
You might think sitting is a recent technological advancement, but both squat and sit-down toilets have been around for millennia. Today Westerners have embraced the sit-down toilet, whereas billions...Show More
Empire
Featured Episode: 1. The East India Company
1:04:32 | Aug 16th, 2022
2 RECOMMENDATIONS
Welcome to Empire, a brand new history podcast hosted by William Dalrymple and Anita Anand. The first series looks at the British in India: The East India Company, The Raj, Gandhi, Independence and P...Show More
For True Crime Lovers
1. The disappearance of a single, gregarious career woman living in a hotel.
Marjorie Norval was a mould breaker. In the 1930s, she was a single, gregarious career woman, living in a hotel in the Brisbane CBD. She worked for the Premiere William Forgan Smith and his wife, whic...Show More
2. He was shot dead in 1996. Hear his family talk about the night he died.
In the first episode of Proof: Russian Roulette, Susan Simpson and Jacinda Davis talk with Brian Bowling’s aunt, uncle, his sister and her husband. They tell us what they believe happened that horribl...Show More
Podcast Playlists
Podcasts about Lies, Liars, and Lie Detection
Why do people lie? Is there a way to detect deception? Listen to these podcasts to find out.
cesarm5 episodes
Podcasts about the Wonders of Imagination
What happens when your dreams can’t be separated from reality? What would happen if you could interview the inanimate objects around you — what would they say? Stretch your imagination with these podcast episodes!
podcastplaylist8 episodes
Meet the Curators
Melody and Danny are the co-founders of Podyssey. Every week we curate this round-up with the mission of helping our readers find the hidden gems in the podcast world.
Have you listened to a great podcast? Have you made a great podcast? Recommend it on Podyssey we may just feature it on next week's Podyssey Picks.