Podyssey Picks
Podyssey Picks (Dec 25)
Merry Christmas and happy holidays! This week’s podcast picks features some great community recommendations, including an episode on a disenchanted mall Santa, a people’s history of Black Twitter, and why delirium is on the rise.
mmLast Updated: Dec 23rd, 2022
Best Episodes of the Week
1. A disenchanted mall Santa gets a surprise gift from SantaCon.
A disenchanted mall Santa gets a surprise gift from SantaCon. This story was originally released in 2017. It was written by Louis Kornfeld, and performed by Tom Ligon, Chris Dwane, Anna Neu, Bianca C...Show More
2. A people’s history of Black Twitter.
If you've been on Twitter, then you've been on Black Twitter. No other subsection of social media has produced ideas and movements as influential or as dynamic as those that have come from Black voice...Show More
3. Why the number of patients experiencing delirium is on the rise.
Ten years ago, in 2011, David Aaronovitch felt like he was losing his grip on reality. He'd been placed in a coma, after a surgery gone wrong. Now he was awake and in Intensive Care. Every time he cl...Show More
4. The surprising history of the first paramedics.
American Sirens author Kevin Hazzard tells the story of a community group in a Black neighborhood in Pittsburgh who helped spark a revolution in emergency medicine. As recently as the 1960s, anyone su...Show More
5. Learn how to tree surf to sleep in trees.
From tree surfing to sleeping in trees, Peter Jenkins has done it all. And he's spent more than half his life teaching others how to do it, too. Support Nocturne by donating at www.Patreon.com/noct...Show More
6. A delightful discussion of Tom from Tom & Jerry.
Doin' weird things to mice, the greatest and harshest aspects of "the chase," a time we literally or figuratively chased someone, & more is discussed as we relate to and empathize with Tom the cat fro...Show More
New & Notable Podcasts
The New Gurus
Featured Episode: Taking the Urine
28:32 | Dec 19th, 2022
1 RECOMMENDATION
Will Blunderfield grew up, he says, an unhappy, unhealthy kid. Now he feels great — as a “wild naked man” who drinks his own urine. Across the world, wellness is a multi-billion pound industry, even...Show More
Townsizing
Featured Episode: The Unique Challenges of Living in the Arctic Circle
For True Crime Lovers
1. Celebrate a spooky Christmas with traditional Christmas ghost stories.
The Holidays are a special time rich of tradition and history including the tradition of Christmas ghost stories. As the last episode in 2022 I talk about this tradition and share ghost stories includ...Show More
2. Their house went up in flames on Christmas Eve, and the children disappeared.
On Christmas Eve 1945, while most citizens of the town of Fayetteville, West Virginia celebrated the end of World War Two, Italian immigrants - George and Jennie Sodder watched their house go up in fl...Show More
Podcast Playlists
Best Podcasts about Christmas
Get into the holiday cheer with podcasts that celebrates Christmas in everyway – from gourmet holiday cookies to exploration of songs.
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