Podyssey Picks
Podyssey Picks (Jan 15)
This week’s podcast picks feature some great community recommendations, including an episode on the racist origins of fatphobia, half-baked stories about his dead mother, and how to make better to-do lists.
We’re also excited to highlight our community sponsor this week, the Look Again: Mental Illness Re-Examined podcast from the BC Schizophrenia Society that brings forward the humanity of mental illness while dispelling the myths. This podcast is for anyone whose life has been touched by mental illness.
mmLast Updated: Jan 12th, 2023
Best Episodes of the Week
1. The racist origins of fat phobia.
Vox’s Anna North talks with Da'Shaun Harrison, the activist, author, and 2022 Lambda Literary Award recipient for their book Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness. Da'Shau...Show More
2. He shares half-baked stories about his dead mother.
Writer Etgar Keret tries to come up with the stories that capture his late mother, but it’s hard, he says, because she’s like Maria in West Side Story and she’s also like Thanos from the Avengers. He ...Show More
3. How to make better to-do lists.
Is your to-do list helping you reach your goals? Or is it holding you back? Planning and organization experts explain how to level up your list so it prioritizes what matters.
4. What truckers already know about worker surveillance that the rest of us didn’t.
Thanks to work from home, and other trends, workers are being electronically monitored by their bosses like never before. But some industries have had experience with this for awhile. Truck drivers, i...Show More
5. What’s happening with Iran’s protests.
We'll be back in two weeks for our final Season 7 Wrap-Up Episode, but this week we're sharing a bonus interview from Patreon. We were so honored to have been joined by Kiana and Vicky in December for...Show More
6. The greatest albums and songs of all time reviewed.
"BEST OF" 2-PACK: Greatest Albums + Greatest Songs of All Time
2:03:22 | Jan 4th, 2023
1 recommendation
In this 10ish Podcast "BEST OF" 2-Pack, we're ready to drop all kinds of HOT TAKES about your favorite music. First, Nick and OG sidekick host, Brandon, analyze Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the To...Show More
Podcast Spotlight (Ad)
Look Again: Mental Illness Re-Examined
While mental health is a well-covered topic, people often lump it together with mental illness. A clinical assistant professor looks at the difference between the two terms; why mental illness needs its own specific plan of action and more.
Featured Episode: Mental Health vs Mental Illness
26:41 | Mar 31st, 2021
1 RECOMMENDATION
While mental health is a well-covered topic, people often lump it together with mental illness. We want to challenge the idea that disorders like Schizophrenia are 'mental health' issues. Listen in to...Show More
New & Notable Podcasts
Invisible Hate
Featured Episode: The Chapel Hill Murders
39:17 | Jan 12th, 2023
2 RECOMMENDATIONS
Three Muslim college students were killed in their apartment building in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 2015. The police said it was because of a parking dispute. Family and friends said the victims w...Show More
Acid Dream: The Great LSD Plot
Featured Episode: 1. Dream Away
20:53 | Oct 19th, 2022
2 RECOMMENDATIONS
The first episode of an epic story that charts an attempt to start a revolution of the mind, from a Welsh farmhouse. In the 1970s it's estimated that around 60% of the world's LSD came from one place:...Show More
For True Crime Lovers
1. Her death was initially ruled an accident, but then changed to homicide.
This week, on the 19th anniversary of her death in 2004, we discuss Sheila Deviney with her parents, Susan & David Deviney. Her case was initially ruled an accident, but after 9 months, it was changed...Show More
2. Four unsolved murders of Brentwood-Darlington.
This episode takes us back to Oregon where Winston and I tell you about 4 unsolved murders from the Brentwood-Darlington neighborhood where I grew up going to church with my grandparents. A motive has...Show More
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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.
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