Podyssey Picks
Podyssey Picks (Jan 22)
This week’s podcast picks features some great community recommendations, including an episode on the strange history of medical clowning, the neuroplasticity science behind New Year resolutions, and what makes a cult cult-ish.
We’re also excited to highlight our community sponsor this week, the Wheel of Risk podcast by Allianz Trade. Business is risky but how do you avoid the risks you don’t know about? Listen to business leaders who faced issues that threatened their businesses so you can learn and build a bigger and stronger business.
mmLast Updated: Jan 19th, 2023
Best Episodes of the Week
1. The strange history of medical clowning (aka clown therapy).
The history of medical clowning extends back to Ancient Greece and the time of Hippocrates and is taught in workshops throughout the world. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/place...Show More
2. How you make New Year’s resolutions stick and the neuroplasticity science behind it.
Welcome to 2023! Whether you partied last night or went to bed early, we’re all in the same boat: a new year means thinking about new year’s resolutions. This tradition dates back 4000 years, so ...Show More
3. What makes a cult cult-ish?
Author and podcaster Amanda Montell joins Jameela this week discuss all things cults. They cover what makes a cult vs. what makes something cult-ish, what to be on the look out for when assessing if s...Show More
4. The FDA knows there are toxins in baby food, but can’t fix it.
The FDA has known for years that baby food can contain alarming amounts of toxic metals, including lead, arsenic, and cadmium. But why has it been slow to act? A team of Bloomberg Law reporters set ou...Show More
5. Why paper cuts are so tiny but so friggin painful.
You wouldn’t think a simple piece of paper would be anything to worry about. It’s flimsy and harmless, right? Not if it cuts you! OUCH! Even though paper cuts are so tiny, they hurt like the dickens! ...Show More
6. How El Chapo ended up in a Brooklyn courtroom.
Nearly two years after being extradited from Mexico, Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the drug lord known as El Chapo, is finally facing trial in a United States court. Here’s why it took so long to get to this ...Show More
Podcast Spotlight (Ad)
Wheel of Risk: A podcast by Allianz Trade
In the tumultuous world of international business and trade, bigger clients can mean bigger rewards. However, that comes with bigger risks as well.
New & Notable Podcasts
Strange Customs with Sasha Sagan
Featured Episode: Brandon Kyle Goodman | The Paper
Unreformed: the Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children
Featured Episode: Episode 1: The Lucky Ones
39:44 | Jan 18th, 2023
1 RECOMMENDATION
Reporter Josie Duffy Rice travels to a small town outside Montgomery, Alabama, and tries to visit a juvenile reform school, once called the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children. The school ope...Show More
For True Crime Lovers
1. A student fell prey to a man she met online who killed her.
University of Utah student MacKenzie fell prey to a man she had met online. Sources: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/06/29/who-was-mackenzie-lueck/https://www.thespectrum.com/story/news/2019/06/27/m...Show More
2. Meet the Trailside Killer who killed everyone in his path.
The Trailside Killer emptied State and National Park trails in the Northern California area in the late 1970s and early 1980s as it was no longer a safe place to be. Male or female, alone or in a grou...Show More
Podcast Playlists
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100 Best History Podcasts
Love looking back to learn? Here’s 100 podcasts for thousands of hours of history!
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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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