Podyssey Picks
Podyssey Picks (Apr 23)
mmLast Updated: Apr 22nd, 2023
Best Episodes of the Week
1. Modern life is making you sick, according to this doctor.
Hidden sources of stress — and how to beat them. Also: the myth of normal, the necessity of being disillusioned, and the disutility of comparing your suffering.
2. The AI podcast episode you must listen to.
At Center for Humane Technology, we want to close the gap between what the world hears publicly about AI from splashy CEO presentations and what the people who are closest to the risks and harms insid...Show More
3. How to stress proof your body and brain.
Oftentimes, our ancient brains don't seem well equipped to deal with the speed and complexities of modernity. The landscape bombards us with perceived threats and problems, and we have trouble not rum...Show More
4. That time when America was besieged by a killer clown panic.
For our 100th episode, American Hysteria host Chelsey Weber-Smith visits our campfire to tell us about the time America was besieged by a killer clown panic ... and then the time it happened all over ...Show More
5. The dramatic 1972 occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
While voters were casting their ballots in the 1972 presidential election, Native demonstrators had taken over the Bureau of Indian Affairs building in Washington, DC, barricading themselves in with o...Show More
6. The history of the Macarena and the song’s ability to get politicians to make a fool of themselves.
Rob looks back at the meteoric rise of “Macarena” and the song’s ability to get politicians to make a fool of themselves. Host: Rob Harvilla Guest: Leila Cobo Producers: Justin Sayles and Jonathan Ker...Show More
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Invisible Hate
In 2017, two people are killed after confronting a white supremacist and nationalist for shouting racist and anti-Muslim slurs. Was it a hate crime?
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For True Crime Lovers
1. The summer where cops were letting people murder.
Welcome to the Dark History podcast. Remember that movie, The Purge? The one where for one day only you could commit whatever crime you wanted. Yeah, back when it came out in 2013, everyone was losin...Show More
2. A terrible case of killing for profit
Detroit, Michigan. February 1940 - the charred body of Dorsey Bowman is found at a city dump by a group of school children. Police soon uncover a murder for profit plot with the discovery of a se...Show More
3. Two people killed after confronting a white supremacist and white nationalist.
In 2017, two people are killed and a third injured after confronting a white supremacist and white nationalist for shouting racist and anti-Muslim slurs at two black teenagers on the MAX Light Rail tr...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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