Podyssey Picks
Podyssey Picks (Apr 30)
mmLast Updated: Apr 30th, 2023
Best Episodes of the Week
1. How did the Nazis' hate speech eventually turn into the mass murder of millions?
How did the Nazis’ poisonous antisemitic rhetoric eventually culminate in the systematic mass-murder of millions? In the fourth episode of our five-part series tackling the big questions of the Second...Show More
2. What’s the deal with airport food anyway?
There’s a formula that dictates restaurant prices in New York City airports. Adrianne digs into what does — and doesn’t — add up. Want to support the show? Become a patron at https://patreon.com/...Show More
3. The forgotten history of how a group of Nazis tried to overthrow American democracy with the help of US congressmen.
Back in World War II, a group of Nazis tried to overthrow American democracy, with the help of some U.S. congressmen, no less. We’re talking about The Great Sedition Trial of 1944, and it’s the subjec...Show More
4. How to have big and small adventures every week without traveling.
You know what you need? An adventure. That's right. You don't have to wait until your next vacation. You can — and should — make it a habit to do surprising, novel things on the reg. And, yes, we know...Show More
5. Discover the fascinating ancient Persian religion of Zoroastrianism, its influence on modern beliefs in heaven and hell.
Heaven and hell, Judgement Day, monotheism — these ideas all came from one ancient Persian religion: Zoroastrianism. Also: Sky Burials. Zoroastrians put their dead on top of a structure called The Tow...Show More
6. Why there’s so much to learn from Las Vegas architecture.
To this day, architects tend to turn their noses up at Las Vegas, or simply dismiss it as irrelevant to serious design theory. But as Denise Scott Brown discovered in the mid-1960s, there is so much t...Show More
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Featured Episode: The World Trade Center | 1
22:42 | Jan 9th, 2023
1 RECOMMENDATION
February 26, 1993. Stockbroker Tim Lang parks his car beneath the Twin Towers, and a bomb explodes. Rookie emergency services officer Cory Cuneo carries Lang to safety. Bomb-maker Ramzi Yousef is disa...Show More
I Am America
Featured Episode: Episode 1: Growing Children in Harlem with Tony Hillery
31:15 | Jan 31st, 2023
1 RECOMMENDATION
A former businessman begins to volunteer at an elementary school in Harlem where he is surprised to discover that not having all the answers is sometimes the answer. To learn more about Tony Hillery, ...Show More
For True Crime Lovers
1. This prisoner fled with siblings to avoid a 15-year prison sentence.
On August 1, 2001 21-year-old Ryan Dougherty appeared in a Florida courtroom to plead no contest to felony charges for a crime he committed as a teenager. No longer the person he was back then, Ryan w...Show More
2. The brutal Lake Bodom Murders haunting Finnish history.
The Lake Bodom Murders is one of the most famous homicide cases of Finnish history. On June 5th, 1960, three innocent teenagers were killed by stabbing and blunt force trauma to their heads, while sle...Show More
Podcast Playlists
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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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