Podyssey Picks
Podyssey Picks (May 28)
mmLast Updated: May 28th, 2023
Best Episodes of the Week
1. The wild world of 1-900 numbers where you could have a psychic predict your future.
In the late 80s and early 90s, 900 numbers were all the rage. For a couple bucks a minute, you could call and hear from Hulk Hogan and Freddy Kreuger, have a psychic predict your future, and even find...Show More
2. Why is plus size fashion failing?
It's been 9 years since Katie Sturino began talking about fashion for women of all sizes. In many ways, a lot has changed since then. The conversation has made its way to mainstream media, advertising...Show More
3. How self-help books use language to get into your brain.
Self-help is a multibillion dollar genre of books, and Kristen Meinzer and Jolenta Greenberg of By the Book podcast have lived by the advice of more than eighty of them. They discuss the ways these bo...Show More
4. The false quote that pit MLK against Malcolm X.
The author of a new biography about the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. unravels the story of how one fabricated quote perpetuated a story that King and fellow civil rights leader Malcolm X were antagonis...Show More
5. What exactly is free speech anyway?
Book bans, disinformation, the wild world of the internet. Free speech debates are all around us.What were the Founding Fathers were thinking when they created the First Amendment, and how have the wo...Show More
6. What is it like to live through the collapse of your country, in a city you love and cannot bear to leave?
What is it like to live through the collapse of your country, in a city you love and cannot bear to leave? Lina Mounzer is a writer and translator living in Beirut, and this is a question she wrestles...Show More
New & Notable Podcasts
Scamanda
Featured Episode: Chapter 1 — Amanda is Dying
38:15 | May 15th, 2023
2 RECOMMENDATIONS
Meet Amanda. Her world is about to be shattered by some life-changing news during the birth of her first child. She’s dying. Or at least, that’s what she tells the world in her brand new blog. Scaman...Show More
Parched
Featured Episode: The Last Straw
For True Crime Lovers
1. Meet the Vampire of Krakow who murdered people in Poland.
In this episode we discuss Karol Kot, who killed two people and injured several others in Poland in the 1960s.Follow this link to become a Teacher's Pet:https://www.buzzsprout.com/1662730/support...Show More
2. The twisted and dumb plan to murder a mom-to-be that brought the FBI to Bali.
In February 2015, a gruesome discovery behind a vacant building revealed a twisted plan to murder 29-year-old mom-to-be Samantha Dean. This web of deceit would involve multiple (pretty dumb) hitmen an...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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