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Podyssey Picks

Podyssey Picks (Jul 16)

This week’s podcast picks features some great community recommendations, including an episode on how to make small talk, the story of the man who breaks into buildings legally for a living, and how to rob and influence people.

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Last Updated: Jul 16th, 2023

Best Episodes of the Week

1. How to make good small talk.

Making small talk can be hard—especially when you’re not sure whether you’re doing it well. But conversations are a central part of relationship-building.  In this first episode of How to Talk to Peop...Show More

2. Hear from a man who breaks into buildings legally for a living.

134: Deviant

134: Deviant

1:28:54 | Jun 6th, 2023

4 recommendations

Deviant Ollam is a physical penetration specialist. That means he’s paid to break into buildings to see if the building is secure or not. He has done this for a long time and has a lot of tricks up hi...Show More

3. How to rob banks and influence people.

Miles and the team learn how Vassilis and his gang pulled off the biggest bank robbery in Greek history without firing a single shot. Like what you hear? Follow us @kscope_nyc on Twitter and Instagra...Show More

4. The story of the sole Native American survivor of a genocide who later influenced science fiction.

In 1911, a Native American man, the only member of his community to survive a genocide, encountered the new Anthropology department at Berkeley University. What happened next helped to define the ethi...Show More

5. Someone shat on the floor at a lesbian wedding and the brides made a whole podcast to investigate who did it.

In this very first episode we delve into the details of a crime that took place at a lesbian wedding in 2018. Join the brides, Helen and Karen, and ‘Detective’ Lauren Kilby as the trio explore possibl...Show More

6. The unbelievable escape of a slave couple under disguise as master and slave.

In 1848, a year of international democratic revolt, a young, enslaved couple, Ellen and William Craft, achieved one of the boldest feats of self-emancipation in American history. They escaped slavery ...Show More

New & Notable Podcasts

The Climate Denier's Playbook

From the minds that brought you Climate Town, comes… a podcast that's suspiciously similar to Climate Town. Rollie Williams (Climate Town) and Nicole Conlan (The Daily Show) are two comedians with Master's Degrees in Climate Science & Policy and Urban Planning. But don’t get too excited, because they’re here to examine the pervasive myths and misinformation campaigns that are making it obnoxiously difficult to address the looming climate crisis you've probably heard about. If you're looking to get your hands on some of the absolute coldest, hardest, climate changing-est facts to help sift through the noise, then you've come to the right place, brother.
Genres: Climate, Comedy

Rollie Wiliams, Nicole Conlan

2 FANS

Featured Episode: You Owe Your Life to Oil & Gas

1:15:23 | Jul 11th, 2023

How dare you criticize fossil fuels! Don’t you know you live in a society that has become utterly dependent on them?!?

Rattled & Shook

From Tenderfoot TV, the creators of cult favorite Radio Rental… Rattled & Shook is a weekly discussion-based, horror-comedy podcast. Think of it as a variety show for all things creepy-adjacent and horror-lite. Join hosts Aprile Ruha and Meredith Stedman every week for new scary stories, horror-themed games, special guests and more.
Genres: Horror, Comedy

Tenderfoot TV & Audacy

3 FANS

Featured Episode: we'll give this one a solid e.5

37:47 | Jul 13th, 2023

Episode 1: We interrupt your regularly scheduled life to bring you Rattled & Shook, a podcast filled with scary stories and lighthearted laughs. On this episode, hosts Aprile & Meredith tune in to… a ...Show More

For True Crime Lovers

1. The murders of four University of Idaho students.

On December 30, 2022, Bryan Christopher Kohberger was arrested in connection to the murders of four University of Idaho students that occured just six weeks earlier. Join us for this special update ep...Show More

2. Lifeguard Molly Bish who vanished in a small town.

NEW DEVELOPMENTS in the Murder of Molly Bish.  New DNA samples have been collected in the case from key "Persons of Interest" and some of Molly's belongings have been returned to her sister Heath...Show More

Podcast Playlists

Podcasts About Love, Reconstructed

We often view love, be it ours or others, through the constructs of society. This playlist challenges that notion. It’s an ode to defining love in the image of who we are as people, and not how society wants us to love.

Curated by:podcastbrunch

5 episodes

Perfect Podcasts for Long Summer Days

podcasts perfect for summer listening.

Curated by:podcastplaylist

6 episodes

Meet the Curators

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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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