Podyssey Picks

Podyssey Picks (Oct 8)

This week’s podcast picks feature some great community recommendations, including an episode asking whether Australia is about to burn again, a shoemaker who helped free slaves in the American South, and a DJ who lost her ability to understand music after a surgery.

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Last Updated: Oct 8th, 2023

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Best Episodes of the Week

1. Is Australia about to burn again?

Is Australia about to burn again?

18:36 | Oct 3rd, 2023

1 recommendation

Over the weekend, 85 fires blazed across New South Wales. Fires remained out of control in Victoria’s Gippsland yesterday, and more threatened homes in rural Queensland. It’s a frightening start to bu...Show More

2. A shoemaker who helped free slaves in the American South.

The shoemaker who helped slaves escape the South

52:56 | Sep 18th, 2023

1 recommendation

Thomas Smallwood, a formerly enslaved shoemaker, helped hundreds of people to flee from slavery in the American South in the 1840s. Speaking to Elinor Evans, Scott Shane shares Smallwood’s remarkable ...Show More

3. A DJ that temporarily lost her ability to understand words or music after surgery.

Producer/DJ TOKiMONSTA

45:58 | Oct 2nd, 2023

1 recommendation

Music producer and DJ Jennifer Lee — aka TOKiMONSTA — underwent two brain surgeries in 2016 that temporarily stripped her of her ability to understand words or music. She spoke with Tonya Mosley about...Show More

4. A parent accuses an English teacher of persuading her child to change genders, but the teacher and student tell a different story.

The Girl And The English Teacher

43:21 | Oct 4th, 2023

1 recommendation

A mother in Grapevine, Texas, accuses an English teacher of persuading her child to change genders. The teacher and her student tell a different story.

5. Fat activism and fatphobia explored.

Fat Activism & Fatphobia

1:03:28 | May 27th, 2020

1 recommendation

In this episode, I interview Amanda Martinez Beck.  We explore the difficulties of fatphobia, the problems with intentional weight-loss, how to have body image conversations with your kids & how ...Show More

6. An owners manual on how to take better care of your teeth.

Teeth: an owner's manual

21:14 | Sep 26th, 2023

1 recommendation

Brush twice a day. Remember to floss. Visit the dentist twice a year. We know the drill...or maybe not? In this episode, how to take care of your teeth, from finding a good dentist, to home teeth whit...Show More

New & Notable Podcasts

Imperfect Paradise

Imperfect Paradise is a longform narrative podcast showcasing California stories with universal significance. Each story takes on something essential about California -- its progressiveness, its reputation as a home for dreamers and schemers, its heartbreaking inequality, its varied and diverse communities, its unique combination of dense cities and wild places

Genres: Social Science, History

LAist Studios

+2 FANS

Featured Episode: Nury & The Secret Tapes: Part 1

40:45 | Sep 27th, 2023

1 RECOMMENDATION

We take you behind the scenes of the L.A. City Council tape scandal, a year later. The secret recordings of the conversation among four of the city’s most powerful Latino leaders making racist, deroga...Show More

The Big Dig

There is a cynicism that hangs over the topic of American infrastructure – whether it’s high-speed rail or off-shore wind – it feels like this country can’t build big things anymore. No one project embodies that cynicism quite like what Bostonians call ‘The Big Dig.’ Infamous for its ever-increasing price tag, this massive highway tunneling effort was once ridiculed as the Big Mess, the Big Hole, the Big Pig, the Big Lie. But now, decades later the story looks more complicated. So how did the narrative around this project go so horribly wrong? And what lessons can it offer for the ambitious projects of today?

Genres: History

GBH: The Big Dig

5 FANS

Featured Episode: Part 1: We Were Wrong

54:17 | Sep 27th, 2023

1 RECOMMENDATION

There is a strange irony behind the Big Dig: the most expensive highway project ever built in America began with a man who hated highways. This is the story of Fred Salvucci’s journey into activism, d...Show More

For True Crime Lovers

1. He stormed down the street after an argument with the in-laws and was never seen again.

44. Where is Chance Englebert?

24:07 | Jan 19th, 2023

Chance Englebert disappeared from Gering, Nebraska on July 6th, 2019, while visiting family in the area for the holiday weekend. After an argument with his in-laws, he abruptly stormed away down the s...Show More

2. A teen is murdered, and the answers to who and why she was are as perplexing as they are horrifying.

Walking in the Night - Part 1 (Tristyn Bailey)

42:05 | Sep 26th, 2023

A young teen disappears and the search to find her becomes national news. After she is discovered murdered, the answers to who, what and why are as perplexing as they are horrifying.

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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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