Podyssey Picks

Podyssey Picks (Feb 11)

This week’s podcast picks features some great community recommendations, including an episode on whether aging is a scam, a woman who married a sociopath, and travel hookups and breakups.

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Last Updated: Feb 11th, 2024

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Best Episodes of the Week

1. Is anti-aging skincare a scam?

Skin Care: Is Anti-Aging a Scam?

36:19 | May 18th, 2023

1 recommendation

When it comes to keeping our skin looking younger, what works? Retinol, hyaluronic acid, vitamin C? This simple question has become confused by the billion-dollar skin-care industry, which floods us w...Show More

2. She was marrying the Christian man of her dreams, but married a sociopath instead.

S1 E1: There Were No Red Flags

41:07 | Jan 21st, 2019

1 recommendation

When Sara got engaged she thought she was marrying the Christian man of her dreams. Until one week before their wedding when she learned - something was wrong. Something Was Wrong is an award winning ...Show More

3. Travel love stories of hookups and breakups.

Your Love and Travel Stories: Breakups, Hookups, and More

30:15 | Feb 8th, 2024

1 recommendation

Love doesn’t sleep just because you’re traveling. This episode, in honor of Valentine’s Day, we’re dedicating an episode to our listeners’ stories, from tales of a windswept singles resort, to a fling...Show More

4. Dan Harris says you're actually not as bad at meditation as you think.

Dan Harris says you're actually not as bad at meditation as you think

43:23 | Jan 29th, 2024

1 recommendation

When former ABC News anchor Dan Harris had a panic attack on live TV, he knew he needed a change. He took up meditation, and wrote a book called Ten Percent Happier. Ten years later, that book is an...Show More

5. Making bitcoin a legal tender in El Salvador.

The hunt for a quantum phantom, and making bitcoin legal tender

39:44 | Dec 22nd, 2023

1 recommendation

Seeking the Majorana fermion particle, and a look at El Salvador’s adoption of cryptocurrency First up on the show this week, freelance science journalist Zack Savitsky and host Sarah Crespi discuss...Show More

6. Can geometric shapes heal the world? Life lessons from a Dutch art movement.

Life Lessons From a Dutch Art Movement

31:42 | Nov 30th, 2023

3 recommendations

Can geometric shapes heal the world? That's what the artists of the De Stijl movement—which came of age in the Netherlands after World War I—believed. Piet Mondrian is one of the most famous members o...Show More

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New & Notable Podcasts

Black History, For Real

The first woman on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist List was a Black Panther. The richest person of all time, an African king, gave away so much gold that it caused Cairo's economy to crash. A 109 year old Black woman fights for reparations for her neighborhood that was burned to the ground when she was a child. On Wondery’s history series Black History, For Real, hosts Franchesca Ramsey and Conscious Lee go beyond the stories you already know to drop you right in the mix.

Genres: History

Wondery

5 FANS

Featured Episode: 1 | Run Girl, Run | The Women of the Black Panther Party

53:10 | Feb 5th, 2024

In her 20s, Assata Shakur became a target for government forces aiming to discredit Black liberation movements. Soon, she would emerge as one of America's most notorious fugitives. After being convict...Show More

Media Pressure

It’s been twenty years since 21-year-old nursing student Maura Murray disappeared without a trace on February 9, 2004. Yet countless questions remain and her family continues to fight for resolution. Her mysterious disappearance is a story that strangers have told hundreds of times. But absent in the story you’ve heard are the voices of those who knew Maura, those closest to the investigation. Not anymore.

Genres: True Crime

Voices for Justice Media

+2 FANS

Featured Episode: Episode 1: The Call

52:15 | Feb 5th, 2024

February 9, 2004, was no ordinary day for 21-year-old University of Massachusetts nursing student Maura Murray. The Dean’s List student leaves campus without telling a soul and heads north in her beat...Show More

For True Crime Lovers

1. She killed her ex-husband parents with mushrooms.

Erin Patterson: The Mushroom Chef

26:29 | Dec 15th, 2023

49-year-old Erin Patterson is many things. She’s a divorced mother of two, the heiress to a multimillion-dollar property portfolio, and a deadly chef. She now stands accused of feeding her ex-husband’...Show More

2. Cannibalism in Jamestown.

The “Starving Time” and Cannibalism at Jamestown

49:06 | Jan 3rd, 2024

Lindsay and Madison discuss the “Starving Time” at Jamestown, as well as why moving during a drought doesn’t make sense, the physical evidence of survival cannibalism, and that science really is aweso...Show More

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Love, Reconstructed

From polyamory to asexuality, it’s love reconstructed.

Curated by:

podcastbrunch

5 episodes

Food and Stuff Podcasts

Whether you cook or do takeout, let's get to know our food a little bit more through these podcasts.

Curated by:

cesarm

10 episodes

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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