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Podyssey Picks

Podyssey Picks (Mar 10)

This week’s podcast picks features some great community recommendations, including an episode on a phone call from Gaza, the great Post Office Scandal, and a situationship breakup.

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Last Updated: Mar 10th, 2024

Best Episodes of the Week

1. A phone call from Gaza.

825: Yousef

825: Yousef

1:06:03 | Mar 3rd, 2024

1 recommendation

A series of phone calls to a man in Gaza named Yousef Hammash, between early December and now. He talks about what he and his family are experiencing, sometimes as they are experiencing it. Act One:...Show More

2. The long history behind the Post Office Scandal.

The latest instalment of our monthly series sees Hannah Skoda and Rana Mitter explore the long history behind the Post Office Scandal, the historical precedents behind recent developments in US politi...Show More

3. What’s it like when your “situationship” breaks up?

Love, Loss, and Lessons. Navigating the Situationship Breakup 💔✨ In this episode, join me on a candid journey through my experience with a particular Situationship, as I reflect on heartbreak, self-d...Show More

4. The wars in Ukraine and Gaza have changed. America’s policy hasn’t.

Joe Biden’s presidency has been dominated by two foreign policy crises: the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. The funding the United States has provided in those wars — billions to both Ukraine and Israel — h...Show More

5. What it is like being the first Black and first openly LGBTQ White House Press Secretary.

Today we were honored to be joined by Karine Jean-Pierre! She’s the current White House Press Secretary, and she’s the first Black and the first openly LGBTQ person to hold that position. She chatted ...Show More

6. The Hearst Castle was designed by the first accredited female architect in California.

Little known stories of pioneering architects — Julia Morgan, the first accredited female architect in California, who designed Hearst Castle and was nearly written out of the history books. Natalie d...Show More

New & Notable Podcasts

WikiHole with D'Arcy Carden

Join host D’Arcy Carden on a wild ride into the internet’s most interesting and interconnected Wikipedia entries. Each episode will feature D’Arcy’s panel of comedians falling down Wikipedia rabbit holes to discover bizarre and intriguing connections by guessing how famous events and random celebrities are linked. What’s the population of Rio de Janeiro have to do with how many beers Andre the Giant can crush in one sitting? That’s for our panel to figure out.
Genres: Comedy

SmartLess Media

4 FANS

Featured Episode: Fear of Dolphins (with Kumail Nanjiani, Emily Gordon, and Jonah Ray)

37:45 | Mar 4th, 2024

D'Arcy discusses her childhood fear of dolphins with The Meltdown's Kumail Nanjiani, Jonah Ray, and Emily Gordon. How does that connect to Stetson hats? Listen to find out! Wikipedia and its trade...Show More

Black Box

At some point in the past few years, humanity collided with a new kind of intelligence. And things are getting strange. People are being accused of crimes by algorithms; falling in love with digital beings; pioneering new ways to fight old diseases; turning to machines for comfort in their worst moments, and using artificial intelligence to commit - and hide from - terrible crimes. The Guardian’s Michael Safi investigates the story of a technology so complex that its own creators have no idea what it is thinking, and captures a snapshot of the era when people first made contact with AI
Genres: News & Politics

The Guardian

+1 FAN

Featured Episode: Prologue: the collision

13:28 | Feb 29th, 2024

1 RECOMMENDATION

The beginning of a new series that explores seven stories and the thread that ties them together: artificial intelligence. In this prologue, Hannah (not her real name) has met Noah and he has changed ...Show More

For True Crime Lovers

1. She was murdered in the military base’s club.

In 1987, 25-year old Cynthia Torres closed down the NCO club on base, but she never made it home. When her husband went looking for her, he found her car in the NCO club parking lot and inside the car...Show More

2. A Yale doctoral student is killed.

50 - The Murder of Annie Le

50 - The Murder of Annie Le

10:04 | Jun 10th, 2022

Apologies for being away for so long, I'm finally back and I have some amazing annoucements and news. Thank you to everyone who has stuck by me and the pod, I appreciate every single one of you. 24 ye...Show More

Podcast Playlists

So long, farewell: Podcasts about saying goodbye

Would you jump out of a plane to overcome grief? How do you say goodbye to someone you love? Hear stories of unforgettable goodbyes.

Curated by:podcastplaylist

8 episodes

Foodie True Crime Podcasts

Most of us are completely disconnected from the natural sources of our food and completely trust that what we get from the store is what it says it is. Take a dive into the world of food fraud, as well as celebrating the diligent men and women who fight for product safety and truth in advertising and labelling.

Curated by:epekilis

16 episodes

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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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