Podyssey Picks

Podyssey Picks (Mar 17)

This week’s podcast picks features some great community recommendations, including an episode on the billionaries’ secret on solving California’s housing crisis, what the unionization of college athletes will do to sports, and what’s up with all the scammy text messages we’ve all been getting.

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Last Updated: Mar 16th, 2024

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Best Episodes of the Week

1. The billionaires' secret plan to solve California's housing crisis.

The Billionaires’ Secret Plan to Solve California’s Housing Crisis

28:13 | Mar 11th, 2024

3 recommendations

For years, a mysterious company has been buying farmland on the outskirts of Silicon Valley, eventually putting together a plot twice the size of San Francisco. At every step, those behind the compan...Show More

2. College athletes are unionizing. Could this change sports?

College athletes are unionizing. Could this change sports?

25:43 | Mar 12th, 2024

1 recommendation

In a historic move, the Dartmouth men’s basketball team has voted to unionize, just ahead of the NCAA’s March Madness tournament. It’s part of a larger movement of student-athletes seeking better pay ...Show More

3. Who's behind these scammy text messages we've all been getting?

Who's behind these scammy text messages we've all been getting?

1:11:52 | Mar 8th, 2024

3 recommendations

Hi David, I’m Vicky Ho. Don’t you remember me? An investigative reporter travels halfway around the world to find out who is sending him random wrong number texts and why. After you hear this story, y...Show More

4. Why humanity has a deep-seated longing for God's existence.

The God desire| David Baddiel

31:03 | Feb 27th, 2024

1 recommendation

David Baddiel and Chine McDonald discuss what humanity's deep-seated longing for God's existence may mean, and why it is okay.

5. Why there’s a massive credit card fee feud.

Credit card fee feud

29:44 | Feb 26th, 2024

1 recommendation

Every time you swipe — or, these days, tap — your credit card, the merchant has to pay a fee. Some fed-up retailers are petitioning for more card fee regulation, but banks say consumers have plenty of...Show More

6. A shocking new study into what happens when people use ChatGPT to brainstorm.

281 - More Chat, Less Bot - Jeremy Utley, Kian Gohar, Henrik Werdelin

1:10:52 | Feb 19th, 2024

1 recommendation

Jeremy Utley, Kian Gohar, and Henrik Werdelin sit down to discuss the surprising results of a new study into what happens when groups of people work together to brainstorm solutions to problems with t...Show More

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32:44 | Jan 30th, 2024

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New & Notable Podcasts

Three

After midnight on July 6th, 2012, three teenage girls walked into the thick Appalachian woods somewhere along the Mason-Dixon county line. Hours later, under the glow of a nearly full moon, only two walked out.The very last time Dave and Mary Neese saw their only child Skylar was in a grainy black-and-white video. What happened to Skylar Neese has become gothic American lore: the odd girl out in a vicious teenage triangle. But in the ten years since that fateful night beneath the West Virginia stars, a fuller portrait of what happened has emerged.

Genres: True Crime

Wavland

+10 FANS

Featured Episode: Skylar Is Missing | Chapter 1

37:00 | Feb 16th, 2024

Star City, West Virginia. Sixteen-year-old Skylar Neese disappears into the night, just after the July 4th holiday, 2012.

Oceans: Life Under Water

What does it sound like at the bottom of the ocean? How does it feel to swim with a humpback whale and her calf? What does an octopus' tentacle feel like when it wraps itself around you? Wildlife filmmaker, zoologist and broadcaster Hannah Stitfall wants to take you to the world beneath the waves. She'll be meeting freedivers, submarine pilots, whale experts, ship captains, marine biologists, and more, hearing the most mind-boggling stories about the oceans and the astonishing creatures that call them home.

Genres: Science

Crowd Network | Greenpeace UK

3 FANS

Featured Episode: 1 | The Water Planet

44:05 | Feb 19th, 2024

1 RECOMMENDATION

Welcome to the oceans. Want to know how it feels to dive 65m under the waves in a single breath? Or why worms in coral reefs are so exciting? Wildlife filmmaker and broadcaster Hannah Stitfall is join...Show More

For True Crime Lovers

1. A peach farmer accidentally found the worst-known serial killer in the U.S.

Juan Corona: The Machete Murderer

20:47 | Jan 7th, 2024

The date was May 19, 1971. A Japanese peach farmer was perusing his orchard, located in Yuba City, California. Suddenly, he spotted something unusual. A large seven-foot-long hole, that was approximat...Show More

2. Two love birds travel to Australia, but only one will return alive.

#56 Haywire Honeymoon

54:36 | Mar 9th, 2024

Today Carmen brings the story of a young couple off on their honeymoon. They have tied the knot and are excited to see the sights in Australia. Two lovebirds will travel there together, but only one w...Show More

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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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