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Podyssey Picks

Podyssey Picks (Jul 14)

This week’s podcast picks features some great community recommendations, including an episode on who killed Shelley Watkins and threw her in a river, why Facebook is the zombie internet, and the chilling story of the Craiglist chiropractor.

We’re also excited to highlight our community sponsor this week, the Hovering podcast, a full-cast audio drama out of Australia that follows the fallout from a potential UFO sighting in a small community. Listen at www.hoveringpodcast.com.au

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Last Updated: Jul 14th, 2024

Best Episodes of the Week

1. Who killed Shelley Watkins? Who wrapped her up and threw her in the Trinity River?

Who killed Shelley Watkins? Who wrapped her up and threw her in the Trinity River? Thirty years after Shelley's brutal murder in Corsicana, Texas, it's finally time to get some answers. Learn more abo...Show More

2. Why Facebook is the zombie internet.

Paris Marx is joined by Jason Koebler to discuss the AI-generated spam filling Facebook, how the platform seems to have given up trying to stop it, and where the internet goes from here.Jason Koebler ...Show More

3. The chilling story of the Craigslist chiropractor.

Episode 64

Episode 64

38:57 | May 31st, 2024

2 recommendations

On today's tapes... >> Craigslist Chiropractor > Chop << The only time you wouldn't expect your loyal dog to protect you, is when the dog has already passed away. Want more Radio Rental? For early ...Show More

4. What does a world without antibiotics look like?

Antibiotics

Antibiotics

44:32 | Jun 21st, 2023

1 recommendation

The last time scientists produced a new batch of effective antibiotics was in 1987. Since then, we've seen virtually no new ones. About 700,000 people die from antibiotic-resistant bacteria worldwide ...Show More

5. The problem with grand goals in life.

The desire to cultivate a more intentional and remarkable existence – what we call “the deep life” – is universal. In today’s episode, Cal talks about one of the most common traps in this pursuit: hop...Show More

6. 10-years-ago, she had a life-changing half sour pickle. Now she tries to recreate it on a podcast.

10 years ago, Jenny had a half-sour pickle from Zingerman's Deli in Ann Arbor, MI... and it was life-changing. But Jenny lives in North Carolina. She hasn't been back to Michigan, and attempts to recr...Show More

Podcast Spotlight (Ad)

Hovering

Hovering is a full-cast audio drama out of Australia that follows the fallout from a potential UFO sighting in a small community. Hovering may or may not be about aliens, but it's definitely about the secrets we all keep and what happens when they're exposed.

Alex Duncan and Plot Twist

Episode One: When a skeptical local cop investigates reports of a UFO, he stirs up secrets in his sleepy coastal village - some of which are his own.

Featured Episode: Hovering - Ep 1 - Witnesses

18:52 | Nov 13th, 2023

When multiple residents of a small coastal town report seeing a strange object in the night sky, sceptical local cop Kyle Grinham takes it upon himself to resolve the mystery. Knowing his boss - a.k.a...Show More

New & Notable Podcasts

Extradition: The Search for Huseyin Celil

In 2006, Canadian Huseyin Celil, a Uyghur refugee, travelled with his wife and children to Uzebekistan to visit family. What was supposed to be a family reunion ended when he was arrested under false pretenses and eventually delivered to China where he was sent to prison. 17-years later, his fate remains unknown and his family desperate for answers.
Genres: True Crime

TVO

3 FANS

Featured Episode: Chapter I - Someone Named Guler Dilaver

40:31 | Apr 24th, 2024

17 years ago, Chinese authorities imprisoned a Canadian Uyghur refugee named Huseyin Celil on false charges of terrorism and murder. No one has heard from him since 2017. How can a Canadian disappear ...Show More

Whale Hunting

This is WHALE HUNTING, a weekly podcast that pulls back the curtain on the hidden worlds of money and power, hosted by investigative journalists Tom Wright and Bradley Hope. Previously long-time reporters for the Wall Street Journal, Tom and Bradley now run Project Brazen, a journalism studio that’s published stories on everything from US Navy corruption to spycraft in Silicon Valley and embezzlement at the heart of Spain’s royal family.
Genres: True Crime

Brazen

2 FANS

Featured Episode: Sudden Russian Death Syndrome

18:45 | Jul 10th, 2024

It’s a precarious time for the Russian elite. Caught up in the invasion of Ukraine and an immovable dictator, the noblesse russe have to tip-toe through economic and political conflict to survive. In ...Show More

For True Crime Lovers

1. A 14-year-old disappeared after jet skiing.

This week for Alecia's unsolved case we learn about a lesser known disappearance in Aruba, that of 14 year old Max DeVries. After going out jet skiing Max doesn't return and the explanations and actio...Show More

2. The predatory music teacher who was brought to justice.

In Episode 380 of Australian True Crime, we spoke to Anna Bartsch, one of four women whose evidence convicted former South Australian teacher Trenton John Wickers of indecent assault of children and u...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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