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Podyssey Picks

Podyssey Picks (July 28)

This week’s podcast picks features some great community recommendations, including an episode on the deadly and wild history of jewelry from violent hair pins to poisonous rings, the theories on why the President of Iran died in a helicopter crash, and what the Founding Fathers would think of free speech today.

We’re also excited to highlight our community sponsor this week, the All About Change podcast that answers the question: How do we build an inclusive world? Hear intimate and in-depth conversations with changemakers on disability rights, youth mental health advocacy, prison reform, grassroots activism, and more. Listen at https://link.chtbl.com/aac?sid=podyssey

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Last Updated: Jul 27th, 2024

Best Episodes of the Week

1. From violent hair pins to poisonous rings — a deep dive into the curious history of jewelry.

Jewellery

Jewellery

42:04 | Jul 22nd, 2024

1 recommendation

Roman women get creative, and violent, with their hair pins. In the Middle Ages, poison rings are used to covertly contaminate food and drink. A ring seals the deal on a scandalous marriage in 16th ce...Show More

2. All the theories on why the President of Iran, nicknamed “The Butcher of Tehran”, died in a helicopter crash.

On 19 May 2024, Ebrahim Raisi – “The Butcher of Tehran” and President of the Islamic Republic of Iran – died in a helicopter crash. Immediately, theories of who had killed him and why, swept the world...Show More

3. What exactly is free speech anyway and what would the Founding Fathers think of free speech today?

The First Amendment. Book bans, disinformation, the wild world of the internet. Free speech debates are all around us. What were the Founding Fathers thinking when they created the First Amendment, an...Show More

4. How and why we forget — an exploration of memories.

Remembering is a tricky, unstable business. This hour: a look behind the curtain of how memories are made...and forgotten. The act of recalling in our minds something that happened in the past is an...Show More

5. Should Hawaii welcome tourists back after a devastating wildfire?

After wildfires ripped through Lahaina in August 2023, the Hawaiian government had to decide if and when to welcome tourists back to Maui — and force locals to return to work in the same industry that...Show More

6. Noam Chomsky’s theory of the good life.

How do you introduce Noam Chomsky? Perhaps you start here: In 1979, The New York Times called him “arguably the most important intellectual alive today.” More than 40 years later, Chomsky, at 92, is s...Show More

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All About Change

How do we build an inclusive world? Hear intimate and in-depth conversations with changemakers on disability rights, youth mental health advocacy, prison reform, grassroots activism, and more.

Jay Ruderman

2 FANS

Featured Episode: Lee joined host Jay Ruderman to talk about the importance of pet adoption, resilience, and what it took to go from a 9 to 5 to running a 240-acre animal sanctuary.

Featured Episode: Lee Asher - How Rescuing Dogs Rescues Us

40:28 | Jun 24th, 2024

Lee Asher is known for his positive presence. Visit the Asher House page and you'll be met with countless videos of Lee greeting animals getting a second chance at his Oregon sanctuary. But Lee's stru...Show More

New & Notable Podcasts

Where's Dia?

In the beautiful mountain town of Idyllwild, a wealthy widow named Dia Abrams suddenly vanishes from her home. She leaves behind her idyllic ranch, estranged children and a messy legal battle. Two men in her life, her son and a man who claims to be her fiance, launch public campaigns to find her. But soon, their efforts – and stories – begin to unravel.
Genres: True Crime

Pushkin Industries

5 FANS

Featured Episode: Introducing Where’s Dia?

04:26 | Jul 11th, 2024

In the beautiful mountain town of Idyllwild, a wealthy widow named Dia Abrams suddenly vanishes from her home. She leaves behind her idyllic ranch, estranged children and a messy legal battle. Two men...Show More

Hysterical

Hysterical investigates a mysterious illness that spreads among a group of high school girls in upstate New York. What is causing their sudden, often violent symptoms? Is there something in the water or inside the school? Or is it “all in their head?” The series examines the outbreak in LeRoy, NY, believed by some to be the most severe case of mass hysteria since the Salem Witch Trials.
Genres: History

Wondery | Pineapple Street Studios

+2 FANS

Featured Episode: Outbreak | 1

28:54 | Jul 22nd, 2024

2 RECOMMENDATIONS

In the fall of 2011, a high school girl in LeRoy, New York falls ill: spasms, outbursts, and uncontrollably violent movements. As the mysterious illness spreads throughout the school, a young doctor a...Show More

For True Crime Lovers

1. How the Amish wife’s husband got away with murder.

When Ida Stutzman perished in a barn fire on a warm summer night in 1977, her husband Eli’s side of the story didn’t add up from the start. But the Stutzmans were part of the Amish community. The very...Show More

2. 7 rich friends show up for class reunion to find out who killed their friend 10 yrs ago.

7 friends.  1 is killed senior year of college.  1 is accused of killing her.  Now the rest are back at the college reunion to figure out the truth.  Everything is made even more complicated when yo...Show More

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