Podyssey Picks
Podyssey Picks (Sept 29)
mmLast Updated: Sep 29th, 2024
Best Episodes of the Week
1. Death on Mount Everest.
Over 200 climbers have lost their lives attempting to summit Mount Everest. The majority of the dead are still on the mountain, frozen in time, their bodies serving as both landmarks for aspiring hike...Show More
2. The biggest killer humanity has ever faced.
In the pre-antibiotic era, tuberculosis was one of the biggest killers humanity ever faced. The specter of the ‘great white plague’ hung over towns and cities across the world, cities like New York wh...Show More
3. The war crime that shaped Japan’s future.
In 1946, as Japan stood in ruins at the end of the Second World War, an international trial was launched in Tokyo. It was a mammoth legal and political undertaking that lasted more than two years, as ...Show More
4. Why subtracting from your life is the key to a happier life.
From how we build our cities to how we shop, it can seem as though our natural human tendency is to add. But a culture of accumulation may be exactly what holds us back from the simple solution in fro...Show More
5. The future of storytelling, according to Malcolm Gladwell.
Next week, Malcolm Gladwell will be on the show to discuss his new book "Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering." In anticipation of that convers...Show More
6. America’s lost peanut and the price of bringing it back.
In “America’s Lost Peanut and the Price of Bringing it Back,” Gravy producer Otis Gray takes listeners on a journey through the history and revival of the Carolina African Runner Peanut, an heirloom c...Show More
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On today's episode, the great Tom Hanks teaches us the art of being adored, and Mike and Ian help a listener who's curious about world fame. Plus, a bottoms-up approach to recognizing your family memb...Show More
For True Crime Lovers
1. Did he fall off a bridge or was it a little hazing that got too far?
Tucker Hipps was pledging the Beta Chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon at Clemson University when on a morning run across the Highway 93 Bridge on September 22, 2014, Tucker fell from the bridge hitting his ...Show More
2. Her marriage was falling apart, but she got pregnant and murdered.
Belinda Temple could feel that her marriage was falling apart. But during a reconciliation, she got pregnant again and decided to do her best to hold the family together. But that’s not what everyone ...Show More
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Stories About Where We Live
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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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