Podyssey Picks
Podyssey Picks (Dec 15)
mmLast Updated: Dec 14th, 2024
Best Episodes of the Week
1. How a Sandy Hook parent turned devastation into love and action.
How a Sandy Hook Parent Turned Devastation Into Love and Action
40:56 | Dec 11th, 2024
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Scarlett Lewis remembers feeling like there was no future for her. “I literally had this thought that I was going to dissolve,” she tells Tim, recounting the days after the death of her son Jesse at t...Show More
2. Why psychopathy is controversial among psychologists and forensic scientists.
Patrick Bateman. Hannibal Lecter. Ted Bundy. The guy who used to live downstairs from me. Psychopaths, every one. Except defining psychopathy, let alone measuring it, turns out to be surprisingly cont...Show More
3. The strange and mysterious alien abduction.
We chat to Fareed, South Africa's very own alien abductee. Fareed opens up about his experiences regarding abductions throughout his life. Music by: Karl. whitebataudio.com
4. How the Mona Lisa found global fame.
Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the world. 500 years old and just 77x53cm in size, it is kept behind bulletproof glass in the Louvre museum in Paris, where it draws 10 mil...Show More
5. The most famous women’s suffragists never spoke the words that made her famous in the first place.
Sojourner Truth was a women's rights advocate known best for her famous speech "Ain't I a Woman." But Truth never actually said these words. In fact, much of the Truth we know… is fiction. Depictions ...Show More
6. The consequences of letting go of guilt, shame, anger, and pride.
In this episode from our second show, 80k After Hours, Luisa Rodriguez and Keiran Harris chat about the consequences of letting go of enduring guilt, shame, anger, and pride.Links to learn more, highl...Show More
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For True Crime Lovers
1. Double homicide in a town in Sweden.
It started out as any other Tuesday morning, but this day was going to be far from normal. It was October 19th, 2004, in a town called Linköping in Sweden. 8-year-old Mohamed leaves his apartment to w...Show More
2. A musician is murdered. A new romantic partner and her ex quickly become suspects.
A musician is murdered. A new romantic partner and her ex quickly become suspects. A farm and a fire lead to a gruesome discovery no one expected.
Podcast Playlists
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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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