Podyssey Picks
Podyssey Picks (Dec 22)
mmLast Updated: Dec 22nd, 2024
Best Episodes of the Week
1. What happens after innocent convicts are set free.
Nicky Jackson serves as coordinator of the criminal justice program and is a professor of criminal justice. She serves as Executive Director for the Center for Justice and Post-Exoneration Assistance ...Show More
2. A monument to memorialize the horrific legacy of lynching in the US that took inspiration from the Holocaust.
Some monuments are larger than life. And they reinforce this idea that monuments are supposed to inspire awe and maybe even dwarf us. But what if a monument was human-scaled and made us aware of our b...Show More
3. True tales, tricks, and tactics to use when you’re feeling imposter syndrome.
You know the feeling, right? You finally achieve something -- a new job, a promotion, an award -- and while you know you should be proud, you just feel like a big phony who will soon be exposed. You f...Show More
4. The origins and evolutions of fairy tales and why they didn’t always have a happy ending.
Joining me again today is Nicholas Jubber and we’re talking about his newest book The Fairy Tellers, which follows several fairy tales—their origins and evolutions—and explores the people who original...Show More
5. How western and Syrian spies will react to the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
What will western and Syrian spy services be focusing on following the fall of Bashar al-Assad? Is Russia and Iran’s withdrawal from Syria similar to the US withdrawal from Afghanistan? Were the secur...Show More
4. Travel to the remote island of Haida Gwaii, home to a nation of people for more than 13,000 years.
In this episode, we’ll travel to the Pacific Northwest islands of Haida Gwaii, home to the Haida Nation for more than 13,000 years. Our focus: a collaborative archaeology project at an evacuated villa...Show More
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For True Crime Lovers
1. A Harvard-educated mathematician ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people.
Ted Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people, died in prison last year. But his manifesto promoting violent rebellion against the moder...Show More
2. Lying on the kitchen floor are the lifeless bodies of two women, their faces covered in dishcloths.
![The Huenemann / Leatherbarrow Murders [1]](https://is2-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts116/v4/dd/5c/2a/dd5c2aa5-006c-9595-c125-42ee624108d4/mza_13928001649478502191.jpg/200x200bb.png)
BRITISH COLUMBIA[Part 1 of 2] When police are called to do a welfare check at the home of a fashion store owner, they're confronted with a shocking sight. Lying on the kitchen floor are the lifeless b...Show More
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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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