Podyssey Picks
Podyssey Picks (Sept 27): Top Community Recommendations
Check out this week’s roundup of top podcasts and playlist recommendations from the Podyssey community! With a second wave of COVID-19 hitting many countries and the season of Autumn anxiety, remember to take a moment to take care of your mental health. We’ve included a podcast deep dive on mental health to help you nourish your mind.
jennxLast Updated: Sep 25th, 2020
Why was Ruth Bader Ginsburg such a badass? This is the tale of the notorious RBG:
mm recommended:Sep 20th, 2020
RIP RBG. This wonderful episode is about Ruth Bader Ginsburg being as badass as ever! The story of the brilliant ACLU women’s lead who drove a legal Trojan Horse into Sparta (literally) and got equal rights for women in a way that is “counterintuitive” to popular thinking at that time. This is strat...Show More
Sex Appeal
by More Perfect
To learn more about RBG’s life, legacy and the latest on who will fill her seat, check out this podcast playlist:
Hear the untold stories of the women's suffrage movement fighting for the right to vote.
jhawthorne recommended:Sep 7th, 2020
One of several history serials/conversations honoring a century since the 19th amendment
The Cult of True Womanhood
by And Nothing Less: The Untold Stories of Women’s Fight for the Vote
Texting in all lowercase is an aesthetic and a personality trait. Hear why:
jennx recommended:Sep 19th, 2020
This light fun pod asks: Who do people purposefully fight autocorrect and text a certain way?
Why do you text like that?
by Why'd You Push That Button?
Learn how the founder of Khan Academy built the beloved teaching platform that helped 30 million students with their homework.
ian recommended:Sep 23rd, 2020
Khan Academy is such a valuable resource for students. Sal Khan has a great story and it’s inspiring to see his dedication to building Khan Academy as a nonprofit.
Khan Academy: Sal Khan
by How I Built This with Guy Raz
A serial killer enters the field of medicine to play god, but ends up killing hundreds of patients.
He’s often cited as America’s first serial killer. Nine of the murders committed by Dr. H.H. Holmes have been confirmed, though many suspect him of slaughtering dozens, if not hundreds, of victims bet...Show More
Medieval witch hunts killed many innocent women...and still continues to this day.
rmmiller364 recommended:Sep 14th, 2020
Another great episode of this new podcast I just started listening to. I teach images of witches in my Renaissance art history course specifically because students always think of witch hunts as being a medieval thing (I blame Monty Python), and they are SHOCKED when I tell them that the witch craze...Show More
The Witch Craze
by You're Dead To Me
For great history podcasts about sci-fi, war and politics, check out this podcast playlist:
Plants can make cool music with their bio data.
kelseycueva recommended:Nov 19th, 2019
So... does anyone wanna start a plant band? 🎤🌱
Plants that Sing
by Twenty Thousand Hertz
Get to the bottom of QAnon’s identity and the madness behind it all.
michelle_ebooks recommended:Sep 19th, 2020
oh boy, what a juicy episode. PJ gets to bottom of WHO QAnon really is and shares a whole lot of well-reported context to all the madness
#166 Country of Liars
by Reply All
Should you keep business separate from family? Fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff dishes on her fights with her CEO brother.
cesarm recommended:Aug 23rd, 2019
New show alert! The concept is interesting. Two host debate a topic on business. In the pilot episode they discuss a real case about if you should work with relatives? Then they bring a guest to make the final decision. In this particular episode is a famous fashion entrepreneur that open her compan...Show More
"Should You Work with Family?" with Rebecca Minkoff
by Help Wanted
An anonymous letter claims the government is conducting top secret experiments involving teleportation and human lab rats.
In the 1950s, Morris K. Jessup received a letter from a stranger. The man claimed to have intel on an ultra-classified wartime Naval experiment involving teleportation, human test subjects, and disast...Show More
Hey Office fans! Prepare to laugh out loud about how they filmed the hilarious scenes with Michael guest lecturing at Ryan's business school.
This week we're breaking down Business School. We reached out to writer Brent Forrester, to get his memories about this episode and what it was like working with director Joss Whedon (Buffy The Vampir...Show More
Why are geminis the most controversial astrological sign? This pod puts astrology science to the test.
mijustin recommended:Sep 23rd, 2020
So good. Was not expecting the surprise near the end!
Astrology: Are Geminis the Worst?
by Science Vs
3 business owners open up about dealing with imposter syndrome and share tips that would’ve helped them support their success.
fwecanada recommended:Aug 22nd, 2019
Be a true fly on the wall and hear how three friends have overcome imposter syndrome and handling the stress of launching and running a business.
24. How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome, Break the Stress Addiction Loop, and Accelerate Your Success with Alexi Panos, Emily Gallagher, and Natalie Ellis
by the bossbabe podcast