Podyssey Picks
Podyssey Picks (Oct 18): Top Community Recommendations
Here’s this week’s roundup of top podcasts and playlist recommendations from the Podyssey community! We’re also excited to spotlight the podcast, TechBuzz China, by our new podcast network partner SupChina. From unpacking the rise of TikTok to exploring an online plastic surgery market, TechBuzz China is your guide to China’s global tech domination.
mmLast Updated: Oct 16th, 2020
Your cocktails are so damn expensive because of...laws.
jspinelle recommended:Oct 15th, 2020
Interesting new show that explores alcohol policy. Some of the seem pretty crazy and like holdovers from previous eras that no one is incentivized to change.
Why Your Craft Cocktail Should Cost $4
by The Right to Drink
Listen to a playlist about booze with your cocktails:
This guy’s face keeps getting edited into Amazon product photos without his permission. His friends get to the bottom of it.
olivier recommended:Oct 15th, 2020
Such a fun episode! This episode is what happens when you find your photo was photoshopped with products on Amazon.
Amazon's Next Top Model
by Underunderstood
Her mother was murdered when she was four. She just found the killer.
A 4-year-old girl finds her single mom murdered. 46 years later, that same little girl helped catch the killer.
Discrimination doesn’t end with racism. Indian tech workers face casteism in Silicon Valley.
suraj recommended:Oct 5th, 2020
A type of privilege that not most people would be aware of. A good explainer for the signaling used in conversations, hopefully starts a bigger conversation on caste in the US and India.
How To Be An Anti-Casteist
by Rough Translation
Too good to be true? A free Californian vacation turns into a huge land-banking scam targeting immigrants.
mm recommended:Oct 14th, 2020
One of these podcasts where you go: WHAT THE ACTUAL HECK?!? POCs in California are being targeted to buy into a "land bank" with promises of riches when the land is developed. But of course, it's all a crazy scam. I love how the journalist paints a detailed visual of what she's seeing with her eye...Show More
Turning Desert Dust Into Gold
by California City
Workaholism is like alcoholism. Celebrity chef David Chang speaks out on his work addiction.
aliceko recommended:Oct 13th, 2020
A story I could relate to many times over: Asian tiger parents, the need to constantly achieve, the hidden irony of becoming your parents, conditional happiness based on achievements, workaholism, how to recover from workaholism... the list goes on and on. I have never respected David Chang more. Li...Show More
David Chang Wishes He Was Normal
by The Sporkful
Wildfires are everywhere. CBC documents the devastation and what we can do about it.
anitraparis recommended:Oct 11th, 2020
10/10. Hearing these first hand stories, the emotion and loss is palpable. A must listen. 🔥
EPISODE 1 - The Fear
by World on Fire
Vitamin D (aka sunlight) might be a key to battling COVID.
phocks recommended:Aug 2nd, 2020
A fascinating look at some tiny things that can help us fight pandemics. I especially was interested in the vitamin d. Feels like a must listen because it could save your life.
Invisible Allies
by Radiolab
Learn how to have a great memory from America’s memory champion.
#471: Adam Grant — How to Remember Anything
The Tim Ferriss Show
38:24 | Oct 8th, 2020
2 recommendations
Adam Grant — How to Remember Anything | Brought to you by "5-Bullet Friday" Please enjoy this special episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, featuring the superhuman Adam Grant (@AdamMGrant) and his podca...Show More
Hollywood makeup artists and trainers are being scammed by a big name movie director.
jhawthorne recommended:Oct 13th, 2020
Feels like the next big thing in scamming since 'Nigerian Prince'
Chapter 1: The Hook
by Chameleon: Dr. Dante
For more scams, check out this playlist:
Curtis Flowers was tried six times for murder. He’s now free of charges. Hear him speak.
drcongo recommended:Oct 16th, 2020
You should definitely listen to the whole of S2, but this episode is ❤️
S2 E20: Curtis Flowers
by In the Dark
Two comedians try to get rich using apps that pay you for using them.
It's the app episode of Get Rich Nick! Can you really make money just by spending even more time on your phone? The Nicks check out apps Shopkick, Healthy Wag, Job Spotter, Achievement, Podcoin and So...Show More
✨ Podcast Partner Spotlight: TechBuzz China
TechBuzz China is your guide to China’s global tech ascendancy. Dive deep into the companies, founders, and business models that are fueling the rise.
👉 Episode Feature: What makes TikTok so damn successful? Could it be its “Sorting Hat” algorithm? Learn why the app was well situated in coming out of China, and what the future ownership and trajectory of TikTok in the US might be.
Ep. 72: What makes TikTok tick: A dialogue with Eugene Wei
Tech Buzz China by Pandaily
1:08:32 | Aug 14th, 2020
1 recommendation
Episode 72 of Tech Buzz China features product expert Eugene Wei in conversation with our co-host Rui Ma on the timely topic of TikTok and the mechanics of what makes the app so successful. Tune in to...Show More