Podyssey Picks
Podyssey Picks (Jan 31): Top Community Recommendations
Here’s this week’s roundup of top podcasts and playlist recommendations from the Podyssey community. Highlights include an explainer on the drama around GameStop stock as well as a special playlist on the power of listening from Michele Cobb, Executive Producer of the Stories of Impact podcast.
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sofborneLast Updated: Jan 29th, 2021
✨ Guest Curator - Michele Cobb, Executive Producer of Stories of Impact (Sponsored) ✨
For this playlist, I wanted to focus on different facets of listening: listening to learn and listening to be entertained. These were all compelling episodes to me, even when the subject matter was challenging, and I hope you find them as powerful as I do.
🙌 Featured Episode from Stories of Impact
An especially important listen during the time of unrest that stems from much of what is happening on social media. What if we were all better listeners?
Listening as an Antidote to a Zero-Sum Outlook with Dr. Filippo Trevisan
Stories of Impact
35:54 | Jan 5th, 2021
1 recommendation
Today, Richard is in conversation with Dr. Filippo Trevisan, assistant professor at the School of Communication and Deputy Director at the Institute on Disability and Public Policy at American Univers...Show More
The clash between Wall Street and Redditors over GameStop stock explained.
danny recommended:Jan 30th, 2021
Great overview of the GameStop soap-opera story from this week. Is it David vs Golliath? Wall Street vs Regular Investors? Is this going to end badly?
Bonus Episode: GameStop Traders Rock the Financial Industry
by After Hours
What is Critical Race Theory and why is it so important? Learn more from one of its creators!
Sponsored episode by Future Hindsight podcast
Critical Race Theory Critical Race Theory is a theory of justice designed to respond to the endemic racism in America’s legal system. It places intersectional anti-racism at the center of analysis of ...Show More
A young girl killed her stepmother … because her own father convinced her to.
Cinnamon Brown was 14 years old when her own father, David Brown, convinced her to carry out the murder of her stepmother, Linda Bailey Brown. Cinnamon was fully convinced and brainwashed into thinkin...Show More
Why do brands have such a hold over us?
lesly recommended:Jan 19th, 2021
I found this ep particularly facinating! For the marketing and branding connoisseurs, this is brand evangelism unpacked. Currently and progressively we are seeing a religious following of brands. How do brands become infused with our sense of identity to the point of tribalism and with the ability...Show More
Our Brands, Our Selves
by Hidden Brain
A nun shares what she learned as a pen pal to inmates on death row.
In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean was invited to write a letter to a man on death row in Louisiana’s Angola State Prison named Elmo Patrick Sonnier. She told us, “I thought that all I was going to be doin...Show More
Already fallen off the bandwagon with your 2021 goals? Imperfect action coach Emma Norris teaches you to get back on track.
Sponsored episode by A Girl in Progress podcast
Procrastinator to Action Taker -> procrastinatortoactiontaker.showit.site/ There's no doubt it's been a chaotic year, filled with plenty of restrictions, uncertainty and anxiety. The world was a very ...Show More
Justin Timberlake opens up about masculinity, his childhood, and his experience with fame.
Justin Timberlake (Palmer, Trolls, The Social Network) is a 10x Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter, a 3x Emmy award-winning actor and record producer. Justin joins the Armchair Expert to discuss m...Show More
Can the government just print trillions of dollars to provide relief for Americans?
mijustin recommended:Jan 15th, 2021
If you’re curious (or skeptical) about Modern Monetary Theory, this Radiolab episode provides a good overview.
More Money Less Problems
by Radiolab
How to find beauty in the boring.
write2tg recommended:Jan 26th, 2021
Have you ever heard of e-bay being described as “zen”? I hadn’t either but now I totally get why!
5: What is Boring? with B. Wurtz
by Constellation Prize
Looking for an escape? We’ve curated a playlist of the best fiction podcasts of all time.
The experiment where college students were made to act as inmates and guards in a mock prison.
tvidatko recommended:Jan 26th, 2021
(almost) everything I thought I knew about Stanford Prison Experiment was wrong 🤯
The Stanford Prison Experiment
by You're Wrong About
She was hired to look after her father’s elderly friend, but she murdered him instead.
ONTARIO | 82 year old Richard Humble needed knee surgery, but because he lived alone, he would need a caregiver to help him as he recovered. An old friend recommended someone who might be able to help...Show More
Discover the most engrossing episodes of Casefile true crime with our new playlist!
Why is the French word for “ghostwriter” a racial slur?
epekilis recommended:Jan 19th, 2021
Turns out that the French word for “ghostwriter” is the equivalent of the “N” word in English (on the basis that the people who did the work do not reap its benefits). A Black copy editor set out to change that word usage. Her journey took her all the way to the official committee that guards the ...Show More
122. Ghostwriter
by The Allusionist
Tempura is a famous part of Japanese cuisine, but it actually originates in Portugal.
benrempel recommended:Jan 27th, 2021
And now I want tempura. "Tasty" is another adjective that could be added for these podcast reviews. Happy that these folks are back with a new season of tasty podcasts.
Japanese tempura, its Portugese origins and how it became high culinary art
by Eat Drink Asia