The best podcasts of 2019

The Impact

By Vox

LATEST EPISODE

40 Acres: Reaching reconciliation

Oct. 3, 2022

00:28:50

Cited Podcast

By Cited Media

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The Green Wonks: Our Common Future and the Birth of Liberal Environmentalism

Sept. 16, 2025

01:03:53

Undisclosed: Toward Justice

By Undisclosed

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S7, The State v. Amanda Lewis - Episode 3 - Boiling Frog

Sept. 15, 2025

01:00:37

The World

By PRX

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US suggest reclaiming control of Afghanistan’s Bagram Air Base

Sept. 19, 2025

00:50:34

Global News Podcast

By BBC World Service

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The Global Story: Why Trumpworld is obsessed with free speech in Britain

today

00:27:07

Left, Right & Center

By KCRW

LATEST EPISODE

A big talk about how the country moves forward

Sept. 19, 2025

00:50:34

Democracy Now! Audio

By Democracy Now!

LATEST EPISODE

Democracy Now! 2025-09-19 Friday

Sept. 19, 2025

00:59:00

Political Gabfest

By Slate Podcasts

LATEST EPISODE

Gabfest Reads | The Recent Past of Prison Punishment

yesterday

00:24:19

On the Media

By WNYC Studios

LATEST EPISODE

Free Speech for Me, But Not for Thee. Plus, Librarians Under Siege

yesterday

00:51:39

The Takeaway

By WNYC and PRX

LATEST EPISODE

One Final Farewell

June 2, 2023

01:09:31

Reveal

LS 74

By The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX

LATEST EPISODE

Kids Under Fire in Gaza

yesterday

00:50:42

Explain It to Me

By Vox

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A nation of jerks

today

00:29:45

Caliphate

LS 75

By The New York Times

LATEST EPISODE

An Examination of 'Caliphate'

Dec. 18, 2020

00:30:20

Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast

LS 76

By Earwolf and Scott Aukerman

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Bonus Bang: Live From The Bell House Pt 1 (Hot 4 Scott)

Sept. 18, 2025

02:09:12

My Brother, My Brother And Me

By The McElroys

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MBMBaM 780: Face 2 Face: Good Will Horsing

Sept. 16, 2025

00:58:53

The Adventure Zone

By The McElroys

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The Adventure Zone Royale: Episode 8

Sept. 11, 2025

01:00:04

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

By Marc Maron

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Episode 1679 - Tracy Letts

Sept. 18, 2025

01:29:05

Judge John Hodgman

LS 70

By John Hodgman and Maximum Fun

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Comfort Feuds With Kenji López-Alt & Deb Perelman

Sept. 17, 2025

01:01:11

The Bugle

By The Bugle

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Real Housewives of the UN

Sept. 17, 2025

00:46:37

The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds

By All Things Comedy

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143 - The Past Times with Matt Braunger

Sept. 19, 2025

01:01:44

How Did This Get Made?

LS 81

By Earwolf and Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, Jason Mantzoukas

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Jack's Back LIVE! w/ Lisa Gilroy

Sept. 19, 2025

01:09:25

Attitudes!

LS 71

By Erin Gibson & Bryan Safi

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Mia Moglie, Texas A&M Discarding LGBTQ+ Books, and the Dry Cleaning Strega Nonas

Sept. 18, 2025

00:58:19

The Combat Jack Show

LS 59

TOP 0.1%

By LoudSpeakersNetwork.com

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Mogul Season 2 Preview

Oct. 29, 2019

00:21:58

Rap Radar Podcast

By Radio.com

LATEST EPISODE

EP 100: Tee Grizzley

April 28, 2017

00:49:09

All Songs Considered

By NPR

LATEST EPISODE

The best new albums out Sept. 19

Sept. 19, 2025

00:44:36

The Runcast with John Richards

By KEXP

LATEST EPISODE

Running Through the Airport Runcast

Sept. 19, 2025

01:11:21

Above & Beyond: Group Therapy

By Above & Beyond

LATEST EPISODE

#481 Group Therapy Radio Highlights with Above & Beyond

April 29, 2022

00:20:00

Sound Opinions

By Sound Opinions

LATEST EPISODE

21st Century Indie Rock & Opinions on the Hives

Sept. 19, 2025

00:50:48

Song Exploder

By Hrishikesh Hirway

LATEST EPISODE

Ethel Cain - Nettles

Sept. 17, 2025

00:31:17

Popcast

LS 60

TOP 0.1%

By The New York Times

LATEST EPISODE

Ed Sheeran Interview! On Overcoming Grief, Fighting for His Songwriting & A Career Full of Hits

Sept. 12, 2025

01:17:19

Song of the Day

LS 51

TOP 0.5%

By Minnesota Public Radio

LATEST EPISODE

Danger Mouse & MorMor - Wonder

Sept. 19, 2025

00:03:22

World Cafe Words and Music Podcast

By NPR

LATEST EPISODE

Pulp returns with 'More'

Sept. 19, 2025

00:48:49

Tiny Desk Concerts - Audio

By NPR

LATEST EPISODE

J Balvin: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

April 14, 2022

00:15:08

This Must Be the Gig

LS 40

TOP 2%

By Consequence Podcast Network

LATEST EPISODE

Ólafur Arnalds on Getting Personal and the Ties Between Metal and Classical Music

Nov. 18, 2020

00:55:15

Science Vs

By Spotify Studios

LATEST EPISODE

Does Tylenol Cause Autism?

Sept. 18, 2025

00:28:08

Open Source with Christopher Lydon

By Christopher Lydon

LATEST EPISODE

Where Are the Intellectuals?

Sept. 11, 2025

00:42:24

Radiolab

By WNYC Studios

LATEST EPISODE

The Spark of Life

Sept. 19, 2025

00:36:01

Stuff You Should Know

By iHeartPodcasts

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Selects: Slime Mold: 0% Mold, 100% Amazing

yesterday · transcript

00:49:04

Freakonomics Radio

LS 83

By Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

LATEST EPISODE

647. China Is Run by Engineers. America Is Run by Lawyers.

Sept. 19, 2025

01:01:50

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

By iHeartPodcasts

LATEST EPISODE

From the Vault: Odds and Evens, Part 3

yesterday · transcript

00:38:46

the memory palace

By Nate DiMeo

LATEST EPISODE

Episode 133: Antidisestablishmentarianism

Sept. 19, 2025

00:14:14

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan, Seth Paskin, Dylan Casey

LATEST EPISODE

PREMIUM-PEL Back-to-School Nightcap 2025

yesterday

00:10:14

Stuff Mom Never Told You

By iHeartPodcasts

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SMNTY Classics: Wednesday Addams

yesterday · transcript

00:28:07

Science Friday

LS 69

By Science Friday and WNYC Studios

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How Conservation Efforts Brought Rare Birds Back From The Brink

Sept. 19, 2025

00:18:11

Hidden Brain

LS 84

By Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

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It's Not My Fault!

Sept. 15, 2025

01:18:03

More Perfect

By WNYC Studios

LATEST EPISODE

No More Souters - Revisited

May 9, 2025

00:49:07

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

By Vox

LATEST EPISODE

How much free speech is too much?

Sept. 15, 2025

00:54:26

Crimetown

By Gimlet

LATEST EPISODE

Crook County: The Secret Double Life of a Mafia Hitman

Feb. 25, 2025

00:03:32

S-Town

LS 83

By Serial Productions

LATEST EPISODE

Trailer - Question Everything

Sept. 16, 2024

00:02:22

Lore

By Aaron Mahnke

LATEST EPISODE

Legends 62: The Little Things

Sept. 15, 2025

00:34:25

This American Life

LS 89

By This American Life

LATEST EPISODE

867: College Disorientation

Sept. 14, 2025

00:57:33

The Moth

By The Moth

LATEST EPISODE

The Moth Podcast: Answers Before Questions

Sept. 19, 2025

00:18:58

Here Be Monsters

Here Be Monsters

LATEST EPISODE

HBM159: Final Haircuts

Feb. 19, 2025

00:31:51

Welcome to Night Vale

LS 82

By Night Vale Presents

LATEST EPISODE

274 - The HOA

Sept. 15, 2025

00:30:08

Snap Judgment

LS 73

By Snap Judgment and PRX

LATEST EPISODE

School Daze: Stuck in the Middle - Snap Classic

Sept. 18, 2025

00:50:20

Death, Sex & Money

By Slate Podcasts

LATEST EPISODE

Private Equity Blew Up My Life

Sept. 16, 2025

00:55:40

Criminal

LS 84

By Vox Media Podcast Network

LATEST EPISODE

The Phone Call

Sept. 19, 2025

00:36:57

Revisionist History

LS 87

By Pushkin Industries

LATEST EPISODE

L’Oréal and IBM: AI-Powered Beauty from Smart Talks with IBM

Aug. 28, 2025 · transcript

00:26:31

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

By Dan Carlin

LATEST EPISODE

Show 72 - Mania for Subjugation II

Jan. 3, 2025

03:51:26

This Is Actually Happening

By Wondery

LATEST EPISODE

375: What if you had to fight your way out of the jungle?

Sept. 16, 2025

01:07:17

The Lowe Post

By ESPN, Zach Lowe

LATEST EPISODE

Joel Embiid Extension, Knicks Center Rotation, and Lakers Coach JJ Redick!

Sept. 24, 2024

01:29:08

Dunc'd On Basketball NBA Podcast

By Nate Duncan

LATEST EPISODE

TOR 2025-26 Outlook with Blake Murphy + Wednesday Daily Duncs (9/17/25)

Sept. 18, 2025

00:22:03

Playing with Science

LS 44

TOP 1%

By StarTalk Playing with Science & Gary O’Reilly, Chuck Nice, Neil deGrasse Tyson

LATEST EPISODE

Building an MVP Machine

Aug. 14, 2019

00:49:39

The Bill Simmons Podcast

By The Ringer

LATEST EPISODE

The Kimmel Situation. Plus, "Can the Chiefs Really Go 0-3?" and More Week 3 Gambling Questions With Joe House

Sept. 19, 2025

01:11:34

Men In Blazers

LS 67

By Men In Blazers | Wondery

LATEST EPISODE

Could Liverpool's luck run out against Everton? Can Arsenal stop Erling Haaland? Manchester United relegated? Big Weekend Preview Presented by PrizePicks 09/19/25

Sept. 19, 2025

00:24:27

Grilling JR

By Podcast Heat

LATEST EPISODE

Episode 337: Ask JR Anything 09.18.25

Sept. 18, 2025

01:07:02

UnSportsmanLike with Evan, Canty, and Michelle

By ESPN Radio, Evan Cohen, Chris Canty, Michelle Smallmon

LATEST EPISODE

Hour 4: Triple H

Sept. 19, 2025

00:45:59

The Starters

By NBA Digital

LATEST EPISODE

The Final Drop

June 14, 2019

01:14:40

Jalen & Jacoby

LS 71

By Jalen Rose, David Jacoby

LATEST EPISODE

Trailer

Dec. 13, 2024

00:00:14

This Week in Tech (Audio)

TWiT

LATEST EPISODE

TWiT 1049: Gas Station Lafufu - Apple's Pumpkin Spice Orange & Influencer Era

Sept. 15, 2025

03:06:51

Reply All

By Gimlet

LATEST EPISODE

Casey Wants to Believe

Dec. 5, 2024

00:34:17

Digital Planet

By BBC World Service

LATEST EPISODE

Tech Life

May 5, 2023

00:00:34

Giant Bombcast

By Giant Bomb

LATEST EPISODE

908: That Raw Ditto

Sept. 16, 2025 · transcript

02:39:45

ShopTalk

LS 58

TOP 0.5%

By Chris Coyier & Dave Rupert

LATEST EPISODE

682: Whiskey, Security, Antitrust, and Fun with CSS Functions

Sept. 15, 2025

00:57:05

Trends With Benefits

By Digital Trends

LATEST EPISODE

TWB 299: Amazon's World

Sept. 30, 2020

00:31:24

Note to Self

By WNYC Studios

LATEST EPISODE

How to Create Good Digital Citizens

Oct. 14, 2019

00:20:16

The Web Ahead

By 5by5

LATEST EPISODE

117: Transforming the Shapes with Eva Ferreira

June 30, 2016

01:09:24

Codebreaker, by Marketplace and Tech Insider

By Marketplace

LATEST EPISODE

Technology Crossing Borders

Dec. 27, 2016

00:34:51

The Giant Beastcast

By Giant Bomb

LATEST EPISODE

Never Been a Better Beastcast! - PAX East 2024

March 25, 2024

01:00:57

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

By NPR

LATEST EPISODE

Elizabeth Gilbert

Sept. 19, 2025

00:39:43

Fresh Air

By NPR

LATEST EPISODE

Best Of: Jude Law / Pedro Pascal

yesterday

00:47:18

Slate Culture

By Slate Podcasts

LATEST EPISODE

ICYMI | Nobody Wants To Party Anymore

yesterday

00:44:50

99% Invisible

By Roman Mars

LATEST EPISODE

Replaceable You

Sept. 16, 2025

00:34:02

RiYL

By Brian Heater

LATEST EPISODE

Episode 726: Peter Morén (Peter, Bjorn and John)

Sept. 13, 2025

00:49:44

Off Camera with Sam Jones

By Sam Jones

LATEST EPISODE

Ep 52.5. Sam Jones 1

Dec. 31, 2020

01:03:07

The Book Review

LS 67

By The New York Times

LATEST EPISODE

Mary Roach Loves Writing About Weird Science

Sept. 19, 2025

00:37:06

Arts & Ideas

By BBC Radio 4

LATEST EPISODE

Friendship

July 11, 2025

00:56:58

Longform

By Longform

LATEST EPISODE

Introducing "Origin Stories"

Sept. 12, 2025

00:05:13

Filmspotting

LS 67

By Adam Kempenaar & Josh Larsen

LATEST EPISODE

5 Years / 5 Movies, Spinal Tap II, The History of Sound, RIP Robert Redford (#1032)

Sept. 19, 2025

02:03:51

The Treatment

By KCRW

LATEST EPISODE

Superman’ director James Gunn talks ‘cheesy’ tunes

yesterday

00:52:34

Cannonball with Wesley Morris

LS 72

By The New York Times

LATEST EPISODE

Nikole Hannah-Jones Knows Why History Feels Dangerous

Sept. 18, 2025

01:11:13

Shut Up & Sit Down

LS 61

TOP 0.1%

By Shut Up & Sit Down

LATEST EPISODE

#282 - Two Player Town (Population Two)

Sept. 11, 2025

00:35:28

FT Alphachat

By Financial Times

LATEST EPISODE

Angela Nagle on the online culture wars

June 28, 2019

00:37:20

Planet Money

By NPR

LATEST EPISODE

In Gaza, money is falling apart

yesterday

00:35:07

StartUp Podcast

By Gimlet

LATEST EPISODE

Introducing How to Save a Planet

Aug. 21, 2020

00:11:54

Marketplace

By Marketplace

LATEST EPISODE

Google raises the stakes of the AI race

Sept. 19, 2025

00:25:49

Working

By Slate Podcasts

LATEST EPISODE

Supercommunicators | 2. How to Communicate Without Words

March 18, 2025

00:28:37

How I Built This with Guy Raz

By Guy Raz | Wondery

LATEST EPISODE

Advice Line with Bobbi Brown of Jones Road Beauty

Sept. 18, 2025

00:45:43