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Top 18 NPR Podcasts

May 20, 2025

The Best NPR Podcasts from millions of podcasts available on the Goodpods platform and ranked by listens, ratings, comments, subscriptions and shares.

On the Media

Top 10 Best On the Media Episodes

728 Episodes

Avg Length 36m

Latest episode 3 days ago

The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.

Can We Please Talk?

Top 10 Best Can We Please Talk? Episodes

275 Episodes

Avg Length 51m

Latest episode 8 hours ago

‘Can We Please Talk?’ is a news commentary podcast hosted by Mike Leon & Nick Zaveri. Each week, the guys break down the latest news stories making headlines, featuring award-winning journalists, correspondents, former & current government officials, best-selling authors, members of Congress & more, to help provide analysis & informed perspective. “We talk to people who know what they’re talking about!”

Learn more about our show and the family of shows on Leon Media Network, LLC at - https://www.leonmedianetwork.com/

Email the show at [email protected] if you have questions, comments, concerns, or, you know, just want to talk!

Show theme song performed by the band 'Leaving Largo'

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/can-we-please-talk.

Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/can-we-please-talk.

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Rabbits

Top 10 Best Rabbits Episodes

27 Episodes

Avg Length 36m

Latest episode 1 year ago

When Carly Parker’s friend Yumiko goes missing under very mysterious circumstances, Carly’s search for her friend leads her headfirst into a ancient mysterious game known only as Rabbits. Soon Carly begins to suspect that Rabbits is much more than just a game, and that the key to understanding Rabbits, might be the key to the survival of our species, and the Universe, as we know it.

Thaddeus Ellenburg's Casual Friday

Top 10 Best Thaddeus Ellenburg's Casual Friday Episodes

77 Episodes

Avg Length 20m

Latest episode 6 months ago

Finish the work week in all-out hysterics with short stories written and read by Thaddeus Ellenburg.

The Black Tapes

Top 10 Best The Black Tapes Episodes

52 Episodes

Avg Length 25m

Latest episode 3 years ago

The Black Tapes is a weekly podcast from the creators of Pacific Northwest Stories, and is hosted by Alex Reagan. The Black Tapes Podcast is a serialized docudrama about one journalist's search for truth, her subject's mysterious past, and the literal and figurative ghosts that haunt them both. Do you believe?

On Point | Podcast

Top 10 Best On Point | Podcast Episodes

1532 Episodes

Avg Length 44m

Latest episode 18 hours ago

Hosted by Meghna Chakrabarti, On Point is a unique, curiosity-driven combination of original reporting, newsmaker interviews, first-person stories, and in-depth analysis, making the world more intelligible and humane. When the world is more complicated than ever, we aim to make sense of it together. On Point is produced by WBUR.

Travel with Rick Steves

Top 10 Best Travel with Rick Steves Episodes

1012 Episodes

Avg Length 53m

Latest episode 3 days ago

A weekly one-hour conversation with guest experts and callers about travel, cultures, people, and the things we find around the world that give life its extra sparkle. Rick Steves is America's leading authority on travel to Europe and beyond. Host and writer of over a hundred public television travel shows and author of 30 best-selling guidebooks, Rick now brings his passion for exploring and understanding our world to public radio. Related travel information and message boards on www.ricksteves.com

NPR's Mountain Stage

Top 10 Best NPR's Mountain Stage Episodes

364 Episodes

Avg Length 135m

Latest episode 12 days ago

The Mountain Stage Podcast is the complete recording of the entire live show. It features songs that were cut from the radio broadcast, and it is the only place you can hear the full finale song. New episodes become available about 10 days after the premiere broadcast date. We have Spring and Fall seasons of new broadcasts, so if you heard a recent show but don’t see it at the top of the feed, just scroll back a few weeks or use the search function to find a specific artist.

The Brian Lehrer Show

Top 10 Best The Brian Lehrer Show Episodes

4463 Episodes

Avg Length 29m

Latest episode 18 hours ago

Brian Lehrer leads the conversation about what matters most now in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives.

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Low Tide - From Conch Public Radio

Top 10 Best Low Tide - From Conch Public Radio Episodes

9 Episodes

Avg Length 14m

Latest episode 2 years ago

Low Tide is Conch County's most popular news and culture program. If you've never heard of Conch County, that's because it's fictional and this is a comedy show. If you're a fan of NPR, Parks and Recreation, or Welcome To Night Vale, tune in to Low Tide. We have tote bags.

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Radio Boston

Top 10 Best Radio Boston Episodes

2867 Episodes

Avg Length 22m

Latest episode 5 months ago

Provocative stories and authentic voices from around Boston.

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APM: Marketplace — After The Bell

Top 10 Best APM: Marketplace — After The Bell Episodes

6 Episodes

Avg Length 13m

Latest episode 15 years ago

Marketplace's "After the Bell" keeps you up to date with what you need to know from a week's worth of business, economics and personal finance.

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Travel with Rick Steves

Top 10 Best Travel with Rick Steves Episodes

1012 Episodes

Avg Length 53m

Latest episode 3 days ago

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This American Lie

Top 10 Best This American Lie Episodes

25 Episodes

Avg Length 36m

Latest episode 5 years ago

None

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On Books

Top 10 Best On Books Episodes

64 Episodes

Avg Length 31m

Latest episode 4 months ago

On Books is a podcast about books. Think of it as a two-person book club — or a series of thirty-minute audiobooks. Each week on the show Chris Castiglione brings you a new book. Highlights include: Mating in Captivity, Sapiens, Sex at Dawn, Letters to a Young Poet, Educated, How Not to Die, Charles Duhigg’s The Power of Habit, Mark Manson’s The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Zero Waste Home, The Artist's Way, Conscious Capitalism, Blink, as well as exclusive interviews with Neil Strauss, Haruki Murakami, Kevin Kelly, Peter Singer and more.

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Left Handed Radio | A Sketch Comedy Podcast

Top 10 Best Left Handed Radio | A Sketch Comedy Podcast Episodes

224 Episodes

Avg Length 16m

Latest episode 7 months ago

Left Handed Radio is an indie narrative comedy podcast hosted, written and produced by Anna Rubanova and Adam Bozarth. It features some of the funniest, talented comedians from across the country. The show is a hybrid of sketch comedy, audio plays, satirical short stories and parodies of podcasts and public radio programming. For our back catalogue, visit our new Patreon!

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Note to Self

Top 10 Best Note to Self Episodes

299 Episodes

Avg Length 20m

Latest episode 5 years ago

Is your phone watching you? Can texting make you smarter? Are your kids real? Note to Self explores these and other essential quandaries facing anyone trying to preserve their humanity in the digital age. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts, including Radiolab, Death, Sex & Money, Snap Judgment, Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin, Nancy and many others. © WNYC Studios

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The Last Movie

Top 10 Best The Last Movie Episodes

17 Episodes

Avg Length 29m

Latest episode 1 year ago

Tanis podcast host Nic Silver and regular contributor MK, explore the possible existence of "The Last Movie," an infamous underground feature film, reputed to drive you insane. Legend has it that every screening of this film was surrounded by bloodshed and controversy: one reviewer actually described slipping on blood in the aisle, as he ran through dozens of people trying to tear him apart.

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Soundcheck

Top 10 Best Soundcheck Episodes

189 Episodes

Avg Length 36m

Latest episode 1 day ago

WNYC, New York Public Radio, brings you Soundcheck, the arts and culture program hosted by John Schaefer, who engages guests and listeners in lively, inquisitive conversations with established and rising figures in New York City's creative arts scene. Guests come from all disciplines, including pop, indie rock, jazz, urban, world and classical music, technology, cultural affairs, TV and film. Recent episodes have included features on Michael Jackson,Crosby Stills & Nash, the Assad Brothers, Rackett, The Replacements, and James Brown.

Peach Jam Podcast

Top 10 Best Peach Jam Podcast Episodes

76 Episodes

Avg Length 27m

Latest episode 5 days ago

The Peach Jam Podcast from Georgia Public Broadcasting features songs and stories from a sampling of the incredibly talented and diverse bands and artists who call the Peach State home. Recorded live in our GPB studios, you get a front-row seat for the intimate musical performances and free-flowing conversations from a truly eclectic variety of Georgia musicians.

On Point | Week in the news

Top 10 Best On Point | Week in the news Episodes

100 Episodes

Avg Length 47m

Latest episode 4 years ago

Georgia Today

Top 10 Best Georgia Today Episodes

733 Episodes

Avg Length 14m

Latest episode 3 days ago

Georgia Today is the daily podcast from GPB News bringing you compelling stories and in-depth reporting that you won’t hear anywhere else. Peter Biello hosts this quick and convenient way to get the best of GPB News’ extensive coverage of the topics that matter to you, delivered directly to your device every weekday afternoon.

STORY JAM // music + stories

Top 10 Best STORY JAM // music + stories Episodes

20 Episodes

Avg Length 17m

Latest episode 6 months ago

WELCOME TO STORY JAM!
We offer entertaining personal stories and original songs written for each story. Each episode presents one story and its accompanying custom song.
At Story Jam, we believe stories are powerful enough to change lives and influence people to develop compassion and connection. We aim to inspire our audience through the sharing of diverse voices.
The Story Jam podcast is lovingly produced in Chicago by Story Jam creator/producer Stephanie Rogers and music director/engineer Danny Shaffer. If you'd like to become a supporter or a sponsor of the Story Jam podcast or our live show, please visit us at storyjamshow.com. You can attend a show or join our classes and trainings by visiting the website.
Thank you for listening!

Timber—Stories for Podcasters

Top 10 Best Timber—Stories for Podcasters Episodes

8 Episodes

Avg Length 12m

Latest episode 3 years ago

With short episodes written by journalists, learn how the world's best podcasters make their shows and grow their audiences. Selected stories from the publication at https://timber.fm

Capitol Notes

Top 10 Best Capitol Notes Episodes

167 Episodes

Avg Length 11m

Latest episode 28 days ago

There's never a shortage of political news in Wisconsin, from the governor's office to the Legislature to the state's elected officials in Washington, DC. Join WUWM host Maayan Silver and Wispolitics.com editor JR Ross as they highlight and provide context to the latest developments.

Keyboard and Quill

Top 10 Best Keyboard and Quill Episodes

14 Episodes

Avg Length 31m

Latest episode 1 year ago

Keyboard and Quill is a playful, narrative podcast exploring data and technology through time. Co-hosted by Silicon Valley database startup veterans, Tim Berglund and Rachel Pedreschi, and inspired by the soundscapes of NPR’s award-winning Radiolab, Keyboard and Quill is a lively look at how we went from the wheel to the smartphone–from the printing press to the complex data ecosystems powering our modern lives. Tim and Rachel combine their own research with interviews they've conducted with academics, technologists, co-founders, software engineers, and other Silicon Valley professionals. Season 1: March-May 2024.

Keyboard and Quill is produced by StarTree (founded by the original creators of Apache PinotTM), hosts of Real-Time Analytics Summit, and creators of Tim’s podcast for data professionals, “Real-Time Analytics with Tim Berglund.”

The Frequency

Top 10 Best The Frequency Episodes

938 Episodes

Avg Length 11m

Latest episode 1 day ago

Vermont Public's daily news podcast. Get up to speed on what's happening every day in Vermont in under 15 minutes. Available every weekday morning by 6 a.m.

Radiowaves

Top 10 Best Radiowaves Episodes

8 Episodes

Avg Length 70m

Latest episode 10 years ago

Radiowaves is a show that takes you into the studios and behind the mics of the renowned voices of public radio and podcasting. Through long-form and intimate conversations, Radiowaves explores the minds of the likes of Ira Glass, Jad Abumrad, Amy Goodman, Peter Sagal, and many other radio greats. From their professional origins and the secrets of their craft to their views on politics and the media landscape: if you have ever been curious to learn more about the voices you listen to, this is the program that you won't want to miss. Hosted by Kevin Caners.

MichMash Politics

Top 10 Best MichMash Politics Episodes

266 Episodes

Avg Length 17m

Latest episode 8 months ago

Unjumble Michigan politics with MichMash. Each week, Cheyna Roth, Zach Gorchow and Alethia Kasben interview lawmakers and politicos, and unpack the statewide issues that affect you. MichMash is produced by WDET Detroit Public Radio in collaboration with Gongwer News Service. Part of the NPR Network.

New News

Top 10 Best New News Episodes

19 Episodes

Avg Length 19m

Latest episode 5 years ago

National Local News in association with West New Jersey Turnpike public radio bring you "New News". Currently the number 1 rated podcast in the major suburban Trenton, NJ area, this monthly news update comes to you UNCENSORED in the most unbiased of formats, Podcast!Tune in for 100% unbiased, and raw Public Radio.

Judy Carmichael's Jazz Inspired

Top 10 Best Judy Carmichael's Jazz Inspired Episodes

545 Episodes

Avg Length 59m

Latest episode 10 days ago

What inspires the people who inspire you? How do creative people create? Each week on Judy Carmichael’s Jazz Inspired, Grammy-Nominated jazz pianist Judy Carmichael explores these questions with celebrated creative artists who love jazz. A wide range of talents — everyone from Billy Joel to Seth MacFarlane — discuss their creative process and how jazz inspires them. They share their favorite recordings as well as insight into their life and art.

CD Baby Hip Hop Podcast

Top 10 Best CD Baby Hip Hop Podcast Episodes

4 Episodes

Avg Length 18m

Latest episode 15 years ago

Kickin' like a kick drum, the CD Baby Hip Hop Podcast is an all-encompassing look–or listen, if you will–at some of the best hip hop and rap music CD Baby has to offer. Our catalog represents a diverse mix of styles from around the globe, so each episode will take aim at a specific genre, sub-genre, or uniting theme (regional sounds, etc.) that ties the music together. CD Baby hip hop editor Brad digs through the crates, hosting each installment and helping you find some great new music.

In The Loop with Jeff Horwich - Minnesota Public Radio

Top 10 Best In The Loop with Jeff Horwich - Minnesota Public Radio Episodes

25 Episodes

Avg Length 40m

Latest episode 15 years ago

Interviews, humor, original music and more, from host Jeff Horwich and crew. Get "In The Loop" and help build the show. Produced by Minnesota Public Radio.

The Key 3, from The Splendid Table

Top 10 Best The Key 3, from The Splendid Table Episodes

14 Episodes

Avg Length 19m

Latest episode 7 years ago

The Key 3 is a series of discussions with great cooks (not just professional chefs) about the three recipes or techniques they think everyone should know. These are master classes for all of us and quite revealing about the cooks themselves.

Battleground: Ballot Box

Top 10 Best Battleground: Ballot Box Episodes

86 Episodes

Avg Length 14m

Latest episode 1 month ago

Each week during Georgia’s legislative session, Donna Lowry, the host of GPB's TV show Lawmakers, joins GPB News host Pamela Kirkland to break down the week's top stories from the Capitol in the Lawmakers Huddle edition of the Battleground Ballot Box podcast.

The Kojo Nnamdi Show

Top 10 Best The Kojo Nnamdi Show Episodes

208 Episodes

Avg Length 34m

Latest episode 4 years ago

The Kojo Nnamdi Show is a daily talk show — a meeting space for curious Washingtonians to make sense of the communities where they live and work. We'll introduce you to the people shaping the present and future of the region, tap into fascinating local stories, explore overlooked local history, and meet up-and-coming talent from around the region.

The Diane Rehm Show: Friday News Roundup

Top 10 Best The Diane Rehm Show: Friday News Roundup Episodes

40 Episodes

Avg Length 52m

Latest episode 8 years ago

The Diane Rehm Show's Friday News Roundup was an informed discussion of the week's top domestic and international news. This podcast serves as an archive and is no longer updated. For a more complete archive, visit drshow.org.

Long Haul: Public Radio Documentaries to Go!

Top 10 Best Long Haul: Public Radio Documentaries to Go! Episodes

98 Episodes

Avg Length 15m

Latest episode 10 days ago

None

Podcasting – The Mep Report – High Brow Birds

Top 10 Best Podcasting – The Mep Report – High Brow Birds Episodes

180 Episodes

Avg Length 99m

Latest episode 4 years ago

Three old friends from their college debate team who have recorded their phone chats for 15 years.

UWM Today

Top 10 Best UWM Today Episodes

51 Episodes

Avg Length 28m

Latest episode 3 years ago

Meet the people behind the creativity and discoveries at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.This show is no longer active.

How to Eat Weekends, from The Splendid Table

Top 10 Best How to Eat Weekends, from The Splendid Table Episodes

18 Episodes

Avg Length 7m

Latest episode 13 years ago

The Splendid Table's How to Eat Weekends Recipes, Stories and Opinions from Public Radio's Award Winning Food Show podcast is a practical guide to feeding yourself and the ones you love.

The Kojo Nnamdi Show: Tech Tuesday

Top 10 Best The Kojo Nnamdi Show: Tech Tuesday Episodes

40 Episodes

Avg Length 48m

Latest episode 9 years ago

The Kojo Nnamdi Show's Tech Tuesday explores of how technology is changing our lives.
As of 2016, Tech Tuesday is no longer produced. For an archive of shows dating back to 1999, visit http://thekojonnamdishow.org/topic/tech-tuesday.

The Big Shed Podcast

Top 10 Best The Big Shed Podcast Episodes

75 Episodes

Avg Length 13m

Latest episode 13 years ago

Voices. Stories. Sounds ... a DIY kinda place, Big Shed as been pumping surprising audio documentary work into the podosphere since 2005.

Lake Effect: Full Show

Top 10 Best Lake Effect: Full Show Episodes

834 Episodes

Avg Length 51m

Latest episode 4 days ago

Lake Effect is your connection to the community. We bring you local conversations about the people, places and organizations that shape Milwaukee.This podcast features full episodes of Lake Effect.Learn more about Lake Effect here.

WRYAT New Orleans Public Radio

Top 10 Best WRYAT New Orleans Public Radio Episodes

89 Episodes

Avg Length 38m

Latest episode 11 months ago

Have you tried NPR? Other local radio stations? Well now you are here with WRYAT New Orleans Public Radio. We are the 5th ranked public radio station of New Orleans, but secretly we are a New Orleans podcast that satires everything you love about public radio. Think Prairie Home Companion but purposefully funny. Like, subscribe, and review!

APM: The Parker Quartet, Performance Today's 2010 artists-in-residence

Top 10 Best APM: The Parker Quartet, Performance Today's 2010 artists-in-residence Episodes

5 Episodes

Avg Length 14m

Latest episode 16 years ago

Meet the Parker Quartet, Performance Today's 2010 artists-in-residence. Explore this excellent young quartet in a series of performance-interviews that take you deep inside their beautiful music, and gives you a closer look at them as individual artists.

CD Baby Rockabilly Podcast

Top 10 Best CD Baby Rockabilly Podcast Episodes

8 Episodes

Avg Length 16m

Latest episode 14 years ago

Podcasting from Portland, Oregon in full stereophonic sound, the CD Baby Rockabilly podcast is here to help you discover rockabilly artists, songs, and albums, both new and old, from all around the globe. Fans of Stray Cats, Wanda Jackson, Eddie Cochran, Charlie Feathers, Bill Haley & The Comets, Social Distortion, 1991 Morrissey, and early Sun Studios recordings from Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash know this classic genre, which merges early rock & country sounds in a timeless signature sound of slapback bass, twangy electric guitar, and vocalists who wail & croon. In this podcast, CD Baby's rockabilly editor, Peter, brings you selections from some of the best independent rockabilly albums in the world.

Losing Our Religion

Top 10 Best Losing Our Religion Episodes

463 Episodes

Avg Length 47m

Latest episode 4 years ago

Losing Our Religion with host Zac Gandara is a wild often comedic ride alongside a community of diverse humans each seeking their desired life and ideal experience away from the dogma and exclusivities they may have been raised to believe.

WUWM News

Top 10 Best WUWM News Episodes

1570 Episodes

Avg Length 4m

Latest episode 3 days ago

News from WUWM

Chirp Chat

Top 10 Best Chirp Chat Episodes

14 Episodes

Avg Length 16m

Latest episode 25 days ago

Wisconsin birders join Lake Effect’s Xcaret Nuñez monthly to chirp about all things birds.