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Top 18 NPR Podcasts

Jun 11, 2025

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

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On the Media

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On the Media
Top 10 Best On the Media Episodes

2271 Episodes

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Avg Length 41m

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Latest episode 4 days ago

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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.

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Can We Please Talk?

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Can We Please Talk?
Top 10 Best Can We Please Talk? Episodes

278 Episodes

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Avg Length 51m

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Latest episode 1 day ago

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‘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/


Follow us on IG - @canwepleasetalkpodcast, Twitter -@CANWEPLEASTALK, TikTok - @canwepleasetalkpodcast


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.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Rabbits

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Rabbits
Top 10 Best Rabbits Episodes

27 Episodes

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Avg Length 36m

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Latest episode 1 year ago

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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

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Avg Length 20m

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Latest episode 7 months ago

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

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On Point | Podcast

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On Point | Podcast
Top 10 Best On Point | Podcast Episodes

1551 Episodes

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Avg Length 44m

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Latest episode 8 hours ago

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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.

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The Black Tapes

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The Black Tapes
Top 10 Best The Black Tapes Episodes

52 Episodes

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Avg Length 25m

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Latest episode 4 years ago

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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?
Travel with Rick Steves
Top 10 Best Travel with Rick Steves Episodes

1015 Episodes

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Avg Length 53m

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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

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NPR's Mountain Stage

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NPR's Mountain Stage
Top 10 Best NPR's Mountain Stage Episodes

369 Episodes

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Avg Length 135m

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Latest episode 1 day ago

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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.

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The Brian Lehrer Show

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The Brian Lehrer Show
Top 10 Best The Brian Lehrer Show Episodes

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Avg Length 29m

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Brian Lehrer leads the conversation about what matters most now in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives.
Low Tide - From Conch Public Radio
Top 10 Best Low Tide - From Conch Public Radio Episodes

9 Episodes

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Avg Length 14m

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Latest episode 2 years ago

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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

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Radio Boston
Top 10 Best Radio Boston Episodes

2867 Episodes

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Avg Length 22m

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Latest episode 5 months ago

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Provocative stories and authentic voices from around Boston.
Travel with Rick Steves
Top 10 Best Travel with Rick Steves Episodes

1015 Episodes

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Avg Length 53m

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Latest episode 4 days ago

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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
APM: Marketplace — After The Bell
Top 10 Best APM: Marketplace — After The Bell Episodes

6 Episodes

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Avg Length 13m

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Latest episode 15 years ago

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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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This American Lie

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This American Lie
Top 10 Best This American Lie Episodes

25 Episodes

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Avg Length 36m

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Latest episode 5 years ago

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On Books

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On Books
Top 10 Best On Books Episodes

64 Episodes

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Avg Length 31m

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Latest episode 5 months ago

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

224 Episodes

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Avg Length 16m

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Latest episode 7 months ago

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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

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Note to Self
Top 10 Best Note to Self Episodes

299 Episodes

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Avg Length 20m

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Latest episode 5 years ago

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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

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The Last Movie
Top 10 Best The Last Movie Episodes

17 Episodes

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Avg Length 29m

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Latest episode 1 year ago

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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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Immigration Stories: We The Aliens Podcast
Top 10 Best Immigration Stories: We The Aliens Podcast Episodes

57 Episodes

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Avg Length 50m

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Latest episode 4 years ago

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We The Aliens podcast hosts conversations with IMMIGRANTS from all over the world who came to the US and found their path to the American Dream. No matter what their status is - undocumented, DACA recipient, permanent resident (green card holder), naturalized citizen - all are welcome here. We talk about the challenges of leaving the home country, finding the legal path, finding a way to belong in the new world, building a career, finding love, and sustaining the family traditions. We talk about IMMIGRATION as a process of growth and self-discovery, adaptation, overcoming cultural shocks, and fighting racial and ethnic stereotypes. We talk about the great contributions that immigrants make to the American economy, culture, science, and society. We also feature stories of the first-gens, FIRST GENERATION American-born, the third culture kids, who have their own set of struggles growing in between the cultures of their parents' home country and America. We talk about their battle to find their identity and carve their path while redefining what American is. We talk about philosophy, psychology, culture, language, and history. We also talk about the news of the day, things that we all worry about. If you love NPR, This American Life, The Daily, and Pod Save America, if you read Forbes, LA Times, The Atlantic, and New York Times, if you watch John Oliver, Bill Maher, Stephen Colbert, and/or Trevor Noah, if you are a Twitter and Clubhouse addict because you want to be closer to people, if you, your spouse, your parent, or your grandma is an immigrant-alien and you know that you and they came to this country to build, and you can’t stand discrimination and belittling of their lives and contributions, - this podcast is for you.
THE INTERSECTION
Top 10 Best THE INTERSECTION Episodes

43 Episodes

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Latest episode 5 months ago

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Exploring our changing cities. One street corner at a time. This season we are going to Burning Man. From KALW 91.7FM in San Francisco. Find us online at www.theintersection.fm and on Twitter @IntersectionFM
Sedge Thomson's West Coast Live
Top 10 Best Sedge Thomson's West Coast Live Episodes

171 Episodes

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Avg Length 21m

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Latest episode 12 years ago

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West Coast Live is a California-Native variety show hosted by impresario Sedge Thomson. Join in for some engaging conversation, music and play.
Losing Our Religion
Top 10 Best Losing Our Religion Episodes

463 Episodes

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Avg Length 47m

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Latest episode 4 years ago

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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.
Capitol Notes
Top 10 Best Capitol Notes Episodes

169 Episodes

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Avg Length 11m

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Latest episode 8 days ago

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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.
WAMU: Local News
Top 10 Best WAMU: Local News Episodes

911 Episodes

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Latest episode 4 days ago

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News features from the Washington, DC Metro Area.
CrossFeed Religious News Video
Top 10 Best CrossFeed Religious News Video Episodes

100 Episodes

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Avg Length 57m

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Latest episode 12 years ago

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CrossFeed Religious News (Video) brings you the latest religious news each week as found on crossfeednews.com, the only social religious news community on the internet! Watch level-headed Christian commentary from Dale Critchley in Cleveland and Jim Butler in Boston, a couple Lutheran (LCMS) pastors, discussing everything from abortion to gay marriage to statements from the Pope to VeggieTales, not to mention regular Superman and Star Wars references. We take the news seriously, but we don't take ourselves too seriously. Also available in audio only. Theme music by Grant Haavaldsrud.
Unpacked
Top 10 Best Unpacked Episodes

60 Episodes

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Avg Length 21m

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Latest episode 2 years ago

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Peculiar stories from real life. Hosted by Christopher Beale & Josh Taylor
Living with a Genius Daily
Top 10 Best Living with a Genius Daily Episodes

405 Episodes

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Latest episode 4 years ago

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On this day, in the arts, letters, sciences, and salmagundi.

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/living-with-a-genius-daily.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

WRYAT New Orleans Public Radio
Top 10 Best WRYAT New Orleans Public Radio Episodes

89 Episodes

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Avg Length 38m

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Latest episode 1 year ago

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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!
Business Bootcamp
Top 10 Best Business Bootcamp Episodes

463 Episodes

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Avg Length 22m

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Latest episode 1 year ago

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Business Bootcamp Podcast is made for small business owners. My name is Mike Andes. I started college at the age of 13 with full intention of going to medical school. I went to school for an MBA and now I own a landscaping company, an Anytime Fitness gym, and 3 online businesses. I share my highs, lows, and experiences being an entrepreneur. You can learn from my mistakes and identify with the day-to-day struggles of a small business owner. Call in or ask a question online and get concrete advice about your company. If you are looking to START, GROW, OR SAVE your business I want to help you! Learn from business people and seasoned entrepreneurs as they share their personal stories and experiences on the interview portion of the show.
Georgia Today
Top 10 Best Georgia Today Episodes

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Avg Length 14m

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Latest episode 4 days ago

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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.
Judy Carmichael's Jazz Inspired
Top 10 Best Judy Carmichael's Jazz Inspired Episodes

548 Episodes

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Avg Length 59m

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Latest episode 10 days ago

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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.
UWM Today
Top 10 Best UWM Today Episodes

51 Episodes

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Avg Length 28m

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Latest episode 3 years ago

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Meet the people behind the creativity and discoveries at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.This show is no longer active.
The Big Shed Podcast
Top 10 Best The Big Shed Podcast Episodes

75 Episodes

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Avg Length 13m

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Latest episode 13 years ago

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Voices. Stories. Sounds ... a DIY kinda place, Big Shed as been pumping surprising audio documentary work into the podosphere since 2005.
The Humboldt Chronicles
Top 10 Best The Humboldt Chronicles Episodes

58 Episodes

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Avg Length 41m

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Latest episode 4 months ago

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Dispatches from Marijuana Country.
Keyboard and Quill
Top 10 Best Keyboard and Quill Episodes

14 Episodes

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Avg Length 31m

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Latest episode 1 year ago

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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.”
RADIO ACTION THEATER
Top 10 Best RADIO ACTION THEATER Episodes

12 Episodes

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Avg Length 34m

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Latest episode 5 years ago

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Radio Action Theater, based in New York City and produced by Alabama writer and director Robert Clem, was broadcast on public radio in the U.S. and abroad from 1993 to 1998. The episodes feature performances by Eli Wallach, Ossie Davis, Betty Buckley, Stacy Keach, Jeffery Wright, David Strathairn, Hope Davis, John Glover, Lois Smith, Campbell Scott, Will Patton and Michael O'Keefe, and are based on Southern literature and Southern and U.S. history, with adapted stories by William Faulkner, Charles Chesnutt and William Gilmore Simms; and history plays based on the Hamilton-Burr duel, Woodrow Wilson's curious rise to power and the deadly expedition of Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto through what is now the American South. Each episode was directed by Robert Clem with original music composed and performed by Donald Stark.
The Takeaway: Story of the Day
Top 10 Best The Takeaway: Story of the Day Episodes

50 Episodes

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Avg Length 12m

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Latest episode 11 years ago

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Daily highlights from The Takeaway, the national morning news program that delivers the news and analysis you need to catch up, start your day, and prepare for what's ahead. The Takeaway, along with the BBC World Service, The New York Times and WGBH Boston, invites listeners every morning to learn more and be part of the American conversation on-air and online at thetakeaway.org.
The Frequency
Top 10 Best The Frequency Episodes

952 Episodes

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Avg Length 11m

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Latest episode 3 days ago

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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.

The Kojo Nnamdi Show
Top 10 Best The Kojo Nnamdi Show Episodes

208 Episodes

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Avg Length 34m

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Latest episode 4 years ago

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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

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Avg Length 52m

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Latest episode 8 years ago

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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.
STORY JAM // music + stories
Top 10 Best STORY JAM // music + stories Episodes

20 Episodes

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Avg Length 17m

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Latest episode 7 months ago

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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!

CD Baby Top Sellers Podcast
Top 10 Best CD Baby Top Sellers Podcast Episodes

18 Episodes

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Avg Length 6m

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Latest episode 15 years ago

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CD Baby Top Sellers Podcast: A weekly dose of the music our customers LOVE, with extra tidbits about the musicians that created it! Join us weekly to catch these rising stars of independent music!
Beethoven Rocks!
Top 10 Best Beethoven Rocks! Episodes

6 Episodes

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Latest episode 14 years ago

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Get ready to meet one of the biggest names in music. Did you know two hundred years ago, Classical music composer Ludwig van Beethoven was the world’s most popular rock star? And guess what? He’s still BIG! This audio series, hosted by National Public Radio’s Susan Stamberg, gives you an introduction to his life and works—visit artsedge.kennedy-center.org for even more!
New News
Top 10 Best New News Episodes

19 Episodes

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Avg Length 19m

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Latest episode 5 years ago

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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.
Bob Schieffer's "About the News" with H. Andrew Schwartz
Top 10 Best Bob Schieffer's "About the News" with H. Andrew Schwartz Episodes

50 Episodes

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Avg Length 39m

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Latest episode 7 years ago

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Hosted by CBS News’ Bob Schieffer with H. Andrew Schwartz, “About the News” is series of conversations with the top people reporting the news, about the news, and its impact on politics and policy. A collaboration between the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) and the Bob Schieffer College of Communication at TCU, Schieffer and Schwartz host a weekly discussion with the most interesting people working in legacy media, digitally native platforms, social media companies, and top thought leaders.
Soundcheck
Top 10 Best Soundcheck Episodes

195 Episodes

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Avg Length 36m

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Latest episode 1 day ago

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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.
Lake Effect: Full Show
Top 10 Best Lake Effect: Full Show Episodes

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Avg Length 51m

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Latest episode 5 days ago

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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.
The Disappearance of Amanda Jones
Top 10 Best The Disappearance of Amanda Jones Episodes

7 Episodes

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Avg Length 22m

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Latest episode 5 years ago

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In August 2005, a pregnant Jefferson County, Missouri woman disappeared. Amanda Jones' family says she went to meet Bryan Westfall, the man she believed to be the father of her unborn child. She never returned home. Thirteen years later, Fox 2 is interviewing Jones' family and meeting with the investigators who are still working on this case.

Café Concerts
Top 10 Best Café Concerts Episodes

33 Episodes

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Avg Length 16m

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Latest episode 9 years ago

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Café Concerts