60 Best Documentary Podcasts

1. Dateline NBC

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Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations.
Hosts Andrea Canning, Blayne Alexander, Josh Mankiewicz
Producer/Network NBC News
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Facebook 2.5MTwitter 9.4MInstagram 421.2K Avg Length 42 min Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. Pretend

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Pretend Radio is a documentary-style podcast about real people pretending to be someone else. I interview con artists, snake oil salesmen, undercover FBI agents pretty much anyone living a lie.MORE Host Javier Leiva
Producer/Network Creative Babble
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Apple Rating 4.7/5 Avg Length 43 min Get Email Contact

3. The Lyric Feature

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Irish broadcaster RTÉ lyric fm's weekly documentary slot. Programmes about music, literature, visual arts and other areas where creativity is manifest. Broadcast on Sundays at 6pm on RTÉ Lyric FM.MORE Producer/Network RTÉ lyric fm
Email ****@rte.ie
Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 23.2KInstagram 9.9K Avg Length 53 min Get Email Contact

4. File on 4

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Award-winning current affairs documentary series investigating major issues at home and abroad
Host Jo Glanville
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 8.2MTwitter 2.4MInstagram 5.9M Avg Length 42 min Get Email Contact

5. FRONTLINE Film Audio Track

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You asked; we listened. FRONTLINE presents audio versions of select full-length episodes for listening on the go. Want more full-length FRONTLINE Audiocasts? Please leave a review and let us know what you think. (For behind-the-scenes interviews with FRONTLINE producers, please see the FRONTLINE Extras podcast with host Arun Rath.)MORE Producer/Network FRONTLINE
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Apple Rating 4.6/5 Avg Length 80 min Get Email Contact

6. The Documentary Podcast

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A window into our world investigating, exploring and telling stories from everywhere. Original BBC documentary storytelling, bringing the globe to your ears. Award-winning journalism, unheard voices, amazing culture and 'unputdownable' audio. New episodes every week from our teams: documentaries, Assignment, Heart and Soul, In the Studio and OS Conversations.MORE Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 1/5Facebook 61.1MTwitter 41.2M Avg Length 28 min Since Mar 2020 Get Email Contact

7. Top Docs

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Mike and Ken talk to award-winning documentary filmmakers about their art, their subjects, and their process. Dive into this amazing podcast to have a wonderful experience.
Hosts Michael Merrill, Ken Jacobson
Producer/Network michaellouismerrill
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Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 194 Avg Length 32 min Get Email Contact

8. On The Doc

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We love documentaries but we love to hear ourselves talk even more. New episode whenever we get around to it roughly weekly.
Hosts Amarilys, Misty Gillispie
Producer/Network Amarilys and Misty
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Apple Rating 4.9/5 Avg Length 57 min Since Jun 2020 Get Email Contact

9. Documentary on One Podcast

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Multi-award-winning documentaries from Ireland telling real-life stories. With over 1,800 documentaries on offer, the Documentary On One Podcast has the largest archive of documentaries available in the world, dating as far back as 1954, right up to the present day. Winner of over 340 national and international awards. Producer of podcast series 'Tiger Roll, The People's Horse', 'GunPlot', and 'The Nobody Zone'. Immerse yourself in a world of sound, story, and character.MORE Producer/Network RTÉ
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Apple Rating 4.5/5 Avg Length 41 min Get Email Contact

10. Closer Mentality

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Closer Mentality is a peak performance-focused, documentary podcast. Each episode tells the stories of elite athletes, coaches, and sports psychologists and their relationships with the mental side of the game. Hosted by Julia Mellett.MORE Host Julia Mellett
Producer/Network Julia Mellett
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Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 330 Avg Length 35 min Get Email Contact

11. Pure Nonfiction

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If you love documentary films, hear from the top storytellers on Pure Nonfiction. Host Thom Powers is well-connected in this world as a documentary curator for the Toronto International Film Festival, DOC NYC, and SundanceNow Doc Club. He leads conversations that are frank, funny, and revealing. Listen to interviews with Oscar-winning filmmakers Barbara Kopple, Alex Gibney, and Roger Ross Williams; as well as the directors of 'Making a Murderer,' 'Weiner' and 'OJ: Made in America.'MORE Host Thom Powers
Producer/Network Pure Nonfiction
Email ****@stfdocs.com
Apple Rating 4.4/5Facebook 1.1KTwitter 2.6KInstagram 4.7K Avg Length 42 min Since Apr 2016 Get Email Contact

12. DOC, Tell Me More

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An indepth look at documentaries that explores the subject matter on a deeper level and examines what was left out.
Host Mike Comfort
Producer/Network Mike Comfort
Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 46 min Since Jan 2021 Get Email Contact

13. Ongoing History of New Music

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Ongoing History of New Music looks at things from the alt-rock universe to hip hop, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. It is Canada's most well known music documentary hosted by the legendary Alan Cross. Whatever the episode, you're definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.MORE Host Alan Cross
Producer/Network Curiouscast
Email ****@alancross.ca
Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 15.8KTwitter 258 Avg Length 38 min Get Email Contact

14. Euphomet

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A documentary series about the unknown and our relationship to it, featuring real people sharing astonishing paranormal experiences. Hosted by Jim Perry.
Host Jim Perry
Producer/Network SpectreVision Radio
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Apple Rating 4.8/5 Avg Length 49 min Get Email Contact

15. Earshot - Remember Me

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What makes some memories linger deep while others fade away? In this next season of Earshot, we're telling tales of remembering and forgetting. Stories of a departed one's ashes dispatched across the globe, memories of a vanishing language lingering on magnetic tape, Russians reminding us not to forget them in the discord of war, and a fella who lost his memory and had to relearn how to be himself. Remember these words by Gabriel Garcia Marquez? What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.MORE Host Miyuki Jokiranta
Producer/Network ABC listen
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Facebook 1.2MTwitter 136.2KInstagram 407.7K Avg Length 29 min Get Email Contact

16. Short Cuts

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Short documentaries and adventures in sound presented by Josie Long.
Host Josie Long
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 8.2MTwitter 527Instagram 5.9M Avg Length 30 min Since Jun 2013 Get Email Contact

17. Documentary of the Week

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Technology has made non-fiction film easier to make, more available and more popular than ever before. Here, WNYC selects the best documentaries as they come to screens of any size.
Producer/Network WNYC
Apple Rating 4.3/5Facebook 118.9KTwitter 184.2KInstagram 79.6K Avg Length 2 min Get Email Contact

18. Filter Stories

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Filter Stories is a NPR / BBC-style documentary show revealing the hidden side of coffee. We visit a stateless barista stuck on a faraway island, meet an award winning coffee grower earning just $2 profit from 250 espressos, hear from a coffee producer who is almost murdered three times during a civil war, and much moreMORE Host James Harper
Producer/Network Coffee Podcasts
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 676Twitter 272Instagram 5.8K Avg Length 38 min Video Podcast YouTube
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19. Documentary First

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Documentary First is your all-access guide to the world of documentary filmmaking. With her own 'The Girl Who Wore Freedom' film well underway, Director Christian Taylor sits down with Josh and Jason to explore the highs and lows of film creation.MORE Producer/Network Documentary First Productions
Email ****@normandystories.com
Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 10.6KTwitter 1.2K Avg Length 47 min Get Email Contact

20. Hostage to the Devil

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The Hostage to the Devil podcast will provide an opportunity for the filmmakers of the documentary to showcase interviews from contributors and Malachi Martin storylines that they couldn't use in the final film. Music by Andrew Simon McAllister. Podcast produced by Causeway Pictures and Scattered Images.MORE Hosts Christopher Patterson, Martin Stalker
Producer/Network Chris Patterson & Marty Stalker
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Twitter 408 Avg Length 39 min Get Email Contact

21. For the Record: The 70s

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An audio documentary of 1970s music and history. This podcast examines the intersection of a wide variety of musical genres, including pop, rock, country, country-pop, disco, punk, and soul with the events and people that helped shape the 70s and beyond.MORE Host Amy Lively
Producer/Network Amy Lively
Email ****@amylively.net
Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 159Twitter 5 Avg Length 44 min Get Email Contact

22. COMMONS

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COMMONS is a documentary podcast that proves Canada is anything but boring. Each season, host Arshy Mann guides you through the country's dark underbelly, bringing you stories about crime, corruption and all manner of misdeeds.This season, the dark side of hockey. We will examine the past, present, and future of the game and leave you wondering what you really know about Canada's national pastime.MORE Host Arshy Mann
Producer/Network CANADALAND
Email ****@canadaland.com
Apple Rating 4.3/5Facebook 22.2KTwitter 8.5KInstagram 11.7K Avg Length 29 min Get Email Contact

23. Factual America

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Factual America examines America through the lens of documentary filmmaking. Guests include Academy Award, Emmy and Grammy-winning documentary filmmakers and producers, their subjects, as well as experts on the American experience. Find out more about the current and upcoming documentaries on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Apple TV , Sky Documentaries and other platforms directly from the creators. Whether we discuss true crime, music, burning social and political topics, history, or arts, Factual America is your #1 documentary film podcast...MORE Host Matthew Sherwood
Producer/Network Soho Podcasts
Email ****@sohopodcasts.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 2.7KTwitter 648Instagram 176 Avg Length 43 min Get Email Contact

24. Fog of Truth

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A podcast exploring the definition and boundaries of documentary cinema, as well as current releases within the genre.
Producer/Network Bart Weiss
Email ****@fogoftruth.com
Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 238Twitter 150 Avg Length 26 min Get Email Contact

25. MTV's Behind the Music

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MTV's Behind the Music is back! The groundbreaking music documentary series returns with the best of the vault, updated and remastered for audio. Each episode profiles one of music's most influential icons from 50 Cent to AC/DC, Courtney Love to Madonna, and more. Experience their unfiltered journeys to success and their personal stories of hardships and triumphs in this audio companion to the Paramount Behind the Music series.MORE Producer/Network iHeartPodcasts
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Apple Rating 3.6/5 Avg Length 35 min Get Email Contact

26. 2 girls, 1 doc

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A (crime)documentary podcast like no other!Beedie and Fourens recap your favourite documentaries with a little alcohol and a lot of laughs!
Producer/Network 2 girls, 1 doc
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Apple Rating 4.3/5 Avg Length 54 min Get Email Contact

27. Our Orange Hustle

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Welcome to 'Our Orange Hustle' podcast a documentary series where I get to share my personal hustle journey, inspire creatives, share startup stories, discover and celebrate street hustlers via series of interactive interview sessions, together with innovative individuals who are hustling hard & smart to make a living and also create a positive impact in the society.MORE Producer/Network Faith Etuk
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28. True Story By Institute of Documentary Film

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True Story: a documentary video and podcast interview series; almost everything you ever wanted to know about Central and Eastern European documentary film.In-depth interviews with your curious and enthusiastic hosts, Ivona Remundova and Nicole Jennifer Adelman.This series is brought to you by the Institute of Documentary Film.MORE Hosts Ivona Remundova, Nicole Jennifer Adelman
Producer/Network Institute of Documentary Film
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29. Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

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Now in its 21st year, the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is the premier venue for non-fiction film in the American West. Every year, the festival brings over a hundred beautifully-crafted, thought-provoking documentary films to Missoula, Montana. This podcast, a collaboration between the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival and the Missoula Broadcasting Company, gives you the chance to hear directly from filmmakers, gaining insight into what drew them to their subjects and the behind-the-scenes stories of their films.MORE Email ****@missoulabroadcasting.com
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30. The DocFix Documentary Storytelling Podcast

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Are you struggling to turn your idea into a great documentary story? This podcast takes you through the steps that world-class documentary makers use to create compelling documentaries from real-life ideas. Whether it's for Netflix, The BBC, or Amazon, or you are just starting out, great storytelling is what your audience craves - it's the foundation of every successful documentary.MORE Host Nigel Levy
Producer/Network Nigel Levy
Email ****@leviathan-films.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.5/5 Avg Length 35 min Get Email Contact

31. Seriously...

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Seriously is home to the world's best audio documentaries and podcast recommendations, and host Vanessa Kisuule brings you two fascinating new episodes every week.
Host Vanessa Kisuule
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Facebook 61.1MTwitter 41.2M Avg Length 29 min Since Dec 2015 Get Email Contact

32. For Real?

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Documentaries tell stories. Which, begs the question... 'For Real?' Each episode, we'll discuss and review a documentary or docu-series. We're not experts. We just play them on this podcast. Hosted by Special K and Matt.MORE Producer/Network For Real?
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Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 279 Avg Length 54 min Since May 2021 Get Email Contact

33. True Story

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Join Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and Rachael Harris (Suits, The Hangover) as they discuss a new documentary every week, with plenty of hilarious diversions and memorable stories along the way!MORE Hosts Cheryl Hines, Rachael Harris
Producer/Network Headgum
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Twitter 1.7K Avg Length 55 min Get Email Contact

34. Documentary Diehards

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Three sports fans break down and review a new 30 for 30 documentary each week. Hosted by Sam Anderson, Ren Clayton, and Nic Rudolph.
Producer/Network Documentary Diehards
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 49 min Since Jul 2020 Get Email Contact

35. Sup Doc

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Sup Doc is the #1 Podcast about Documentaries! This lively show features comedy, commentary & recaps with classic and not-so-classic documentaries! On each episode comedians, Paco Romane and George Chen give actual analysis while hilariously discussing the documentary with their wide array of amazing guests, plus games and film clips. Join the conversation every other Monday even if you haven't seen the documentary, as we go beyond the conventional podcast recap format. Documentaries, games, comedy, and analysis!MORE Producer/Network Sup Doc
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 947Twitter 1.8KInstagram 1.5K Avg Length 64 min Since May 2015 Get Email Contact

36. Part Time Sport Documentaries

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If a sports documentary is played in the forest, does anyone watch it? That's irrelevant, but irrelevance is what The Part Time Sport podcast by Cal Monaghan and Dylan Thomas is all about. Join us as we trawl the globe for the best sport documentaries, teasing out a narrative (and we mean any narrative) that makes that watch worth your eyes.MORE Producer/Network Part Time Sport
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Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 78Instagram 173 Avg Length 36 min Since Jul 2020 Get Email Contact

37. Podumentary

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Two sisters talking about their main source of education, the modern documentary. We'll cover a different documentary weekly in as funny a manor as humanly possible.
Producer/Network Madeira Semple
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Apple Rating 4.6/5 Avg Length 38 min Get Email Contact

38. Monkey to Millions

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This is a documentary series that follows real-life college students to hear about struggles and triumphs as they try to navigate the competitive finance job market.The host, Patrick Curtis, is CEO and Founder of Wall Street Oasis will serve as their mentor for up to two years as they try to achieve their dream job out of college.Will they land their dream position? Will they make the cut? You'll have to listen and join us on the journey to find out.MORE Producer/Network Wall Street Oasis
Email ****@wallstreetoasis.com
Apple Rating 4.9/5 Avg Length 28 min Get Email Contact

39. What's Up Doc

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Join our host Gemma Delaney, as she discusses the true-crime documentaries everybody is talking about. Hosted by Gemma Delaney.
Producer/Network Gemma Delaney
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Twitter 552 Avg Length 52 min Get Email Contact

40. It Was Said

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It Was Said, the 2021 Webby Award winner for Best Podcast Series, takes a look back on some of the most powerful and timeless speeches in history. Written and narrated by Pulitzer Prize winning and best-selling historian Jon Meacham, this documentary podcast takes you through generation-defining speeches. Meacham, along with top historians, authors and journalists, offers expert insight and analysis into the origins, the orator, and the context of the times each speech was given, and reflect on why it's important to never forget them.MORE Producer/Network Audacy Studios | The HISTORY Channel
Email ****@cadence13.com
Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 1.9KTwitter 2.7KInstagram 6.1K Avg Length 32 min Get Email Contact

41. Norwegian Newcomers

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Norwegian Newcomers is a documentary podcast where the Norwegian immigrant population are the storytellers and share their personal experiences, hopes, goals, and backgrounds.
Producer/Network Norwegian Newcomers
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 4K Avg Length 33 min Get Email Contact

42. On Docs

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Join Colin Ellis and Nam Kiwanuka for this podcast on documentaries and the stories they tell. They'll introduce you to filmmakers who give us fascinating takes on people, perspectives and what it means to be human.MORE Producer/Network TVO
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 55.7KTwitter 40K Avg Length 30 min Since Oct 2018 Get Email Contact

43. The Ultimate Transition Plan Documentary with Gary Thompson

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This is a documented journey of my 2019 transition plan where I applied the principles from Bob Proctor's seminars, the Science of Getting Rich and Paradigm shift, and created my best life ever. I decided to document the journey, so I could share to help others who may not be having success or feel stuck where they are in life. Daily study of the material resulted in creating a media and production company, purchasing a new home, completing a rough draft of my first book, and no longer going to bed with financial concerns.MORE Host Gary Thompson
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 34 min Get Email Contact

44. Banned Biographies

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Banned Biographies is an audio documentary series charting the careers of some of the most notorious bands ever to grace the world's stages.
Producer/Network Tom Austin-Morgan
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 403Twitter 918 Avg Length 68 min Since Apr 2020 Get Email Contact

45. Discussing Documentaries

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This weekly podcast features comedians Ric & Mat who have a shared passion for watching and dissecting documentaries. Funny, emotional, engaging, and always worthy of a listen.
Producer/Network discussingdocumentaries
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Apple Rating 4/5Facebook 66Twitter 17 Avg Length 43 min Since Sep 2020 Get Email Contact

46. RADIO Then

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Broadcast Dramas, Documentaries and interviews about old time radio series and celebrities from the golden age of radio broadcasting. Primarily in the United States. Purloined or recycled from various sources and contributors. Enjoy!MORE Producer/Network RAlan Campbell
Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 38 Avg Length 28 min Since Jun 2019 Get Email Contact

47. Docs in Orbit

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A podcast that features conversations with creative documentary filmmakers whose films are making rounds in festivals We are an artist-run initiative that operates ad-free. If you would like to support us, be sure to rate, review, and subscribe so that more documentary film lovers can find us.MORE Host Christina Zachariades
Producer/Network Docs in Orbit
Email ****@docsinorbit.com
Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 573Twitter 224Instagram 2.1K Avg Length 39 min Get Email Contact

48. All Doc'd Up

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Three friends watch their favorite documentaries and recap them so well you'll want to watch it too!
Producer/Network Khris, VJ & Penrose
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Apple Rating 4.9/5 Avg Length 101 min Since Apr 2020 Get Email Contact

49. The Radio 3 Documentary

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In-depth documentaries which explore a different aspect of history, science, philosophy, film, visual arts and literature. The Sunday Feature is broadcast every Sunday at 6.45pm on BBC Radio 3.MORE Producer/Network BBC Radio 3
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50. Docu Two

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Docu Two is a documentary recap podcast dedicated to giving you an insightful, educational, and (hopefully) entertaining summary of documentaries. We review documentaries that maybe you have seen or maybe have been on your watchlist for years. Even if you have seen the documentary, you may just find we provide a new perspective.MORE Facebook 502Twitter 138Instagram 581 Avg Length 48 min Since Jan 2021 Get Email Contact

51. Off The Grid

Follow Off The Grid is a character-driven highly produced documentary series that tells compelling human stories from across the globe.
Producer/Network TRT World
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52. Drama | Film School Radio

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Interviews with the best documentary, foreign and independent filmmakers.
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