23 Best Imperative Entertainment Podcasts

1. Boomtown

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In a rugged corner of West Texas, billionaire wildcatters and roughnecks are fueling an oil boom so big it's reshaping our climate, our economy, and our geopolitics. This modern-day gold rush has sent both big oil companies and scrappy start-ups scrambling to secure a piece of the action. Texas Monthly's Christian Wallace follows characters along every rung of the oil field ladder, from the executive cutting billion-dollar deals to the itinerant pipeline worker risking life and limb, and from the traveling exotic dancer following the trail of money to those who worry that our planet is on a ..MORE Host Christian Wallace
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Email ****@texasmonthly.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 3.8K Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. In the Red Clay

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Buried deep in the past of a quiet southern town lies the legend of Billy Sunday Birt, the most dangerous man in Georgia history. A chance meeting one spring day unravels the truth behind the notorious figure and uncovers new secrets along the way.'A wild tale of moonshine, murder, and mayhem' - Vulture2021 Webby Award Honoree, Podcast Limited SeriesMORE Host Sean Kipe
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Email ****@seankipe.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 7.6K Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

3. Elizabeth the First

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In a world where 'influence' equals follower counts and likes, there was one woman who, over the course of her career and half a century before, defined the meaning of influence and transformed its power.  She went the distance by living a remarkable life beyond the dazzle - breaking ground as the first true influencer.Her name?  Elizabeth Taylor.Narrated by Katy Perry, Elizabeth the First is a 10-episode podcast series exploring the life of Elizabeth Taylor as Hollywood icon, mother, wife, entrepreneur, advocate… and influencer.'Sumptuously produced' - The Toronto StarElizabeth the Fi..MORE Host Katy Perry
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Email ****@umgstores.com
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Apple Rating 3.9/5Apple Reviews 364 Avg Length 57 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. Raven

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Robert Kraft, better known as Raven, has run on the oceanfront sands of Miami's South Beach every day since January 1, 1975. Many have marveled at this feat over the years and all have the same question… Why? MORE Host Vincent Vittorio
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Email ****@lifeismymovie.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 108 Avg Length 40 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. Fox Hunter

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The murder of 18-year-old Rhonda Sue Coleman in 1990 has been a thorn in the side of the small community of Hazlehurst, GA for over 30 years. No arrests, no answers, and no justice. The family, friends and townspeople have never let go of the hope of finally getting the answers they so desperately seek. Fox Hunter is a 10-episode series with new episodes publishing Tuesday mornings.MORE Host Sean Kipe
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Email ****@seankipe.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 2.8K Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

6. American Coyote

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Between 1987 and 2001, one American crossed over 1000 migrants from Mexico into the United States, using a variety of wild, comical and harrowing schemes to outwit authorities on both sides of the border. This is the story of a legendary man and unlikely hero, Elden Kidd, who supported his family of five as a Coyoté and gave countless others a chance at a better life.MORE Host Andrea Lopez-Villafaña
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Email ****@voiceofsandiego.org
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 2.4K Avg Length 40 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

7. Bonaparte

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'Best Podcasts of 2022' - Paste MagazineIt's been 25 years since Anne Champion's friend was killed, but the case was never solved. When Anne, now a prominent Manhattan attorney, gets an unexpected phone call from an old friend, it compels her to return to Iowa, her childhood home, to try and piece together the events around Laura Van Wyhe's mysterious death.MORE Hosts Jason B. Stavers, Anne M. Champion
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Email ****@imperativeentertainment.com
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 1.6K Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

8. American Skyjacker: The Final Flight of Martin McNally

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Between the years of 1967 and 1972 over 300 commercial airplanes were hijacked worldwide, with over 130 of those happening in the United States alone. This period would become known as 'The Golden Age of Hijacking.' American Skyjacker is the tale of a small-time crook named Martin 'Mac' McNally, who dreamed of the ultimate mile-high score: hijacking a plane and getting away with $500,000 in cash; but Mac's hijacking is just the beginning of a truly epic and incredibly wild true-crime saga.American Skyjacker: The Final Flight of Martin McNally is a ten-episode series.MORE Host Danny Wicentowski
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Email ****@stlpr.org
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 950 Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

9. TRUE

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TRUE features the often weird but always true stories of strange events and unforgettable moments.  Each episode explores unusual, obscure, sometimes funny, sometimes creepy stories.  Stories that are so bizarre that you won't believe that they're real… but they are, because, yeah, they're TRUE.  New episodes published every Tuesday morning.MORE Host Erik Krosby
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Email ****@krosbyaudio.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 867 Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

10. Standoff

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Standoff follows Fred Gómez Carrasco, a drug cartel kingpin and orchestrator of the 1974 Huntsville, Texas, prison siege. The siege was one of the most infamous hostage crises in American history and played out in dramatic fashion over eleven days, all in front of a terrified national audience. One hundred hours of audio containing the actual hostage negotiations and the deadly shoot-out tell the story like never before.'Journalist Wes Ferguson... weaves a fascinating yarn using new interviews as well as unearthed tapes of Carrasco's hostage-negotiation calls...MORE Producer/Network Imperative
Email ****@imperativeentertainment.com
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Apple Rating 3.8/5Apple Reviews 388 Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

11. The Red Note

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Over the last 25 years, thousands of women have been viciously murdered or disappeared along the border in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The investigation into these crimes has revealed a systemic web of corruption, drug violence, sex trafficking, and unchecked globalization that authorities have tried desperately to hide...MORE Host Lydia Cacho
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Email ****@therednotemovie.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 353 Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

12. Gangster House

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Mike Thevis was the son of Greek immigrants, living the American Dream in 1970s Atlanta. He was married and had five kids. He owned one of the largest homes in Atlanta, full of fine art and exquisite furnishings. He built a highly successful business empire. But Thevis made many enemies along the way. This is the story of Mike Thevis, family man, and one of the most notorious criminals you've never heard of.MORE Host Jason Hoch
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Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.1/5Apple Reviews 576 Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

13. The Agent

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2022 Webby Award Honoree, Podcast Documentary Limited Series and Specials.The Agent is the remarkable true story of Jack Barsky, the longest-surviving known member of the KGB illegals program operated during the height of the Cold War. Barsky hid in plain sight in America for 10 years, all the while leading dual lives on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. On one fateful day, he was confronted with an impossible choice.The Agent is a production of Imperative Entertainment in association with Windjoy and is created, written, produced and edited by Jason Hoch. Narration by Alden Ehrenreich...MORE Host Alden Ehrenreich
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Email ****@westwoodone.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 1.5K Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

14. The Syndicate

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Buried cash. DEA moles. Sibling rivalries. Skydiving planes. Fast cars. And an exploding hash lab. A group of college friends took advantage of Colorado's medical marijuana laws to create one of the longest, most lucrative smuggling runs in U.S. history. But when a drug mule flipped, the whole enterprise came crashing down— and revealed how the marijuana black market is not just evolving in the era of legal weed, but thriving.New episodes publish Tuesday mornings.MORE Producer/Network Imperative
Email ****@westwoodone.com
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 1.3K Avg Length 7 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

15. The Baron of Botox

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Over two decades, Dr. Fredric Brandt went from a small dermatology practice in Miami to being Madonna's personal skincare consultant and the go-to for public figures desperate to stave off aging. His clients loved him. Fashion magazines profiled him. But as Brandt continued to build his empire—a best-selling product line, pristine homes in New York and Miami, and an absurd modern art collection—he was slowly becoming addicted to his own product...MORE Host Dr. Fredric Brandt
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Email ****@westwoodone.com
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Apple Rating 4.1/5Apple Reviews 1.7K Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

16. Operation Morning Light

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'Best Podcasts of 2022' - Financial TimesOn a January night in 1978, a white light burned through the sub-Arctic sky. It was Cosmos 954, a nuclear-powered Soviet espionage satellite that had malfunctioned and fallen to earth. As the satellite disintegrated, it scattered dangerously radioactive debris across the vast traditional lands of the Dene, Métis, and Inuit in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Operation Morning Light tells the story of the Cosmos 954 disaster, its impact on the land, and the resilience of the communities in the debris field.Operation Morning Light is hosted by D..MORE Producer/Network Imperative
Email ****@imperativeentertainment.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 466 Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

17. Devil Town

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Fear and hysteria grip the small town of Gilmer, Texas, when the search for missing teenager Kelly Wilson takes a series of bizarre and shocking turns. Thirty years later, journalist Wes Ferguson returns home to uncover what really happened to Kelly, who has never been found, in this wild, 11-episode true crime podcast.'A thorough examination of the circumstances surrounding Wilson's disappearance and the ensuring hysteria that engulfed Gilmer' - Longview News-JournalDevil Town is a production of Imperative Entertainment.   It was written and created by Wes Ferguson.  Executive Producer..MORE Host Wes Ferguson
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 3.4K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

18. In the Land of Lies

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Sean Kipe tells the story of former Georgia police officer Michael Chapel, convicted of the 1993 robbery and brutal murder of Emogene Thompson and sentenced to life in prison. However, with the recent surfacing of new information, Chapel's story may have taken a dramatic turn one that could potentially prove his innocence. Kipe takes a deep dive into Chapel's past to find the unbelievable truth behind a story that involves corrupt police officers, crime rings, drug trafficking, steroids, and murder.In the Land of Lies is written, created and hosted by Sean Kipe...MORE Host Sean Kipe
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Email ****@seankipe.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 1.5K Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

19. The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh

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Billionaire Zappos founder and tech CEO Tony Hsieh was obsessed with happiness and helping people achieve it. After running 'the world's happiest company' for two decades, Hsieh created his experimental community — The Downtown Project — dedicated to pursuing happiness. But what do Tony's life and death reveal about Silicon Valley's obsession with re-imagining how society functions?'A gripping tale' - The GuardianThe Cost Of Happiness is reported and hosted by Nastaran Tavakoli-Far. It is produced by Charlie Towler. Cover art and design by Jeana Sullivan...MORE Producer/Network Imperative
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Apple Rating 3.9/5Apple Reviews 367 Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

20. The World Beneath

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The first-ever series that defines and exposes the true nature of the underworld: a second economy of dirty money, born from the intersection of organized crime and intelligence operations. They are twin heads of this realm, and they have never been separated. This is the world of MOBSTERS & SPIES.MORE Producer/Network Imperative
Email ****@westwoodone.com
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Apple Rating 3.9/5Apple Reviews 1.3K Avg Length 60 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

21. The Paddlefish Caviar Heist

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'Best True Crime Podcast' Nominee, 2023 AmbiesWarsaw, Missouri, is a small, rural town of just over 2,000 people in the American Midwest. Locally it's known as the 'quiet end of the Lake of the Ozarks.' Very few realize that it's the paddlefish capital of the world. But when a new group arrived driving flashy, imported cars and dropping hundreds of dollars on bait and tackle, the town became the setting for an undercover federal sting operation tasked with bringing down a suspected international caviar poaching ring. The Paddlefish Caviar Heist is a production of Imperative Entertainmen..MORE Producer/Network Imperative
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Apple Rating 3.9/5Apple Reviews 525 Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

22. The Comeback

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2022 Webby Award Nominee, Podcast - DocumentarySylvester Stallone brings you The Comeback: an immersive, cinematic documentary series about meteoric success, devastating falls and inspirational comebacks - all told by the people who lived them.Presented by Imperative Entertainment and produced by Honora & Balboa Productions in Association with 30WEST.The Comeback is Executive Produced Sylvester Stallone, presented by Imperative Entertainment, and created, written, and edited by Giles Andrew and Elliott Watson of Honora Productions...MORE Producer/Network Imperative
Email ****@westwoodone.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 153 Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

23. La Nota Roja

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Durante los últimos 25 años, miles de mujeres han sido brutalmente asesinadas o han desaparecido a lo largo de la frontera en Ciudad Juárez, México. La investigación de éstos crímenes han revelado una red sistémica de corrupción, violencia, trata de personas y un proceso de globalización sin control que las autoridades han intentado ocultar desesperadamente...MORE Producer/Network Imperative
Email ****@imperativeentertainment.com
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 168 Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact