38 Best Inequality Podcasts

1. Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer

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We are living through a paradigm shift from trickle-down neoliberalism to middle-out economics — a new understanding of who gets what and why. Join zillionaire class-traitor Nick Hanauer and some of the world's leading economic and political thinkers as they explore the latest thinking on how the economy actually works.MORE Hosts Nick Hanauer, David Goldstein
Producer/Network Civic Ventures
Email ****@pitchforkeconomics.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guests Marc Dunkelman, Samantha Jacoby +4 more
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 1.6KInstagram 7.3K Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Since Dec 2018 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. Garys Economics

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Gary Stevenson inequality economist, former trader and author of The Trading Game explains how real world economics work.
Producer/Network Gary Stevenson
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 389 Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. The Promise

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A Peabody Award-winning series from Nashville Public Radio about inequality and the people trying to rise above it, with host and reporter Meribah Knight. In Season 1 of The Promise, we told the story of Nashville's largest public housing complex, smack in the middle of a city on the rise. In Season 2, we explore how that divide reveals itself in the classroom. One neighborhood, two schools — one black and poor, the other white and well-off, and the kids stuck in the middle.MORE Host Meribah Knight
Producer/Network Nashville Public Radio
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 810 Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

4. Subject To Power

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An open-ended investigation into the state of inequality between the two halves of humanity - men and women. Subjugation, domination, exploitation and all related forms of hierarchies and tyrannies - with an international lineup of guests, hosted by Elle Kamihira.MORE Host Elle Kamihira
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Rachel Hewitt, Darcia Narvaez
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 142 Avg Length 69 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. EQUALS: Reimagining Our Economy

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A podcast about inequality. We reimagine our economy one conversation at a time with activists, thinkers and politicians across the world. This podcast is hosted by Max Lawson, Grazielle Custódio, Annie Theriault and Nafkote Dabi and produced by Simon Maina. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.MORE Hosts Simon Maina, Max Lawson, Nabil Ahmed, Nafkote Dabi
Producer/Network The Inequality Podcast
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 65Twitter 2K Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

6. The Health Disparities Podcast

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The Health Disparities Podcast is the world's leading health equity discussion forum and is a program of Movement is Life. This podcast features thought leaders in the world of equitable health, and highlights health disparities, social determinants of health and community-led solutions.MORE Producer/Network Movement is Life, Inc
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Dr. Uché Blackstock, Rebecca Stone
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 38Facebook 636 Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

7. The Inequality Podcast

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Presented by the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility at the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy, The Inequality Podcast brings together scholars across disciplines to discuss the causes and consequences of inequality and strategies to promote economic mobility. This podcast is hosted by economists Steven Durlauf and Damon Jones, psychologist Ariel Kalil, and sociologist Geoff Wodtke.MORE Hosts Steven N. Durlauf, Damon Jones, Ariel Kalil, Geoff Wodtke
Producer/Network Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility
Email ****@uchicago.edu
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Sven Beckert, Jonathan Levy +5 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 35Twitter 9.7KInstagram 6.7K Avg Length 49 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

8. The Social Mobility Podcast

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The Social Mobility Podcast is a series of conversations with individuals who advocate for, work within or represent social mobility from a range of sectors, including education, business, charity and the media. Together with host Tunde Banjoko OBE, guests discuss the importance of advancing diversity and equality, and explore what can be done to address socio-economic inequality.MORE Host Tunde Banjoko
Producer/Network Making the Leap
Email ****@makingtheleap.org.uk
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Paul Lewis, Jon Lewis +2 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 19 Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

9. Inequality Talks

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Inequality Talks is a podcast from the volunteers at Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke, Aarhus. Through discussion, debate, and interview, each episode explores a different concept, problem, or idea relating to issues of inequality (economic, gendered, racial, or otherwise). Each episode aims to offer an overview for the uninitiated before diving into the significance of current events, the complexities of what a given idea might mean, and what alternatives to the current status quo might look like in practice. This project has been supported by: 'Den almennyttige fond af 15. september 1968'.MORE Producer/Network Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke, Aarhus
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Reviews 5 Avg Length 56 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

10. People vs Inequality Podcast

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In a time of crisis and fast change, this podcast is a space to reflect and learn with change-makers working to tackle inequalities and injustice. We hear about the choices they make, the approaches they take, the obstacles they face and their hopes and dreams in making real change happen. As massive inequalities are threatening our societies and planet, join us to find out how to use this moment to turn the tide and shift power for a more just and equal world.MORE Host Barbara van Paassen
Producer/Network PeoplevsInequality
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Reviews 8 Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

11. Economics for Inclusive Prosperity

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We need an alternative vision of economics to replace failed neoliberalism and rising economic nationalism. In a world facing record inequality, climate peril, and rising illiberalism, how do we build a more inclusive, more sustainable, more prosperous economy for everyone? This is the podcast of Economics for Inclusive Prosperity, a network of economists working to inspire new thinking in their field and highlight the transformative changes that are already happening.MORE Recent Guests Dani Rodrik, Suresh Naidu
Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 49 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

12. Fair Enough? From UCL's Grand Challenge of Inequalities

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Fair Enough? is a new podcast from UCL's Grand Challenge of Inequalities, asking a simple but urgent question: when it comes to tackling inequality, are we really doing enough?In an increasingly divided world, where competing interests often pull us apart, what would solutions that most people consider fair actually look like?Hosted by UCL's Pro-Vice-Provosts for Inequalities, Dr Victoria Austin and Prof Lauren Andres, each episode brings together a UCL expert and a leading external voice...MORE Avg Length 49 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

13. Unequal India Decoded

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Unequal India Decoded is a monthly podcast from the Tax Justice Network which dissects inequalities and offers solutions for building a fairer place for its billion and a half people.
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14. The Poverty Trap

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A Podcast for those who are fed up with the inequality baked into America's system and want to collectively make change. povertytrap.substack.com
Host Joan DeMartin
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15. One Divide

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One Divide is a podcast hosted by Tao Jones that examines wealth inequality and the strategic division of the American population by wealthy interests with the aim of keeping working class people fighting each other instead of the elite oligarchy. The show exposes artificially stoked divisions such as race, religion, gender, immigration status, and social and political philosophy as 'straw men' created by the wealthy elite to ensure the continuation of the status quo, which has seen an epic increase in wealth inequality over the past 50 years in the United States and around the world.MORE Avg Length 55 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

16. Antisocial Economics

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What is wealth? How come so many of us haven't got any? How does wealth inequality make poverty worse? In the UK and other rich economies, wealth inequality and poverty are at incredibly high levels. A very small number of people are very rich and most other people are not. An increasing number of people live in poverty. Should there be limits to the amount of wealth one person can own? How come so many wealthy people are so dependent on state handouts? Why is it so hard to do anything about it? While we know a lot about poverty, we know a lot less about wealth...MORE Email ****@thepodcastguys.co.uk
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Avg Length 46 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

17. The Ladder

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Why does the world feel so unequal? This 24-part audio documentary series answers that question. We trace the story of wealth inequality through the eyes of four generations and travel the globe to deconstruct the economic machine that has reshaped our world. This is a journey to understand how our social contract was broken, and a deep dive into the credible, hopeful solutions for how we can rebuild it. Hosted by The Chronicler.MORE Avg Length 8 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

18. Unequal Worlds; an inequality research podcast

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The Global Research Programme on Inequality (GRIP) is a radically interdisciplinary research programme that views inequality as both a fundamental challenge to human well-being and as an impediment to achieving the ambitions of the 2030 Agenda. In this podcast, we aim to explore and illuminate all aspects of global inequality and to investigate the possible ways of addressing these inequalities.MORE Host Wesley Maraire
Producer/Network GRIP
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19. PHTRI Podcast

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A podcast series for the Public Health Tackling Racism and Inequality Programme
Producer/Network lee Pinkerton
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Recent Guest Jabeer Butt
Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

20. The Glenn Show

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Race, inequality, and economics in the US and throughout the world from Glenn Loury, Professor of Economics at Brown University and Paulson Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute glennloury.substack.comMORE Host Glenn Loury
Email ****@brown.edu
Estimated Monthly Listeners 50k-250k
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 2.6KFacebook 710Twitter 203.7K Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

21. Class Divide

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Class Divide is a powerful podcast series that exposes educational inequality in the UK. Through two years of documentary work, it sheds light on education in underprivileged areas such as East Brighton estates of Whitehawk, Manor Farm and Bristol Estate. Shockingly, only 37% of young people in East Brighton achieved basic GCSE grades compared to 69% in the rest of the city in 2019. The series follows the lives of a daughter and three sons from Whitehawk, emphasizing the transformative power of education...MORE Host Curtis James
Producer/Network Class Divide
Email ****@classdivide.co.uk
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Reviews 80 Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

22. Poverty Unpacked podcast

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In conversation with others, we explore how poverty affects the mind, relationships, emotions and society as a whole, and what can be done to change it. Hear from activists, researchers, policy makers, and those with lived experience of poverty around the world.MORE Host Keetie Roelen
Producer/Network Poverty Unpacked
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 9Twitter 1.1KInstagram 431 Since Mar 2020 Get Email Contact

23. Let's Talk Poverty

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Welcome to Let's Talk Poverty, the podcast that helps you understand poverty in Calgary through the lens of Enough for All. It tackles the stigma surrounding poverty, challenging biases and assumptions. From the voices of lived experience to community members to highlighting raw data, we speak with subject matter and policy experts, community leaders and you to explore the root causes of poverty in our city and how we can come together to make changes that matter.MORE Host Jaclyn Silbernagel
Producer/Network Vibrant Communities Calgary
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Larry Mathieson, Kathy Parsons +2 more
Apple Reviews 5Facebook 3.6KTwitter 8.8KInstagram 2.8K Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

24. Per Capita Podcasts

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Per Capita is the independent, progressive think tank, dedicated to fighting inequality in Australia. Join us each week as we share our research and insights into some of Australia's most prevalent issues. Home of Re:Cap, Per Capita's research and analysis podcast, our JCL and Webinar series, and Homes Not Houses - the series where we dive into the Australian housing crisis. To learn more about our research, events, or content, please visit https://percapita.org.au/MORE Producer/Network Per Capita Podcasts
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Sarah McKenzie, Sean Scalmer +1 more
Apple Reviews 5 Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

25. How the Other Half Lives

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Explore the stark contrasts of life between the privileged and the underprivileged in this eye-opening examination of social inequality. Delve into the realities faced by those on the margins of society and discover the profound impact of class disparity on everyday life.MORE Email ****@podcastlibrary.org
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26. Health Equity in Focus

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Health Equity in Focus delves into the intricate dynamics of global health, examining how historical legacies continue to shape present-day realities in the Global South. Global health institutions, when failing to address deep-rooted issues, can perpetuate inequalities between North and South. Across various episodes, we explore issues like the implications of intellectual property to access to medicines, the use of policy space through TRIPS flexibilities, international regulatory standards, the intersection of biological diversity with health, and developments regarding these topics in in..MORE Producer/Network Third World Network
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27. Wealth Inequality Initiative Podcast, By Julius Baer Foundation

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Designed by the Julius Baer Foundation, the Wealth Inequality Initiative aims to shed light on the global challenge of wealth disparities. It connects worldwide key players and experts to awaken interest, circulate knowledge, mobilise stakeholders and drive action against wealth inequality. The Wealth Inequality Initiative Podcast Series features inspirational and influential personalities, including experts of wealth inequality. The guests' voices and experiences turn the wealth inequality topic into tangible evidence...MORE Hosts Nathalie Jean-Baptiste, Laura Hemrika
Producer/Network Julius Baer Foundation
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Facebook 8.7KInstagram 27.9K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

28. Gilded Age

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A podcast about inequality with hosts Walker Bragman and Mark Colangelo. Full episodes are available to recurring donors to the OptOut Media Foundation. Subscribe at https://originals.optout.news/#/portal/signupMORE Hosts Walker Bragman, Mark Colangelo
Producer/Network OptOut News
Email ****@alexkotch.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 15Facebook 650Twitter 1.2KInstagram 891 Avg Length 53 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

29. UnfairNation

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UnfairNation is a podcast that discusses our nation's rising inequity and social, political and economic inequality. What it means for you and what you can do about it. Every so often we interview one person to understand their lived experience with inequality. The UnfairNation Podcast is recorded at the historic Herald Examiner Building in Los Angeles, in collaboration with The Difference Engine at Arizona State University. Thanks for tuning in! www.unfairnation.comMORE Producer/Network Ehsan Zaffar
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 16 Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

30. Poverty Research & Policy

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The Poverty Research & Policy Podcast is produced by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) and features interviews with researchers about poverty, inequality, and policy in the United States.MORE Host Judith Siers-Poisson
Producer/Network Institute for Research on Poverty
Email ****@wisc.edu
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 25Facebook 2.6KTwitter 7.6K Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Since Feb 2017 Get Email Contact

31. Culture & Inequality Podcast

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How does culture feed into inequality? And the other way around? In Culture and Inequality, cultural sociologists from universities across the world explore these topics in-depth from various perspectives on the basis of academic readings. While this podcast is primarily intended as a course module for advanced students in sociology, it certainly offers interesting insights to a more general audience too.MORE Producer/Network Culture & Inequality Podcast
Email ****@kuleuven.be
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 37 Avg Length 61 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

32. The Homegrown Podcast

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A down to earth podcast aimed to communicate with small communities about inequality issues within America and the history that formed it. Interviewing Homegrown Heroes about their experiences within society today and discuss how we can form a more equal future.MORE Hosts Randall Stewart, Jonathan Schaub
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 80Facebook 449Instagram 132 Avg Length 101 min Format Extended Get Email Contact

33. DIAL

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Tuning into evidence on inequality over the lifecourse
Producer/Network Dynamics of Inequality Across the Lifecourse (DIAL)
Email ****@utu.fi
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2Facebook 46Twitter 458 Avg Length 17 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

34. Black Minds Matter PodcastED

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A podcast exploring the root causes of educational inequality and the hope we have for a better path forward.
Producer/Network Black Minds Matter
Email ****@blackmindsmatter.net
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 6Facebook 1.1KTwitter 2.2K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

35. InequaliTalks

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What is the most unequal region of the world? How deep does gender discrimination run in our societies? What happens to poor households during a housing boom? How is land distributed today? How can minimum wage reduce racial inequality? Can we really expect politicians to fix inequality? InequaliTalks presents accessible research done by young economists on one of the most pressing issues in the public conversation: inequality. InequaliTalks is supported by School of Cities at the University of Toronto.MORE Host Clémentine Van Effenterre
Email ****@utoronto.ca
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 114Twitter 1.1KInstagram 74 Avg Length 22 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

36. The Cost of Living Chronicles

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If you're seeking answers to why one of the world's wealthiest economies is grappling with a cost of living crisis and staggering levels of poverty and inequality, then the upcoming Cost of Living Chronicles podcast is tailored just for you! Join us as we unravel the complexities of our society, delving into the root causes and exploring the solutions needed to build a prosperous, equal, and happy society.MORE Get Email Contact

37. American Inequality

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Using data visualization to shed light on US inequality and economic topics that often get left in the dark - get policy news on everything from healthcare, education, entrepreneurship, immigration, housing, and incarceration americaninequality.substack.comMORE Get Email Contact

38. UNNATURAL CAUSES: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?

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Interviews with top scholars in public health, sociology, childhood development and more - created during production of the acclaimed documentary UNNATURAL CAUSES: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? - are now available as edited podcasts. UNNATURAL CAUSES is a series about health, but it's not about doctors or drugs. Instead, the film crisscrosses the country to find stories and evidence of the underlying social conditions that shape who gets sick in the first place...MORE Producer/Network California Newsreel
Email ****@newsreel.org
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 9 Get Email Contact