17 Best Investigative Journalism Podcasts

1. William Ramsey Investigates

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William Ramsey Investigates is an investigative journalism broadcast covering a variety of subjects, including politics, parapolitics, true crime, history, conspiracies, religion, cults, exposing the occult, and more! 'We gasp for air among people who believe they are absolutely right, whether it be in their machines or their ideas...MORE Host William Ramsey
Producer/Network William Ramsey
Email ****@protonmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 711Twitter 16.9K Avg Length 71 min Format Long 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. Listen Frontier

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Listen Frontier is a podcast exploring the investigative journalism of The Frontier and featuring conversations with those on the frontlines of Oklahoma's most important stories. At The Frontier, our mission is to hold public officials accountable, give a voice to the powerless and tell the stories that others are afraid to tell, or that illuminate the lives of people in our community. We will shine a light on hypocrisy, fraud, abuse and wrongdoing at all levels in our community and state...MORE Host Ben Felder
Producer/Network The Frontier
Email ****@readfrontier.com
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 18Facebook 22KTwitter 15.5K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

3. A Hateful Homicide

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A Hateful Homicide @ahatefulhomicide is an American true-crime and investigative journalism podcast from Los Angeles California by Transgender and HIV Healthcare advocate Mallery Jenna Robinson @MalleryJenna90. The true-crime and investigative journalism podcast focuses on the murders (solved and unsolved) of Transgender, Gender Nonbinary/ Nonconforming, Intersex, Two-Spirit and gender expansive community members throughout the United States and abroad. #AHatefulHomicide#AHH #SayAHH#Saytheirnames#Translivesmatter #TrueCrime#Suspenseful SaturdaysMORE Host Mallery Jenna Robinson
Producer/Network Mallery Jenna Robinson
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 15Facebook 393Twitter 197Instagram 562 Avg Length 58 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. Long Story Short

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Oklahoma Watch is a nonprofit news organization specializing in investigative journalism. Long Story Short, a weekly podcast, lets you hear directly from our journalists as they provide deeper insight into their recently published stories.MORE Host Shaun Witt
Producer/Network Oklahoma Watch
Email ****@oklahomawatch.org
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 11 Avg Length 18 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

5. Scott Carney Investigates

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Investigative journalist Scott Carney explores true crime, cult psychology, biohacking, fitness revolutions, climate change calamities, organ trafficking and a whole lot more. Get exclusive access and bonus material at Patreon https://patreon.com/sgcarney ©PokeyBear LLC 2023-MORE Host Scott Carney
Producer/Network Scott Carney
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 197 Avg Length 69 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

6. Untold: Power for Sale

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In December 2022, offices at the European parliament were raided and lawmakers and their relatives were arrested. They were accused of being part of a corruption ring that was taking bribes from Qatar. Never before had there been anything like this at the parliament. But within four months, all the suspects were released, and the case is still pending. Why were members of parliament accused of taking bribes from Qatar? Is the European parliament rotten? Valentina Pop and a team of FT correspondents set out to investigate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.MORE Host Valentina Pop
Producer/Network Financial Times
Email ****@ft.com
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Apple Rating 3.9/5Apple Reviews 815 Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

7. Shadow World

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In Shadow World: Anatomy of a Cancellation, the BBC's Culture Editor Katie Razzall revisits a story that rocked the UK's publishing industry in 2021. It led to what some saw as the unjustified cancellation of a prize-winning writer and teacher - but to others, was a long overdue reckoning for the world of publishing. It grew into a culture war about race, class, and who has the right to say what. Gripping stories from the Shadows - BBC investigations from across the UK.MORE Host Sue Mitchell
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 191 Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

8. In The Dark

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In the Dark, hosted by Madeleine Baran, is an award-winning investigative-journalism podcast that started in 2016. Its first season looked at the mysterious abduction of Jacob Wetterling in rural Minnesota and the lack of accountability that sheriffs face when they fail to solve cases. Season 2 examined the case of Curtis Flowers, who was tried six times for the same crime. In 2020, In the Dark released a special report on the coronavirus pandemic in the Mississippi Delta. In 2023, In the Dark joined The New Yorker and in 2024, it released 'The Runaway Princesses,' a four-part series that asks why the women in Dubai's royal family keep trying to run away...MORE Host Madeleine Baran
Producer/Network The New Yorker
Email ****@apmreports.org
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 32KFacebook 22.6KTwitter 26.4K Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

9. Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson

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Welcome to Tenfold More Wicked Presents: Wicked Words, Kate Winkler Dawson's true crime talk show. On each new episode of Wicked Words, Kate interviews journalists, podcasters and authors about their fascinating behind-the-scenes stories from their investigations in the world of true crime, many of which have never been shared before. Kate interviews Patricia Cornwell, the prolific true crime author about her book Portrait Of A Killer: Jack The Ripper Case Closed, she heads to Texas with veteran journalist Rena Pederson to discuss her coverage of an uncatchable jewel thief during ..MORE Host Kate Winkler Dawson
Producer/Network Exactly Right
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 8KFacebook 1.1KTwitter 2KInstagram 9.1K Avg Length 54 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

10. Three Corners

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The greatest investigative journalism the world has ever seen.Join Vincent and Domenic, Saturdays 2-4pm on SYN 90.7.https://linktr.ee/threecornerssyn 
Hosts Vincent Trease, Dom Apolloni
Producer/Network SYN Media
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Reviews 1Instagram 118 Avg Length 53 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

11. Ripped From The Wall

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Ripped From The Walls is AWOL's first podcast series. In this series, reporters for AWOL dig into hard-hitting, investigative reporting about controversies at American University and The District. AWOL Magazine is American University's progressive rabblerousers. Our publication comes out twice a year. Interests include investigative journalism, critical thinking and social justice.MORE Producer/Network AWOL Magazine
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 9 Avg Length 18 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

12. Candid.

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In association with WWPH, 107.9 FM, Candid is hosted by Anna Rubenstein and Christian Gobo. The show is dedicated to investigative journalism, reporting stories around West Windsor. Season one tells the story of the Teng family, the protesters who showed up at their house for 37 days, and the community's response to the whole ordeal.MORE Hosts Christian Gobo, Anna Rubenstein
Producer/Network Anna and Christian
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 9Instagram 20 Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

13. The Tip Off

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Welcome to The Tip Off- the podcast where we take you behind the scenes of some of the best investigative journalism from recent years. Each episode we'll be digging into an investigative scoop- hearing from the journalists behind the work as they tell us about the leads, the dead-ends and of course, the tip offs. There'll be car chases, slammed doors, terrorist cells, meetings in dimly lit bars and cafes, wrangling with despotic regimes and much more...MORE Host Maeve McClenaghan
Producer/Network The Tip Off
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 780Facebook 206Twitter 2.6KInstagram 53 Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

14. Smoke Screen

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Smoke Screen: Love, bribes and spies in the tobacco industry.Victoria Hollingsworth tells the true story of corrupt practices behind the scenes at British American Tobacco. We hear from the very people who were caught up in this world as we sink deep into the dirty underbelly of the tobacco industry in South Africa.BAT says its actions were simply to combat the illicit trade in tobacco products...MORE Producer/Network Auddy
Email ****@auddy.co
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 89 Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

15. PCIJ's On the Record

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News, conversations and investigations by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Producer/Network PCIJ
Email ****@pcij.org
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Facebook 99.5KTwitter 125.5KInstagram 11.2K Avg Length 15 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

16. IJ4EU Confidential

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The Investigative Journalism for Europe (IJ4EU) fund supports cross-border investigative journalism in the public interest. It is run by the International Press Institute, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom and the European Journalism Centre. IJ4EU provides grants to journalistic teams collaborating on investigations on transnational subjects, along with editorial and legal support. It also runs the annual #UNCOVERED conference and the IJ4EU Impact Awards...MORE Host Timothy Large
Producer/Network IJ4EU
Email ****@ipi.media
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2 Avg Length 45 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

17. Murder on the Island

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With this new podcast series, Capital Daily is finally ready to reveal its reporting, with new details from people who were there. With unexpected twists and turns. And with a glimmer of hope. Fifteen years after Lindsay's murder, a new story is ready to be told by investigative journalist Zander Sherman and Capital Daily.MORE Email ****@overstorymedia.com
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Avg Length 23 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact