10 Best Lava for Good Podcasts

1. Bone Valley

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​​In 1987, 18-year-old Michelle Schofield was found dead in a phosphate pit in Florida. Two years later, her husband Leo was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Fifteen years later, previously unidentified fingerprints matched Jeremy Scott--a violent teenager who lived nearby. Jeremy has since confessed to Michelle's murder. In this groundbreaking podcast, Bone Valley host Gilbert King uncovers startling new evidence that Jeremy is responsible for a string of murders...MORE Ranking #80 in Apple Charts (US)
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 35.8K Avg Length 41 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. Wrongful Conviction

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Hosted by celebrated criminal justice reform advocate and founding board member of the Innocence Project Jason Flom, Pulitzer prize-winning podcast host and producer Maggie Freleng, and Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, and podcast host Lauren Bright Pacheco, Wrongful Conviction features intimate conversations with men and women who have spent years in prison for crimes they maintain they did not commit. Some have been fully exonerated and reunited with family and friends while others continue to languish, with some even facing execution on death row...MORE Hosts Maggie Freleng, Lauren Bright Pacheco, Jason Flom
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 6.3K Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

3. Righteous Convictions with Jason Flom

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Righteous Convictions features music executive, philanthropist, and activist Jason Flom in conversation with a diverse who's-who of advocates at the forefront of critical issues that will impact our future. Guests include Sir Richard Branson, Ashley Judd, Senator Dick Durbin, Sister Helen Prejean, Seth Godin, Congressman James Clyburn, and many more. His discussions with these thought leaders and change-makers uncover and inspire the most powerful actions we can take for reform, equal justice, and a better world for all.MORE Email ****@signalco1.com
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Apple Rating 3.9/5Apple Reviews 56 Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

4. Earwitness

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One July night in 1995, Deputy Sheriff William G. Hardy was shot behind the Crown Sterling Suites hotel in Birmingham, Alabama. At the same time as the murder, at least ten people saw Toforest Johnson four miles away, at a popular nightclub called Tee's Place. But detectives zeroed in on him as a main suspect in Deputy Hardy's murder anyway, ultimately resulting in Toforest being tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. For over a quarter century, Toforest has been confined to a 5' by 8' cell on Alabama's death row...MORE Host Beth Shelburne
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Email ****@signalco1.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 435Facebook 1.8KTwitter 1.7KInstagram 9.7K Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

5. Erased: The Murder of Elma Sands

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Twenty-two-year-old Elma Sands is found murdered in a Manhattan well on January 2nd, 1800. Her lover, wealthy and well-connected Levi Weeks, is accused of the barbaric offense. Weeks brings in the nation's best legal defense team none other than Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr to clear his name while a pandemic-stricken New York City buzzes with scandal.This six-episode true story unfolds over the unbelievable two-day trial that laid the sexist roots of today's justice system...MORE Host Allison Flom
Email ****@signalco1.com
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Apple Rating 3.9/5Apple Reviews 401Facebook 1.8KTwitter 1.7KInstagram 9.7K Avg Length 13 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

6. The War on Drugs

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Welcome to season two of The War on Drugs podcast, co-hosted by comedian Clayton English and Greg Glod, advisor to Stand Together on Criminal Justice and Drug Reform. This season, we're bringing you real stories from real people—artists, athletes, and influencers like B-Real, Marcus King, Ricky Williams, John Osborne, and many others who lived the impacts of the War on Drugs firsthand. We'll explore how drug policy isn't just a political issue—it's personal. We'll talk about pain management, mental health, overcoming addiction, entrepreneurship, and the fight for personal freedom...MORE Producer/Network Lava for Good+
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 396 Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

7. Absolute

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Absolute, Season 1: Taser Incorporated is at once a tale as old as time - a true believer learns the hard way that the costs of lofty ambition and hubris just might outweigh even the most optimistic upside - and a thoroughly modern story of technology overtaking the very people it is meant to serve.  In this case:  the ubiquitous electric gun carried by cops everywhere and inspiring comedic shenanigans in movies like The Hangover.Host and documentarian Nick Berardini has been obsessed with this story for his entire adult life...MORE Email ****@signalco1.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5 Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact