5 Best Non True Crime Podcasts

1. This American Life

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Each week we choose a theme. Then anything can happen. This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. Personal stories with funny moments, big feelings, and surprising plot twists. Newsy stories that try to capture what it's like to be alive right now. It's the most popular weekly podcast in the world, and winner of the first ever Pulitzer Prize for a radio show or podcast. Hosted by Ira Glass and produced in collaboration with WBEZ Chicago.MORE Host Ira Glass
Producer/Network This American Life
Email ****@thisamericanlife.org
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 107.8KFacebook 1MTwitter 374.6KInstagram 114.9K Avg Length 59 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. Heavyweight

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Maybe you've laid awake and imagined how it could have been, how it might yet be, but the moment to act was never right. Well, the moment is here and the podcast making it happen is Heavyweight. Join Jonathan Goldstein for road trips, thorny reunions, and difficult conversations as he backpedals his way into the past like a therapist with a time machine. MORE Host Jonathan Goldstein
Producer/Network Pushkin Industries
Email ****@gimletmedia.com
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 22.6KTwitter 28.1KInstagram 18.8K Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Since Sep 2016 Get Email Contact

3. The Dark Oak

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Attention all shiver-seekers! The Dark Oak is a weekly thrill and chill inducing mystery podcast. Every Wednesday, Stefanie and Cynthia will present to you a true tale of the supernatural, the macabre, historical crimes, cryptids, the unexplained and the downright spooky. To help ease your fears, we also include The Branch of Hope Foundation, which connects you to the human side of our cases by giving back to non-profit organizations related to the first episode of the month.If you enjoy guilt free listening and your interest falls somewhere between Bigfoot and Jack the Ripper, The Dark Oak ..MORE Hosts Cynthia Hunnefeld, Stefanie
Producer/Network Just Us Gals Productions
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 102 Avg Length 66 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. Hysterical

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Named 2025 Ambies© Podcast of the Year, Hysterical investigates a mysterious illness that spreads among a group of high school girls in upstate New York. What is causing their sudden, often violent symptoms? Is there something in the water or inside the school? Or is it 'all in their head?' The series examines the outbreak in LeRoy, NY, believed by some to be the most severe case of mass hysteria since the Salem Witch Trials...MORE Host Dan Taberski
Producer/Network Wondery
Email ****@dantaberski.com
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 2.1K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

5. The Competition

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What do a girl whose mother crossed the border as a teen and an 18 year old who just won the Republican primary have in common? The Competition. Did you know that every summer, 50 of the nation's best and brightest high school seniors—one from every state—descend on Mobile, Alabama to take part in the country's most lucrative scholarship competition exclusively for teen girls? The Competition takes you behind the scenes of the Distinguished Young Women program (formerly known as America's Junior Miss) and follows seven radically different teenage girls as they experience the highs and lo..MORE Host Shima Oliaee
Producer/Network Wondery
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 538 Avg Length 13 min Format Short form Get Email Contact