35 Best NPR Podcasts (National Public Radio)

1. Fresh Air

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Fresh Air from WHYY, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs. Hosted by Terry Gross, the show features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries.Subscribe to Fresh Air Plus! You'll enjoy bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening - all while you support NPR's mission. Learn more at plus.npr.org/freshairMORE Hosts Terry Gross, Tonya Mosley
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2. Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me

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NPR's weekly news quiz hosted by Peter Sagal. Have a laugh and test your knowledge with today's funniest comedians and a celebrity guest.
Host Peter Sagal
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3. How I Built This with Guy Raz

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Guy Raz interviews the world's best-known entrepreneurs to learn how they built their iconic brands. In each episode, founders reveal deep, intimate moments of doubt and failure, and share insights on their eventual success. How I Built This is a master-class on innovation, creativity, leadership and how to navigate challenges of all kinds.New episodes on Mondays and Thursdays for free. Listen 1-week early and to all episodes ad-free with Wondery or Amazon Music with a Prime membership or Amazon Music Unlimited subscription.MORE Host Guy Raz
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 20.3KTwitter 109.3KInstagram 101.7K Avg Length 58 min Get Email Contact

4. Up First | NPR

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NPR's Up First is the news you need to start your day. The biggest stories and ideas from politics to pop culture in 10 minutes. Hosted by Rachel Martin, David Greene, and Steve Inskeep, with reporting and analysis from NPR News.MORE Hosts Steve Inskeep, Leila Fadel, Michel Martin, A Martinez, Ayesha Rascoe, Scott Simon, Rachel Martin
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5. Planet Money Podcast

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It is a twice a week show that focuses on money and economic topics shared in an incredibly insightful way. This podcast is highly produced, with high quality guests. Follow for more updates.MORE Producer/Network NPR
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6. Short Wave

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New discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines - all in about 10 minutes, every weekday. It's science for everyone, using a lot of creativity and a little humor. Join host Maddie Sofia for science on a different wavelength.MORE Hosts Regina G. Barber, Emily Kwong
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7. TED Radio Hour

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The TED Radio Hour is a narrative journey through fascinating ideas, astonishing inventions, fresh approaches to old problems, and new ways to think and create. Based on riveting TEDTalks from the world's most remarkable minds. Guy Raz explores the emotions, insights, and discoveries that make us human in this TED Radio Hour.MORE Host Manoush Zomorodi
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Facebook 54.2KTwitter 50.8KInstagram 7.3M Avg Length 45 min Since Jun 2018 Get Email Contact

8. It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders

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Each week, Sam Sanders interviews people in the culture who deserve your attention. Plus weekly wraps of the news with other journalists. Join Sam as he makes sense of the world through conversation.MORE Host Brittany Luse
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 7.7MTwitter 8.3MInstagram 7.3M Avg Length 19 min Since Jun 2017 Get Email Contact

9. All Songs Considered

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Since launching in 2000, All Songs Considered has been NPR's flagship program for music discovery, artist interviews and conversations with friends and fellow music lovers about the really big questions, like what was the best decade for music, are there albums everyone can agree on, and what do you put on when you need a good cry? Weekly, with host Robin Hilton and the NPR Music family.MORE Hosts Robin Hilton, Felix Contreras, Anamaria Sayre, Stephen Thompson
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10. Throughline

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The past is never past. Every headline has a history. Join us every week as we go back in time to understand the present. These are stories you can feel and sounds you can see from the moments that shaped our world.MORE Hosts Ramtin Arablouei, Rund Abdelfatah
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 7.7MTwitter 20.9K Avg Length 48 min Since Jan 2019 Video Podcast YouTube
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11. Here & Now

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NPR and WBUR's live midday news program.
Hosts Robin Young, Scott Tong, Deepa Fernandes
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Apple Rating 4.1/5Facebook 7.7MTwitter 8.3MInstagram 7.3M Avg Length 26 min Since Dec 2020 Get Email Contact

12. The Indicator from Planet Money

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A little show about big ideas. From the people who make Planet Money, The Indicator helps you make sense of what's happening today. It's a quick hit of insight into work, business, the economy, and everything else. Listen weekday afternoons.MORE Hosts Adrian Ma, Darian Woods, Wailin Wong
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13. Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Bullseye from NPR is your curated guide to culture. Jesse Thorn hosts in-depth interviews with brilliant creators, culture picks from our favorite critics and irreverent original comedy. Bullseye has been featured in Time, The New York Times, GQ and McSweeney's, which called it 'the kind of show people listen to in a more perfect world.' (Formerly known as The Sound of Young America.)MORE Host Jesse Thorn
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 32.5KTwitter 44.6KInstagram 23.2K Avg Length 42 min Since Jul 2013 Get Email Contact

14. Code Switch

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What's CODE SWITCH? It's the fearless conversations about race that you've been waiting for! Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race head-on. We explore how it impacts every part of society - from politics and pop culture to history, sports and everything in between.MORE Hosts Lori Lizarraga, B. A. Parker, Gene Demby, Shereen Marisol Meraji
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 49.7KTwitter 131.8K Avg Length 31 min Get Email Contact

15. Pop Culture Happy Hour

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Pop Culture Happy Hour is a fun and freewheeling chat about the latest movies, television, books, and music.
Hosts Linda Holmes, Glen Weldon, Stephen Thompson, Aisha Harris
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16. Embedded

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Host Kelly McEvers takes a story from the news and goes deep. Whether that means digging into the Trump administration's past, the stories behind police shootings caught on video, or visiting a town ravaged by the opioid epidemic, Embedded takes you where the news is happening.MORE Host Kelly McEvers
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 7.7MTwitter 8.3MInstagram 7.3M Avg Length 30 min Since Mar 2016 Get Email Contact

17. Consider This from NPR

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The hosts of NPR's All Things Considered help you make sense of a major news story and what it means for you, in 15 minutes. New episodes six days a week, Sunday through Friday.
Hosts Ailsa Chang, Mary Louise Kelly, Ari Shapiro, Juana Summers, Scott Detrow
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18. Invisibilia

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Unseeable forces control human behavior and shape our ideas, beliefs, and assumptions. Invisibilia—Latin for invisible things—fuses narrative storytelling with science that will make you see your own life differently.MORE Hosts Yowei Shaw, Kia Miakka Natisse
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19. World Cafe Words and Music from WXPN

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WXPN's live performance and interview program featuring music and conversation from a variety of important musicians.
Host Raina Douris
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Facebook 49KTwitter 31.5KInstagram 21K Avg Length 21 min Get Email Contact

20. From the Top

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NPR's From the Top showcases the music, stories, and unique humor of America's best young classical musicians.
Host Peter Dugan
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 67.6KTwitter 3.3KInstagram 10.4K Avg Length 43 min Get Email Contact

21. No Compromise

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Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting. Discover a social media empire with an unapologetic vision of gun rights—generating millions of likes, follows, and dollars. From WAMU's Guns & America, reporters Lisa Hagen of WABE and Chris Haxel of KCUR expose how three brothers from the most uncompromising corner of the gun debate are turning hot-button issues into donations and controversy.MORE Hosts Chris Haxel, Lisa Hagen
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Facebook 34KTwitter 23.4K Avg Length 38 min Since Aug 2020 Get Email Contact

22. 1A

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Every day, 1A convenes a conversation about the most important issues of our time. The show takes a deep and unflinching look at America, bringing context and insight to stories unfolding across the country and the world.MORE Host Jennifer White
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Facebook 68KTwitter 71.7KInstagram 19.8K Avg Length 38 min Since Jan 2020 Get Email Contact

23. Alt.Latino

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Alt.Latino is a spotlight on the world of Latinx arts and culture through music, stories and conversation.
Hosts Felix Contreras, Anamaria Sayre
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 33.9KTwitter 17.9KInstagram 7.3M Avg Length 26 min Since Mar 2016 Get Email Contact

24. The NPR Politics Podcast

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Every weekday, NPR's best political reporters are there to explain the big news coming out of Washington and the campaign trail. They don't just tell you what happened. They tell you why it matters. Every afternoon.Political wonks - get wonkier with The NPR Politics Podcast . Your subscription supports the podcast and unlocks a sponsor-free feed.MORE Email ****@npr.org
Apple Rating 4.4/5Facebook 7.7MTwitter 8.3MInstagram 7.3M Avg Length 17 min Get Email Contact

25. StoryCorps

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Stories of the human heart. A candid, unscripted conversation between two people about what's really important in life: love, loss, family, friendship. When the world seems out of hand, tune in to StoryCorps and be reminded of the things that matter most.MORE Host Kamilah Kashanie
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 5.9KTwitter 4.8KInstagram 2.1K Avg Length 17 min Since Jan 2019 Get Email Contact

26. The Best of Car Talk

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America's funniest auto mechanics take calls from weary car owners all over the country, and crack wise while they diagnose Dodges and dismiss Diahatsus. You don't have to know anything about cars to love this one hour weekly laugh fest.MORE Hosts Ray Magliozzi, Tom Magliozzi
Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 504.9KTwitter 42.4K Avg Length 36 min Get Email Contact

27. Ask Me Another

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Packed with trivia, comedy and celebrity guests, Ask Me Another is like an amusement park for your brain. Host Ophira Eisenberg and musician Jonathan Coulton take brilliant contestants on a roller coaster that'll make you laugh and scream out the answers and barely anyone throws up in a trash can.MORE Hosts Ophira Eisenberg, Jonathan Coulton
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28. Louder Than A Riot

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From Bobby Shmurda to Nipsey Hussle, each episode explores an artist's story to examine a different aspect of the criminal justice system that disproportionately impacts Black America. Hosted by NPR Music's Rodney Carmichael and Sidney Madden, this podcast is invested in power from all angles the power the music industry wields over artists, the power of institutional forces that marginalize communities of color, the power of the prison industrial complex, and the power dynamics deep-rooted in the rap game.MORE Producer/Network NPR
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Facebook 7.7MTwitter 8.3MInstagram 7.3M Avg Length 45 min Since Sep 2020 Get Email Contact

29. Believed

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How did Larry Nassar, an Olympic gymnastics doctor, get away with abusing hundreds of women and girls for two decades? Believed is an inside look at how a team of women won a conviction in one of the largest serial sexual abuse cases in U.S. history. It's a story of survivors finding their power in a cultural moment when people are coming to understand how important that is. It's also an unnerving exploration of how even well-meaning adults can fail to believe.MORE Producer/Network NPR
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 56.9KTwitter 1.8KInstagram 71 Avg Length 28 min Since Oct 2018 Get Email Contact

30. Rough Translation

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How are the things we're talking about being talked about somewhere else in the world? Gregory Warner tells stories that follow familiar conversations into unfamiliar territory. At a time when the world seems small but it's as hard as ever to escape our echo chambers, Rough Translation takes you places.MORE Producer/Network NPR
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 3KTwitter 7.8K Avg Length 31 min Since Aug 2017 Get Email Contact

31. Tiny Desk Concerts

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Tiny Desk Concerts from NPR Music feature your favorite musicians performing at All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen's desk in the NPR office. Hear Wilco, Adele, Passion Pit, Tinariwen, Miguel, The xx, and many more.MORE Host Bob Boilen
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32. The Students' Podcast

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Teachers and students, got something to say? Put on your headphones and get ready to hit record! The folks behind NPR's Student Podcast Challenge made this handy guide on how to make a podcast in the classroom. We'll talk about how to gather good sound, ask great questions and conduct smart interviews. Plus, we'll hear from the contest's judges, last year's winners and feature some pretty inspiring stories of students and teachers. It's everything you need to make an amazing podcast!MORE Producer/Network NPR
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