25 Best Oral History Podcasts

1. Voices of Oklahoma

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Voices of Oklahoma.com is dedicated to the preservation of the oral history of Oklahoma. Voices and stories of famous Oklahomans and ordinary citizens are captured forever in their own words. Oil and gas, ranching, politics, education and more are all visited in these far-ranging interviews. Students researching any of these areas can listen to first-person accounts of the way life was and draw from knowledge that may guide and shape their future. In addition to students, any visitor will feel close to history as they listen to these personal reflections.MORE Producer/Network Voices of Oklahoma
Email ****@johnerling.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 31Facebook 4.4KInstagram 31 Avg Length 80 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. Off The Beat with Brian Baumgartner

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With the success of his hit podcast, The Office Deep Dive, actor and podcast host extraordinaire Brian Baumgartner (AKA Kevin Malone) is taking you even deeper (that's what she said) into The Office AND more of your favorite TV shows. Each week, Brian will sit down with a new guest to talk about their favorite jobs. They'll laugh, cry, and crack plenty of inappropriate jokes as they discuss the inner workings of the television industry, their favorite moments on set, never-before-told stories and secrets, and moving on from their most iconic roles...MORE Host Brian Baumgartner
Producer/Network iHeartPodcasts
Email ****@howstuffworks.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 4.5K Avg Length 56 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. Latin@ Stories

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Latin@ Stories is a podcast born out of the oral history project about Latin@s in Ohio, Oral Narratives of Latin@s in Ohio (ONLO). It seeks to amplify the Latin@ experience with interviews in Spanish, English and SpanglishMORE Host Elena Foulis
Email ****@tamusa.edu
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Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

4. Mississippi Moments Podcast

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Mississippi Moments, a weekly radio program airing on Mississippi Public Broadcasting, is a partnership between the University of Southern Mississippi Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage, the Mississippi Humanities Council, and MPB.MORE Producer/Network Center for Oral History & Cultural Heritage - Univ. Southern Miss
Email ****@usm.edu
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 32Facebook 697Twitter 23.6KInstagram 38.1K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

5. Folklife Today

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Tells stories about the cultural traditions and folklore of diverse communities, combining brand-new interviews and narration with songs, stories, music, and oral history from the collections of the Library of Congress's American Folklife Center.MORE Hosts Stephen D. Winick, John Fenn
Producer/Network Library of Congress
Email ****@loc.gov
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 23 Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

6. The ProgCast With Gregg Bendian

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The ProgCast With Gregg BendianProgressive music and thought in all its formsI'm drummer/composer/producer/educator Gregg Bendian, host of The ProgCast. Over the last nine years I've interviewed over 100 of America's most innovative musicians for the Yale Oral History of American Music. I'm expanding my focus to include a podcast where I can converse freely with progressive music's most fascinating and accomplished figures.MORE Host Gregg Bendian
Producer/Network Gregg Bendian
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 11 Avg Length 78 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

7. Running Stitch - A QSOS Podcast

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Running Stitch - A QSOS Podcast explores quilt stories, revealing the inner thoughts, feelings, and motivations of contemporary quiltmakers by drawing on Quilters S.O.S. -- Save Our Stories, the long running oral history project created by the Quilt Alliance in 1999.MORE Host Janneken Smucker
Producer/Network Quilt Alliance
Email ****@quiltalliance.org
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 54Facebook 7.9KTwitter 2K Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Since Jun 2020 Get Email Contact

8. The Music History Project

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NAMM's resident Music Historian Dan Del Fiorentino and co-hosts examine the innovative creations, evolution of musical instruments, the changing world of music retail, music industry icons, and other topics covered in NAMM's Oral History program. The NAMM Oral History program boasts over 4,500 interviews and is continually growing. For more information about NAMM's Oral History program please visit https://www.namm.org/library.MORE Hosts Dan Del Fiorentino, Suzanne Del Fiorentino, Alex Rossner
Producer/Network NAMM Resource Center
Email ****@themusichistorypodcast.com
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 49Facebook 32Twitter 88.6K Avg Length 55 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

9. The Game Before the Money: Oral History of Pro and College Football

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An oral history of pro and college football. Former NFL, AFL, and NCAA football greats share unforgettable stories about their lives and careers.
Host Jackson Michael
Producer/Network Jackson Michael
Email ****@outlook.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 12Facebook 1.6KTwitter 160 Avg Length 46 min Format Long form Since Aug 2018 Get Email Contact

10. NYC Trans Oral History Project

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Podcast by NYC Trans Oral History Project
Producer/Network NYC Trans Oral History Project
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 4 Avg Length 91 min Format Extended Get Email Contact

11. Women of Rock Oral History Project Podcast

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Personal and professional histories of women-identified rock musicians in their own words.
Producer/Network Women of Rock Oral History Project
Email ****@womenofrock.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 7Facebook 2.3KTwitter 705Instagram 5.5K Avg Length 85 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

12. Connecticut Music Oral History Podcast

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The Connecticut Music Oral History Podcast is a deep-dive interview series with musicians, artists, conduits, collectors, and dedicated fans focusing on 20th century Connecticut music history across all genres. This project preserves narratives, heralds unsung movers and shakers, and defines Connecticut's influential role in cultural history.MORE Producer/Network Verso Studios at the Westport Library
Email ****@westportlibrary.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2Facebook 842Twitter 3.5KInstagram 1.3K Avg Length 71 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

13. One Step Forward

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An oral history of public service in the hardest times.In each episode we talk with a practitioner doing impactful work in the midst of serious violence and political turmoil.
Producer/Network Ian D. Quick
Email ****@onestepforward.fm
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 4Twitter 3.5K Avg Length 57 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

14. An Oral History of Marvel Legends

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In 2002, Toy Biz launched a brand new line of 6-inch action figures based on Marvel comics characters. 'An Oral History of Marvel Legends' is one collector's account of how this line pretty much consumed his life.MORE Producer/Network Ramny Tee
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 11Instagram 8.5K Avg Length 52 min Format Long form Since Dec 2020 Get Email Contact

15. Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive

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Intimate, personal portraits of both known and long-forgotten champions, heroes, and witnesses to history brought to you from rare archival interviews.
Host Eric Marcus
Producer/Network Eric Marcus
Email ****@makinggayhistory.org
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 1.7KFacebook 14.5KTwitter 7.5KInstagram 22.7K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Since Oct 2016 Get Email Contact

16. Coney Island Stories

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Coney Island Stories is a podcast produced from oral histories in the Coney Island History Project archive. We record interviews in English, Russian, Chinese, Spanish and other languages with people who have lived or worked in Coney Island and adjacent neighborhoods or have a special connection to these places. Founded in 2004, the History Project is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that aims to increase awareness of Coney Island's legendary and colorful past and to encourage appreciation of the Coney Island neighborhood of today...MORE Producer/Network Charles Denson, Coney Island History Project
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 13Facebook 9.9KTwitter 6.4KInstagram 3.4K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

17. The Clare Oral History Podcast

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This podcast delves into the thousands of Irish life stories in the archive of the Irish Oral History and Folklore Group known as Cuimhneamh an Chláir or Clare Memories. We're based in Co. Clare in the West of Ireland. The oral histories we've gathered reveal ordinary lives and extraordinary stories. The podcast will introduce you to the people and experiences that make the West of Ireland what it is. MORE Host Paula Carroll
Producer/Network Clare Memories / Cuimhneamh an Chláir
Email ****@clarememories.ie
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 20Twitter 307 Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

18. Country Queers

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Country Queers is a podcast featuring oral history interviews with rural and small-town LGBTQIA2S folks.  We uplift often unheard stories of rural queer experiences across intersecting layers of identity including race, class, gender identity, age, religion, and occupation.  Produced by and for country queers all over, we hope these stories help add more complexity to conversations and ideas about rural spaces and queer communities.MORE Producer/Network Country Queers
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 97Facebook 3KTwitter 2.5K Avg Length 48 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

19. Rutgers Oral History Archives Podcast

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The Rutgers Oral History Archives seeks to document the life experiences of New Jersey residents and/or Rutgers University faculty, staff and alumni through its own interviews and in partnership with individuals and entities within the State and University communities carrying out similar work. ROHA seeks to make the resultant collection available to the benefit of scholars, students and others around the world through its digital online archive. Find us at https://oralhistory.rutgers.eduMORE Producer/Network Rutgers Oral History Archives
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 8Facebook 841Twitter 355Instagram 197 Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

20. This Foul Earth

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An oral history of Wales, as recorded by the Welsh Life Institute.
Producer/Network John Tucker
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 61Twitter 67 Avg Length 14 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

21. Disney Dust: Disney Documentaries

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Oral History Documentaries about Disney Television and Movies.
Producer/Network Jake Cannon
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 39Twitter 4 Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

22. Trans Louisiane - The Podcast of the Louisiana Trans Oral History Project

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Featuring interviews from the Louisiana Trans Oral History Project and music from local trans and gender non-conforming (TGNC) musicians
Producer/Network Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 4Facebook 728Twitter 284 Get Email Contact

23. An Oral History of Danvers' Beach

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Twenty-six years ago, a charming sitcom about surfing teens caught the nation's eyes, and hearts, by surprise. By the time its fifth season aired, it was universally considered the worst TV show of all time. That show is 'Danvers' Beach.' Join veteran actor Carl Heck as he takes a deep dive into what exactly went wrong, told first-hand by the cast and crew behind this network catastrophe. If you've ever wondered how much drama, awkward crime, and haphazard nudity it takes to kill a beloved TV show - you've come to the right podcast. This is An Oral History of Danvers' Beach...MORE Producer/Network Anders Finholt
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 6 Avg Length 16 min Format Short form Get Email Contact