20 Best Podcasts For Long Flights

1. Stuff You Should Know

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If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Hosts Josh Clark, Charles W. Bryant
Producer/Network iHeartPodcasts
Email ****@iheartmedia.com
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 101.6KFacebook 830KTwitter 89.5KInstagram 103K Avg Length 44 min Format Long form Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 500k active Podcasts in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted podcast contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. The Daily

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This is what the news should sound like. The biggest stories of our time, told by the best journalists in the world. Hosted by Michael Barbaro. Twenty minutes a day, five days a week, ready by 6 a.m. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Listen to this podcast in New York Times Audio, our new iOS app for news subscribers. Download now at nytimes.com/audioappMORE Hosts Sabrina Tavernise, Michael Barbaro
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 118.8K Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

3. Serial

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Our newest podcast, 'The Good Whale,' is out now. Search for it wherever you get your podcasts, or follow it here: https://lnk.to/good-whaleSerial Productions makes narrative podcasts that have transformed the medium. Sign up for our newsletter at nytimes.com/serialnewsletter to find out about new shows, get behind the scenes stories, and see photos and videos you can't see on a podcast. To get full access to Serial Productions shows, and to other New York Times podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, subscribe at nytimes.com/podcasts...MORE Host Susan Burton
Producer/Network Serial
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 101.8KFacebook 425.2KTwitter 279.6KInstagram 59.3K Avg Length 40 min Format Long form Since Oct 2013 Get Email Contact

4. Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

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Hi, I'm Dax Shepard, and I love talking to people. I am endlessly fascinated by the messiness of being human, and I find people who are vulnerable and honest about their struggles and shortcomings to be incredibly sexy. I invite you to join me as I explore other people's stories. We will celebrate, above all, the challenges and setbacks that ultimately lead to growth and betterment. What qualifies me for such an endeavor? More than a decade of sobriety, a degree in Anthropology and four years of improv training...MORE Host Dax Shepard
Producer/Network Wondery
Email ****@armchairexpertpod.com
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 80.3K Avg Length 79 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. The Tim Ferriss Show

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Tim Ferriss is a self-experimenter and bestselling author, best known for The 4-Hour Workweek, which has been translated into 40 languages. Newsweek calls him 'the world's best human guinea pig,' and The New York Times calls him 'a cross between Jack Welch and a Buddhist monk.' In this show, he deconstructs world-class performers from eclectic areas (investing, chess, pro sports, etc.), digging deep to find the tools, tactics, and tricks that listeners can use.MORE Host Tim Ferriss
Producer/Network Tim Ferriss
Email ****@fourhourbody.com
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 22.6KFacebook 1MTwitter 2MInstagram 1.7M Avg Length 120 min Format Extended Get Email Contact

6. 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 release on Mondays and Thursdays. Listen to How I Built This on the Wondery App or wherever you listen to your podcasts. You can listen early and ad-free on Wondery . Join Wondery in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify...MORE Host Guy Raz
Producer/Network Wondery
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 35.2KFacebook 20.3KTwitter 109.3KInstagram 104.3K Avg Length 60 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

7. History Extra podcast

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The History Extra podcast brings you gripping stories from the past and fascinating historical conversations with the world's leading historical experts.Produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine, History Extra is a free history podcast, with episodes released six times a week. Subscribe now for the real stories behind your favourite films, TV shows and period dramas, as well as compelling insights into lesser-known aspects of the past.  We delve into global history stories spanning the ancient world right up to the modern day...MORE Hosts Ellie Cawthorne, Rhiannon Davies, Rob Attar
Producer/Network History Extra
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 7.6KFacebook 625.9KTwitter 351.6KInstagram 164.5K Avg Length 40 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

8. Lore

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The award-winning podcast (also a TV show & book series) about dark historical tales. Each episode explores the mysterious creatures, tragic events, and unusual places that fill the pages of history. Because sometimes the truth is more frightening than fiction.MORE Host Aaron Mahnke
Producer/Network Aaron Mahnke
Email ****@aaronmahnke.com
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 54.2KFacebook 79.2KTwitter 67KInstagram 85.3K Avg Length 13 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

9. TED Radio Hour

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Exploring the biggest questions of our time with the help of the world's greatest thinkers. Host Manoush Zomorodi inspires us to learn more about the world, our communities, and most importantly, ourselves.Get more brainy miscellany with TED Radio Hour . Your subscription supports the show and unlocks a sponsor-free feed. Learn more at plus.npr.org/tedMORE Host Manoush Zomorodi
Producer/Network NPR
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 27.6KFacebook 53.8KTwitter 50.8KInstagram 8M Avg Length 49 min Format Long form Since Jun 2018 Get Email Contact

10. The NoSleep Podcast

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The NoSleep Podcast is a multi-award winning anthology series of original horror stories, with rich atmospheric music to enhance the frightening tales.
Host David Cummings
Producer/Network Creative Reason Media Inc.
Email ****@thenosleeppodcast.com
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 16.3KFacebook 36.9KTwitter 37.7K Avg Length 83 min Format Long form Since Jun 2011 Get Email Contact

11. Criminal

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Criminal is the first of its kind. A show about people who've done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle. Hosted by Phoebe Judge. Named a Best Podcast of 2023 by the New York Times. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.MORE Host Phoebe Judge
Producer/Network Criminal Productions
Email ****@thisiscriminal.com
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 48.7KFacebook 41.9KTwitter 33.6KInstagram 57K Avg Length 40 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

12. The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

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You might think you know what it takes to lead a happier life… more money, a better job, or Instagram-worthy vacations. You're dead wrong. Yale professor Dr. Laurie Santos has studied the science of happiness and found that many of us do the exact opposite of what will truly make our lives better. Based on the psychology course she teaches at Yale -- the most popular class in the university's 300-year history -- Laurie will take you through the latest scientific research and share some surprising and inspiring stories that will change the way you think about happiness.MORE Host Dr. Laurie Santos
Producer/Network Pushkin
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 17.8KFacebook 68.3KTwitter 39.3K Avg Length 50 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

13. The Infinite Monkey Cage

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Professor Brian Cox and Robin Ince host a witty, irreverent look at the world through scientists' eyes. Joined by a panel of scientists, experts and celebrity science enthusiasts they investigate life, the universe and everything in between on The Infinite Monkey Cage from the BBC. From the smallest building blocks of life to the furthest stars, the curious monkeys pull apart the latest science to reveal fascinating and often bizarre insights into the world around us and what lies beyond...MORE Hosts Brian Cox, Robin Ince
Producer/Network BBC
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 14KFacebook 1.6MTwitter 512.1KInstagram 403K Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

14. The Adventure Zone

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Justin, Travis and Griffin McElroy from My Brother, My Brother and Me have recruited their dad Clint for a campaign of high adventure. Join the McElroys as they find their fortune and slay an unconscionable number of ... you know, kobolds or whatever in ... The Adventure Zone..MORE Hosts Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, Griffin McElroy
Producer/Network Maximum Fun
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 44.7K Avg Length 64 min Format Long form Since Dec 2014 Get Email Contact

15. Song Exploder

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Song Exploder is a podcast where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made. Each episode features an artist discussing a song of theirs, breaking down the sounds and ideas that went into the writing and recording. Hosted and produced by Hrishikesh Hirway.MORE Host Hrishikesh Hirway
Producer/Network Radiotopia
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 8.9KFacebook 23.6KTwitter 43.8KInstagram 69.4K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Since Jan 2014 Get Email Contact

16. Radiolab

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Radiolab is on a curiosity bender. We ask deep questions and use investigative journalism to get the answers. A given episode might whirl you through science, legal history, and into the home of someone halfway across the world. The show is known for innovative sound design, smashing information into music. It is hosted by Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser.MORE Hosts Lulu Miller, Latif Nasser
Producer/Network Radiolab
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 50.2K Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

17. The Moth

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On Tuesdays and Fridays The Moth's podcast feed presents episodes of the Peabody-Award Winning Moth Radio Hour and original episodes of The Moth Podcast. Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of true stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. Moth storytellers stand alone, under a spotlight, with only a microphone and a roomful of strangers. The storyteller and the audience embark on a high-wire act of shared experience which is both terrifying and exhilarating...MORE Producer/Network The Moth
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 29.7K Avg Length 45 min Format Long form Since Mar 2008 Get Email Contact

18. Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

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In 'Hardcore History' journalist and broadcaster Dan Carlin takes his 'Martian', unorthodox way of thinking and applies it to the past. Was Alexander the Great as bad a person as Adolf Hitler? What would Apaches with modern weapons be like? Will our modern civilization ever fall like civilizations from past eras? This isn't academic history (and Carlin isn't a historian) but the podcast's unique blend of high drama, masterful narration and Twilight Zone-style twists has entertained millions of listeners.MORE Host Dan Carlin
Producer/Network Dan Carlin
Email ****@dancarlin.com
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 148.6K Avg Length 281 min Format Extended Get Email Contact