15 Best Podcasts For Long Runs
Podcasts For Long Runs
Here are 15 Best Podcasts For Long Runs worth listening to in 2025. Subscribe in one place on FeedSpot Reader.
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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 4.5/5Facebook 837.2KTwitter 93.4KInstagram 101.5K Avg Length 39 min Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media 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 . We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us
2. 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.MORE Host Ira Glass
Producer/Network This American Life
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 1MTwitter 396.2KInstagram 79.6K Avg Length 61 min Video Podcast YouTube
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3. Woman's Hour
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Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
Hosts Nuala McGovern, Emma Barnett, Jane Garvey, Anita Rani, Jennifer Susan Murray
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Twitter 233KInstagram 322.2K Avg Length 57 min Get Email Contact
4. 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
Producer/Network Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 7.7MTwitter 8.3MInstagram 7.3M Avg Length 46 min Get Email Contact
5. Serial
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Serial Productions makes narrative podcasts whose quality and innovation transformed the medium. 'Serial' began in 2014 as a spinoff of the public radio show 'This American Life.' In 2020, we joined the New York Times Company. Our shows have reached many millions of listeners and have won nearly every major journalism award for audio, including the first-ever Peabody Award given to a podcast.MORE Host Sarah Koenig
Producer/Network Serial
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 427.4KTwitter 279.6KInstagram 59.4K Avg Length 42 min Since Oct 2013 Get Email Contact
6. The Rich Roll Podcast
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A master-class in personal and professional development, ultra-athlete, wellness evangelist and bestselling author Rich Roll delves deep with the world's brightest and most thought provoking thought leaders to educate, inspire and empower you to unleash your best, most authentic self.MORE Host Rich Roll
Producer/Network Rich Roll
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 292.5K Avg Length 113 min Get Email Contact
7. Stuff You Missed in History Class
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Join Holly and Tracy as they bring you the greatest and strangest Stuff You Missed In History Class in this podcast by iHeartRadio.
Hosts Holly Frey, Tracy Wilson
Producer/Network iHeartPodcasts
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Facebook 517.1KTwitter 38.6KInstagram 39K Avg Length 34 min Get Email Contact
8. 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
Producer/Network NPR
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Facebook 54.1KTwitter 50.8KInstagram 7.3M Avg Length 47 min Since Jun 2018 Get Email Contact
9. Ten Junk Miles
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Ten Junk Miles is hosted by a group of runners from Chicago and describes itself as a podcast that consists of humorous conversations by trail, road, and ultra runners about their lives as runners and the issues that are interesting or important to them and guests of the show.MORE Host Scotty Kummer
Producer/Network Ten Junk Miles, LLC
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 7KTwitter 3.2KInstagram 4.5K Avg Length 81 min Since Mar 2015 Get Email Contact
10. Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip
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Distraction Pieces, with Scroobius Pip, is one the UK's biggest and longest running independent podcasts.Previous guests include Michael Fassbender, Mary J Blige, Stephen Graham, Florence Pugh, Spike Lee, Lena Headey, Stewart Lee, Kathy Burke, Dizzee Rascal, Aisling Bea, Kano, Adam Buxton, Vicky McClure, Karl Pilkington, Michaela Coel, Louis Theroux, Tim Key and many more.Available on acast, iTunes and all good podcast outlets. Download, subscribe, rate & review now! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.MORE Host Scroobius Pip
Producer/Network Distraction Pieces Ntwrk
Email ****@hotmail.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.7/5 Avg Length 70 min Get Email Contact
11. Happier with Gretchen Rubin
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Gretchen Rubin is HAPPIER, and she wants you to be happier too. The #1 bestselling author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before gets more personal than ever as she brings her practical, manageable advice about happiness and good habits to this lively, thought-provoking podcast. Gretchen's cohost and guinea pig is her younger sister, Elizabeth Craft, a TV writer and producer living in Los Angeles, who (lovingly) refers to Gretchen as her happiness bully. Part of the Audacy Network.MORE Hosts Gretchen Rubin, Elizabeth Craft
Producer/Network Lemonada
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Apple Rating 4.7/5 Avg Length 24 min Get Email Contact
12. Marathon Training Academy
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The Marathon Training Academy Podcast was started in 2010 to inspire and empower everyday people to live healthier lives and achieve fitness goals by unleashing their marathon potential. The show features actionable training wisdom delivered in a funny and relatable style. Co-hosts Angie and Trevor want you to believe that you have what it takes to run a marathon and change your life.MORE Hosts Angie Spencer, Trevor Spencer
Producer/Network Angie and Trevor
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 30.8KTwitter 2.8KInstagram 43.8K Avg Length 44 min Since Feb 2010 Get Email Contact
13. Comedy Bang Bang
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Join host Scott Aukerman ('Comedy Bang! Bang!' on IFC, 'Mr. Show') for a weekly podcast that blends conversation and character work from today's funniest comedians. While Scott begins by traditionally interviewing the celebrities, the open-door policy means an assortment of eccentric oddballs can pop by at any moment to chat, compete in games, and engage in comic revelry. With all that, and regular bonus episodes, we bet your favorite part will still be the plugs!MORE Host Scott Aukerman
Producer/Network SiriusXM Podcasts
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 96KTwitter 138.3KInstagram 18K Avg Length 85 min Get Email Contact
14. Marathon Talk
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Presented by Martin Yelling and Tom Williams and latterly Holly Rush. Marathon Talk was the UK's number one running podcast. Released for free every week for over 10 years. The show had over 5 million downloads with listeners across the world. The show is available on iTunes and Spotify. Marathon Talk established a trusted, credible and respected voice within the running community and was shortlisted as one of the Mixcloud 2016 industry Online Radio Awards. Show retired January 2022 with Episode 600.MORE Hosts Martin Yelling, Tom Williams
Producer/Network Deena Kastor & Martin Yelling
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 26.2KTwitter 27.5K Avg Length 57 min Get Email Contact
Show Hosts and Producers
Podcaster Name | Role | Podcast Link | Twitter Handle | Twitter Followers | |
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Josh Clark | Co Host | iheart.com/podcast/105-stuff-you-should-know-26940277 | |||
Charles W. Bryant | Co Host | iheart.com/podcast/105-stuff-you-should-know-26940277 | |||
Ira Glass | Host | thisamericanlife.org/archive | @iraglass | 240.2K | |
Nuala McGovern | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b007qlvb | @bbcnuala | 27.4K | |
Emma Barnett | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b007qlvb | @emmabarnett | 189.6K | |
Jane Garvey | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b007qlvb | |||
Anita Rani | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b007qlvb | @itsanitarani | 93.1K | |
Jennifer Susan Murray | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b007qlvb | @whjm | 53.2K | |
Peter Sagal | Host | npr.org/podcasts/344098539/wait-wait-don-t-tell-me | @petersagal | 5 | |
Sarah Koenig | Host | podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/serial/id917918570 | |||
Rich Roll | Host | richroll.com/all-episodes | @richroll | 143K | |
Holly Frey | Co Host | iheart.com/podcast/105-stuff-you-missed-in-histor-21124503 | |||
Tracy Wilson | Co Host | iheart.com/podcast/105-stuff-you-missed-in-histor-21124503 | |||
Manoush Zomorodi | Host | npr.org/podcasts/510298/ted-radio-hour | @manoushz | 37.8K | |
Scotty Kummer | Host | tenjunkmiles.libsyn.com | @scottykummer | ||
Scroobius Pip | Host | distractionpiecespodcast.com | @scroobiuspipyo | 123.4K | |
Gretchen Rubin | Co Host | gretchenrubin.com/podcasts | @gretchenrubin | 140.5K | |
Elizabeth Craft | Co Host | gretchenrubin.com/podcasts | |||
Angie Spencer | Co Host | marathontrainingacademy.com/category/podcasts | |||
Trevor Spencer | Co Host | marathontrainingacademy.com/category/podcasts | |||
Scott Aukerman | Host | earwolf.com/show/comedy-bang-bang | @scottaukerman | 253.2K | |
Martin Yelling | Co Host | marathontalk.libsyn.com | @myelling | 18.5K | |
Tom Williams | Co Host | marathontalk.libsyn.com | @tomwilliams1974 |
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