10 Best Podcasts With Transcripts

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 1.1MTwitter 374.6KInstagram 114.9K Avg Length 60 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. Pod Save America

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Pod Save America is a no-bullshit conversation about politics hosted by former Obama aides Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer, and Tommy Vietor. It cuts through the noise to break down the week's news and helps people figure out what matters and how they can help. They're regularly joined by journalists, activists, politicians, entertainers, and world leaders. You can watch on YouTube or listen to new episodes every Tuesday and Friday. Subscribe to Friends of the Pod! Your subscription makes Crooked's work possible and gives you access to ad-free episodes of Pod Save America and Pod Save the World, plus exclusive content and a lively Discord community...MORE Hosts Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer, Tommy Vietor
Producer/Network Crooked Media
Email ****@crooked.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 89.3KFacebook 490.4KTwitter 531.8KInstagram 564.6K Avg Length 77 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. Scriptnotes Podcast

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Screenwriters John August and Craig Mazin discuss screenwriting and related topics in the film and television industry, everything from getting stuff written to the vagaries of copyright and work-for-hire law.MORE Hosts John August, Craig Mazin
Producer/Network John August and Craig Mazin
Email ****@johnaugust.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 3.6KTwitter 85.6KInstagram 16.5K Avg Length 57 min Format Long form Since Aug 2011 Get Email Contact

4. 99% Invisible

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Design is everywhere in our lives, perhaps most importantly in the places where we've just stopped noticing. 99% Invisible is a weekly exploration of the process and power of design and architecture. From award winning producer Roman Mars. Learn more at 99percentinvisible.org.MORE Host Roman Mars
Producer/Network SiriusXM Podcasts
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 38KFacebook 106.8KTwitter 72.8KInstagram 90K Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

5. 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
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 48.7KFacebook 50.5KTwitter 32.7KInstagram 60.4K Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

6. The Ezra Klein Show

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Ezra Klein invites you into a conversation on something that matters. How do we address climate change if the political system fails to act? Has the logic of markets infiltrated too many aspects of our lives? What is the future of the Republican Party? What do psychedelics teach us about consciousness? What does sci-fi understand about our present that we miss? Can our food system be just to humans and animals alike? Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify...MORE Host Ezra Klein
Producer/Network The New York Times
Email ****@nytimes.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 17.2K Avg Length 89 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

7. 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
Email ****@yale.edu
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 17.8KFacebook 72.3KTwitter 38.1K Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

8. 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
Email ****@wnyc.org
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 27.6KFacebook 53.5KTwitter 50.8KInstagram 8.3M Avg Length 48 min Format Long form Since Jun 2018 Get Email Contact

9. 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, Rachel Abrams and Natalie Kitroeff. Twenty minutes a day, five days a week, ready by 6 a.m. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher.MORE Hosts Sabrina Tavernise, Michael Barbaro
Email ****@nytimes.com
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 118.8K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

10. Savor

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Savor digs into how people live and how they eat and why. Hosts Anney Reese and Lauren Vogelbaum interview the culinary creators and consumers of the world, exploring the science, history, and culture of food and drink, all with a key question in mind: Why do we like what we like, and how can we find more of those things?MORE Hosts Anney Reese, Lauren Vogelbaum
Producer/Network iHeartPodcasts
Email ****@savorpod.com
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 1.8KFacebook 2.8KInstagram 3.7K Avg Length 46 min Format Long form Since Feb 2017 Get Email Contact