30 Best Poverty Podcasts

1. IFPRI Podcast

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The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. Established in 1975, IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 50 countries. It is a research center of CGIAR, a worldwide partnership engaged in agricultural research for development.MORE Producer/Network International Food Policy Research Institute
Email ****@cgiar.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1Facebook 209.3KTwitter 141.7KInstagram 9K Avg Length 116 min Format Extended Since May 2017 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. Social Impact Pioneers

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Hello, and welcome to the Business Fights Poverty podcast, where we bring you engaging conversations with social impact trailblazers. Dive into a wealth of insights, diverse perspectives, and valuable advice, all designed to enlighten and inspire. Gain first-hand understanding of how businesses and thought leaders are addressing the world's most pressing social challenges, empowering you to make well-informed decisions and take meaningful action. So, sit back and join us as we explore the frontiers of business-driven social impact.MORE Host Yvette Torres-Rahman
Producer/Network Business Fights Poverty
Email ****@businessfightspoverty.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 14Facebook 7.2KTwitter 31.2KInstagram 718 Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

3. Build Relationships. Break Poverty.

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'Build Relationships. Break Poverty.' is a podcast that challenges the Western perception of international poverty by elevating the voices of local leaders and processing how we can help to alleviate poverty without harming those living in vulnerable communities. We are Children's HopeChest, and we believe that building two-way relationships will break the cycle of poverty.MORE Hosts Wil Crooks, Anna Kerr
Producer/Network Children's HopeChest
Email ****@hopechest.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 31Facebook 33.2KTwitter 2.7KInstagram 2.3K Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Since Feb 2019 Get Email Contact

4. Poverty Research & Policy

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The Poverty Research & Policy Podcast is produced by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) and features interviews with researchers about poverty, inequality, and policy in the United States.MORE Host Judith Siers-Poisson
Producer/Network Institute for Research on Poverty
Email ****@wisc.edu
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 25Facebook 2.6KTwitter 7.6K Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Since Feb 2017 Get Email Contact

5. Ending Poverty Together

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Let's talk about poverty—its causes and solutions, and the beautiful, messy attempts people all over Canada are making to help. Listen in as host Shelaine chats with Canadian experts working to overcome poverty.Together you'll tackle tough questions, cover hot topics, and hear true stories. Explore with us how ordinary people can create lasting change. What are Canadians doing about poverty in your neighbourhood, across Canada, and around the world? What can YOU do?https://www.fhcanada...MORE Host Shelaine Strom
Producer/Network Food for the Hungry (FH) Canada
Email ****@fhcanada.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 16Facebook 18.7KTwitter 972Instagram 1.4K Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Since Nov 2020 Get Email Contact

6. Poverty Unpacked podcast

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In conversation with others, we explore how poverty affects the mind, relationships, emotions and society as a whole, and what can be done to change it. Hear from activists, researchers, policy makers, and those with lived experience of poverty around the world.MORE Host Keetie Roelen
Producer/Network Poverty Unpacked
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 9Twitter 1.1K Since Mar 2020 Get Email Contact

7. Poverty Minute

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Today's top poverty headlines from around the country, in about a minute.
Host Sean Spence
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 2 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

8. Let's Talk Poverty

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Welcome to Let's Talk Poverty, the podcast that helps you understand poverty in Calgary through the lens of Enough for All. It tackles the stigma surrounding poverty, challenging biases and assumptions. From the voices of lived experience to community members to highlighting raw data, we speak with subject matter and policy experts, community leaders and you to explore the root causes of poverty in our city and how we can come together to make changes that matter.MORE Host Jaclyn Silbernagel
Producer/Network Vibrant Communities Calgary
Email ****@vibrantcalgary.com
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Apple Reviews 5Facebook 3.6KTwitter 8.8K Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

9. Under The Dome with Empower Missouri

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A weekly podcast from Empower Missouri designed to quickly catch you up on anti-poverty actions happening in the Missouri state legislature.
Host Sarah Owsley
Producer/Network Empower Missouri
Email ****@empowermissouri.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 6 Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

10. The Philanthropic Podcast

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The Philanthropic Podcast is on a mission to end poverty, one story at a time. Each episode dives into real lives, real struggles, and real solutions, showing how people can rise above hardship when given the right opportunities. If you love real, raw, human storytelling and rising above challenges, this is the show for you. We'll bring you conversations with families, change-makers, and everyday heroes, highlighting both the challenges and the hope that fuels transformation.Tune in, be inspired, and discover how together we can create lasting change. Get philanthropic!MORE Host Talmage Brätt
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

11. Essential Leadership to End Poverty

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Essential Leadership to End Poverty is where visionary leadership meets grassroots impact. This podcast explores how bold, innovative, and compassionate leadership drives sustainable solutions to poverty. Each episode features powerful conversations with changemakers who are transforming lives through action and accountability.Whether you're working on the frontlines or influencing systems behind the scenes, this show equips you with the tools, strategies, and inspiration to lead with purpose...MORE Host Scott Miller
Email ****@thepovertysolution.com
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Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

12. Think Bigger Voices

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Think Bigger Voices is a podcast with a mission to break the cycle of poverty for kids in America by inspiring education, advocacy and action in our communities. We seek to amplify the voices of the underrepresented, spotlight individuals and programs affecting change nationwide, and engage with subject matter experts and frontline advocates to directly address the root causes of systemic poverty. We celebrate success stories and promote proven solutions with positive outcomes.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.MORE Host Jennie Treby
Producer/Network Jennie Treby
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5 Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

13. Coffee with Candace by Open Door Mission

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Coffee with Candace by Open Door Mission is a monthly podcast that shares updates on Open Door Mission's ministry and engages in topics and events surrounding those experiencing hunger, homelessness and poverty. It will also feature a Story of Hope of a life changed through the New Life Recovery Program. Open Door Mission is located in Omaha, NE.MORE Host Candace Hoyt-Gregory
Producer/Network Coffee with Candace by Open Door Mission
Email ****@opendoormission.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 22 Avg Length 44 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

14. BootCamp Radio Worldwide

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BootCamp Radio is an American multimedia network providing news, entertainment, and other programming developed primarily to unite all ethnicities. Our mission is to decrease generational poverty by raising social awareness to build generational prosperity and to produce thinkers and visionaries. Our goals are to be a successful entertainment company that is a leader in its field, provide great high quality service to its viewers/clients and empower viewers to inspire social changeMORE Host GerryPthaDJ
Producer/Network GerryPthaDJ
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15. The Poverty Trap

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A Podcast for those who are fed up with the inequality baked into America's system and want to collectively make change. povertytrap.substack.com
Host Joan DeMartin
Producer/Network Joan DeMartin
Email ****@substack.com
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Avg Length 11 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

16. RISE: Solutions to Extreme Poverty in Rural Villages

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Welcome to RISE: Solution to Extreme Poverty in Rural Villages. I'm Wade Griffith from Shanta Village Partners, and I'm joined by my co-host Jaipreet Kaur from All We Can. This Podcast is a space for practitioners, funders, change makers, and anyone committed to eliminating extreme poverty to share their passion and knowledge on long-term approaches to rural development that center on community leadership. Each episode features practical strategies, lessons learned, and case studies from initiatives that are re-balancing power, prioritizing local knowledge, and building systems that last...MORE Hosts Wade Griffith, Jaipreet Kaur
Producer/Network Wade Griffith
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 4 Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

17. Breaking the Cycle of Poverty

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'Breaking the Cycle of Poverty' explores why poverty remains such a persistent problem in the United States and how individuals and organizations can help people secure economic independence and a higher quality of life.MORE Producer/Network Shepherd Community Center
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 4 Avg Length 16 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

18. The Fold

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Good Shepherd is one of the largest community-based providers of health and human services in Hamilton and Toronto. For 62 years, Good Shepherd has been a leader in the battle to eradicate poverty and homelessness in our community. Each month, Brother Richard MacPhee, Chief Executive Officer, will be bringing you into the fold by sharing his conversations with community leaders, Good Shepherd coworkers, and partners who inspire and influence transformation for the most vulnerable and marginalized people in our community. Welcome to The Fold.MORE Host Richard MacPhee
Producer/Network Good Shepherd
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Apple Reviews 3 Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

19. The Big View: Ending Poverty in Your Community

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Circles USA's Chief Integrity Officer, Yvette Trujillo, and Executive Director, Kamatara Johnson, take a 10,000 foot view of poverty and break it down into bite-sized chunks, helping you gain a deeper understanding of the experience of poverty and learn how to make a real difference in your community.Since 1998, Circles USA has been building community to end poverty through intentional friendships, personal transformation, and systemic change, led by the people closest to the challenge...MORE Hosts Yvette Trujillo, Kamatara Johnson
Producer/Network Circles USA
Email ****@gmail.com
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20. The STIMPACK Podcast

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STIMPACK is a Haiti focused think tank and interventional NGO. We look for points of leverage to help Haitians lift their entire country out of extreme poverty. This podcast discusses those points.MORE Host Jeffret Frazier
Producer/Network Jeff Frazier
Email ****@stimpack.org
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 34 Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

21. POVERTY IS A DISEASE THAT CAN BE CURED

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The disease of poverty forces one into isolationism by eroding the social, emotional, and economic connections that sustain individuals and communities. Poverty often creates a cycle of exclusion, where those affected may feel shame, rejection, or a sense of inadequacy that causes them to withdraw from society. This withdrawal is not always voluntary but often a response to systemic barriers and societal stigmatization. Here's how poverty contributes to isolationism: 1...MORE Host Mark Carven Olds
Email ****@gmail.com
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22. The Cost of Living Chronicles

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If you're seeking answers to why one of the world's wealthiest economies is grappling with a cost of living crisis and staggering levels of poverty and inequality, then the upcoming Cost of Living Chronicles podcast is tailored just for you! Join us as we unravel the complexities of our society, delving into the root causes and exploring the solutions needed to build a prosperous, equal, and happy society.MORE Estimated listeners
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23. FYI FLI - For Your Information Financial Literacy & Investing

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Join Hassan Thomas, Founder and CEO of the brand — FYI FLI (For Your Information: Financial Literacy & Investing), as he discusses exciting ways to help millennials build healthy relationships with their finances. You're never too young to empower yourself with knowledge and information designed to enhance your life. And Hassan Thomas is passionate about empowering his peers and people. In the podcast you'll hear him discuss strategies for saving, budgeting, investing, taxes, retirement, and tackling all forms of debt especially the kind that impacts students...MORE Hosts Hassan Thomas, Remy G
Producer/Network Hassan Thomas
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 67 Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

24. OFF-KILTER with Rebecca Vallas

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Off-Kilter is a podcast about economic liberation—and the shifts in collective consciousness it will take to set us all free. Every week, Rebecca Vallas talks with visionary leaders and organizations working to reinvigorate our shared imagination and disrupt the imbalance of power in our society.Find Off-Kilter on the Progressive Voices Network, the We Act Radio network in D.C., local radio stations across the U.S., and wherever you get your podcasts.MORE Producer/Network The Century Foundation
Email ****@americanprogressaction.org.
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 52Twitter 19.9K Avg Length 62 min Format Long form Since Mar 2017 Get Email Contact

25. From Poverty to Power

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This is a conversation podcast by Duncan Green, strategic adviser for Oxfam GB, author of 'How Change Happens' and Professor in Practice at the London School of Economics. This personal reflection is not intended as a comprehensive statement of the agreed policies of either Oxfam or the LSE. https://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/MORE Producer/Network From Poverty to Power
Email ****@oxfam.org.uk
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 6Twitter 36.4K Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

26. World Bank Podcasts

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The World Bank is one of the world's largest sources of development assistance. Our mission is to fight poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results. Follow our podcast feed to get updates.MORE Email ****@worldbankgroup.org
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27. Overstepping Poverty

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Overstepping Poverty is a podcast hosted by Daquan Brooks and Zachaeus Shaw, two dynamic individuals who are passionate about overcoming adversity and reaching success. Through their unique stories and perspectives, they aim to inspire and empower listeners to break the cycle of poverty and take control of their lives. Daquan and Zachaeus introduce themselves and share their reasons for starting the podcast. They delve into the concept of vulnerability and how embracing our struggles and weaknesses can lead to personal growth...MORE Producer/Network Daquan & Zachaeus
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 17 Avg Length 74 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

28. The Invisible Americans

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Our purposes here are to document the scourge of child poverty, the many ways it damages children and limits their possibilities, to make clear the immense irresponsibility of the world's richest nation to tolerate basically the highest child poverty rates in the developed world, and to recommend what should be done about it.MORE Hosts Jeff Madrick, Carol Jenkins
Producer/Network The Invisible Americans
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 4 Avg Length 45 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

29. Beyond Homelessness Podcast

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Beyond Youth Homelessness: Conversations that matter is a Podcast hosted and produced by grassroots organisation, Project Youth. Project Youth is working towards a future where youth homelessness doesn't exist. This podcast is hosted by one of our Peer Workers, Ethan. Ethan uses his lived expertise to unpack stories with young people with lived experiences of homelessness and disadvantage...MORE Host Ethan
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Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact