20 Best PRX Radio Station Podcasts

1. The World

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Host Marco Werman and his team of producers bring you the world's most interesting stories that remind us just how small our planet really is.
Host Marco Werman
Producer/Network PRX
Email ****@theworld.org
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 1.1KFacebook 132.5KTwitter 40K Avg Length 51 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. Live Wire with Luke Burbank

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Like late-night for radio, Live Wire is hosted by Luke Burbank (Wait Wait Don't Tell Me) and artfully blends an eclectic mix of artists, musicians, writers, filmmakers, comedians, and cultural observers. MORE Host Luke Burbank
Producer/Network PRX
Email ****@livewireradio.org
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 314Facebook 7.5KTwitter 6.8KInstagram 4.5K Avg Length 53 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. Things That Go Boom

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Stories about the ins, outs, and whathaveyous of what keeps us safe. Hosted by Laicie Heeley.
Host Laicie Heeley
Producer/Network PRX
Email ****@inkstickmedia.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 350Facebook 16.8KTwitter 33.8KInstagram 8.4K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Since Dec 2017 Get Email Contact

4. How God Works: The Science Behind Spirituality

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While religion and science often seem at odds, there's one thing they can agree on: people who take part in spiritual practices tend to live longer, healthier, and happier lives. The big question is: Why? In How God Works, professor Dave DeSteno takes us on a journey to find out how spirituality impacts our minds and bodies, as well as the world in which we live.He speaks to leading scientists and philosophers, religious thinkers, and thought leaders to explore what we can learn from the world's faith traditions to help us meet some of life's biggest challenges...MORE Host David DeSteno
Producer/Network PRX
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 172Twitter 5.5K Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

5. Science & Technology Archives - The World from PRX

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A daily public radio broadcast program and podcast from PRX and WGBH, hosted by Marco Werman
Producer/Network PRX
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 9 Get Email Contact

6. Altered States

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Psychedelics are now at the center of a global conversation about mental health, mysticism, and even how we experience illness and death. In Altered States, host Arielle Duhaime-Ross explores how people are taking these drugs, who has access to them, how they're regulated, who stands to profit, and what these substances might offer us as individuals and as a society.MORE Host Arielle Duhaime-Ross
Producer/Network PRX
Email ****@arielleduhaimeross.com
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 138 Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

7. The Agitators: The Story of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass

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The Agitators tells of the enduring but tempestuous friendship of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass. Great allies? Yes. And at times, great adversaries. Young abolitionists when they met in Rochester, New York in the 1840s, they were full of hope and a common purpose. As they grew to become the cultural icons we know today, their movements collided and their friendship was severely tested. Follow these brilliant, flawed, and rebellious activists with host Ashley C. Ford. Their message still matters...MORE Producer/Network PRX
Email ****@prx.org
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 46 Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

8. Nixon at War

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Most accounts of the collapse of Richard Nixon's presidency begin with Watergate — the now iconic tale of a bungled break-in and the misbegotten cover-up that followed.  But what led to Watergate?  How — and more puzzlingly, why — did one of the shrewdest, most gifted political figures of his time become embroiled in so manifestly lunatic an enterprise in the first place?  Intrigued by that question, writer/journalist Kurt Andersen takes a deep dive into the vast archives at the Nixon Library and emerges with an answer he wasn't expecting: While Watergate doubtless accelerated Nixon..MORE Host Kurt Andersen
Producer/Network PRX
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 877 Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

9. And Nothing Less: The Untold Stories of Women's Fight for the Vote

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'Men their rights and nothing more; women their rights and nothing less.' Written by suffragists Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, women's rights activists used this rallying cry to demand voting equality. But the suffrage movement included far more voices and perspectives than these two well-known names: throughout the fight for women's right to vote, generations of diverse activists demanded full access to the ballot box. Hosts Rosario Dawson and Retta guide us through this seven-part series, bringing us the stories we didn't learn in our history books...MORE Hosts Rosario Dawson, Marietta Sangai Sirleaf
Producer/Network PRX
Email ****@prx.org
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 159Facebook 16.8KTwitter 33.8KInstagram 8.4K Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form Since Jul 2020 Get Email Contact

10. Orbital Path

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Astronomer Michelle Thaller takes a look at the big questions of the cosmos and what the answers can reveal about life here on Earth. From podcast powerhouse PRX, with support from the Sloan Foundation.MORE Producer/Network PRX
Email ****@prx.org
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 240Facebook 16.8KTwitter 33.8KInstagram 8.4K Get Email Contact

11. Transistor

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Transistor is podcast of scientific curiosities and current events, featuring guest hosts, scientists, and story-driven reporters. Presented by radio and podcast powerhouse PRX, with support from the Sloan Foundation.MORE Producer/Network PRX
Email ****@prx.org
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 53Twitter 33.8K Avg Length 13 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

12. Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen

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The Peabody Award-winning Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, from PRX, is a smart and surprising guide to what's happening in pop culture and the arts. Each week, Kurt introduces the people who are creating and shaping our culture. Life is busy so let Studio 360 steer you to the must-see movie this weekend, the next book for your nightstand, or the song that will change your life. Produced in association with Slate.MORE Host Kurt Andersen
Producer/Network PRX
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 740 Avg Length 44 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

13. Damp January with Luke Burbank

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Luke Burbank, host of the public radio variety show Live Wire, knows his way around a drink. At times, he's gotten too familiar with the stuff, which is why he's now trying to fix  his relationship with alcohol. In this new series, Luke talks to friends, family, and cultural luminaries living at various points on the booze spectrum — from enthusiastic imbibers to teetotalers and everyone in between. After a booze-heavy pandemic and increased attention to alcohol's health risks, many have reconsidered their habits...MORE Producer/Network PRX
Email ****@prx.org
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Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

14. PRX Annual Report Playlist

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Each show featured in this year's PRX Annual Report included an audio clip representing some of the best work we wanted you to hear this year. 
Producer/Network PRX
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Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

15. The World Presents: Lethal Dissent

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Lethal Dissent is a 9-part series about the price and peril that Iranian dissidents face for speaking out against their government, and the secret operatives who seek to silence them. It all begins when two friends flee Iran to escape the regime's crackdown on dissent. But when they arrive in Turkey, one of them dies under unusual circumstances. Fariba Nawa, a reporter in Istanbul, works to unravel the mystery of what happened...MORE Email ****@prx.org
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 20 Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

16. Newts!

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A sea captain barges into the office of a shipping merchant, dragging in a barrel of water. He's here on business, with a humble proposition. He opens the lid and reveals a newt.Inspired by the work of Czech science fiction pioneer Karel Čapek, Newts! chronicles an alternate history of the 20th Century in which the western world discovers, exploits, educates, arms, and is ultimately overthrown by a species of highly intelligent amphibians. It's a farcical yet deadly serious tale about self-interest and the nature of humanity, told as a six part audio drama with original music.MORE Producer/Network PRX
Email ****@prx.org
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 112 Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact