35 Best Road Trip Podcasts

1. My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff

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My Favorite Murder is a true crime comedy podcast hosted by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark. Each week, Karen and Georgia share compelling true crimes and hometown stories from friends and listeners. Since MFM launched in January of 2016, Karen and Georgia have shared their lifelong interest in true crime and have covered stories of infamous serial killers like the Night Stalker, mysterious cold cases, captivating cults, incredible survivor stories and important events from history like the Tulsa race massacre of 1921...MORE Hosts Karen Kilgariff, Georgia Hardstark
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 490.3KTwitter 315.8KInstagram 897.2K Avg Length 54 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 Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. Dateline NBC

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Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations.
Hosts Andrea Canning, Blayne Alexander, Josh Mankiewicz
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Facebook 2.5MTwitter 9.4MInstagram 445.8K Avg Length 43 min Get Email Contact

3. 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
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 838.6KTwitter 93.4KInstagram 101.5K Avg Length 39 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
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 7.7MTwitter 8.3MInstagram 7.3M Avg Length 45 min Get Email Contact

5. 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 Hosts Dax Shepard, Monica Padman
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Apple Rating 4.6/5 Avg Length 89 min Get Email Contact

6. Scam Goddess

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'Scam Goddess is a podcast dedicated to fraud and all those who practice it! Each week host Laci Mosley (aka Scam Goddess) keeps listeners up to date on current rackets, digs deep into the latest scams, and breaks down historic hoodwinks alongside some of your favorite comedians! It's like true crime only without all the death! True fun crime!'MORE Host Laci Risë Mosley
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 44.1KTwitter 12.3KInstagram 45.1K Avg Length 68 min Get Email Contact

7. Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

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After 25 years at the Late Night desk, Conan realized that the only people at his holiday party are the men and women who work for him. Over the years and despite thousands of interviews, Conan has never made a real and lasting friendship with any of his celebrity guests. So, he started a podcast to do just that. Deeper, unboundedly playful, and free from FCC regulations, Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend is a weekly opportunity for Conan to hang out with the people he enjoys most and perhaps find some real friendship along the way.MORE Host Conan O'Brien
Producer/Network SiriusXM Podcasts
Email ****@teamcoco.com
Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 6.1MTwitter 648.6KInstagram 1.9M Avg Length 44 min Get Email Contact

8. True Crime Garage

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Hosts Nic and the Captain invite you to grab a chair, grab a beer and join them as they talk some true crime. This is no ordinary garage: it's a rabbit hole of true crime, with a generous supply of alcohol and banter to lighten the load. From international atrocities to heinous stories on (US) home turf, dive head-first into a different case each week, and enjoy a cold one whilst your there. https://www.truecrimegarage.com/https://true-crime-garage-94dd8fd2.simplecast.com/If you consider yourself an armchair detective, you're in the right place, and you're amongst friends...MORE Hosts Nic Edwards, Patrick Edwards
Producer/Network TRUE CRIME GARAGE
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 91.9KTwitter 39.6KInstagram 129.5K Avg Length 56 min Get Email Contact

9. True Crime Obsessed

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The true crime / comedy podcast YOU NEED IN YOUR LIFE. We recap your favorite true crime documentaries with humor, sass, and heart. FROM VULTURE: 'It's not wrong to laugh when you're listening to a true-crime podcast. Or at least I hope it isn't, because if almost crashing my car while listening to True Crime Obsessed is wrong, I don't want to be right.' Hear our take on 'Abducted in Plain Sight,' 'The Ted Bundy Tapes,'Dirty John: The Dirty Truth' and so many more.MORE Hosts Patrick Hinds, Gillian Pensavalle
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 62.6KTwitter 3.8KInstagram 131.7K Avg Length 66 min Since May 2017 Get Email Contact

10. My Brother, My Brother And Me

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My Brother, My Brother and Me is an advicecast for the modern era featuring three real-life brothers: Justin, Travis and Griffin McElroy. For roughly five-sixths of an hour each week, with new episodes dropping every Monday, the brothers McElroy will answer any query sent our way, each fielding questions falling into our respective areas of expertise. We operate like a streamlined, advice-generating machine. It's both terrifying and humbling to behold.MORE Hosts Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, Griffin McElroy
Producer/Network Maximum Fun
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Apple Rating 4.9/5 Avg Length 66 min Since Jan 2011 Get Email Contact

11. Story Pirates

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The award-winning Story Pirates Podcast takes stories written by kids and turns them into sketch comedy and songs. Made up of talented comedians, songwriters, and frequent celebrity guests, the Story Pirates inspire kids to create, bringing laughter to kids and grownups of all ages with hilarious sketches, catchy original songs from all genres, and interviews with the creative geniuses behind the stories… kids!MORE Host Lee Overtree
Producer/Network Story Pirates
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 13.2KTwitter 7.9KInstagram 18.9K Avg Length 30 min Get Email Contact

12. Sawbones

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Join Dr. Sydnee McElroy and her husband Justin McElroy for a tour of all the dumb, bad, gross, weird and wrong ways we've tried to fix people.
Hosts Dr. Sydnee McElroy, Justin McElroy
Producer/Network Maximum Fun
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 30.8KTwitter 61.7K Avg Length 43 min Since Jun 2013 Get Email Contact

13. Sword and Scale

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Sword and Scale is a true crime podcast covering the dark underworld of crime and the criminal justice system's response to it. The first episode launched on January 1st, 2014, and features stories of murder, abduction, rape, and even more bizarre forms of crime. It's the purest form of true crime where the raw uncensored audio tells the story. Everything from 911 calls to court testimony, interviews with victims, and sometimes with perpetrators give listeners a 360-degree look at the seedy underbelly of human nature and so-called civilized society.MORE Host Mike Boudet
Producer/Network Sword and Scale (Ad Free)
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Apple Rating 4.1/5Facebook 1.6KTwitter 14 Avg Length 68 min Get Email Contact

14. Brains On! Science podcast for kids

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Brains On! is a science podcast for curious kids and adults from American Public Media. Each week, a different kid co-host joins Molly Bloom to find answers to fascinating questions about the world sent in by listeners. Like, do dogs know they're dogs? Or, why do feet stink? Plus, we have mystery sounds for you to guess, songs for you to dance to, and lots of facts - all checked by experts.MORE Host Molly Bloom
Producer/Network Brains On! Universe
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 24.9KTwitter 5.8KInstagram 10.7K Avg Length 21 min Get Email Contact

15. Pseudopod

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You've found the world's premier horror fiction podcast. For over a decade, Pseudopod has been bringing you the best short horror in audio form, to take with you anywhere. We pay our author's professional rates for original fiction and we reach more people every week than any other short fiction horror market.MORE Host Alasdair Stuart
Producer/Network Escape Artists Foundation
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Twitter 7.1K Avg Length 34 min Since Aug 2006 Get Email Contact

16. Circle Round

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Created and produced by parents of young children, WBUR's Circle Round adapts carefully-selected folktales from around the world into sound- and music-rich radio plays for kids ages 3-103. Each 15 to 25-minute episode explores important issues like kindness, persistence and generosity. And each episode ends with an activity that inspires a deeper conversation between children and grown-ups.MORE Email ****@wbur.org
Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 4.4KTwitter 1.6KInstagram 40K Avg Length 24 min Since Jun 2017 Get Email Contact

17. Unexplained

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Unexplained is a haunting and unsettling bi-weekly podcast about strange and mysterious real life events that continue to evade explanation. A story-based show mixing spoken-word narrative, history and ideas - often to terrifying effect - that explores the space between what we think of as real and what is not: where sometimes belief can be as concrete as 'reality', whatever that is...MORE Host Richard MacLean Smith
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 6.3KTwitter 8.7K Avg Length 33 min Since Sep 2018 Get Email Contact

18. Ear Hustle

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Ear Hustle, from Radiotopia, brings you stories of life inside prison, shared and produced by those living it. The podcast is a partnership between Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams, currently incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, and Nigel Poor, a Bay Area artist. The team works in San Quentin's media lab to produce stories that are sometimes difficult, often funny, and always honest, offering a nuanced view of people living within the American prison system.MORE Hosts Nigel Poor, Earlonne Woods
Producer/Network Ear Hustle & Radiotopia
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 31.4KTwitter 24.5KInstagram 72.2K Avg Length 45 min Since May 2017 Get Email Contact

19. The Magnus Archives

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'Make your statement, face your fear.' A weekly horror fiction podcast examining what lurks in the archives of the Magnus Institute, an organisation dedicated to researching the esoteric and the weird. Join Jonathan Sims as he explores the archive, but be warned, as he looks into its depths something starts to look back… New episodes every Thursday produced by Rusty Quill, featuring guest actors, short stories, serial plots and more. The Magnus Protocol launches in January 2024.MORE Host Jonathan Sims
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 12.3KTwitter 49.6KInstagram 27.7K Avg Length 20 min Get Email Contact

20. The Other Stories

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These aren't the stories your mother used to tell you, no, these are The Other Stories. The Other Stories is a weekly short story podcast. A modern take on The Twilight Zone, Tales From The Crypt, or The Outer Limits. Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, and WTF stories are delivered right to your podcast feed every Monday morning.MORE Hosts James Barnett, Luke Kondor
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 1.4KTwitter 1.5KInstagram 1.9K Avg Length 17 min Video Podcast YouTube
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21. 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 17.8K Avg Length 88 min Get Email Contact

22. But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

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But Why is a show led by you, kids! You ask the questions and we find the answers. It's a big interesting world out there. On But Why, we tackle topics large and small, about nature, words, even the end of the world.MORE Host Jane Lindholm
Producer/Network Vermont Public
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Facebook 5.9KTwitter 2.3K Avg Length 27 min Since Apr 2016 Get Email Contact

23. Storynory

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Storynory brings you audio stories for the family, beautifully read, and with a touch of sophistication. We find traditional stories from all over the world and create our own characters including Katie the Witch, and Astropup the space travelling hound. We also give you songs, educational interviews, and a sprinkling of ancient history.MORE Hosts Natasha-Lee Lewis, Jana Elizabeth
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Facebook 14.8KTwitter 2.3KInstagram 1.6K Avg Length 15 min Video Podcast YouTube
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24. 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 4.9/5 Avg Length 38 min Get Email Contact

25. The Past and The Curious

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A History Podcast for Kids! Parents love us, Teachers love us, and most importantly, kids do too!History can be amazing, inspiring, and relevant to anyone. We love to share the stories of Spies, funny foods, George Washington's foibles, early advancements in cartooning and ballooning, and much more! A professional music score and important songs accompany nearly every themed episode.MORE Host Mick Sullivan
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 2.5K Avg Length 37 min Get Email Contact

26. The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian

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The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian is a serialized science-fiction story for kids, told in 15-20 minute episodes for parents to put on when driving around town, or to marathon on road trips, or to bond over before bed. The story is written and performed by Jonathan Messinger.MORE Host Jonathan Messinger
Producer/Network GZM Shows
Email ****@finncaspian.com
Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 2.5KTwitter 1.5KInstagram 2K Avg Length 16 min Since Aug 2016 Get Email Contact

27. SmartLess

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'SmartLess' with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, & Will Arnett is a podcast that connects and unites people from all walks of life to learn about shared experiences through thoughtful dialogue and organic hilarity. A nice surprise: in each episode of SmartLess, one of the hosts reveals his mystery guest to the other two. What ensues is a genuinely improvised and authentic conversation filled with laughter and newfound knowledge to feed the SmartLess mind.New episodes on Mondays for free. Listen 1-week early and to all episodes ad-free with Wondery or Amazon Music with a Prime membership .MORE Hosts Sean Hayes, Jason Bateman, Will Arnett
Email ****@wondery.com
Facebook 120.4KTwitter 65KInstagram 364.2K Avg Length 55 min Get Email Contact

28. Amateur Traveler Travel Podcast

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Each episode of Amateur Traveler focuses on a different travel destination. We focus on why you should go there and what should you do for a one week itinerary. What should you see? What should you do? What should you eat? A typical episode is an interview of someone who has visited a destination, lives at a destination, or wrote the book on it.MORE Host Chris Christensen
Producer/Network Chris Christensen
Email ****@amateurtraveler.com
Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 7KTwitter 26.1KInstagram 6.1K Avg Length 61 min Since Jan 2005 Get Email Contact

29. The Dirtbag Diaries

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This is what adventure sounds like. Climb. Ski. Hike. Bike. Paddle. Run. Travel. Whatever your passion, we are all dirtbags. Outdoor writer Fitz Cahall and the Duct Tape Then Beer team present stories about the dreamers, athletes and wanderers.MORE Host Fitz Cahall
Producer/Network Duct Tape Then Beer
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Apple Rating 4.7/5 Avg Length 38 min Get Email Contact

30. 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. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.MORE Host Phoebe Judge
Producer/Network Criminal Productions
Email ****@thisiscriminal.com
Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 41.9KTwitter 37.3KInstagram 55.7K Avg Length 38 min Get Email Contact

31. Dolly Parton's America

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In this intensely divided moment, one of the few things everyone still seems to agree on is Dolly Parton—but why? That simple question leads to a deeply personal, historical, and musical rethinking of one of America's great icons. Join us for a 9-episode journey into the Dollyverse. Hosted by Jad Abumrad. Produced and reported by Shima Oliaee. Dolly Parton's America is a production from OSM Audio and WNYC Studios.MORE Hosts Jad Abumrad, Shima Oliaee
Producer/Network WNYC Studios & OSM Audio
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 22.4KTwitter 7.8KInstagram 6.9K Avg Length 33 min Get Email Contact

32. Driving the Green Book

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Award-winning broadcaster and educator Alvin Hall hits the road alongside activist and social justice trainer Janée Woods Weber. They drive from Detroit to New Orleans, collecting powerful, personal testimony about how Black Americans used the historic travel guide The Negro Motorist's Green Book during the height of segregation as a vital resource to quell fears, find safe havens, and travel with dignity.MORE Host Alvin Hall
Producer/Network Macmillan Podcasts
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Apple Rating 4/5 Avg Length 24 min Get Email Contact

33. The Radio Adventures

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This family friendly new twist on 'old time radio' features the adventures and exploits of the World's Most Brilliant Scientist, Dr. Floyd! Join Dr. Floyd as he tries to thwart the plans of his evil arch nemesis, Dr. Steve, all the while learning about the people and events that shaped the history of the Earth.MORE Hosts Doctor Floyd, Dr. Floyd
Producer/Network Saturday Morning Media
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 231Twitter 363 Avg Length 11 min Since Jul 2004 Get Email Contact