9 Best Sad Podcasts

1. Sad Boyz

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A podcast about feelings... and other things also from Jarvis Johnson & Jordan Adika.
Hosts Jarvis Johnson and Jordan Adika, Jarvis Johnson, Jordan Adika
Producer/Network Jarvis Johnson & Jordan Adika
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guest Eddy Burback
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 1.8KTwitter 11.6KInstagram 89.4K Avg Length 93 min Format Extended 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. All There Is with Anderson Cooper

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Grief can feel so lonely but talking about it and listening to others share their experiences helps. In all new episodes of this award-winning podcast, Anderson Cooper continues his deeply personal exploration of grief in all its complexities. In moving and honest discussions, he learns from others who have faced life-altering losses. Join the community to share your story and watch Anderson's weekly streaming show All There Is Live at cnn.com/allthereismore Host Anderson Cooper
Producer/Network CNN
Email ****@turner.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 50k-250k
Recent Guests Tig Notaro, Doris Kearns Goodwin +5 more
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 12.4K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

3. Thanks For Asking

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A call-in show from author Nora McInerny that lets real people get real honest about how they're really doing. Operators(me) are standing by to take your calls. In case you didn't know, we're still making episodes that are available exclusively on Nora's Substack!more Host Nora McInerny
Producer/Network Feelings & Co
Email ****@feelingsand.co
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guest Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 15.8K Avg Length 63 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. Mad, Sad and Bad with Paloma Faith

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Paloma Faith has had plenty of moments in her life when she's felt mad, sad or bad - or been told that's what she's being. But do these words mean the same for everyone? What does it mean if someone says you're mad: that you're angry? Unstable? Insane? Or perhaps just different... Could those words be liberating, therapeutic or even transformational?To find out more, Paloma invites an array of actors, comedians, musicians and thinkers into her home to reflect on times where they've felt mad, sad, bad - and even glad - what they've understood and learnt from these experiences too.This podcast..more Producer/Network JamPot
Email ****@jampotproductions.co.uk
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Russell Kane, Jordan Stephens +4 more
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 537 Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

5. Sorry, I'm Sad

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When her husband was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in June 2019 and given 6-12 months to live, Kelsie Snow avoided other people's sad stories as a rule, but as time wore on she found herself seeking them out. Snow, a former sports reporter for The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times and St. Paul Pioneer Press, began writing about her life on her website and learned there is comfort in knowing how others have loved, lost and kept going. Sorry, I'm Sad chronicles the Snows' story in real-time...more Host Kelsie Snow
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 224Facebook 1.1KTwitter 1.2KInstagram 883 Avg Length 63 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

6. Behind Beautiful Things

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Behind Beautiful Things is the new name for the podcast Sad Times. Bob Dylan once said, 'Behind every beautiful thing, there's been some kind of pain'. Behind Beautiful Things is a Mental Health Podcast focused on storytelling. Each episode of Behind Beautiful Things features a guest, and we talk with them about how sadness manifests within them; what type of behavior that may surface as a result from being sad, upset, or troubled. We believe as a society we don't always share the feelings, thoughts and actions that accompany these moments...more Host Kevin Crispin
Producer/Network ForthHand
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 49Facebook 447 Avg Length 62 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

7. Everything Happens with Kate Bowler

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Are you living your best life now? Not always? This is a podcast for you. Duke Professor Kate Bowler is an expert in the stories we tell about success and failure, suffering and happiness. She had Stage IV cancer. Then she didn't. And since then, all she wants to do is talk to funny and wise people about how to live with the knowledge that, well, everything happens.  Find her online at @katecbowler.Sales and Distribution by Lemonada Media https://lemonadamedia.com/more Host Kate Bowler
Producer/Network Lemonada
Email ****@katebowler.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 50k-250k
Recent Guests Melinda French Gates, Bryan Stevenson +6 more
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 5.9KFacebook 8.9KTwitter 10.5KInstagram 82.6K Avg Length 46 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

8. Heavyweight

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Maybe you've laid awake and imagined how it could have been, how it might yet be, but the moment to act was never right. Well, the moment is here and the podcast making it happen is Heavyweight. Join Jonathan Goldstein for road trips, thorny reunions, and difficult conversations as he backpedals his way into the past like a therapist with a time machine. more Host Jonathan Goldstein
Producer/Network Pushkin Industries
Email ****@gimletmedia.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 50k-250k
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 26.2KTwitter 28.1KInstagram 19.3K Avg Length 40 min Format Long form Since Sep 2016 Get Email Contact

9. How To Be Sad with Helen Russell

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Why do we cry? How come love hurts? And what's a happiness researcher doing talking about sadness, anyway? Helen Russell is a journalist and happiness researcher and How to be Sad is a new podcast based on her book of the same name - exploring why we get sad, what to do when we're sad, and how we can all get happier by learning to be sad, better. Because let's be honest we are in unprecedented times. None of us are where we thought we'd be this time last year and we're all struggling. We're having to get better at having difficult conversations and finding ways of handling our sadness...more Producer/Network Helen Russell
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 95Facebook 1.6MTwitter 4.7KInstagram 567.6K Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Get Email Contact