30 Best Social Political Podcasts (Sociopolitical)

1. Pod Save The People

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Organizer and activist DeRay Mckesson explores news, culture, social justice, and politics with analysis from Sam Sinyangwe, Kaya Henderson, and De'Ara Balenger. Then he sits down for deep conversations with experts, influencers, and diverse local and national leaders. New episodes every Tuesday.MORE Host Deray
Producer/Network Crooked Media
Email ****@crooked.com
Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook Followers 10.5KTwitter Followers 40.7K Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 80 min Since Apr 2017 Follow 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. Earwolf | Throwing Shade

Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitud.. Play
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Throwing Shade is the political comedy podcast hosted by Erin Gibson and Bryan Safi who deliver their fresh takes on pop culture, women's rights, and LGBT rights with hilarity and vulgarity.
Producer/Network Lemonada
Email ****@earwolf.com
Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook Followers 6KTwitter Followers 32.7K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 57 min Since Apr 2020 Video Podcast YouTube
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3. The Rush Limbaugh Show

Podcast https://omny.fm/shows/the-clay-travis-and-buc.. Play
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The Rush Limbaugh Show, the most-listened-to national talk show in America, features the 'Doctor of Democracy's' unprecedented combination of serious discussion of political, cultural, and social issues, along with satirical and biting humor, which parodies previously 'untouchable' personalities and topics. Limbaugh's passion inspires millions of Americans to be the best they can be and keeps the country on course to a bright future.MORE Producer/Network Premiere Networks
Email ****@clayandbuck.com
Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook Followers 2.3MTwitter Followers 363.4KInstagram Followers 1.2K Frequency 30 episodes/quarter Avg Length 37 min Follow Get Email Contact

4. The Weeds

Podcast https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/theweeds Play
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In politics, you're often told not to get lost in the weeds. But we love the weeds! That's where politics becomes policy - the stuff that shapes our lives. Every Tuesday and Friday, host Matthew Yglesias is joined by Vox reporters and editors, ProPublica's Dara Lind, and some of the leading minds in policy to dig into the weeds on important national issues, including healthcare, immigration, housing, and everything else that matters.MORE Host Matthew Yglesias
Producer/Network Vox Media Podcast Network
Email ****@vox.com
Apple Rating 4.4/5Facebook Followers 2.6MTwitter Followers 1MInstagram Followers 907.4K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 39 min Follow Get Email Contact

5. POLITICO Energy

Podcast https://www.politico.com/podcasts/energy Play
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A podcast about the latest news in energy and environmental politics & policy with must-know stories and candid insights from POLITICO's ten-person energy team and journalists across our newsroom.MORE Producer/Network POLITICO
Email ****@politico.com
Apple Rating 4.1/5Facebook Followers 2MTwitter Followers 4.5MInstagram Followers 1.9M Frequency 5 episodes/week Avg Length 10 min Since Oct 2019 Follow Get Email Contact

6. Into America

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Into America is a show about being Black in America. These stories explore what it means to hold truth to power and this country to its promises. Told by people who have the most at stake.
Host Trymaine Lee
Producer/Network MSNBC, Trymaine Lee
Email ****@nbcuni.com
Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook Followers 207Twitter Followers 62.4KInstagram Followers 1.2K Frequency 1 episode/month Avg Length 36 min Since Feb 2020 Follow Get Email Contact

7. Economics & Beyond With Rob Johnson

Podcast https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/po.. Play
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Rob Johnson is not your average economist, and this is not your average economics podcast. Every week, Rob talks about economic and social issues with a guest who probably wasn't on your Econ 101 reading list, from musicians to activists to rebel economists.MORE Host Robert Johnson
Producer/Network Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET)
Email ****@ineteconomics.org
Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook Followers 280.5KTwitter Followers 62.7K Frequency 1 episode/month Avg Length 61 min Since Apr 2020 Video Podcast YouTube
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8. Political Climate

Podcast https://www.latitudemedia.com/podcasts/politi.. Play
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Presented by the USC Schwarzenegger Institute, this is a bipartisan podcast on energy and environmental politics in America. Political Climate goes beyond the echo chambers to bring you civil conversations, fierce debates, and insider perspectives, with hosts and guests from across the political spectrum. Join Democrat and Republican energy experts, Brandon Hurlbut and Shane Skelton, along with Greentech Media's Julia Pyper, as we explore how energy and environment policies get made.MORE Producer/Network Latitude Media
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook Followers 234Twitter Followers 4.1KInstagram Followers 928 Frequency 2 episodes/month Avg Length 43 min Since Apr 2018 Follow Get Email Contact

9. In Pursuit Of Development

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If you are interested in democracy, governance, poverty eradication, and climate change, this is your go-to podcast development. This podcast will enable you to examine development interventions critically. It will also help you better understand how 'promising' policies, programs, and practices can be deployed in a range of international contexts.MORE Producer/Network Dan Banik
Email ****@sum.uio.no
Apple Rating 5/5Facebook Followers 887Twitter Followers 1.6K Frequency 3 episodes/quarter Avg Length 49 min Since Jun 2020 Follow Get Email Contact

10. Native Calgarian

Podcast https://www.nativecalgarian.com/podcast Play
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A podcast about everything in my life! Politics, Indigenous issues, social issues, LGBTQ2 and so much more.
Producer/Network nativecalgarian
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 2.2/5Facebook Followers 8.1KTwitter Followers 8.8K Frequency 3 episodes/month Avg Length 70 min Since Aug 2018 Follow Get Email Contact

11. Rethinking Trade With Lori Wallach

Podcast https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rethi.. Play
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The changes needed to support living-wage jobs, to combat the climate crisis, to make medicines accessible for all, much of it won't be possible unless we overhaul our corporate-rigged trade system. Trade Expert Lori Wallach and Activist Ryan Harvey explore ways to make our progressive trade vision a reality. Rethink Trade is an initiative of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch.MORE Producer/Network Rethink Trade
Email ****@rethinktrade.org
Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook Followers 45.5KInstagram Followers 2.8K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 21 min Since Apr 2020 Follow Get Email Contact

12. Scholars Strategy Network's No Jargon

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No Jargon, the Scholars Strategy Network's weekly podcast, presents interviews with top university scholars on the politics, policy problems, and social issues facing the nation.
Producer/Network The Scholars Strategy Network
Email ****@scholarsstrategynetwork.org
Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook Followers 2.7KTwitter Followers 7.8K Frequency 1 episode/month Avg Length 32 min Since Oct 2015 Follow Get Email Contact

13. Women belong In The House

Podcast https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/women.. Play
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On Wonder Media Network's flagship show, Host Jenny Kaplan seeks to understand the state of gender representation in office and asks how Congress would change if it looked more like the people it represents. Last season, she spoke with women on the campaign trail. This time, she's talking to women serving in the House of Representatives.MORE Producer/Network Wonder Media Network
Email ****@wondermedianetwork.com
Apple Rating 3.7/5Twitter Followers 2.9KInstagram Followers 5.6K Frequency 1 episode/quarter Avg Length 32 min Since Sep 2018 Follow Get Email Contact

14. Bookworm Room's Podcast

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This is an adjunct to my long-running blog at Bookworm Room. There, I talk about politics and social issues from a conservative perspective. My blog's motto is 'conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.'MORE Producer/Network Bookworm
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook Followers 699Twitter Followers 1.8K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 34 min Since Jul 2019 Follow Get Email Contact

15. One America Podcast With Host Sophia A. Nelson

Podcast https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sophi.. Play
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Hosted by award-winning journo, author, CNN Legal & Political Commentator, former Republican House Oversight Committee Counsel, and USATODAY, Daily Beast Opinion writer Sophia A. Nelson, this political podcast keeps it real, honest and raw, just as Nelson does on TV. Topics include are politics, race, gender, faith, and anything else the American people talk about every day.MORE Host Sophia A. Nelson
Producer/Network sophia angeli nelson
Apple Rating 3.3/5Facebook Followers 32.2KInstagram Followers 60.4K Frequency 3 episodes/quarter Avg Length 25 min Since Aug 2019 Follow Get Email Contact

16. Rico Dukes Theyfeartruth Show

Podcast https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/rico-dukes-t.. Play
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This show is based on Civil rights constitution provisions, political news, and an open show to the public.
Producer/Network Rico Dukes Huey P Newton Son
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 3/5 Frequency 6 episodes/month Avg Length 11 min Since Aug 2019 Follow Get Email Contact

17. The Electorette Podcast

Podcast https://www.electorette.com/podcast Play
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The Electorette is a new podcast about politics, intersectionality, and feminism. The Electorette features interviews and conversations with the women leading the resistance. They are passionate about equality, voting rights, climate change, access to healthcare & reproductive rights, and all issues that make a healthy democracy.MORE Producer/Network Electorette
Email ****@electorette.com
Facebook Followers 205Twitter Followers 6.6KInstagram Followers 1.2K Frequency 3 episodes/month Avg Length 38 min Since Aug 2017 Follow Get Email Contact

18. Equality & Rights For All

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A podcast about advocacy for animal rights, for rights of people who are elderly, disabled (including those with mental illness), for G.L.B.T. (and their families) rights, & to inform about what's going on politically & economically locally, nationally, and worldwide.MORE Host Anthony Lorito-Duke
Producer/Network Anthony Lorito-Duke
Email ****@yahoo.com
Apple Rating 2/5 Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 7 min Since Aug 2019 Follow Get Email Contact

19. Equality

Podcast https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ore-o.. Play
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Hi, I'm Ore. I decided to make a podcast because I'm tired of staying silent and acting like inequality doesn't exist. I want my voice heard. I want to talk about how discrimination is going to continue being an issue for the minority. I am speaking up for what I believe in.MORE Producer/Network Ore
Twitter Followers 494 Frequency 2 episodes/month Avg Length 14 min Since Apr 2020 Follow Get Email Contact

20. New Left Radio

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New Left Radio is bringing news and commentary from behind the front lines of late-stage capitalism through a democratic socialist lens. At the root of our socialism is a profound commitment to democracy, as means and end. We are socialists because we share a vision of a humane international social order based both on democratic planning & market mechanisms to achieve equitable distribution of resources, meaningful work, a healthy environment, sustainable growth, gender, racial equality, and non-oppressive relationships.MORE Producer/Network New Left Media
Email ****@democraticsocialists.ca
Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook Followers 9.5KTwitter Followers 7.1KInstagram Followers 2.1K Since Apr 2020 Follow Get Email Contact

21. Effective Compassion

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Effective Compassion is an investigation into American poverty-fighting. WORLD editor in chief Marvin Olasky joins journalist Anna Johansen to report on what's really working in the fight against poverty and how thinking biblically aids in the restoration of human dignity. Hosted by WORLD features editor Paul Butler, this seasonal program is made for people who want to elicit real change because they know true hope.MORE Producer/Network WORLD Radio
Email ****@wng.org
Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook Followers 114.3KTwitter Followers 30.6KInstagram Followers 7.3K Since Dec 2019 Follow Get Email Contact

22. Not Good Enough

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A podcast proposing inadequate responses to inadequate responses. Hosted by a roving gang of Australian podcasters and broadcasting from the burning edge of the climate crisis.
Producer/Network Not Good Enough
Email ****@protonmail.com
Apple Rating 5/5Twitter Followers 777Instagram Followers 126 Since Jan 2020 Follow Get Email Contact

23. Mother Earth Podcast

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A podcast for people & planet including conversations that go deep on the environment, the climate crisis, and the solutions.
Producer/Network Mother Earth Podcast
Email ****@motherearthpod.com
Apple Rating 5/5Facebook Followers 71Twitter Followers 103 Since May 2020 Follow Get Email Contact

24. Latin American Perspectives

Podcast https://latinamericanperspectives.com/blog-3/ Play
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LATIN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVESis a theoretical and scholarly journal for discussion and debate on the political economy of capitalism, imperialism, and socialism in the Americas. For more than forty years, it has published timely, progressive analyses of the social forces shaping contemporary Latin America.MORE Producer/Network Latin American Perspectives
Email ****@cmmstudio.com
Apple Rating 4/5Facebook Followers 10.1KTwitter Followers 3.1K Since Aug 2019 Follow Get Email Contact

25. Radical Imagination

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Racism, toxic inequality, persistent poverty, climate change: these are big serious problems, and if you believe they require big audacious solutions, then this is the podcast for you. Hosted by Angela Glover Blackwell, Radical Imagination focuses on radical solutions to our society's most pressing problems. It features conversations with thinkers and changemakers from multiple fields working to deliver equity wins at scale. Tune in to Radical Imagination, for stories and solutions that are fueling change.MORE Host Angela Glover Blackwell
Producer/Network Angela Glover Blackwell
Email ****@policylink.org
Apple Rating 4.8/5Twitter Followers 7.3K Frequency 9 episodes/year Avg Length 25 min Since Sep 2019 Follow Get Email Contact

26. Identity Politics

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Identity Politics is a podcast that features new stories and perspectives about race, gender and Muslim life in America. From pop culture to politics, each episode co-hosts Ikhlas Saleem and Makkah Ali invite guests to talk about issues impacting their lives as Muslims at the intersection of multiple identities.MORE Producer/Network Ikhlas Saleem and Makkah Ali
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 2KTwitter Followers 1.8K Since Jan 2016 Follow Get Email Contact

27. The Real Agenda Network

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The Real Agenda Network podcast is for political change, offers a range of content that aims to inform, inspire & involve those who want a democratic, inclusive & fairer society that respects human rights & protects the planet. The focus is on fixing the fundamental problems of our time, primarily the extreme economic inequality & the unnecessary financial hardship suffered by millions every day by developing a political agenda that moves us from here to prosperity.MORE Producer/Network Real Agenda Radio
Email ****@tomburgess.com
Facebook Followers 114Twitter Followers 2.4K Frequency 3 episodes/year Avg Length 28 min Since Sep 2018 Follow Get Email Contact