30 Best Social Political Podcasts

1. Pod Save the People

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Organizer and activist DeRay Mckesson explores news, culture, social justice, and politics with analysis from Kaya Henderson, De'Ara Balenger, and Myles Johnson. Then he sits down for deep conversations with experts, influencers, and diverse local and national leaders. New episodes every Tuesday.MORE Hosts DeRay Mckesson, Kaya Henderson, DeAra Balenger, Myles Johnson
Producer/Network Crooked Media
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 9.2KFacebook 155.9KTwitter 30.3KInstagram 506K Avg Length 78 min Format Long form Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 500k active Podcasts in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted podcast 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. Explain It to Me

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Should I buy a house? Why do I say 'like' so much? Should Gen Z bother to save for retirement?Explain It to Me is the hotline for the issues that matter to your life. Send us your questions about health, personal finance, relationships, and anything else that matters to you. Host Jonquilyn Hill will take you on a journey to find the answers, whether it's to the halls of Congress or the local bar. You'll get the answers you were looking for, and sometimes ones you didn't expect — and always with a dose of humor. New episodes every Sunday. Part of Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network.MORE Hosts Matthew Yglesias, Jonquilyn Hill
Producer/Network Vox Media Podcast Network
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 8.3KFacebook 3.9MTwitter 943KInstagram 995.5K Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

3. Attitudes!

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A pop culture comedy podcast hosted by Erin Gibson and Bryan Safi who cover LGBTQ and gender issues of the moment with both hilarity and healthy doses of absurdity. Sales and Distribution by Lemonada Media https://lemonadamedia.com/MORE Hosts Erin Gibson, Bryan Safi
Producer/Network Lemonada
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 8.2KFacebook 5.7KTwitter 29.1KInstagram 67.3K Avg Length 54 min Format Long form Since Apr 2020 Get Email Contact

4. 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
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 3.6KFacebook 391Twitter 953Instagram 1.3K Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Since Feb 2020 Get Email Contact

5. In Pursuit of Development

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Unlock a World of Insight: Your Passport to Global Development!Embark on a journey that transcends borders and transcends boundaries. Our podcast is your gateway to a deeper understanding of democracy, poverty eradication, and the urgent battle against climate change. In each episode, we transport you to the heart of developing and 'emerging economies' in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. As we tackle the world's most pressing issues, we don't just dwell on problems; we spotlight innovative solutions and success stories that are making a difference on the ground...MORE Producer/Network Dan Banik
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 18Facebook 880Twitter 2.9K Avg Length 48 min Format Long form Since Jun 2020 Get Email Contact

6. Economics & Beyond with Rob Johnson

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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. A podcast of The Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET).MORE Host Robert Johnson
Producer/Network Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET)
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 88Facebook 288.7KTwitter 69K Avg Length 60 min Format Long form Since Apr 2020 Get Email Contact

7. Political Climate

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Political Climate delivers an insider's view on the most pressing policy questions in energy and climate. Through biweekly analysis and debate, the podcast explores the nuances of how policy and politics shape the energy transition in the U.S. and around the world. Political Climate goes beyond partisan echo chambers to bring you insider scoops and authentic conversations with voices from across the political spectrum all with a healthy dose of wit. Tune in every other Monday for the latest takes from hosts Julia Pyper, Emily Domenech, and Brandon Hurlbut...MORE Hosts Brandon Hurlbut, Emily Domenech, Julia Pyper
Producer/Network Latitude Media
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 287Facebook 286Twitter 4.1KInstagram 895 Avg Length 44 min Format Long form Since Apr 2018 Get Email Contact

8. Scholars Strategy Network's No Jargon

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No Jargon, the Scholars Strategy Network's monthly podcast, presents interviews with top university scholars on the politics, policy problems, and social issues facing the nation. Powerful research, intriguing perspectives -- and no jargon. Find show notes and plain-language research briefs on hundreds of topics at www.scholarsstrategynetwork.org/nojargon. New episodes released once a month.MORE Hosts Lizzy Ghedi-Ehrlich, Lisa M. Hernandez
Producer/Network The Scholars Strategy Network
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 224Facebook 2.7KTwitter 7.5K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Since Oct 2015 Get Email Contact

9. Native Calgarian

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My podcast about everything in my life! Politics, Indigenous issues, social issues, LGBTQ2 and so much more.
Host Michelle Robinson
Producer/Network nativecalgarian
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Apple Rating 2.5/5Apple Reviews 63Facebook 8.5KTwitter 9.6K Avg Length 61 min Format Long form Since Aug 2018 Get Email Contact

10. 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 Host Andrea Widburg
Producer/Network Bookworm
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 21Facebook 680Twitter 3.7K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Since Jul 2019 Get Email Contact

11. Rethinking Trade with Lori Wallach

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Trade expert Lori Wallach cuts through the complexity and jargon to make trade policy and politics and the myriad ways it affects our daily lives accessible to all.Episodes 1 - 43 were produced in partnership with Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch.MORE Host Lori Wallach
Producer/Network Rethink Trade
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 17Facebook 43.8KTwitter 608Instagram 2.8K Avg Length 18 min Format Short form Since Apr 2020 Get Email Contact

12. The Electorette Podcast

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The Electorette is one of the longest running feminist podcasts, and offers analyses and solutions to the world's biggest political and social challenges, all through the lens of women. Hosted by Jennifer Taylor-Skinner, The Electorette regularly features award-winning authors, politicians, academics, activists, and organizers like the founder of Mom's Demand Action, Shannon Watts, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, and author and MacArthur 'Genius Grant' Fellow, Nicole Fleetwood...MORE Host Jennifer Taylor-Skinner
Producer/Network Electorette
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 183Facebook 262Twitter 5.2KInstagram 1.4K Avg Length 40 min Format Long form Since Aug 2017 Get Email Contact

13. 'Redefining Freedom' with Host Sophia A. Nelson

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Hosted by award winning author, Political Commentator, and award winning Journalist Sophia Nelson. Nelson is a former Republican House Oversight Committee Counsel, CNN Opinion Writer, The Washington Post & Politico Magazine. This podcast keeps it real, honest and raw, just as Nelson does on TV. It's about everything to do with Freedom: Politics, Race, Gender, Faith, The Bill of Rights and anything else the 'We the People' talk about everyday.MORE Host Sophia A. Nelson
Producer/Network sophia angeli nelson
Apple Rating 3.3/5Apple Reviews 46Facebook 32.2K Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Since Aug 2019 Get Email Contact

14. Equality & Rights For All

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an advocacy for animals 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 world wide.MORE Host Anthony Lorito-Duke
Producer/Network Anthony Lorito-Duke
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Apple Rating 2/5Apple Reviews 2 Avg Length 11 min Format Short form Since Aug 2019 Get Email Contact

15. Rico Dukes Theyfeartruth Show

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This show is based on Revolution movements Civil rights constitution provisions music rapping singing and political news that show the public how the industry is controlling the people a open show to the public.MORE Producer/Network Rico Dukes Huey P Newton Son
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Apple Rating 3/5Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 8 min Format Bite size Since Aug 2019 Get Email Contact

16. Rush Limbaugh: The Man Behind the Golden EIB Microphone

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Narrated by James Golden, Limbaugh's long-time call screener and 'official show observer' known to listeners as 'Bo Snerdley', the 12-episode series will detail legendary radio host Rush Limbaugh's award-winning, 30-plus year career in radio that revitalized the spoken-word format, and provided a platform for him to develop and lead modern conservatism in America. Featuring Limbaugh's own words and never-before-heard stories shared by colleagues, friends and family, the series will give listeners a guided tour of the five-time Marconi Award winner's historic journey from Cape Girardeau, Mo...MORE Producer/Network iHeartRadio On-Demand
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 1.7KFacebook 2.3MTwitter 363.4KInstagram 1.2K Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

17. Effective Compassion

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Effective Compassion explores what's really working in the fight against poverty and how thinking biblically aids in the restoration of human dignity. This seasonal program is made for people who want to elicit real change because they know true hope.MORE Producer/Network WORLD Radio
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 475Facebook 114.5KTwitter 35.5KInstagram 12.9K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Since Dec 2019 Get Email Contact

18. New Left Radio

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New Left Radio is bringing you news and commentary from behind the front lines of late-stage capitalism through daily coverage of current events, and weekly long-form interviews and debates with changemakers with a view from the Canadian left, five days a week.MORE Producer/Network New Left Media
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 93Facebook 9.3KTwitter 7.1KInstagram 2.3K Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Since Apr 2020 Get Email Contact

19. Not Good Enough

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Broadcasting from the burning edge of the climate crisis. An Australian news, politics and comedy podcast.
Producer/Network Not Good Enough
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 42Twitter 821Instagram 120 Avg Length 56 min Format Long form Since Jan 2020 Get Email Contact

20. Women belong in the House

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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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.MORE Host Jenny Kaplan
Producer/Network Wonder Media Network
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Apple Rating 3.7/5Apple Reviews 361Twitter 3KInstagram 5.8K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Since Sep 2018 Get Email Contact

21. Latin American Perspectives

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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
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Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 67Facebook 9.9KTwitter 3.6K Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Since Aug 2019 Get Email Contact

22. Mother Earth Podcast

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For People & Planet. Conversations that go deep on the environment, the climate crisis, and the solutions.
Producer/Network Mother Earth Podcast
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 46Facebook 78Twitter 97 Avg Length 50 min Format Long form Since May 2020 Get Email Contact

23. 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, Founder-in-Residence at PolicyLink, 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
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 187Twitter 7.3K Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Since Sep 2019 Get Email Contact

24. 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
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 340Facebook 2KTwitter 2.1K Avg Length 53 min Format Long form Since Jan 2016 Get Email Contact

25. Just Some Rants

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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
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26. Real Agenda Radio

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Real Agenda Radio offers a range of content which aims to inform, inspire and involve those who want a democratic, inclusive and fairer society that respects human rights and protects the planet. The focus is on fixing the fundamental problems of our time, primarily the extreme economic inequality and the unnecessary financial hardship suffered by millions everyday by developing a political agenda that moves us from here to prosperity. That's The Real Agenda. www.realagenda.orgMORE Producer/Network Real Agenda Radio
Email ****@tomburgess.com
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 19Facebook 121Twitter 2.2K Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Since Sep 2018 Get Email Contact