5 Best Humanities Podcasts UK Edition 2025

1. Radio Free Humanity: The Marxist-Humanist Podcast

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Radio Free Humanity is a podcast covering news, politics and philosophy from a Marxist-Humanist perspective. It is co-hosted by Brendan Cooney and Andrew Kliman. We intend to release new episodes every two weeks. Radio Free Humanity is sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org), but the views expressed by the co-hosts and guests of Radio Free Humanity are their own. They do not necessarily reflect the views and positions of MHI.Click here for a list of episodes and to leave comments:https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative...MORE Hosts Brendan Cooney, Andrew Kliman
Producer/Network MHI
Email ****@marxisthumanistinitiative.org
Location New York City, New York, United States
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 37Facebook 2.1KTwitter 1.2K Avg Length 65 min Format Long form Since Sep 2019 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

2. 10-Minute Talks

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The world's leading professors explain the latest thinking in the humanities and social sciences in just 10 minutes.
Producer/Network The British Academy
Email ****@thebritishacademy.ac.uk
Location London, England, United Kingdom
Apple Reviews 6Facebook 32.4KTwitter 61.7KInstagram 19.6K Avg Length 11 min Format Short form Since Sep 2020 Get Email Contact

3. Thoughtlines

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Thoughtlines brings you the best academic thinking outside the box from CRASSH at the University of Cambridge. The podcast is presented by Catherine Galloway and produced by Carl Homer at Cambridge TV.The Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) is an interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Cambridge.Founded in 2001, CRASSH came into being as a way to create interdisciplinary dialogue across the University's many faculties and departments in the arts, social sciences and humanities, as well as to build bridges with scientific subjects...MORE Producer/Network Thoughtlines
Email ****@crassh.cam.ac.uk
Location Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Apple Reviews 6Facebook 10.6KTwitter 20.4KInstagram 3.9K Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Since Dec 2020 Get Email Contact

4. Exploring humanity

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Welcome to Exploring Humanity!Join us on a journey to explore the depths of humanity, mental health, self-development, and well-being. In this thought-provoking podcast, we embark on a quest to understand the intricacies of the human experience.Our host engages in insightful conversations with experts in diverse fields, including psychedelic therapy, dance and art therapy, breathwork, yoga, meditation, and more. Together, we unravel the mysteries of the human psyche, our relationships, and the profound impact of somatic trauma recovery.MORE Producer/Network Exploring humanity
Email ****@zensensa.com
Location United Kingdom
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 16Facebook 114 Avg Length 55 min Format Long form Since May 2019 Get Email Contact

5. Medical Humanities Podcast

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The Medical Humanities podcast offers the latest discussions in the field of medical humanities. Each episode features in-depth interviews with experts talking about a broad range of topics in the field. The podcast transcript is also available on the journal's blog. Medical Humanities - mh.bmj.com - is an international journal from the BMJ Group and the Institute of Medical Ethics (IME) publishing studies on the history of medicine, cultures of medicine, disability, gender, bioethics & medical education...MORE Producer/Network BMJ Podcasts
Email ****@bmj.com
Location London, England, United Kingdom
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 13Facebook 2.7KTwitter 6.5KInstagram 21.7K Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact