35 Best USA Today Podcasts

1. The Excerpt

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USA TODAY's daily news podcast, The Excerpt (formerly 5 Things), brings you a curated mix of the most important headlines seven mornings a week. We also deliver special deep-dive episodes on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons on the most compelling topics in culture, entertainment, sports, politics, and more. Give us fifteen minutes a day, we'll give you all of the headlines, none of the chaos. Hosted by Taylor Wilson and Dana Taylor.  MORE Hosts Taylor Wilson, Dana Taylor
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 1.2KFacebook 10.6MTwitter 5.1MInstagram 3.7M Avg Length 15 min Format Short form 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. For The Win

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The latest from the world of sports, culture and food from the editors of For The Win.
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Apple Rating 3.9/5Apple Reviews 19Facebook 322.4KTwitter 79K Get Email Contact

3. The Walkoff

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The USA TODAY Sports MLB team breaks down the week in baseball.
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 7 Get Email Contact

4. AFTERMATH

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From the Accused podcast team, Aftermath is an episodic look at survivors of gun violence.Two crime reporters travel the country talking to people whose lives changed in the blink of an eye. Their backgrounds, environments and stories all vary, but they share one defining truth: They've survived a gunshot.MORE Producer/Network USA TODAY
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 609Facebook 10.6MInstagram 3.7M Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

5. Dad Rock

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Patrick Foster and Jim Lenahan are two middle-aged guys who have not lost their passion for rock 'n' roll. They talk music in 'Dad Rock,' a weekly USA TODAY podcast.Subscribe to Dad Rock on iTunes and please rate/review us — it helps more people discover the show! You can also stream or download the show on SoundCloud, Stitcher, TuneIn or AudioBoom.Twitter: @DadRockShowFacebook: facebook.com/dadrockshowTo learn more: dadrock.usatoday.comMORE Producer/Network USA TODAY
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 122 Avg Length 72 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

6. NBA A to Z with Sam Amick and Jeff Zillgitt

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We've got the NBA covered from A to Z with this inside look at the Association from veteran journalists Sam Amick and Jeff Zillgitt. Great guests and gab for the hoophead in you. 
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 142 Avg Length 45 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

7. Talking Tech

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Your daily consumer tech news update, plus the latest gadget reviews and straight talk about how the latest tech innovations affect you, with USA TODAY's Brett Molina and Mike Snider. Discover more great podcasts from USA TODAY at usatoday.com/podcasts.MORE Producer/Network USA TODAY
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 178Facebook 10.6MTwitter 5.1M Avg Length 4 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

8. NFL Junkie

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Jarrett Bell, Tom Pelissero, Lindsay H. Jones, Lorenzo Reyes and other members of the USA TODAY NFL staff go indepth on the hot topics on and off the field.
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5Facebook 10.6MInstagram 3.7M Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

9. Football Four

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College basketball has the Final Four. With the advent of the College Football Playoff, college football has the Football Four. The USA TODAY Sports college football staff of Paul Myerberg, George Schroeder, Dan Wolken and others break down the latest news and issues in the sport and interview some of the most influential coaches and leaders in the game.MORE Producer/Network USA TODAY
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 51 Avg Length 52 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

10. Changing The Game

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Award-winning sports journalist Nancy Armour interviews icons, Olympians, and trailblazers in this eight-part series exploring how women have revolutionized sports as we know it, and the ripple effects they have on society as a whole. USA TODAY Sports is joined by Laurie Hernandez, Muffet McGraw, Nneka Ogwumike, Doris Burke and more. These women are journalists, coaches, and athletes from a variety of sports, including football, gymnastics, soccer, and BMX freestyle...MORE Producer/Network USA TODAY
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 123 Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

11. USA TODAY Fantasy Sports

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Award-winning fantasy sports advice from championship-winning analysts.
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 4Facebook 10.6MInstagram 3.7M Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

12. Extra Point

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The reporters and editors at USA TODAY Sports examine the latest news and the biggest issues that make sports more than just a game. We go in-depth to explore personal fouls to finances and everything in between. We'll expand on our reporting, argue about issues and interview guests who take you behind the scenes. MORE Producer/Network USA TODAY
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

13. Start Your Engines

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The Auto Racing team at USA TODAY Sports talks all things racing. We'll talk NASCAR, IndyCar, small tracks, dirt tracks, it's all on the agenda. We'll interview drivers, team owners, pit crew and anyone who wants to talk racing.MORE Producer/Network USA TODAY
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 8Facebook 10.6MInstagram 3.7M Avg Length 23 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

14. Cup of Politics

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Politics without the partisanship (but with an extra shot of skepticism). New episodes from host Paul Singer, USA TODAY's Washington correspondent, every Friday.
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 10 Avg Length 18 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

15. EPL Soccer Junkie

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Time for a bit of soccer. Time for a bit of football of the round ball variety.Time for the beautiful game with a British twist.Welcome to USA Today's EPL Junkie with Martin Rogers and Sophie Nicolaou.MORE Producer/Network USA TODAY
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 42 Avg Length 20 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

16. Seven Days of 1961

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Hear history from the people who made it on the Seven Days of 1961 podcast. Activists share what happened when they challenged white supremacy, facing violence and arrest.
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 15 Avg Length 15 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

17. Boxing Junkie

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USA TODAY Sports' Boxing Junkies Bob Velin and Mike Coppinger discuss everything in the world of boxing. From the big fights to crazy lives of fighters, we hit it all.
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Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

18. Straight Up Hollywood

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Go behind the velvet rope with USA TODAY entertainment reporters Andrea Mandell, Bryan Alexander, Carly Mallenbaum and Bill Keveney. Each week they'll dish on what really happens during A-list interviews, their craziest Hollywood encounters and the movies and TV shows you should be watching.MORE Producer/Network USA TODAY
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 4 Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

19. The Mothership

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Get down and nerdy with this USA TODAY podcast every Friday as hosts Brett Molina, Kelly Lawler and Brian Truitt dissect the geekiest video games, TV shows and movies.
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Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 107Facebook 10.6MTwitter 5.1M Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Since Nov 2018 Get Email Contact

20. Going for Gold

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Telling stories of the Olympics and Olympians are what we do at USA TODAY Sports, a leader in national coverage of the Games. Our team gives you the inside stories on the athletes and sports.MORE Producer/Network USA TODAY
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 6 Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

21. Due Date

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Due Date is an uncensored journey through one woman's pregnancy. There's no such thing as TMI on this podcast. From weird body issues to mom identity, Host Ashley May drops all pretense and keeps it real. New episodes every Friday. Produced by Ashley May and Shannon Rae Green.MORE Producer/Network USA TODAY
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 23 Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

22. Summer Reading

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When kids become the critics of the stories they love most. New episodes every Tuesday through back-to-school season.
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23. Capital Download

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Capital Download with Susan Page is a weekly political audio series, hosting the nation's biggest political newsmakers to discuss the most important national issues of the day.
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Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 5 Avg Length 10 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

24. The City

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USA TODAY's critically acclaimed investigative podcast about power in American cities.Season 1, Chicago: A black neighborhood fights back when a mysterious man with mob ties builds an illegal dump across the street from an elementary school. Along the way they confront corrupt politicians, apathetic bureaucrats—and a secret undercover FBI investigation.Season 2, Reno: A surprising proxy battle for the future of Reno pits a brash strip club kingpin against power brokers in city hall. The winner-takes-all fight could remake the city—and ruin lives in the process.MORE Host Robin Amer
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 2.7KFacebook 1.2KTwitter 13.2KInstagram 6.3K Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

25. College Football Fix With Paul Myerberg and Dan Wolken

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College Football Fix from USA TODAY Sports analyzes the latest news, moves, rankings and talks with some of the top coaches from around the country. Reporters Paul Myerberg and Dan Wolken drive the conversation and provide expert analysis, along with other college football reporters from around the country. MORE Producer/Network USA Today
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 5 Avg Length 49 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

26. The Sneak

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Season 3: The Disappearance of Mario Rossi - Set against the backdrop of NASCAR's drug smuggling scandal in the early 1980's, this season of The Sneak tells the story of the disappearance of one of the sport's most brilliant engineers, a mystery that haunts racing to this day. The hosts will set out to finally answer the question: What really happened to Mario Rossi? Season 2: Murders at Whiskey Creek - We follow world champion surfer Jack Roland Murphy as he pulls off the biggest jewel heist in American history. Things turn deadly as he is implicated in two murders afterwards...MORE Host Nate Scott
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 1.5KFacebook 282Instagram 3.1K Avg Length 22 min Format Medium form Since Nov 2019 Get Email Contact

27. The Storytellers Project Podcast

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True, first-person stories from neighbors and notables initially told live, now curated for you. New episodes every Tuesday with host Megan Finnerty, founder of The Storytellers Project featuring stories coached and curated by USA TODAY NETWORK newsrooms.MORE Producer/Network USA TODAY
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 10 Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

28. NHL Top Shelf

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The NHL desk from USA TODAY Sports - Kevin Allen, Jimmy Hascup and Peter Barzilai - talks all things hockey. We'll discuss league issues and interview players, coaches and executives.
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Apple Rating 3.9/5Apple Reviews 10 Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

29. The Full Story

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From a glitzy red carpet to ground zero of a disaster, journalists go where others cannot to do their work. Get the story behind the story from journalists across 105 newspapers nationwide.
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30. The Wall: Reporting on the Border

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For almost 2,000 miles, one line defines a country and divides the world. What is life like at the U.S.-Mexico border now, and how would a wall change that? In this podcast, journalists take you with them to the border to find out. Meet a human smuggler. Ride with armed vigilantes. Get bitten lightly! by a jaguar. Fly over the entire border line. Hear what journalists go through to get these stories and the surprising things they learn along the way.This podcast is hosted by Nicole Carroll, executive editor of The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com, part of the USA TODAY NETWORK.MORE Producer/Network USA TODAY
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 26 Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

31. Women of the Year

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Listen to personal stories of perseverance from USA TODAY's Women of the Year. There are names you know like Simone Biles and Melinda French Gates that you'll hear from. And there's women at the center of historic moments you've lived through in 2021, like the development of a vaccine for COVID-19 or the fight against political misinformation onslaughts. These vulnerable, authentic interviews will inspire and recharge your motivation. Pulitzer-winning columnist Connie Schultz hosts the weekly series, with new episodes dropping each Thursday starting April 7.MORE Producer/Network USA TODAY
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5 Avg Length 13 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

32. The Short List

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Out of the loop today? Get the skinny on the most important stories of the day from USA TODAY.
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33. Punchlines

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The podcast that puts the best of late night all in one place. New episodes out every week. Listen, laugh and vote for YOUR favorite jokes at usatoday.com/opinion.
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 7 Avg Length 5 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact