15 Best WGBH Podcasts

1. Boston Public Radio Podcast

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Join hosts Jim Braude and Margery Eagan for a smart local conversation with leaders and thinkers shaping Boston and New England. We feature our favorite conversation from each show. To hear the full show, please visit wgbhnews.org/bpr To share your opinion, email ****@wgbh.org or call or text 877-301-8970 during the live broadcast from 11AM-2PM Monday through Friday.MORE Hosts Jim Braude, Margery Eagan
Producer/Network WGBH Educational Foundation
Email ****@wgbh.org
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 473Facebook 48.5KTwitter 172Instagram 33.8K Avg Length 140 min Format Extended Video Podcast YouTube
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2. MASTERPIECE Studio

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MASTERPIECE Studio is your backstage pass to the PBS series—from Sherlock to Poldark . After the show, turn off the TV and tune in to MASTERPIECE Studio for the scoop with host Jace Lacob. Listen for exclusive interviews with the cast and crew of your favorite shows. Get the history lowdown behind the people and places you see on screen, and hear revealing stories from the set. MASTERPIECE Studio is made possible by Viking Cruises and Raymond James. Sponsors for MASTERPIECE on PBS are Viking Cruises, Raymond James, and The MASTERPIECE Trust.MORE Host Jace Lacob
Producer/Network MASTERPIECE
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 1.2KFacebook 176.5KTwitter 54.7KInstagram 124.7K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

3. The FRONTLINE Dispatch

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FRONTLINE Editor-in-Chief and Executive Producer Raney Aronson-Rath sits down with journalists and filmmakers for probing conversations about the investigative journalism that drives each FRONTLINE documentary and the stories that shape our time. Produced at FRONTLINE's headquarters at GBH and powered by PRX. The FRONTLINE Dispatch is made possible by the Abrams Foundation Journalism Initiative.MORE Host Raney Aronson-Rath
Producer/Network GBH
Email ****@wgbh.org
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 1.2KFacebook 176.5KTwitter 54.7KInstagram 124.7K Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

4. Antiques Roadshow Detours

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Ever wondered what happens to the treasures featured on America's beloved ANTIQUES ROADSHOW after the cameras leave town? ANTIQUES ROADSHOW DETOURS tracks down the juicy afterlives of your favorite finds from PBS's hit series. Hosted by longtime Roadshow producer Adam Monahan, this podcast dives deep into mysteries, secrets, and surprises as each episode takes a thrilling 'detour' into a single ROADSHOW object, astonishing and amusing listeners with every turn. A production of GBH and distributed by PRX...MORE Host Adam Monahan
Producer/Network GBH
Email ****@wgbh.org
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 665Facebook 176.5KTwitter 288Instagram 124.7K Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Since Jul 2020 Get Email Contact

5. Under the Radar Podcast

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Under the Radar with Callie Crossley looks to alternative presses and community news for stories that are often overlooked by big media outlets. In our roundtable conversation, we aim to examine the small stories before they become the big headlines with contributors in Boston and New England. For more information, visit our website: wgbhnews.org/utrMORE Host Callie Crossley
Producer/Network GBH
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 42Facebook 48.5KTwitter 172Instagram 33.8K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

6. Molly of Denali

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Journey with Molly Mabray, an Alaska Native girl who helps her parents run the Denali Trading Post in the rural village of Qyah! Each season is a brand-new story. How did Molly first meet Suki? Will Tooey and his dog sled team get to run in the Junior Arctic Relay? Can Molly and Trini crack the case aboard the Mystery Train? Listen to these new adventures and more on the Molly of Denali podcast! The Molly of Denali podcast is made by GBH Kids, the producers behind some of your all-time favorite PBS KIDS series: Arthur, Curious George, Pinkalicious & Peterrific, and more and distributed by P..MORE Host Molly Mabray
Producer/Network GBH & PBS Kids
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 2.2KFacebook 176.5KTwitter 54.7KInstagram 124.7K Avg Length 9 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

7. All Rev'd Up

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All Rev'd Up explores where faith intersects politics and culture. Reverend Irene Monroe and Reverend Emmett G. Price III (AKA 'The Revs') come from different black faith perspectives, they're of different generations, they hail from different parts of the country, and they come together in this podcast to talk about faith in a different way. They don't always agree, but they always hear each other out. Dive into conversations around race, faith, and this week's headlines with The Revs every other Wednesday. When something happens in the world, you want their take on it. MORE Hosts Irene Monroe, Emmett G. Price III
Producer/Network The Revs
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 112Facebook 176.5KTwitter 54.7KInstagram 124.7K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

8. Innovation Hub

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Innovation Hub looks at how to reinvent our world from medicine to education, relationships to time management. Great thinkers and great ideas, designed to make your life better.
Host Kara Miller
Producer/Network WGBH
Email ****@globe.com
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 330Facebook 5.4KTwitter 6.9KInstagram 19.5K Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

9. In It Together

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During this time of social isolation, you're not alone. WGBH is here to help you navigate this strange moment that we all find ourselves in. Host Arun Rath talks with experts, doctors, community leaders to provide the latest COVID-19 information on what's happening in Massachusetts. The Coronavirus might stop us from gathering in person, but it can't stop us from connecting -- we're in it together.MORE Producer/Network GBH
Email ****@wgbh.org
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Apple Rating 4.1/5Apple Reviews 14Facebook 176.5KTwitter 54.7KInstagram 124.7K Avg Length 16 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

10. GroundTruth

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At the height of the Vietnam War, a government insider named Daniel Ellsberg leaked 7,000 pages of classified documents to American newspapers. The Pentagon Papers revealed that Americans had been lied to for decades about the war. Fifty years later, Ellsberg reveals his evolution from Cold Warrior to Whistleblower in the GroundTruth Podcast series The Whistleblower: Truth, Dissent and the Legacy of Daniel Ellsberg...MORE Host Charlie Sennott
Producer/Network The GroundTruth Project
Email ****@thegroundtruthproject.org
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 228Facebook 23KTwitter 13.9KInstagram 6K Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

11. Talking Politics Podcast

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Talking Politics, GBH's new politics podcast, is the spiritual heir to The Scrum and the audio version of a program that's viewable Fridays at 7 on GBH Channel 2 and online at youtube.com/gbhnews. It's hosted by Adam Reilly and features the other members of GBH News' political team — Saraya Wintersmith, Mike Deehan, and Peter Kadzis — and an ever-expanding array of guests. If you'd like to suggest a topic, or to tell us what's working and what isn't, please drop us a line! You can email us at ****@wgbh.org or find us at gbhnews.org/talkingpolitics.MORE Producer/Network GBH
Email ****@wgbh.org
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 61Facebook 176.5KTwitter 54.7KInstagram 124.7K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact