30 Best WNYC Podcasts

1. Freakonomics Radio

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Freakonomics co-author Stephen J. Dubner uncovers the hidden side of everything. Why is it safer to fly in an airplane than drive a car? How do we decide whom to marry? Why is the media so full of bad news? Also: things you never knew you wanted to know about wolves, bananas, pollution, search engines, and the quirks of human behavior.To get every show in our network without ads and a monthly bonus episode of Freakonomics Radio, sign up for SiriusXM Podcasts on Apple Podcasts at http://apple.co/SiriusXM.MORE Host Stephen J. Dubner
Email ****@freakonomics.com
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 42.8KFacebook 345.1KTwitter 602.9K Avg Length 57 min Format Long 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. On the Media

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The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week's big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.MORE Hosts Brooke Gladstone, Micah Loewinger
Producer/Network WNYC Studios
Email ****@wnyc.org
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 9.7KFacebook 62.8KTwitter 75.5KInstagram 13.3K Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Since Feb 2020 Get Email Contact

3. Death, Sex & Money

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Anna Sale explores the big questions and hard choices that are often left out of polite conversation.
Host Anna Sale
Producer/Network Slate Podcasts
Email ****@slate.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 8.9KFacebook 55.2KTwitter 53.9KInstagram 23.4K Avg Length 50 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. Science Friday

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Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science Friday is the source for entertaining and educational stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff.MORE Hosts Ira Flatow, Flora Lichtman
Producer/Network Science Friday and WNYC Studios
Email ****@sciencefriday.com
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 6.1KFacebook 7.8MTwitter 8.2MInstagram 8.1M Avg Length 18 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

5. Spooked

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Spooked features true-life supernatural stories, told firsthand by people who can barely believe it happened themselves. Be afraid. Created in the dark of night, by the creators of Snap Judgment in partnership with KQED & PRX. It is hosted by Glynn Washington. Episodes drop every week on Friday! Spooked is available for free on ALL podcast platforms. Featuring brand NEW stories -- along with episodes previously available only by subscription. For Luminary subscribers, previously released episodes are still on Luminary.MORE Host Glynn Washington
Producer/Network KQED and Snap Studios
Email ****@wnyc.org
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 17KFacebook 22.1KTwitter 7.4KInstagram 6.9K Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

6. SciShow Tangents

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SciShow Tangents is the lightly competitive knowledge showcase from the geniuses behind the YouTube series SciShow. Every other Tuesday, join Hank Green, Ceri Riley, and Sam Schultz as they try to one-up and amaze each other with weird and funny scientific research... while not getting distracted. There will be tangents about video games, music, weird smells, surprisingly deep insights about life, and of course, poop, but it always comes back to the science.MORE Hosts Hank Green, Ceri Riley, Sam Schultz
Producer/Network Complexly
Email ****@scishow.com
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 2KFacebook 22.1KTwitter 7.4KInstagram 6.9K Avg Length 62 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

7. Dear Hank & John

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Hosts John and Hank Green (authors and YouTubers) offer both humorous and heartfelt advice about life's big and small questions. They bring their personal passions to each episode by sharing the week's news from Mars (the planet) and AFC Wimbledon (the fourth-tier English football club).MORE Hosts John Green, Hank Green
Producer/Network Complexly
Email ****@unitedtalent.com
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 10KFacebook 22.1KTwitter 7.4KInstagram 6.9K Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

8. Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

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Daily thoughtful conversation about the latest news and politics.
Host Brian Lehrer
Producer/Network WNYC Studios
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 725Twitter 70.2KInstagram 8K Avg Length 22 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

9. Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin

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Award-winning actor Alec Baldwin takes listeners into the lives of artists, policy makers and performers. Alec sidesteps the predictable by going inside the dressing rooms, apartments, and offices of people we want to understand better: Ira Glass, Lena Dunham, David Letterman, Barbara Streisand, Tom Yorke, Chris Rock and others. Hear what happens when an inveterate guest becomes a host.MORE Host Alec Baldwin
Producer/Network iHeartPodcasts
Email ****@howstuffworks.com
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 10.8KFacebook 14KTwitter 26.2KInstagram 2.6M Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

10. Aria Code

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Aria Code is a podcast that pulls back the curtain on some of the most famous arias in opera history, with insight from the biggest voices of our time, including Roberto Alagna, Diana Damrau, Sondra Radvanovsky, and many others. Hosted by Grammy Award-winner and MacArthur 'Genius' Fellow Rhiannon Giddens, Aria Code is produced in partnership with The Metropolitan Opera...MORE Host Rhiannon Giddens
Producer/Network WQXR & The Metropolitan Opera
Email ****@redlightmanagement.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 2.9KFacebook 22.1KTwitter 7.4KInstagram 6.9K Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Since Nov 2018 Get Email Contact

11. Radiolab

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Radiolab is on a curiosity bender. We ask deep questions and use investigative journalism to get the answers. A given episode might whirl you through science, legal history, and into the home of someone halfway across the world. The show is known for innovative sound design, smashing information into music. It is hosted by Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser.MORE Hosts Lulu Miller, Latif Nasser
Producer/Network Radiolab
Email ****@wnyc.org
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 50.2K Avg Length 45 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

12. Radiolab for Kids

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Welcome, nature lovers, to the home of the Terrestrials podcast and family-friendly Radiolab episodes about nature. Every other week, host Lulu Miller will take you on a nature walk to encounter a plant or animal behaving in ways that will surprise you. Squirrels that can regrow their brains, octopuses that can outsmart their human captors, honeybees that can predict the future. You don't have to be a kid to listen, just someone who likes to see the world anew.You'll hear a range of nature stories on this podcast...MORE Hosts Lulu Miller, Alan Goffinski, Latif Nasser, Jad Abumrad
Producer/Network Radiolab
Email ****@npr.org
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 1.2KFacebook 22.1KTwitter 7.4KInstagram 6.9K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

13. The New Yorker Radio Hour

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Profiles, storytelling and insightful conversations, hosted by David Remnick.
Host David Remnick
Producer/Network The New Yorker
Email ****@newyorker.com
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 6.4KFacebook 122.3KTwitter 183.2KInstagram 6.9K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

14. Trump, Inc.

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He's the President, yet we're still trying to answer basic questions about how his business works: What deals are happening, who they're happening with, and if the President and his family are keeping their promise to separate the Trump Organization from the Trump White House. 'Trump, Inc.' is a joint reporting project from WNYC Studios and ProPublica that digs deep into these questions. We'll be layout out what we know, what we don't and how you can help us fill in the gaps...MORE Host Andrea Bernstein
Producer/Network WNYC Studios
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 6.3K Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

15. Romeo y Julieta

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Director Saheem Ali continues his audio exploration of William Shakespeare's canon for The Public Theater in New York with a new production of ROMEO Y JULIETA, collaborating with playwright Ricardo Pérez González on an adaptation of noted scholar Alfredo Michel Modenessi's Spanish translation. Actor Lupita Nyong'o plays Julieta, with Juan Castano as her Romeo, in this bilingual Spanish and English production that will bring one of history's most famed lovers to your homes and phones in a stunning new audio play.MORE Host Saheem Ali
Producer/Network The Public Theater
Email ****@wnyc.org
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 68Facebook 22.1KTwitter 7.4KInstagram 6.9K Avg Length 61 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

16. Helga

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Artist, performer, and host Helga Davis brings a soulful curiosity and love of people to the podcast Helga, where she talks about the intimate lives of creative people as they share the steps they've taken along their path. She draws listeners into these discussions with cultural change-makers, whether already famous or rising talents, whose sensibilities expand our imaginations as we explore what we think we know about each other. The new season of Helga is a co-production of WNYC Studios and the Brown Arts Institute at Brown University...MORE Host Helga Davis
Producer/Network WNYC Studios and Brown Arts Institute
Email ****@wnyc.org
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 195Facebook 22.1KTwitter 7.4KInstagram 6.9K Avg Length 51 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

17. Sooo Many White Guys

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Phoebe Robinson is tired of being the token black woman in an ocean of white dude comedians. So in this podcast, Phoebe's calling the shots. She'll host intimate, funny and super honest conversations with musicians, actors, writers and comedians who are killing it in their fields — AND who aren't white dudes! Stay tuned for the one token white guy (it's only fair), cameos by Phoebe's ball-busting executive producer Ilana Glazer, and a whole lot of hijinks...MORE Host Phoebe Robinson
Producer/Network WNYC Studios
Email ****@sll.com
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 4.1KFacebook 22.1KTwitter 71.7KInstagram 6.9K Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

18. Nancy

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BFF Kathy Tu and Tobin Low are super queer, super fun and ready to take over your podcast feed. Join them for provocative stories and frank conversations about the LGBTQ experience today. Because everyone's a little bit gay. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other podcasts including Radiolab, Death, Sex & Money, Snap Judgment, On the Media, Here's the Thing with Alec Baldwin and many others. © WNYC StudiosMORE Producer/Network WNYC Studios
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 3.3KFacebook 13.7KTwitter 8.5KInstagram 7.2K Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

19. The Takeaway

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A fresh alternative in daily news featuring critical conversations, live reports from the field, and listener participation. The Takeaway provides a breadth and depth of world, national, and regional news coverage that is unprecedented in public media.MORE Host Melissa Harris Perry
Producer/Network WNYC and PRX
Email ****@melissaharrislacewell.com
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 741Facebook 41.2KTwitter 36.1KInstagram 4.1K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

20. Come Through with Rebecca Carroll

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Come Through with Rebecca Carroll is a podcast that explores culture, race and identity against the backdrop of the 2020 election. The series will provide listeners with 15 essential conversations they can take with them during this pivotal time. Conversations with prominent thinkers, cultural critics, writers, artists, and politicians on topics like climate change, diversity and inclusion programs, immigration and more are prompted by our host's lifelong personal inquiry into what it means to form an identity as a black woman against the default American backdrop of mainstream whiteness and..MORE Host Rebecca Carroll
Producer/Network WNYC
Email ****@wnyc.org
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 336Facebook 22.1KTwitter 7.4KInstagram 6.9K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

21. Undiscovered

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A podcast about the left turns, missteps, and lucky breaks that make science happen.
Producer/Network Science Friday and WNYC Studios
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 847Facebook 22.1KTwitter 7.4KInstagram 6.9K Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

22. Science Diction

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What does the word 'meme' have to do with evolutionary biology? And why do we call it 'Spanish flu' when it was never Spanish? Science Diction is a podcast about words—and the science stories within them. If you like your language with a side of science, Science Diction has you covered. Brought to you by Science Friday and WNYC Studios.MORE Host Johanna Mayer
Producer/Network Science Friday and WNYC Studios
Email ****@sciencefriday.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 661Facebook 22.1KTwitter 7.4KInstagram 6.9K Avg Length 18 min Format Short form Since Feb 2020 Get Email Contact

23. Politics with Amy Walter

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Every Friday, Amy Walter brings you the trends in politics long before the national media picks up on them. Known as one of the smartest and most trusted journalists in Washington, D.C., Amy Walter is respected by politicians and pundits on all sides of the aisle. You may know Amy her from her work with Cook Political Report and the PBS NewsHour where she looks beyond the breaking news headlines for a deeper understanding of how Washington works, who's pulling the levers of power, and how it all impacts you...MORE Host Amy Walter
Producer/Network WNYC and PRX
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 619 Avg Length 44 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

24. The Anthropocene Reviewed

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The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. On The Anthropocene Reviewed, #1 New York Times bestselling author John Green (The Fault in Our Stars, Turtles All the Way Down) reviews different facets of the human-centered planet on a five-star scale. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts including On the Media, Snap Judgment, Death, Sex & Money, Nancy and Here's the Thing with Alec Baldwin. © WNYC StudiosMORE Host John Green
Producer/Network Complexly, John Green
Email ****@complexly.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 12.2KFacebook 3.2KTwitter 13.2KInstagram 6.4K Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Since Jan 2018 Get Email Contact

25. Notes from America with Kai Wright

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Notes from America with Kai Wright is a show about the unfinished business of our history, and its grip on our future.
Host Kai Wright
Producer/Network WNYC Studios
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 1.6K Avg Length 44 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

26. The Other Latif

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Radiolab reporter Latif Nasser always believed his name was uniquely his own. Until he makes a shocking discovery that he shares his name with another man: Detainee 244 at Guantanamo Bay. The U.S. government paints a terrifying picture of The Other Latif as Al-Qaeda's top explosives expert, and an advisor to Osama bin Laden. Nasser's lawyer claims that he was at the wrong place at the wrong time, and that he was never even in Al-Qaeda. This clash leads Radiolab's Latif into a years-long investigation, trying to uncover what this man actually did or didn't do...MORE Host Latif Nasser
Producer/Network Radiolab
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 660 Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

27. The Orbiting Human Circus

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Discover a wondrously surreal world of magic, music, and mystery. This immersive, cinematic audio spectacle follows the adventures of a lonely, stage-struck janitor who is drawn into the larger-than-life universe of the Orbiting Human Circus, a fantastical, wildly popular radio show broadcast from the top of the Eiffel Tower. WNYC Studios presents a special director's cut of this joyous, moving break from reality. Starring John Cameron Mitchell, Julian Koster, Tim Robbins, Drew Callander, Susannah Flood, and featuring Mandy Patinkin and Charlie Day...MORE Host Night Vale Presents
Producer/Network WNYC Studios and Night Vale Presents
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 1.7KFacebook 22.1KTwitter 7.4KInstagram 6.9K Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

28. 10 Things That Scare Me

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A tiny podcast about our biggest fears.
Host Chris Thile
Producer/Network WNYC Studios
Email ****@wnyc.org
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 550Facebook 22.1KTwitter 7.4KInstagram 6.9K Avg Length 8 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

29. The Experiment

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Each week, we tell the story of what happens when individual people confront deeply held American ideals in their own lives. We're interested in the cultural and political contradictions that reveal who we are.MORE Host Julia Longoria
Producer/Network The Atlantic and WNYC Studios
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 3.1K Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact