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I mostly listen to audio dramas. Here are a handful of non fiction podcasts I'm listening to or have queued up.

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Created November 27, 2018

Updated September 29, 2023

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  1. Storytelling and Slice of Life Profiles

  2. 2nd Story

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    2nd Story is dedicated to creating and crafting story-sharing experiences that foster meaningful connections between individuals and communities. We believe that well-crafted, well-told stories can be a catalyst for change for artist and audien
    Arts

  3. Arc Stories

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    Arc Stories is simply stories. Imagine you're finishing dinner. Maybe you’re at a party, maybe it’s your family’s Sunday supper. You push back from the table while coffee is poured. You congregate out on the front porch because it’s cool enough
    ArtsPerforming Arts

  4. Criminal

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    Criminal is the first of its kind. A show about people who’ve done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle. Hosted by Phoebe Judge. Named a Best Podcast of 2023 by the New York Times. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
    True Crime

  5. Kind World

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    Kind World is a show about how a single act of kindness can change someone's life. In each episode, hosts and reporters Yasmin Amer and Andrea Asuaje search the world for good news stories that will restore your faith in humanity. A production
    SocietyCulturePersonal Journals

  6. First Day Back

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    First Day Back is a documentary podcast series about people facing and trying to overcome life’s most challenging moments. Each season, host and creator Tally Abecassis tells the story of someone attempting their own personal comeback.In 2019,
    SocietyCulturePersonal Journals

  7. The Moth

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    Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of true stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. Moth storytellers stand alone, under a spotlight, with only a microphone and a roomful of strangers
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    StorytellingArtsPerforming Arts

  8. Mystery Show

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    A podcast about mysteries, hosted by Starlee Kine. From Gimlet.
    gimlet mediaSocietyCulture

  9. Nocturne

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    A sound-rich storytelling show that explores the night, the landscape of the unseen, and how thoughts, feelings and behaviors transform in the dark. Topics range wildly, encompassing a unique and surprising exploration into the darkness.Epis
    SocietyCulture

  10. The Nocturnists

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    The Nocturnists is an award-winning medical storytelling podcast, hosted by physician Emily Silverman. We feature personal stories from frontline clinicians, conversations with healthcare-related authors and art-makers, and special podcast docu
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    MedicineStorytelling

  11. Snap Judgment

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    Snap Judgment mixes real stories with killer beats to produce cinematic, dramatic radio. Snap’s raw, musical brand of storytelling dares listeners to see the world through the eyes of another. It's storytelling... with a BEAT.
    ArtsPerforming Arts

  12. S-Town

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    S-Town is a new podcast from Serial and This American Life, hosted by Brian Reed, about a man named John who despises his Alabama town and decides to do something about it. He asks Brian to investigate the son of a wealthy family who's allegedl
    True CrimeSociety

  13. Strangers

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    The new season + the full back catalogue of Strangers (100+ episodes) can be found at https://strangers.supercast.com. If you like the episodes here, come join me there! Strangers is storytelling for the 21st century from Peabody award winning
    SexSociety

  14. This American Life

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    Each week we choose a theme. Then anything can happen. This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. Personal stories with funny moments, big feelings, and surprising plot twists. Newsy stories that try to capture
    +164
    StorytellingArts

  15. UnFictional

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    In this season of Unfictional, Stories of Transformation, and the ways in which the world — and all of us — have fundamentally changed since the pandemic began. One man watched his children suddenly turn into grown-ups, while another upended ev
    SocietyCulture

  16. Sex and Relationships

  17. Bodies

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    Each episode of this documentary series begins with a medical mystery. Sometimes the sickness is in the body, and sometimes the sickness is in the system. Once you peel back the layers, more questions emerge. Created by Allison Behringer and su
    Health

  18. Close Encounters

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    In this podcast, journalist and sex educator Alix Fox visits individuals and couples who have something interesting to say about their past and present loves, taking us through their sexual encounters from the first time to the last. It will be
    HealthSexuality

  19. Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel M. Lavery

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    Every week, Danny M. Lavery brings on a guest to answer questions from listeners before diving into conversation about relationships, dissatisfaction, drives, regrets, estrangement, embarrassment, self-assessments, and feelings from the monumen
    HealthFitness

  20. How C*m

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    Comedian Remy Kassimir had NEVER had an orgasm, so she started this podcast to figure it out. Spoiler alert: SHE DID IT! And now in its 5th season How C*m has helped thousands of Cumpanions have their first O's, hundreds of expert guests (scien
    ComedyHealth

  21. Culture Sex Relationships

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    Podcasts about culture, sex, and relationships. From Justin Hancock. Home of the 'Meg-John & Justin' archive. https://linktr.ee/culturesexrel
    SocietyCulture

  22. Project Pleasure

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    Anouszka and Frankie are putting the pleasure back in to safe sex and healthy relationships.Contains subject matter that some may find explicit. A Transmission Roundhouse Podcast.
    SocietyCulture

  23. This is Love

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    Love is more than you think.From the creators of Criminal. New episodes twice a month.Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
    SocietyCulturePersonal Journals

  24. This Is Why

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    Comedians and authors Laura Lane and Angela Spera give best friend advice on pop culture, politics, news headlines, workplace dynamics, dating, parenting, friendship and whatever else is on your mind. 
    SocietyCulture

  25. Why Oh Why

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    Named a best new podcast of 2016 by The New York Times, NPR, Huffington Post and iTunes. Andrea Silenzi speaks with friends, experts, and guys in bars about where love, dating and sex meets technology. The show tells the stories about relations
    SocietyCulture

  26. Fairytales, Myths, and Legends

  27. Femlore Podcast (formally Feminist Folklore)

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    Folklore has been used for generations to share stories across cultures. Each week this season Rachael and Mindy, walk the winding path of folklore. They ask how the stories we tell influence today’s culture and how we view women. From murder b
    SocietyCulturePhilosophy

  28. Lore

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    The award-winning podcast (also a TV show & book series) about dark historical tales. Each episode explores the mysterious creatures, tragic events, and unusual places that fill the pages of history. Because sometimes the truth is more frighten
    Scary StoriesArts

  29. Myths and Legends

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    Jason Weiser and Carissa Weiser tell stories from myths, legends, and folklore that have shaped cultures throughout history. Some, like the stories of Aladdin, King Arthur, and Hercules are stories you think you know, but with surprising origin
    StorytellingArts

  30. Shattered Souls

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    What happens when a double homicide case lands in your lap? What if it is the oldest active cold case in the history of American true crime? What if your father held a family secret for fifty years before he confided in you that one of the vict
    True CrimeSociety

  31. Unexplained

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    SEASON 07 WILL BEGIN FRIDAY JULY 28THUnexplained is a haunting and unsettling bi-weekly podcast about strange and mysterious real life events that continue to evade explanation. A story-based show mixing spoken-word narrative, history and ide
    SocietyCulture

  32. Investigative Journalism

  33. An Arm and a Leg

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    A show about why health care costs so freaking much, and what we can (maybe) do about it. Hosted by award-winning reporter Dan Weissmann (Marketplace, 99 Percent Invisible, Planet Money, Reveal). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more
    ScienceMedicine

  34. Code Switch

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    What's CODE SWITCH? It's the fearless conversations about race that you've been waiting for. Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race with empathy and humor. We explore how race affects every part of society — fro
    +19
    NewsPolitics

  35. Death in Ice Valley

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    An unidentified body. Who was she? Why hasn’t she been missed? A BBC World Service and NRK original podcast, investigating a mystery unsolved for almost half a century.

  36. Dirty John

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    All episodes are available for free, with remastered ad-free episodes available for Wondery+ subscribers.Debra Newell is a successful interior designer. She meets John Meehan, a handsome man who seems to check all the boxes: attentive, availabl
    SocietyCulture

  37. Embedded

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    NPR's original documentary podcast unearths the stories behind the headlines. Police shootings. Towns ravaged by opioids. The roots of our modern immigration crisis. We explore what's been sealed off, undisclosed, or never brought to light. We
    +5
    NewsSocietyCulture

  38. Last Seen

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    Season 4: "Postmortem" is about the stolen bodies of Harvard and the gray market for human remains. Find out what happened at Harvard Medical School: how body parts were stolen and sold across the country. Who did this and why?
    True Crime

  39. Planet Money

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    Wanna see a trick? Give us any topic and we can tie it back to the economy. At Planet Money, we explore the forces that shape our lives and bring you along for the ride. Don't just understand the economy – understand the world.Wanna go deeper?
    +490
    EconomicsBusiness

  40. Reveal

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    Reveal’s investigations will inspire, infuriate and inform you. Host Al Letson and an award-winning team of reporters deliver gripping stories about caregivers, advocates for the unhoused, immigrant families, warehouse workers and formerly inca
    +85
    News

  41. Room 20

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    The sign above his hospital bed called him Sixty-Six Garage. For more than 15 years, he would lay there unidentified and unconscious. Or so, everyone believed. From L.A. Times Studios and the team that brought you “Dirty John” and “Man in the W
    SocietyCulture

  42. Serial

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    Serial returns with a history of Guantánamo told by people who lived through key moments in Guantánamo’s evolution, who know things the rest of us don’t about what it’s like to be caught inside an improvised justice system.Serial Productions
    NewsTrue Crime

  43. Sold In America

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    Sold in America is an eight-episode journey into the world of selling sex in the United States. Hosted by journalist and activist Noor Tagouri, this deeply personal, deeply reported series takes listeners across the country to meet the human fa
    SocietyCulturePersonal Journals

  44. This Land

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    The award-winning documentary podcast This Land is back for season 2. Host Rebecca Nagle reports on how the far right is using Native children to attack American Indian tribes and advance a conservative agenda.
    SocietyCulture

  45. News Headlines

  46. The Bugle

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    It's the trans-global satiricast that leaves no hot potato unbuttered. Andy Zaltzman breaks down the news with comedians from across the world including Alice Fraser, Hari Kondabolu, Chris Addison, John Oliver, Nish Kumar, Tiff Stevenson and He
    NewsComedy

  47. Pop Culture Happy Hour

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    Get obsessed with us. Five days a week, Pop Culture Happy Hour serves you recommendations and commentary on the buzziest movies, TV, music, books, videogames and more. Join arts journalists Linda Holmes, Glen Weldon, Stephen Thompson, and Aisha
    +22
    TVFilm

  48. Up First

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    NPR's Up First is the news you need to start your day. The three biggest stories of the day, with reporting and analysis from NPR News — in 10 minutes. Available weekdays at 6:30 a.m. ET, with hosts Leila Fadel, Steve Inskeep, Michel Martin and
    +24
    News

  49. Life Skills

  50. Ask a Clean Person

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    In this 45-minute show, cleaning expert and advice columnist Jolie Kerr shares cleaning tips, answers reader questions and gets really real with a rotating cast of guests about the messes life throws our way. If you're plagued by 'pit stains, n
    ComedyEducation

  51. Flour Hour Baking Podcast

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    A podcast completely dedicated to baking. Co-hosted by bakers Amanda Faber and Jeremiah Duarte Bills, Flour Hour features interviews with baking professionals, amateurs and enthusiasts. Topics cover all types of baking and the food stories that
    ArtsFood

  52. How To!

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    You’ve got questions. Together, we get answers.We all need advice, but sometimes it’s hard to know where to turn. Each week, Courtney Martin and Carvell Wallace bring a listener on to the show to solve their toughest problems with the help of
    EducationBusiness

  53. Oh My Dollar!

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    Lillian tackles your money overwhelm with practical, approachable financial advice (with a dash of glitter.) This is budgeting advice from someone that doesn't assume you're straight with a salary, retirement account, 2.5 kids, or a white picke
    BusinessInvesting

  54. Preheated Baking Podcast

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    In this weekly baking podcast, co-hosts and home bakers Andrea Ballard and Stefin Kohn take listeners on a trip through their kitchens and talk about what they're baking. Stay tuned for baking recipes, listener challenges, hard-won kitchen wisd
    ArtsFood

  55. Therapy for Black Girls

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    The Therapy for Black Girls podcast is a weekly conversation with Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia, about all things mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the
    Mental HealthHealthFitness

  56. UnF*ck Your Brain: Feminist Self-Help for Everyone

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    UnF*ck Your Brain: Feminist Self-Help for Everyone breaks down the centuries of sexist socialization that causes us to struggle with self-doubt, burnout, and anxiety. Hosted by Master Feminist Coach Kara Loewentheil, J.D., founder of The Scho
    HealthFitnessEducation

  57. The Upgrade by Lifehacker

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    Each week, Jordan Calhoun and Meghan Walbert of Lifehacker brings in all-star guests to tackle the stuff that matters—like how to be happy, how to buy a TV, how to be less bad with money and how to tell if you’re dating a psychopath. Look, you'
    EducationNewsTech News

  58. Science, Design, and Innovation

  59. 99% Invisible

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    Design is everywhere in our lives, perhaps most importantly in the places where we've just stopped noticing. 99% Invisible is a weekly exploration of the process and power of design and architecture. From award winning producer Roman Mars. Lear
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    human behaviorArtsDesign

  60. Flash Forward

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    Flash Forward is a show about possible (and not so possible) future scenarios. What would the warranty on a sex robot look like? How would diplomacy work if we couldn’t lie? Could there ever be a fecal transplant black market? (Complicated, it
    Science

  61. Invisibilia

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    Unseeable forces control human behavior and shape our ideas, beliefs, and assumptions. Invisibilia—Latin for invisible things—fuses narrative storytelling with science that will make you see your own life differently.
    +22
    human behaviorPersonal Journals

  62. Ologies with Alie Ward

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    Volcanoes. Trees. Drunk butterflies. Mars missions. Slug sex. Death. Beauty standards. Anxiety busters. Beer science. Bee drama. Take away a pocket full of science knowledge and charming, bizarre stories about what fuels these professional -olo
    ScienceComedy

  63. 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 kno
    +157
    ScienceMedicine

  64. The Station Wagon Podcast: Exploring Mindfulness and Sibling Rivalry

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    Siblings Marc Shecter and Julie Kinn give you a close look at the science and history of the things we take for granted. Then they give up the topic for a couple of weeks and tell you how it goes!
    EducationHealth

  65. TED Radio Hour

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    Exploring the biggest questions of our time with the help of the world's greatest thinkers. Host Manoush Zomorodi inspires us to learn more about the world, our communities, and most importantly, ourselves.Get more brainy miscellany with TED Ra
    +382
    HistoryTechnology

  66. TED Talks Daily

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    Every weekday, TED Talks Daily brings you the latest talks in audio. Join host and journalist Elise Hu for thought-provoking ideas on every subject imaginable — from Artificial Intelligence to Zoology, and everything in between — given by the w
    +443
    EducationSociety

  67. History and Trivia

  68. The Allusionist

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    Adventures in language with Helen Zaltzman. TheAllusionist.org
    LanguagePoetryArts

  69. BackStory

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    BackStory is a weekly public podcast hosted by U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Brian Balogh, Nathan Connolly and Joanne Freeman. We're based in Charlottesville, Va. at Virginia Humanities.There’s the history you had to learn, and the history you wa
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    SocietyCultureHistory

  70. The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds

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    Comedians Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds picks a subject from history and examine it.
    ComedyHistory

  71. I Was There Too

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    If you're like Matt Gourley (Superego, Drunk History, Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend), then you know all the classic movie and television scenes so well it's like you were in the room when they happened. Well, you weren't. And neither was he. But
    TVFilm

  72. Stuff You Should Know

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    If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
    SocietyCulture

  73. You Must Remember This

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    You Must Remember This is a storytelling podcast exploring the secret and/or forgotten histories of Hollywood’s first century. It’s the brainchild and passion project of Karina Longworth (founder of Cinematical.com, former film critic for LA We
    TVFilm

  74. Interview

  75. Longform

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    Interviews with writers, journalists, filmmakers, and podcasters about how they do their work. Hosted by Aaron Lammer, Max Linsky, and Evan Ratliff.
    +208
    NewsArts

  76. Mental Illness Happy Hour

  77. Women's Work

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    More than a business show, this is a story show... Let's listen to some of the women who make our world a better place and contribute to the greater good. Author and podcaster Tsh Oxenreider asks women—from all walks of life, who do all sorts o
    BusinessCareers

  78. WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

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    Marc Maron welcomes comedians, actors, directors, writers, authors, musicians and folks from all walks of life to his home for amazingly revealing conversations. Marc's probing, comprehensive interview style allows guests to express themselves
    ArtsComedy

  79. Arts and Entertainment

  80. Breaking Walls

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    Breaking Walls: The Podcast on the History of American Network Radio Broadcasting.
    History

  81. Focused AF

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    a podcast for finding center in constant change
    SocietyCulturePersonal Journals

  82. The Good Place: The Podcast

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    Holy motherforking shirtballs! This is the official comedy and entertainment podcast for NBC's TV show The Good Place. Subscribe and you'll get weekly behind-the-scenes stories, episode and performance insights and funny anecdotes. Hosted by ac
    TVFilmComedy

  83. My Dad Wrote A Porno

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    Imagine if your Dad wrote a dirty book. Most people would try to ignore it and pretend it had never happened - but not Jamie Morton. Instead, he's decided to read it to the world in this award-winning comedy podcast. With the help of his friend
    +30
    Comedy

  84. Our Opinions Are Correct

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    Explore the meaning of science fiction, and how it's relevant to real-life science and society. Your hosts are Annalee Newitz, a science journalist who writes science fiction, and Charlie Jane Anders, a science fiction writer who is obsessed wi
    TVFilm

  85. Radio Free Dystopia

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    A podcast about what we learn when facts and dystopian fiction start to look the same. Join dystopian novelist Toby Ball, journalist Meg Heckman and assorted guests as they talk about authoritarianism, free speech, environmental decay and what
    ArtsBooks

  86. Your Fave Is Problematic

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    Kristen and Elizabeth are here to ruin your favorite things! Our two friends talk TV, movies, famous figures, and pop culture and try and reconcile our fandoms with being socially conscious people. Each episode will explore the racial, gender,
    SocietyCulture

  87. Southern Lady Code

  88. Your Inner Child Is An Idiot

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    Join Damon & DJ as they verbally eviscerate things you enjoyed in your childhood.
    ComedyTVFilm

  89. America Dissected

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    Wellness isn’t just about mindfulness, exercise, or the right skin routine. Science, politics, media, culture, tech — everything around us — interact to shape our health. On America Dissected, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed cuts into what really makes us s
    SocietyCulture

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