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Top Podcasts for Political Sci Fi in 2026

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The political sci fi space keeps producing fresh voices and long-running favorites. This list rounds up 21 of the best, including Wolf 359, Within the Wires, and The Madness of Chartrulean.

  1. Wolf 359
    Wolf 359
    Life's not easy for Doug Eiffel, the communications officer for the U.S.S. Hephaestus Research Station, currently on Day 448 of its orbit around re...
    Content:
    Alien EncountersAudio FictionDark FictionFictionLiterary Adventure FictionPolitical Sci Fi
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    Audience:
    Sci-Fi Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    Narrative StorytellingSerialized Fiction
  2. Within the Wires
    Within the Wires
    An immersive fiction podcast told through found audio from an alternate universe. Each season is a standalone story set in the same world. Written ...
    Content:
    Audio FictionDark FictionFictionSmall Town HorrorPolitical Sci Fi
    Audience:
    Sci-Fi Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    Narrative StorytellingSerialized Fiction
    When:
    Commuting
  3. The Madness of Chartrulean
    The Madness of Chartrulean
    Imagine that the next messiah doesn’t come from religion, but from the tech world. Are his choices destined to save humanity, or doom it? After end...
    Content:
    Audio FictionFictionPolitical Sci Fi
  4. Deep Dream State
    Deep Dream State
    Deep Dream State is a full-cast dystopian sci-fi and desire horror audio drama by Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns. As the originating work of desir...
    Content:
    Dark FantasyPolitical Sci Fi
  5. Adventures in New America
    Adventures in New America
    Adventures in New America is the first sci-fi, political satire, Afrofuturistic buddy comedy, serialized for New Americans in a new and desperate t...
    Content:
    Political SatirePolitical Sci Fi
    Audience:
    Sci-Fi Fans
  6. Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast
    Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast
    ** Ad-free episodes are available to our paid supporters over at patreon.com/geeks ** Host David Barr Kirtley, author of the book Save Me Plz and O...
    Content:
    Nerd CulturePop Culture GeekPolitical Sci Fi
    Audience:
    Fantasy FansSci-Fi Fans
  7. The Fourth Ambit
    The Fourth Ambit
    This cutting-edge science fiction drama unfolds as a futuristic detective story. Murder, blackmail, conspiracy - and it may all be orchestrated by ...
    Content:
    Political Sci Fi
  8. Everyone's Happy
    Everyone's Happy
    In a dystopian future, Dome-covered cities are governed by the Happiness Programme - a government-mandated drug that eliminates all negative emotio...
    Content:
    Political Sci Fi
    Audience:
    Sci-Fi Fans
  9. Station Arcadia
    Station Arcadia
    The Station Arcadia podcast tells stories from a dystopian world where dieselpunk, steampunk, cyberpunk and solarpunk societies all exist side by s...
    Content:
    Political Sci Fi
  10. Space the Nation
    Space the Nation
    On Space the Nation, we take our love of science fiction (and fantasy and horror) and smash it together with our professional passions: internation...
    Content:
    Political Sci Fi
  11. Yadox Files
    Yadox Files
    The Yadox Files is a cinematic audio drama series from RJPC Studios exploring fractured timelines, lost civilizations, and the systems that shape w...
    Content:
    Audio FictionDark FictionPolitical Sci Fi
    Audience:
    Sci-Fi Fans
    Style:
    Serialized Fiction
  12. Dystopian Fiction Has Been Moved to Current Affairs
    Dystopian Fiction Has Been Moved to Current Affairs
    A podcast in association with BeingSociety.com, in which Clare Coombe and Masha Yakovleva explore the politics, ethics, and societal visions of dys...
    Content:
    Political Sci Fi
  13. The Loyalists
    The Loyalists
    A Premier League podcast hosted by two diehard fans on the wrong side of the pond. Here to document our opinions on all things EPL and on soccer gl...
    Content:
    Political Sci Fi
  14. Compromised
    Compromised
    Compromised is a cyberpunk audio drama, following FritX and Psyl0 as they navigate their way through this future version of America. 
    Content:
    Audio FictionPolitical Sci Fi
  15. Dispatch from the Desert Planet
    Dispatch from the Desert Planet
    Broadcasting to listeners in 268 planets, 126 fixed location space stations, and 12 recently terraformed meteors the 89.x1 team works diligently to...
    Content:
    Political Sci Fi
  16. Echo Protocol
    Echo Protocol
    What is the price of power?
    Content:
    Political Sci Fi
  17. DREAM STATE: a political scifi audiodrama
    DREAM STATE: a political scifi audiodrama
    The President's daughter is abducted through a breach between reality and the Dream State. What would you sacrifice to make your dreams real?
    Content:
    Political Sci Fi
  18. 2298
    2298
    Content:
    Political Sci Fi
    When:
    Quick Listen
  19. Social Science Fiction
    Social Science Fiction
    A weekly podcast that examines the politics of nerd fiction. What can political science teach us about our favorite sci-fi settings? Listen to find...
    Content:
    Political Sci Fi
  20. Steal the Stars: The Original Full-Cast Recording
    Steal the Stars: The Original Full-Cast Recording
    Content:
    Political Sci Fi
    Audience:
    Sci-Fi Fans
    Style:
    Serialized Fiction
  21. The City Within The Walls podcast
    The City Within The Walls podcast
    Content:
    Political Sci Fi