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Top Podcasts for Documentary in 2026

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  1. Dateline NBC
    Dateline NBC
    Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the ...
    Content:
    Cold Case InvestigationsEntertainmentNewsTrue CrimeUnsolved Mysteries
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Style:
    InvestigativeDocumentary
    When:
    CommutingQuick ListenWeekend Deep Dive
  2. Rotten Mango
    Rotten Mango
    Rotten but still a little sweet! Rotten Mango is a true crime + all things spooky podcast. We love doing deep dives into the darkest crimes and we ...
    Content:
    ComedyEntertainmentTrue Crime
    Audience:
    Gen ZTrue Crime Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    Narrative StorytellingDocumentary
    When:
    At WorkWeekend Deep Dive
  3. The Rest Is History
    The Rest Is History
    Take a deep dive into History’s biggest moments with Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook. Explore the stories of History’s most brutal rulers, deadly b...
    Content:
    History
    Audience:
    History Buffs
    Goal:
    Discovering New IdeasFollowing A Story
    Style:
    EducationalNarrative StorytellingDocumentary
    When:
    Long DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  4. Casefile True Crime
    Casefile True Crime
    Fact is scarier than fiction. Subscribe to Casefile Premium to receive ad-free episodes released one week early, along with access to bonus Q&A’s, ...
    Content:
    Cold Case InvestigationsSerial KillersTrue CrimeUnsolved Mysteries
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    InvestigativeSolo CommentaryDocumentary
    When:
    Long DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  5. Stuff You Should Know
    Stuff You Should Know
    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 n...
    Content:
    ComedyCultureEducationElder CareEnglish Fluency
    +12
    Audience:
    College StudentsCreative EntrepreneursCreatorsEngineersFantasy Fans
    +6
    Goal:
    Discovering New IdeasGetting Expert InsightsImproving HealthLearning New SkillsRelaxing
    +2
    Style:
    EducationalInterviewQ And ADocumentary
    When:
    At The GymAt WorkBackground NoiseCommutingDoing Chores
    +4
  6. This American Life
    This American Life
    Each week we choose a theme. Then anything can happen. This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. Personal storie...
    Content:
    ArtsCultureElder CareEnglish FluencyEntertainment
    +6
    Audience:
    College StudentsParentsRecent GraduatesRetirees
    Goal:
    Discovering New IdeasFollowing A StoryUnwinding And Laughing
    Style:
    InterviewNarrative StorytellingDocumentary
    When:
    At WorkBackground NoiseCommutingDoing ChoresFocused Learning
    +3
  7. Hidden Brain
    Hidden Brain
    Why do I feel stuck? How can I become more creative? What can I do to improve my relationships? If you’ve ever asked yourself these questions, you’...
    Content:
    BiologyCritical ThinkingCultureEducationHomeschooling
    +12
    Audience:
    College StudentsParent-Child LearningStudentsTeachersTherapists
    +1
    Goal:
    Discovering New IdeasEmotional RegulationEmotional ResilienceEmotional WellnessGetting Expert Insights
    +6
    Style:
    EducationalInteractive Kids PodcastsQ And ADocumentary
    When:
    At WorkCommutingDoing ChoresFocused LearningLong Drive
    +1
  8. Freakonomics Radio
    Freakonomics Radio
    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 ...
    Content:
    Book ClubBusinessCultureData ScienceDecision Making
    +10
    Audience:
    CEOsCollege StudentsFreelancersInvestorsRetirees
    +2
    Goal:
    Discovering New IdeasGetting Expert InsightsGraduate School SuccessLearning New SkillsSolving Problems
    +1
    Style:
    EducationalDocumentary
    When:
    At WorkCommutingFocused LearningLong DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  9. Criminal
    Criminal
    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 ...
    Content:
    Cold Case InvestigationsCultureDark FictionElder CareLife After 60
    +5
    Audience:
    College StudentsRetireesStudentsTrue Crime Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    InvestigativeNarrative StorytellingSolo CommentaryDocumentary
    When:
    Background NoiseCommutingDoing ChoresLong DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  10. Radiolab
    Radiolab
    Radiolab is on a curiosity bender. We ask deep questions and use investigative journalism to get the answers. A given episode might whirl you throu...
    Content:
    BiologyCultureEducationReal-Life StoriesScience
    +2
    Audience:
    College StudentsDoctorsEducatorsStudents
    Goal:
    Discovering New IdeasFollowing A StoryGetting Expert InsightsLearning New SkillsMarriage Support
    +5
    Style:
    EducationalInvestigativeNarrative StorytellingQ And ADocumentary
    When:
    At The GymAt WorkBefore BedCommutingFocused Learning
    +3
  11. The Why Files: Operation Podcast
    The Why Files: Operation Podcast
    The Why Files covers mysteries, myths and legends. We tell stories and seek the truth in a fun and lighthearted way. Our content is heavily researc...
    Content:
    Audio FictionCryptid InvestigationsFiction
    Style:
    Documentary
  12. Sword and Scale
    Sword and Scale
    Sword and Scale is a weekly true crime podcast covering the dark underworld of crime and the criminal justice system’s response to it. The first ep...
    Content:
    Serial KillersTrue CrimeUnsolved Mysteries
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Style:
    InvestigativeSolo CommentaryDocumentary
  13. The Cult Queen of Canada from Uncover
    The Cult Queen of Canada from Uncover
    Crime. Investigation. Revelation. Uncover brings you explosive, high-caliber true crime year-round. From CIA mind control to serial abuse, mysterio...
    Content:
    EntertainmentTrue Crime
    Style:
    Documentary
  14. The Walkers: The real Salt Path | Tortoise Investigates
    The Walkers: The real Salt Path | Tortoise Investigates
    Raynor Winn’s memoir The Salt Path was a bestseller and literary phenomenon with millions of people captivated by this true story of fina...
    Content:
    Minimalism
    Style:
    InvestigativeDocumentary
  15. 99% Invisible
    99% Invisible
    Design is everywhere in our lives, perhaps most importantly in the places where we've just stopped noticing. 99% Invisible is a weekly exploration ...
    Content:
    ArtsBuilding Better CitiesCultureEducationInterior Design
    +7
    Audience:
    College StudentsCreatorsDesignersEngineersRecent Graduates
    +2
    Goal:
    Discovering New IdeasFollowing A StoryLearning New SkillsSleeping BetterSolving Problems
    Style:
    EducationalNarrative StorytellingDocumentary
    When:
    At WorkBackground NoiseBefore BedCommutingDoing Chores
    +4
  16. Dateline Originals
    Dateline Originals
    Dateline Originals – your podcast destination to discover and binge more than a dozen true crime mini-series told as only Dateline can. Includes aw...
    Content:
    True Crime
    Style:
    Documentary
  17. In The Dark
    In The Dark
    In the Dark, hosted by Madeleine Baran, is an award-winning investigative-journalism podcast that started in 2016. Its first season looked at the m...
    Content:
    Cold Case InvestigationsCourtroom DramasForensic ScienceLaw EnforcementMissing Persons
    +6
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    InvestigativeNarrative StorytellingDocumentary
    When:
    Long DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  18. The Telepathy Tapes
    The Telepathy Tapes
    The Telepathy Tapes is a podcast that explores the origins of consciousness and the unexplained abilities of ESP through science, verifiable experi...
    Content:
    Energy HealingInvestingPsychic AbilitiesScienceSpiritual Awakening
    +2
    Audience:
    Young Adults
    Style:
    EducationalInvestigativeDocumentary
    When:
    Weekend Deep Dive
  19. The Secret World of Roald Dahl
    The Secret World of Roald Dahl
    You know Roald Dahl as the writer who thought up Willy Wonka, Matilda, and the BFG. But did you know he was also a spy? "The Secret World of Roald ...
    Content:
    Culture
    Style:
    Documentary
  20. True Crime All The Time
    True Crime All The Time
    Hosts Mike Ferguson and Mike Gibson guide you through the most interesting true crime stories. This is a true crime podcast that spares none of the...
    Content:
    Cold Case InvestigationsParentingSerial KillersTrue Crime
    Audience:
    First Time ParentsTrue Crime Fans
    Goal:
    Parenting Hacks
    Style:
    Documentary
  21. British Scandal
    British Scandal
    In a country obsessed with gossip, the great and the good fear one thing more than any other - scandal.British scandals change the course of histor...
    Content:
    Credentialing ScandalsPolitical Crime
    Audience:
    History Buffs
    Style:
    Documentary
    When:
    Doing Chores
  22. The Documentary Podcast
    The Documentary Podcast
    Hear the voices at the heart of global stories. Where curious minds can uncover hidden truths and make sense of the world. The best of documentary ...
    Goal:
    Staying Informed
    Style:
    Documentary
    When:
    Long Drive
  23. Heavyweight
    Heavyweight
    Maybe you’ve laid awake and imagined how it could have been, how it might yet be, but the moment to act was never right. Well, the moment is ...
    Content:
    EntertainmentExperience Of LifeInspirational VoicesIntimate ConversationsLived Experience
    +4
    Audience:
    Audio Content Creators
    Goal:
    Burnout RecoveryDiscovering New IdeasEmotional ResilienceEmotional WellnessFollowing A Story
    +1
    Style:
    Narrative StorytellingVoicemail PodcastDocumentary
    When:
    At WorkCommutingDoing ChoresLong DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  24. High Strange
    High Strange
    This season goes deeper into real encounters, credible witnesses, and the explanations that never seem to stick. More firsthand accounts. Bigger mo...
    Content:
    Paranormal InvestigationsSupernatural HorrorTrue CrimeUfo PodcastsUfology
    +1
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    InvestigativeDocumentary
  25. Revisionist History
    Revisionist History
    Revisionist History is Malcolm Gladwell's journey through the overlooked and the misunderstood. Every episode re-examines something from the past&m...
    Content:
    American HistoryCultureEducationHistoryOpen Mindedness
    +2
    Audience:
    College StudentsEducatorsHistory BuffsRetireesStudents
    Goal:
    Discovering New IdeasFollowing A StoryGetting Expert InsightsLearning New SkillsSolving Problems
    +1
    Style:
    EducationalNarrative StorytellingSolo CommentaryDocumentary
    When:
    CommutingDoing ChoresFocused LearningLong DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  26. Darknet Diaries
    Darknet Diaries
    Explore true stories of the dark side of the Internet with host Jack Rhysider as he takes you on a journey through the chilling world of hacking, d...
    Content:
    CybersecurityDigital CultureDigital Security BasicsPolitical CrimeSoftware Engineering
    +6
    Audience:
    DevelopersEngineersRecent GraduatesTrue Crime Fans
    Goal:
    Following A StoryGetting Expert InsightsLearning To CodeSolving ProblemsUnderstanding Cryptocurrency
    Style:
    InvestigativeNarrative StorytellingDocumentary
    When:
    Long DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  27. Up and Vanished
    Up and Vanished
    Host Payne Lindsey heads to the edge of the arctic circle to investigate two mysterious disappearances from Nome, Alaska. Up and Vanished investiga...
    Content:
    Cold Case InvestigationsMissing PersonsSerial KillersSmall Town HorrorTraveler Crime
    +2
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    InvestigativeNarrative StorytellingSolo CommentaryDocumentary
  28. American Scandal
    American Scandal
    Every scandal begins with a lie. But the truth will come out. And then comes the fallout and the outrage.Scandals have shaped America since its fou...
    Content:
    American HistoryCredentialing ScandalsHistoryPolitical Crime
    Audience:
    History Buffs
    Style:
    InvestigativeSolo CommentaryDocumentary
  29. Someone Knows Something
    Someone Knows Something
    Christine Harron, a book-loving teenager from Hanover, Ontario, leaves for school in the spring of 1993 and is never seen again. A suspect emerges,...
    Content:
    Cold Case InvestigationsMissing PersonsTrue CrimeUnsolved Mysteries
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    InvestigativeDocumentary
  30. American History Tellers
    American History Tellers
    The Cold War, Prohibition, the Gold Rush, the Space Race. Every part of your life - the words you speak, the ideas you share - can be traced to our...
    Content:
    American HistoryHistoryVisual Storytelling
    Audience:
    History Buffs
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    Narrative StorytellingDocumentary
    When:
    Background NoiseCommutingLong Drive
  31. 30 for 30 Podcasts
    30 for 30 Podcasts
    Original audio documentaries from the makers of the acclaimed 30 for 30 film series, featuring stories from the world of sports and beyond. 30 for ...
    Content:
    Sports
    Audience:
    Athletes
    Style:
    Documentary
  32. Lore
    Lore
    The award-winning podcast (also a TV show & book series) about dark historical tales. Each episode explores the mysterious creatures, tragic events...
    Content:
    Dark FantasyDark FictionFictionFolk TalesGhost Stories
    +10
    Audience:
    Fantasy FansHistory BuffsStudents
    Goal:
    Following A StoryLearning New SkillsRelaxingSleeping BetterTo Fall Asleep To
    Style:
    Narrative StorytellingSolo CommentaryDocumentary
    When:
    Background NoiseBefore BedCommutingLong DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  33. Something Was Wrong
    Something Was Wrong
    Something Was Wrong is an award-winning docuseries about survivors' discovery, trauma, and recovery from crime and abuse.
    Content:
    Credentialing ScandalsRelationships & DatingTrauma Recovery
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Style:
    Documentary
  34. Bone Valley
    Bone Valley
    In Season 1 of Bone Valley, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gilbert King tells a story of a man, Leo Schofield, fighting to prove his innocence in th...
    Content:
    Cold Case InvestigationsReal-Life StoriesSerial KillersTrue CrimeUnsolved Mysteries
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    InvestigativeNarrative StorytellingDocumentary
    When:
    Long DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  35. Articles of Interest
    Articles of Interest
    Articles of Interest is a show about what we wear.Produced and Hosted by Avery Trufelman
    Content:
    ArtsCollecting CultureCultureFashion IndustrySocial Impact
    +1
    Audience:
    College StudentsDesignersHistory Buffs
    Goal:
    Discovering New Ideas
    Style:
    Narrative StorytellingDocumentary
    When:
    Commuting
  36. HistoryExtra podcast
    HistoryExtra podcast
    The HistoryExtra podcast brings you gripping stories from the past and fascinating historical conversations with the world's leading historical exp...
    Content:
    History
    Audience:
    History Buffs
    Style:
    EducationalDocumentary
    When:
    Commuting
  37. Sea of Lies
    Sea of Lies
    From CBC's Uncover.A body is pulled from the ocean, and a race against time to capture one of the world's most wanted criminals begins.This is the ...
    Content:
    EntertainmentSerial KillersTrue Crime
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Style:
    InvestigativeDocumentary
    When:
    Quick ListenWeekend Deep Dive
  38. Serial
    Serial
    Our newest podcast, “The Preventionist” is out now. Search for it wherever you get your podcasts. Serial Productions makes narrative podcasts that ...
    Content:
    Cold Case InvestigationsCourtroom DramasNewsReal-Life StoriesRetro Pop Culture
    +5
    Audience:
    LawyersTrue Crime Fans
    Goal:
    Following A StorySolving Problems
    Style:
    InvestigativeNarrative StorytellingQ And ADocumentary
    When:
    CommutingDoing ChoresLong DriveQuick ListenWeekend Deep Dive
  39. Snap Judgment
    Snap Judgment
    Snap Judgment mixes real stories with killer beats to produce cinematic, dramatic radio. Snap’s raw, musical brand of storytelling dares listeners ...
    Content:
    Experience Of LifeLived ExperiencePoetic StorytellingReal-Life StoriesVisual Storytelling
    Goal:
    Discovering New IdeasFollowing A Story
    Style:
    Narrative StorytellingDocumentary
    When:
    At Work
  40. The Audio Long Read
    The Audio Long Read
    Three times a week, The Audio Long Read podcast brings you the Guardian’s exceptional longform journalism in audio form. Covering topics from polit...
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    Documentary
  41. Throughline
    Throughline
    Throughline is a time machine. Each episode, we travel beyond the headlines to answer the question, "How did we get here?" We use sound and stories...
    Content:
    American HistoryHistory
    Audience:
    College StudentsHistory BuffsStudents
    Goal:
    Discovering New Ideas
    Style:
    EducationalNarrative StorytellingDocumentary
    When:
    Focused LearningWeekend Deep Dive
  42. DISGRACELAND
    DISGRACELAND
    You know the myths. You’ve seen the biopics. But if you’re the kind of music fan who craves the rest of the story—the stuff they buried or cleaned ...
    Content:
    EntertainmentIndependent ArtistsMusicRock N Roll StoriesSerial Killers
    +2
    Audience:
    History BuffsTrue Crime Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    InvestigativeDocumentary
    When:
    Long DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  43. Your Own Backyard
    Your Own Backyard
    A documentary podcast series investigating the 1996 disappearance of Cal Poly student, Kristin Smart.
    Content:
    Cold Case InvestigationsMissing PersonsTrue CrimeUnsolved Mysteries
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    InvestigativeDocumentary
    When:
    Weekend Deep Dive
  44. The Missing Cryptoqueen
    The Missing Cryptoqueen
    Dr Ruja Ignatova persuaded millions to join her financial revolution. Then she disappeared. Why? Jamie Bartlett presents a story of greed, deceit a...
    Style:
    InvestigativeDocumentary
  45. Bear Brook
    Bear Brook
    Bear Brook, hosted by Jason Moon, is the critically-acclaimed true crime podcast from New Hampshire Public Radio. Season 1 - Two barrels. Four Bodi...
    Content:
    Cold Case InvestigationsForensic ScienceSerial KillersTrue CrimeUnsolved Mysteries
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    InvestigativeNarrative StorytellingDocumentary
    When:
    Long DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  46. Unexplained
    Unexplained
    Unexplained is a haunting and unsettling bi-weekly podcast about strange and mysterious real life events that continue to evade explanation. A stor...
    Content:
    Dark FantasyDark FictionGhost StoriesHaunted PlacesParanormal Investigations
    +4
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    Narrative StorytellingDocumentary
    When:
    Weekend Deep Dive
  47. S-Town
    S-Town
    S-Town is a podcast hosted by Brian Reed from Serial Productions, a New York Times company. The story follows a man named John who despises his Ala...
    Content:
    Audio FictionCold Case InvestigationsFictionSmall Town HorrorTrue Crime
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    InvestigativeNarrative StorytellingSerialized FictionDocumentary
    When:
    Doing ChoresLong DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  48. American Greed Podcast
    American Greed Podcast
    CNBC's longest-running primetime original series, "American Greed" takes you inside the amazing real-life stories of how some people will do anythi...
    Style:
    Documentary
  49. The Slow Newscast
    The Slow Newscast
    The Slow Newscast from The Observer takes the news slowly. We investigate, and every week we focus on stories that really matter in the UK and arou...
    Goal:
    Staying Informed
    Style:
    Documentary
  50. Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
    Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
    In "Hardcore History" journalist and broadcaster Dan Carlin takes his "Martian", unorthodox way of thinking and applies it to the past. Was Alexand...
    Content:
    EducationHistoryVeteran Stories
    Audience:
    History BuffsMilitary Veterans
    Goal:
    Following A StoryGetting Expert InsightsLearning New Skills
    Style:
    EducationalSolo CommentaryDocumentary
    When:
    Focused LearningLong DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  51. Timesuck with Dan Cummins
    Timesuck with Dan Cummins
    Jump down new rabbit holes with Timesuck, the weekly podcast that takes you on a fascinating and bizarre journey through history’s darkest corners,...
    Content:
    Dark FantasyHistorySerial KillersUnsolved Mysteries
    Style:
    InvestigativeSolo CommentaryDocumentary
  52. Blowback
    Blowback
    A podcast about the American Empire.
    Content:
    American HistoryAmerican Industry TransformationAnti-Trump PoliticsGeopoliticsHistory
    +2
    Audience:
    History Buffs
    Goal:
    Staying Informed
    Style:
    InvestigativeDocumentary
  53. Cold
    Cold
    Cold is a narrative podcast series focused on missing persons cases. Investigative journalist and host Dave Cawley takes on a single story with eac...
    Content:
    Cold Case InvestigationsMissing PersonsTrue CrimeUnsolved Mysteries
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    InvestigativeDocumentary
    When:
    Weekend Deep Dive
  54. BBC Inside Science
    BBC Inside Science
    A weekly programme that illuminates the mysteries and challenges the controversies behind the science that's changing our world.
    Content:
    Science
    Style:
    Documentary
  55. The Con: Kaitlyn's Baby
    The Con: Kaitlyn's Baby
    Kaitlyn Braun, a pregnant young woman in crisis, takes dozens of birth workers through an escalating series of disasters – rape, baby loss, and eve...
    Style:
    Documentary
  56. PRETEND
    PRETEND
    PRETEND is an investigative true crime podcast about real people who lie for a living — con artists, scammers, and the victims caught in their web....
    Content:
    Credentialing Scandals
    Style:
    Documentary
  57. The Girlfriends: Spotlight
    The Girlfriends: Spotlight
    The number 1 hit true crime series is back with more women fighting crime, battling injustice and seriously kicking ass.In Season 1 of The Girlfrie...
    Content:
    True Crime
    Style:
    InvestigativeDocumentary
  58. Adrift
    Adrift
    It’s the early 1970s, and a young British family is attempting to sail around the world when catastrophe strikes.The Robertsons have sold everythin...
    Style:
    Documentary
    When:
    Weekend Deep Dive
  59. Lost Hills: Dark Canyon
    Lost Hills: Dark Canyon
    Lost Hills investigates the dark side of Malibu, California. Beneath a seductive facade, this city of billionaires, celebrities, and surf bums is h...
    Content:
    True CrimeUnsolved Mysteries
    Style:
    Documentary
  60. Blink | Jake Haendel's Story
    Blink | Jake Haendel's Story
    Jacob Haendel has been handed a death sentence. He has a terminal progressive disease that's eating away at the white matter of his brain. In six m...
    Content:
    True Crime
    Style:
    Documentary
  61. Reality Life with Kate Casey
    Reality Life with Kate Casey
    Daily podcast about unscripted television. Kate Casey interviews the talent, producers, and directors of reality shows, documentaries, and docuseri...
    Content:
    Bravo TvReality Competition
    Style:
    Documentary
  62. Tides of History
    Tides of History
    Everywhere around us are echoes of the past. Those echoes define the boundaries of states and countries, how we pray and how we fight. They determi...
    Content:
    History
    Audience:
    History Buffs
    Style:
    Documentary
  63. Hunting Warhead
    Hunting Warhead
    How do you take down a criminal network that’s hidden in the shadows? How do you rescue child abuse victims who could be anywhere in the world? Hun...
    Content:
    True Crime
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    InvestigativeDocumentary
    When:
    Weekend Deep Dive
  64. West Cork
    West Cork
    In West Cork, it’s simply known as ‘the murder’. In 1996 French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier is found dead near her holiday home. There ...
    Content:
    Missing PersonsTrue Crime
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Style:
    InvestigativeDocumentary
    When:
    Long DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  65. Scamanda
    Scamanda
    Amanda is a wife. A mother. A blogger. A Christian.A charming, beautiful, bubbly, young woman who lives life to the fullest.But Amanda is dying, wi...
    Content:
    Credentialing ScandalsTrue Crime
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Style:
    InvestigativeDocumentary
    When:
    Long DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  66. Ear Hustle
    Ear Hustle
    Ear Hustle is prison slang for eavesdropping, and that’s what listening to the show feels like: a raw, often funny, and always surprising peek into...
    Content:
    Addiction RecoveryLaw EducationLaw EnforcementLived ExperiencePolice Reform
    +1
    Audience:
    People In RecoveryRetirees
    Style:
    Narrative StorytellingDocumentary
    When:
    Long Drive
  67. Voices for Justice
    Voices for Justice
    Voices for Justice is a true crime podcast hosted by Sarah Turney, sister of missing teen Alissa Turney. Every episode ends with a call to action. ...
    Content:
    Cold Case InvestigationsMissing PersonsReal-Life StoriesSerial KillersTrue Crime
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Goal:
    Getting Motivated
    Style:
    InvestigativeDocumentary
  68. Legacy
    Legacy
    Afua Hirsch and Peter Frankopan tell the wild stories of some of the most extraordinary men and women ever to have lived – and ask whether they hav...
    Style:
    Documentary
  69. The British History Podcast
    The British History Podcast
    The BHP is a chronological retelling of the history of Britain with a particular focus upon the lives of the people. You won’t find a dry recountin...
    Content:
    History
    Audience:
    History Buffs
    Style:
    Documentary
  70. Shell Game
    Shell Game
    A podcast about things that are not what they seem, hosted by journalist Evan Ratliff. Season 2 tells the story of enterprise and entrepreneurship ...
    Style:
    Documentary
  71. Decoder Ring
    Decoder Ring
    Decoder Ring is the show about cracking cultural mysteries. In each episode, host Willa Paskin takes a cultural question, object, or habit; examine...
    Content:
    CultureRetro Pop CultureTV Show Recaps
    Goal:
    Learning New Skills
    Style:
    Q And ADocumentary
    When:
    Long Drive
  72. Revolutions
    Revolutions
    Season 12 premiered October 20, 2024 – a nonfictional account of The Martian Revolution of 2247. Mike Duncan is taking everything he's learned from...
    Content:
    American HistoryEducationHistory
    Audience:
    History BuffsStudents
    Goal:
    Building A BusinessDiscovering New IdeasLearning New Skills
    Style:
    EducationalNarrative StorytellingDocumentary
    When:
    Long Drive
  73. Dr. Death
    Dr. Death
    We’re at our most vulnerable when we go to our doctors. But what happens when we can’t trust them? Dr. Death is the award-winning series hosted by ...
    Content:
    Credentialing ScandalsSerial KillersTrue Crime
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Goal:
    Emotional WellnessFollowing A Story
    Style:
    InvestigativeNarrative StorytellingDocumentary
    When:
    At The GymDoing ChoresLong DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  74. Dolly Parton's America
    Dolly Parton's America
    In this intensely divided moment, one of the few things everyone still seems to agree on is Dolly Parton—but why? That simple question leads to a d...
    Content:
    Music
    Style:
    Documentary
    When:
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