The government accountability space keeps producing fresh voices and long-running favorites. This list rounds up 26 of the best, including In The Dark, Strict Scrutiny, and 5-4.
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...
Strict Scrutiny
Strict Scrutiny is a podcast about the United States Supreme Court and the legal culture that surrounds it. Hosted by three badass constitutional l...
5-4
5-4 is a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks. Hosted by Peter Shamshiri, Rhiannon Hamam, and Michael Liroff, it's a progressive and ...
The Lawfare Podcast
The Lawfare Podcast features discussions with experts, policymakers, and opinion leaders at the nexus of national security, law, and policy. On iss...
Paper Trail
Investigative reporters at ProPublica chase down evidence of wrongdoing and bring it to light. That evidence can be on paper — or on thumb drives, ...
Reveal
Reveal’s investigations will inspire, infuriate and inform you. Host Al Letson and an award-winning team of reporters deliver gripping stories abou...
Not Another Politics Podcast
With all the noise created by a 24/7 news cycle, it can be hard to really grasp what's going on in politics today. We provide a fresh perspective o...
Fraud in America
Real stories from real whistleblowers who risk their careers to shine a light on corporate fraud in America.
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Government Accountability
The Drill Down with Peter Schweizer
Government corruption doesn't announce itself. It hides in shell companies,foreign contracts, and campaign finance filings that nobody bothers to r...
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Government Accountability
The Drill Down
The Drill Down is a daily podcast focused on business fundamentals of the biggest stock movers of the market day, hosted by veteran financial journ...
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Government Accountability
Paper Sings
“No one should be able to pull curtains of secrecy around decisions which can be revealed without injury to the public interest.” – Lyndon B. Johns...
The Fourth Estate
The Fourth Estate Podcast takes you beyond the headlines of Ghana’s most impactful investigative journalism.Produced by The Fourth Estate, a non-pr...
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Government Accountability
Accountability Talks from AGA
AGA is the member organization for government financial management professionals. We lead and encourage change that benefits our field and all citi...
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Government Accountability
Bag Man
Is it possible for an American Vice President to carry out a criminal enterprise inside the White House and have nobody remember? To have one of th...
Good Government Show
The Good Government Show is a premier podcast dedicated to exploring the critical work of public service in America. We feature in-depth conversati...
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Government Accountability
On Background with Susan Crabtree
On Background with Susan Crabtree, a Government Accountability Institute podcast, exposes corruption and government mismanagement through hard-hitt...
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Government Accountability
Bad Watchdog
In this award-winning investigative podcast, host Maren Machles explores how accountability failures in Washington D.C. impact the lives of people ...
The Police Accountability Report
PAR is a weekly show that seeks to hold one of the most powerful institutions in this country accountable, policing. To do so we will take a critic...
The Search for Accountability
The Search for Accountability is a monthly half-hour broadcast to increase public knowledge and visibility of how the federal Offices of the Inspec...
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Government Accountability
How this list is built
Shows are selected from PodSEO topic associations and matched AI recommendations. They are ordered by their average PodSEO score over records dated since seven days ago, with ties ordered by show name. The score combines podcast-platform search visibility, editorial placements, and chart performance, with adjustments for Apple listing status. AI recommendations help identify candidates; their frequency does not determine the order. Each list includes up to 100 shows with an Apple Podcasts ID and updates when regenerated.
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