The political thrillers space keeps producing fresh voices and long-running favorites. This list rounds up 11 of the best, including Wind of Change, Fiasco, and Slow Burn.

  1. Wind of Change
    Wind of Change
    It’s 1990. The Berlin Wall just fell. The Soviet Union is on the verge of collapse. And the soundtrack to the revolution is one of the best selling...
    Content:
    Pacific Northwest SailingPolitical Thrillers
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    DocumentaryInvestigativeNarrative Storytelling
    When:
    Long DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  2. Fiasco
    Fiasco
    Host Leon Neyfakh transports listeners into the day-to-day reality of our country's most pivotal historical events, bringing to life the forgotten ...
    Content:
    Political CrimePolitical Thrillers
    Style:
    Documentary
  3. Slow Burn
    Slow Burn
    Slow Burn illuminates America’s most consequential moments, making sense of the past to better understand the present. Through archival tape and fi...
    Content:
    American HistoryCultureHistoryPolitical AnalysisPolitical CrimePolitical Thrillers
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    Audience:
    History Buffs
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    DocumentaryInvestigativeNarrative Storytelling
    When:
    At The GymLong DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  4. Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra
    Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra
    As a new authoritarian movement rises in American politics, stoked by one of the country’s most outrageous demagogues, there is an all-out internat...
    Content:
    Anti-Trump PoliticsPolitical CrimePoliticsPolitical Thrillers
    Style:
    Investigative
  5. 1865
    1865
    April 15, 1865. President Lincoln is dead and the country in turmoil.Secretary of War Edwin Stanton takes control, determined to bring the assassin...
    Content:
    Political Thrillers
  6. Homecoming
    Homecoming
    Now a Prime Original TV series. From Spotify Studios, Homecoming centers on a caseworker at an experimental facility, her ambitious supervisor, and...
    Content:
    Audio FictionDark FictionFictionLife After GriefPolitical Thrillers
    Goal:
    Emotional WellnessFollowing A Story
    Style:
    Narrative StorytellingSerialized Fiction
  7. Terms
    Terms
    On election night, two-term president Oliver Pierce watches in disbelief from the White House as Charles Dunwalke wins a controversial electoral co...
    Content:
    Political Thrillers
  8. Bag Man
    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...
    Content:
    Political CrimeStory AnalysisPolitical Thrillers
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    DocumentaryInvestigative
    When:
    Weekend Deep Dive
  9. Clear and Present Dudes: A Thriller Movies Podcast
    Clear and Present Dudes: A Thriller Movies Podcast
    It's a defence podcast! It's a cinema podcast! It's Clear and Present Dudes! Join Naval officers and Tom Clancy fans Mike Dunbar and Saanje Björkso...
    Content:
    Courtroom DramasEntertainmentFilm AnalysisMovie ReviewsPoliticsPolitical Thrillers
    +1
    Audience:
    Military Veterans
  10. Day X
    Day X
    This story began with a mysterious gun in an airport bathroom and led to a German military officer facing trial on terrorism charges. It’s a story ...
    Content:
    Political Thrillers
  11. Intrigue: 3 explosive true stories: Tunnel 29, Mayday & Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel
    Intrigue: 3 explosive true stories: Tunnel 29, Mayday & Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel
    Content:
    Political Thrillers
    Style:
    Documentary