Documentary Podcasts

Dirty John
37 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 40.7K ratingsAll 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 ...

Cold
103 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 39.3K ratingsCold is a narrative podcast series focused on missing persons cases. Investigative journalist and host Dave Cawley takes on a single story with each season. Season 3: The Search for Sheree...

Mens Rea: A true crime podcast
153 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 852 ratingsMens Rea is the legal principle of intent that must be proved in a number of crimes, such as murder. It means literally, "guilty mind". Mens Rea Podcast explores the most notorious crimes from Irel...

Allen v. Farrow Podcast
6 episodes - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 621 ratingsIn the companion podcast to the HBO Original documentary series Allen v. Farrow, award-winning filmmakers Amy Ziering, Kirby Dick and Amy Herdy reveal new details about the sexual abuse allegation...

Inside a Sinister Mind
26 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 431 ratingsGet an inside look into Conejo's spiritual journey as a wanted man with an underground music career. With over 100 albums released, the legendary MC opens up about his life on the run. After an air...

Do You Know Mordechai?
10 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 341 ratingsKathleen Goldhar was so happy her friend Arya had finally found someone after a bad divorce. Mordechai Horowitz seemed perfect. Smart. Rich. Creative. But like so many things that seem to b...

Bed of Lies
20 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 337 ratingsIt was meant to be a miracle treatment, but it became a deadly poison. Cara McGoogan investigates the story they didn't want you to know - and one of the biggest medical disasters in histor...

Trickster: The Many Lives of Carlos Castaneda
15 episodes - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★ - 333 ratingsAn investigative series into the life & death of Carlos Castaneda.

Penny Royal
27 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 312 ratingsThe magic and mystery of place.

Urban Legends
72 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsLuke Mordue examines the historical impact of the stories that haunt our society, tales that have gripped towns and cities worldwide for centuries as true events - Urban Legends.First, hear the tal...

Worse Than Fiction Podcast
43 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 121 ratingsAn ambitious True Horrorchestration with cinematic elements. Stories of True Crime, Natural disasters and more, told in often graphic detail by a single narrator, with music chosen or composed with...

Violent Femme
7 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 90 ratingsViolent Femme is a narrative podcast about women in history who were brave, bold, and ingenious, yet are mostly remembered for their brutality or villainy, if at all. Each episode will resurrect on...

Her Stem Story
151 episodes - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 84 ratingsA weekly podcast to help you navigate your Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematica careers with utmost confidence! A show where you’ll learn strategize, tools and advice from expert guests a...

Trace Material
38 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 83 ratingsTrace Material breaks down the building blocks of our constructed environment, one material at a time. What can plastic tell us about suburbanization? What does redlining have to do with lead paint...

Points South
17 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 80 ratingsAn Oxford American podcast. Southern Stories. Southern Songs.

Soonish
51 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsWe can have the future we want—but we have to work for it. Soonish brings you stories and conversations showing how the choices we make together forge the technological world of tomorrow. From MIT-...

Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers
56 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsWant to use your job to tackle climate change? Today there are more opportunities across industries to find a job and have impact. Join Climate Corps network manager Yesh Pavlik Slenk for candid co...

Breaking Glass
72 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsLet’s talk about womanhood the world over. Despite making up over half of the global population, women control less wealth, own less land, hold fewer public offices, and shoulder more domestic burd...

Beyond the Breakers
130 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsBeyond The Breakers is a podcast about shipwrecks, loss, and lessons learned from maritime disasters.

You Look Like Me
11 episodes - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsDonor conceived journalist, Louise McLoughlin, delves deeper into the secrets, discoveries, and lives of donor conceived people while trying to find the man who, presumably, looks like her.

Black Equity Podcast
446 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsThe Black Equity podcast is a weekly show that delves into the issue of wealth inequality among Black communities. Hosted by experts in the field of financial education and social justice, each epi...

Unpacked
61 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsPeculiar stories from real life. Hosted by Christopher Beale & Josh Taylor

Great Lakes Lore
33 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsWhat happens when two historians interested in the paranormal meet up? They start a podcast, of course! Join Samantha and Aaron as they discuss legends and lore of the Great Lakes Region. Expect lo...

Indigenous Vision
113 episodes - Latest episode: about 21 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsTwo aunties sharing and examining the world through the lense of an Anishinaabe and Blackfoot experience. Indigenous Vision (IV) is led by an all-Indigenous team who work to "revitalize Indigenous...

GenX Stories
95 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsGenX Stories is a podcast about how the so-called “Lost Generation” found itself at midlife. Join hosts Eve, Lori, Chris & Courtney every other Wednesday for a fun and frank discussion about what m...

Failed Utopia
52 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsThis is a podcast about utopian ideas and paradise lost. We look at utopian concepts from the past, present and future, as well as utopian societies and communes, which promise the world to eager ...

Before I Forget
136 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsTwo US Army Combat Infantrymen sit down with a new guest each week to hear their stories of service and life after.

Crime Nerds
94 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsDo you love learning about true crime cases, but you also have a short attention span? Then Crime Nerds is for you!

Bourbon and Battles
8 episodes - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhere the refined American Spirit meets the grit of American battlefields. We’ll review a Bourbon for a few minutes before launching into a battle. I am a Veteran and history nerd that picked up a ...

Emergency Room: The Covid Diaries
8 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsEmergency Room: The Covid Diaries, is a true-life look behind the headlines first-hand account of what it was like behind the scenes at a major American hospital as the Covid-19 pandemic swept thro...
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