Politics Government Podcasts

Bombshell

80 episodes - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 565 ratings
This is Bombshell, a bi-weekly podcast coming to you from Washington insiders to dissect today’s foreign policy crises and tomorrow’s security challenges. We’ll talk military strategy, White House ...

LIFT EVERY VOICE

13 episodes - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 390 ratings
Lift Every Voice is dedicated to shining a light on overlooked issues of injustice and inequality and sharing inspiring stories of change. Each episode, U.S. Senator Cory Booker will talk with gras...

FUTURE STATE

33 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 357 ratings
The Future State Podcast will be tackling the issues at that intersection of technology, politics, and national security. Host Richard A Clarke served the last three Presidents as a senior...

Current Affairs

143 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 330 ratings
A podcast of politics and culture, from the editors of Current Affairs magazine.

First Things Podcast

175 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 237 ratings
First Things is published by The Institute on Religion and Public Life, an interreligious, nonpartisan research and education institute whose purpose is to advance a religiously informed public phi...

Habeas Humor

57 episodes - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 132 ratings
Fun take on the law and other topics.

How To Be American

28 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 110 ratings
At every point in American history, immigrants, migrants and refugees have arrived here searching for a sense of belonging. In cities, towns and in rural areas alike, they’ve asked themselves an in...

Biden's Briefing

304 episodes - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★ - 103 ratings
What Joe wants you to know. Every day, Vice President Joe Biden looks to the news across the nation that's sparking conversation, sharing the articles and opinions that he's reading and might be of...

Chicago Stories

95 episodes - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 96 ratings
The stories of everyday Chicagoans as told to Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Honestly Speaking with Tara Setmayer

57 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 82 ratings
Join Tara Setmayer - CNN Political Commentator, ABC News Political Contributor and former GOP communications director on Capitol Hill - for a common sense perspective on everything from new...

One Billion

50 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 77 ratings
A behind-the-scenes podcast about how change happens. One Billion features a tiny team with a big ambition: to positively impact one billion people on the planet.

American Thought Leaders

155 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 68 ratings
At a time when our nation is portrayed as increasingly polarized, media often ignore viewpoints and stories that are worthy of attention. American Thought Leaders, hosted by The Epoch Times Senior ...

Capitol Confidential

57 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 64 ratings
The Capitol Confidential podcast is a weekly show from Times Union reporter David Lombardo that focuses on the policy, personalities and politics of New York's state government.

China in the World

105 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★ - 54 ratings
The Carnegie-Tsinghua China in the World podcast is a series of conversations between Director Paul Haenle and Chinese and international experts on China’s foreign policy, China’s international rol...

Impeachcast

9 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 53 ratings
IMPEACHCAST is a new podcast hosted by former New York Assistant AG Tristan Snell, who led the prosecution of Trump University, and Jeff Kreisler, bestselling author and longtime political comedian...

Portland News Network

14 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 49 ratings
Your weekly Portland OR news pod, shining a spotlight on the vital issues impacting our city, and the journalists who break each story.

Horns of a Dilemma

62 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
Brought to you by the Texas National Security Review, this podcast features lectures, interviews, and panel discussions at the University of Texas.

Socialist Rifle Association Podcast

34 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
A podcast for the SRA community and greater leftist community, particularly the gun owning parts of it. Released on a (semi-)weekly schedule, we discuss all manner of news stories pertaining to the...

Against the Grain

63 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 44 ratings
National Journal Politics Editor Josh Kraushaar hosts the sharpest minds in Washington for no-BS conversations about what’s really happening inside the Beltway and on the campaign trail.

Future Hindsight

89 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
Now more than ever, the need to be an engaged citizen is critical. Future Hindsight presents interviews that explore how each of us has the power to shape our society and fulfill our shared civic r...

Stated

16 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
2018 was a historic year for Democrats in state legislatures. We gained 8 new Democratic majorities, flipped 405 seats from red to blue, and elected 2,923 Democrats - 1,243 of whom were women. An...

Grand Tamasha

41 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
Milan Vaishnav breaks down the news in Indian politics, and goes behind the headlines for deeper insight into the questions facing Indian voters in the 2019 general elections and beyond. Grand Tama...

Infill

68 episodes - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Audio selections from YIMBY Action. Interviews, panel discussions, speeches and more, including round-table discussions on local politics and urban policy with folks hanging out at the Yimby Action...

Quorum Call

153 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
No one knows Capitol Hill and the corridors of Washington power like National Journal, and now NJ brings you Quorum Call—a weekly podcast on Congress, policy, and politics. Hosted by National Journ...

Blacksite Podcast

102 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Bring your bug-out-bag and join us - it's a brave new Trump-world and we're here to talk about our sensitive millennial feelings, grill conservatives and organize some liberal uprisings!! Mwahaha!

Chicago Reader's Back Room Deal

21 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
The Chicago Reader's Back Room Deal features radio personality and longtime Reader political writer Ben Joravsky arguing local Chicago politics with Reader staff writer Maya Dukmasova. With sharp w...

YouPaidFor.IT - Where's The Money | Crowdfunding Political Accountability

8 episodes - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
Where's The Money is a short podcast calling out politicians for their actions with our money, and informing the listeners about different campaigns currently being crowdfunded through YouPaidFor.IT .

#NotesFromUnderTrump

5 episodes - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
Thoughts by Benjamin Wittes from the midst of the Trump presidency.

Politics for Patriots

97 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Eviscerating Progressive nonsense, annihilating imbecility, and serving up culture, politics, and American history from a Conservative perspective.

Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values

55 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
The Saving Elephants Podcast features engaging conversations about conservative values with a mercifully modern twist.  Tired of political shock-talk and rank punditry on your radio and TV?  Curiou...