Politics History Podcasts

Newt's World

329 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 5.3K ratings
Join former House Speaker, professor, historian, and futurist Newt Gingrich as he shares his lifetime of knowledge and access to the world’s most interesting minds in a new series that covers all a...

American Elections: Wicked Game

80 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2.9K ratings
All episodes are available for free, with ad-free episodes available for Wondery+ subscribers. On February 10th, 1796, Vice President John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail, lamenting the st...

History Unplugged Podcast

602 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★ - 2.6K ratings
For history lovers who listen to podcasts, History Unplugged is the most comprehensive show of its kind. It's the only show that dedicates episodes to both interviewing experts and answering questi...

Talking Geopolitics

105 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 130 ratings
A bi-monthly non-partisan podcast brought to you by Geopolitical Futures, an online publication founded by internationally recognized geopolitical forecaster George Friedman. Geopolitical Futures t...

The History of Being Human

80 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 101 ratings
History, anatomy and physiology, philosophy, psychology, anthropology. The podcast that attempts to resurrect sense and meaning from the dust of a billion factoids.

JFK 35

49 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, inspired a generation that transformed America. But not everyone knows the stories behind the man - his experiences as a young servicemembe...

Professional Military Education

26 episodes - Latest episode: 30 days ago - ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
The Professional Military Education (PME) podcast is where great books on war and history are analyzed and discussed with the author. Through in depth conversations, the PME podcast seeks to promot...

Room for Doubt

16 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 35 ratings
Conservative Christians are trying to protect the faith. Progressive Christians want to reimagine it. Meanwhile, our culture is moving beyond it. Who’s right? After stepping down this summer from a...

With Chinese Characteristics

34 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 21 ratings
Every episode, Natalie and Cherrie deconstruct topics about Chinese history, Chinese American history, culture and politics. While the subjects and time periods can vary, all topics are brimming wi...

Why This Matters

9 episodes - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 18 ratings
Welcome to the Why This Matters Podcast! Every episode, host Jeremy Grabiner explores a new topic in policy, politics, or current events with a guest. Have you ever wondered what a city mayor actua...

Political Spirits podcast

147 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
Why the Left and the Right should have a few drinks and talk. An experienced professional who spent years working public policy matters at the local, state and federal level talks about how our sy...

JFK Library Forums

106 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★ - 16 ratings
Kennedy Library Forums are a series of public affairs programs offered by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum to foster public discussion on a diverse range of historical, political...

Pay Attention To This

33 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★ - 15 ratings
Two young adults, Emily and Sydney, trying to learn how the world works by relating history to current events in an entertaining and humorous way.

One Nation Under Crime

24 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
Welcome to One Nation Under Crime: A Chronological True Crime Podcast! Each week, Kayla and Leah discuss one crime, each year, starting with the first recorded murder trial of the United States in ...

Metropolitan Library System Podcast

35 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
The Metro Library podcast celebrates Oklahoma arts, Oklahoma culture, Oklahoma history and the lives of influential Oklahomans today. Upcoming podcasts include a special on the BC Clark Anniversary...

Pilgrim's Digress

44 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
From Bangor to Boston. Montpelier to Hartford, Providence to Manchester. What is New England Culture today? An American by birth, Southerner by blood, New Englander by choice. This is a Podcast abo...

Historically Speaking Podcast

31 episodes - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Uncommon history with an unconventional pair. Join married hosts Rebecca Robbins (a Broadway actress) and Kim Kimmel (her college history instructor) as they delve into topics that run the historic...

Happy Birthday Mr. President!

44 episodes - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
With each episode published on the birthday of a President of the United States, this podcast dives into the personal and professional lives of those who have held the highest office in the land si...

Precedented Times

5 episodes - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Welcome to Precedented Times— the show about America's past, America's present, and how it all seems to be repeating itself. This limited-time series tries to disprove the notion that we are living...

Within The Realm

68 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
There's a story behind everything and it's all within the realm. Check us out on Facebook @withintherealm1 Twitter @realm_within or withinpodcast.com. Find archived episodes at withinpodcast.com!

Welcome to AppalachAmerica

9 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
As the U.S. confronts climate change with a move to a new, clean energy future, what happens to those places that gave us the old energy — the fossil fuels that powered the country for more than a ...

Divided by Design: A Podcast by E Pluribus Unum

8 episodes - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★ - 9 ratings
Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, who led the controversial effort to remove Confederate statues from the city and who now runs E Pluribus Unum- a nonprofit focused on advancing racial equit...

Polk's America

15 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Leading scholars from across the nation introduce our small Tennessee town to artisans and abolitionists, poets and politicians, scientists and suffragists. We’ll see what the past has to say to ou...

Support The Fort: Fort Worth Culture & History

11 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Covering the current culture and celebrating the history of the greatest city in the world, Fort Worth, Texas. Support The Fort! It's Worth it.

The Great Debate Show

55 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Debating the hottest topics in sports today. NFL, NBA, NCAA, MLB, BOXING, UFC, WWE, AND AEW

Riding The Wave with Steve Riddell

41 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Riding the Wave with Steve Riddell is an interview show focusing on political candidates, operatives, campaign workers, and the political events leading up to the national, state, and local electi...

History Accounts

102 episodes - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
I want to tell my account of history. History is not about the past. History is about the future.

Talk Jam Podcast

97 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Welcome to TALK JAM…Musicians jam, just for fun. Here at TALK JAM, recorded live and then flash-frozen in a secret undisclosed location somewhere on the planet, two good friends talk about everythi...

Band Of Bearded Brothers

79 episodes - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★ - 3 ratings
We are just two brothers with beards who enjoy good conversation, coffee and debating the great mysteries of the world. This includes but is not limited to Politics, Aliens, Reality, Human C...

Alternative History

46 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Trying to explain the present with the context of our past. **NEW TOPICS each week. Not quite a history podcast nor really a current affairs podcast but something somewhere in between the two...