News Commentary Podcasts

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

1,572 episodes - Latest episode: about 9 hours ago - ★★★★ - 2.2K ratings
The problem with the news right now? It’s everywhere. And each day, it can feel like we’re all just mindlessly scrolling. It’s why we created What Next. This short daily show is here to help you ma...

3 Martini Lunch

1,908 episodes - Latest episode: about 23 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratings
Three Martini Lunch is a funny, edgy and fast-paced podcast of the day's major political stories, hosted by Radio America's Greg Corombos and Jim Geraghty

Our Body Politic

220 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 648 ratings
Created and hosted by award-winning journalist Farai Chideya, Our Body Politic is unapologetically centered on reporting on not just how women of color experience the major political events of toda...

Politely Rude With Abby Johnson

132 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 518 ratings
Parenting, life, politics and navigating the daily chaos. "Politely Rude With Abby Johnson" — hosted by pro-life advocate Abby Johnson — offers a powerful exploration of the issues you care about. ...

Richard Helppie's Common Bridge

291 episodes - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 439 ratings
The problems we have in the country are solvable, but not solvable the way we’re approaching them today, because of partisan politics. Richard Helppie, a successful entrepreneur and philanthropist...

SOLD OUT: Rethinking Housing in America

26 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 379 ratings
The third season of Sold Out examines the intersection of the climate and housing crises. Hosted by Erin Baldassari, the series tells the stories of families and communities throughout California, ...

Please, Go On with James Hohmann

61 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 231 ratings
Washington Post columnist James Hohmann chats with the voices behind the viewpoints. Hohmann sits down each week with the author of a compelling or unexpected guest column for The Post’s Opinions s...

Red Pill Tamales

384 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 205 ratings
It's officially its own show! Chingo Bling started this new series (Red Pill Tamales) on the What Did He Said? Podcast to open up a new avenue of discussion for our Latin community. Our Goal was to...

Radical Imagination

48 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 175 ratings
Racism, toxic inequality, persistent poverty, climate change: these are big serious problems, and if you believe they require big audacious solutions, then this is the podcast for you. Hosted by An...

Uncertain Things

94 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 160 ratings
Everything is broken. Adaam James Levin-Areddy and Vanessa M. Quirk, two jaded journos, interview people far wiser than themselves and ask: "now what?" uncertain.substack.com

Israel Policy Pod

331 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★ - 146 ratings
A weekly podcast that goes beyond the headlines to bring you analysis from Israel Policy Forum experts and distinguished guests including policymakers, activists, and academics.

Questionable Material with Jack & Brian

168 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 143 ratings
Brian Sack and Jack Helmuth once had a dark and clever TV show that was ahead of its time. Now they have a podcast like everyone else.

Upworthy Weekly

76 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 137 ratings
Upworthy’s first podcast is a lighthearted look at some of the site's most popular and engaging stories. It’s the perfect way to shake off the Monday-to-Friday news cycle with a refreshing dose of ...

Ernestly Speaking! with Ernest Owens

239 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 133 ratings
Award-winning journalist Ernest Owens reviews the latest headlines, controversies, and all the other things you give a damn about.

News from the Crabby Coffee Shop

104 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 131 ratings
Kenny Olson, John Heidt and Dawn McClain deliver a slightly crabby but always fun take on news stories from the past week, focusing on all of the news that they didn’t get to cover on Garage Logic ...

Explaining Brazil

338 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 121 ratings
News from Brazil, by The Brazilian Report — an independent media outlet uniquely positioned to offer an insider’s view of current affairs in Brazil.

Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each Other

265 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 116 ratings
Politics and Religion. We’re not supposed to talk about that, right? Wrong! We only say that nowadays because the loudest, most extreme voices have taken over the whole conversation. Well, we‘re ta...

Trumpet Hour

742 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 113 ratings
Trumpet Hour is the voice of the Philadelphia Trumpet newsmagazine. Join the discussion as Trumpet staff members compare recent news to Bible prophecy.

Encounter Underground

210 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Welcome to the underground! Every Thursday, Pastor Alan DiDio hosts guests like Mario Murillo, Jonathan Cahn, Lana Vawser, Lou Engle, Jeremiah Johnson, Dr. Michael Brown and others for uncensored c...

Daily Kos' The Brief

187 episodes - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 104 ratings
A one-hour weekly political conversation hosted by Markos Moulitsas and Kerry Eleveld highlighting on-the-ground leaders of the progressive movement.

ACCESS: A Podcast About Abortion

35 episodes - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 102 ratings
Abortion is popular, and common. So why are people afraid to talk about it? How much more might you understand about abortion access in the U.S. if talking about it wasn’t taboo? On ACCESS, our go...

NukeTalk

232 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 91 ratings
Nuclear weapons aren't just a national security issue; they are also a human rights issue. Building a safer future requires an examination of past and present nuclear policy. NukeTalk investigates ...

Battlegrounds w/ H.R. McMaster: International Perspectives

104 episodes - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 76 ratings
Battlegrounds provides a needed forum with leaders from key countries to share their assessment of problem sets and opportunities that have implications for U.S. foreign policy and national securit...

Lemme Just Say

61 episodes - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★ - 76 ratings
Our unwanted opinion on sports and life.

Thought Cops

324 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 74 ratings
Cleaning up the mean streets of the internet - because somebody's gotta do it. From the cyberpunk hellscape of Neo-Chicago, Officer Kevin and Officer Grant monitor the world wide web so you don't h...

Left to Die: Escape from the Amarula

6 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
When Islamist insurgents attacked a town in Mozambique in March, civilians and foreign contractors raced to a local hotel for safety. Over three agonising days, they waited for a rescue. But no on...

Ironweeds

239 episodes - Latest episode: about 21 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 66 ratings
We are a podcast and we don't like capitalism and we hope you'll be our friend. Made in Troy, NY

Admissions Beat

76 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 64 ratings
On the Admissions Beat, veteran dean of admissions Lee Coffin from Dartmouth College and a range of guests provide high school students and parents, as well as their counselors and other mentors, w...

This Is My Show with Drew Berquist

741 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 63 ratings
From headline news to sports and entertainment, former counterterrorism officer Drew Berquist takes you on a trip that you won’t forget as he cruises the day’s top stories. His blunt -but fair - co...

Searching for Political Identity

391 episodes - Latest episode: 23 days ago - ★★★★★ - 58 ratings
I’m interviewing thought leaders and reflecting in solo episodes to find my political identity.