Policy News Podcasts

NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt

1,142 episodes - Latest episode: about 23 hours ago - ★★★★ - 2K ratings
Listen to "NBC Nightly News," providing reports and analysis of the day's most newsworthy national and international events. This audio podcast, updated each evening, brings you the day's show in i...

The ReidOut with Joy Reid

540 episodes - Latest episode: about 23 hours ago - ★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Joy Reid conducts one-on-one conversations with politicians and newsmakers while addressing provocative political issues both inside and outside of the beltway. Reid, who is also a best-selling aut...

City Journal's 10 Blocks

366 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 558 ratings
City Journal's 10 Blocks, a weekly podcast hosted by editor Brian C. Anderson, features discussions on urban policy and culture with City Journal editors, contributors, and special guests. Forthcom...

POLITICO Tech

802 episodes - Latest episode: about 15 hours ago - ★★★★ - 364 ratings
The POLITICO Tech podcast is your daily download on the disruption that technology is bringing to politics and policy. From AI and the metaverse to disinformation and microchips, we explore how tod...

Texas Tribune TribCast

759 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 239 ratings
Hosted by the Tribune's Alexa Ura and featuring a rotating cast of Tribune reporters, editors and special guests, the TribCast is an informal – and, with luck, amusing – discussion of Texas politic...

Radical Imagination

47 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 174 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...

Israel Policy Pod

321 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.

70 Million

66 episodes - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 126 ratings
This award-winning and Peabody-nominated podcast documents how locals are addressing the role of jails in their backyards. Reporters travel around the country and hear from people directly impacted...

National Journal Radio

253 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 93 ratings
A deep dive on the most important policy, political, and campaign story of the week, powered by National Journal’s expert correspondents. New episodes every Monday.

Young Farmers Podcast

70 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 83 ratings
The Young Farmers Podcast, a project of the National Young Farmers Coalition, is digging into the most critical issues facing the future of farming: land access, climate change, racial equity, wate...

Carbon Removal Newsroom

169 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
A panel show by Nori where guests discuss current events from the world of carbon removal. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carbonremovalnewsroom/support

Heartland Daily Podcast

1,006 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★ - 78 ratings
The “fire hose” of all podcasts produced by The Heartland Institute, a national free-market think tank.

BASED Politics

172 episodes - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 73 ratings
How do you know what to think unless you are told? Sadly, most people don’t and are left to rely on biased news sources, political parties, and their social media peers. Libertarian-Conservative Co...

Off-Nominal

154 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
Two friends, two beers, and a casual conversation about space. Landing monthly in your podcast feed.

Rethinking Palestine

45 episodes - Latest episode: 30 days ago - ★★★★★ - 62 ratings
Rethinking Palestine is a podcast from Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, a transnational think tank that brings together Palestinians from across the globe to produce critical policy ana...

Party Politics

298 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Overwhelmed by the political news cycle every week? We get it — that’s why we’re ‘keeping the fun but losing all the drama’ of politics! Party Politics podcast is hosted by Brandon Rottinghaus and...

Ways & Means

78 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Ways and Means features bright ideas for how to improve human society. The show is produced by the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University.

Bloggingheads.tv: The DMZ

285 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 60 ratings
Liberal Bill Scher and conservative Matt Lewis meet in the rancor-free DMZ to hash out the week's political events.

Indiana Week in Review

684 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★ - 56 ratings
Hoosier Democrats, Republicans and insiders talk candidly about issues, the Indiana Statehouse and everything in between on Indiana Week In Review from WFYI Public Media. Join host Brandon Smith an...

Middle East Focus

274 episodes - Latest episode: 20 days ago - ★★★★★ - 48 ratings
Weekly discussion of Middle East policy, arts, and culture, featuring experts from the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C.

Infill: A YIMBY Podcast

127 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Audio selections from YIMBY Action. Interviews, panel discussions, speeches and more, including round-table discussions on local politics and urban policy with folks across the US in the pro-housin...

Asia In-Depth

90 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
There's never been a better time to understand what's going on in Asia. That's why we talk to the people who know it best. The Asia In-Depth podcast brings you conversations with the world's leadin...

Fault Lines

344 episodes - Latest episode: about 10 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 37 ratings
Fault Lines, the National Security Institute’s flagship podcast, gets you quickly up to speed, three-times-a-week, on the national security and foreign policy debates shaking up America. Our regu...

Local Energy Rules

220 episodes - Latest episode: about 6 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 36 ratings
This bi-weekly podcast from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance shares powerful stories of local renewable energy, from mayors discussing their city’s commitment to 100% renewable energy to tales...

Departures with Robert Amsterdam

193 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 36 ratings
International lawyer Robert Amsterdam and other members from the Amsterdam & Partners LLP team host a wide range of special expert guests to discuss leading international political and business iss...

RED HOT HEALTHCARE

87 episodes - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 34 ratings
RED HOT HEALTHCARE is a healthcare leader and industry podcast, which will be carried on ITunes and all major podcast directories. The show is a blend of a weekly summary of top news across the hea...

Out of Order

112 episodes - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Out of Order is a German Marshall Fund podcast about how our world was, is, and will be ordered. From the way the pandemic is shaping geopolitics; to the dark side of tech for democracy; to the p...

Thinkin' on Lincoln

62 episodes - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
A political podcast that won’t make you hate your neighbor. Curtis and Ryan unpack cultural and political issues facing Oklahoma and the nation with a light-hearted air. Brought to you by The Oklah...

Electrify This!

34 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Electrify This! explores the movement to electrify everything as a strategy to decarbonize and revitalize all sectors of our economy. Featuring diverse experts, the show examines the most important...

The International Security Podcast

18 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Leading scholars provide insight on urgent policy debates. Jeff Friedman of Dartmouth College interviews contributors to the premiere peer-reviewed journal of security studies. They offer sophistic...