Policy News Podcasts

NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt

1,137 episodes - Latest episode: about 16 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...

City Journal's 10 Blocks

366 episodes - Latest episode: 2 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

799 episodes - Latest episode: about 9 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...

On Shifting Ground

974 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★ - 163 ratings
Geopolitical turmoil. A warming planet. Authoritarians on the rise. We live in a chaotic world that’s rapidly shifting around us. “On Shifting Ground with Ray Suarez” explores international fault...

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...

Israel Policy Pod

321 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★ - 118 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.

National Journal Radio

252 episodes - Latest episode: 5 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

168 episodes - Latest episode: 10 days 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: about 23 hours ago - ★★★★ - 78 ratings
The “fire hose” of all podcasts produced by The Heartland Institute, a national free-market think tank.

PolicyCast

249 episodes - Latest episode: 21 days ago - ★★★★★ - 76 ratings
Our hosts speak with leading experts in public policy, media, and international affairs about their experiences confronting the world's most pressing public problems.

Off-Nominal

154 episodes - Latest episode: about 15 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
Two friends, two beers, and a casual conversation about space. Landing monthly in your podcast feed.

None Of The Above

117 episodes - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 62 ratings
As the United States confronts an ever-changing set of international challenges, our foreign policy leaders continue to offer the same old answers. But what are the alternatives? In None Of The Abo...

Rethinking Palestine

45 episodes - Latest episode: 24 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

297 episodes - Latest episode: 7 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: about 13 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 60 ratings
Liberal Bill Scher and conservative Matt Lewis meet in the rancor-free DMZ to hash out the week's political events.

Middle East Focus

274 episodes - Latest episode: 15 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: 2 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

341 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days 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

219 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days 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

192 episodes - Latest episode: 11 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...

Thinkin' on Lincoln

62 episodes - Latest episode: 2 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...

Diplomatic Immunity

73 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Diplomatic Immunity: Frank and candid conversations about diplomacy and foreign affairs Diplomatic Immunity is a podcast from the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University. We ...

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...