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This American Life

179 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 82.4K ratings
Each week we choose a theme. Then anything can happen. This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. Personal stories with funny moments, big feelings, and surprising...
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Up and Vanished

186 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 60.4K ratings
Host Payne Lindsey heads to the edge of the arctic circle to investigate a mysterious disappearance from Nome, Alaska. Up and Vanished investigates mysterious cold case disappearances with each new...
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Revisionist History

174 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 57.5K ratings
Revisionist History is Malcolm Gladwell's journey through the overlooked and the misunderstood. Every episode re-examines something from the past—an event, a person, an idea, even a song—and asks ...
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Last Podcast On The Left

942 episodes - Latest episode: about 21 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 48.9K ratings
The Last Podcast on the Left covers all the horrors our world has to offer, both imagined and real. From demons and slashers to cults and serial killers, The Last Podcast is guaranteed to satisfy y...
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True Crime Obsessed

600 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★ - 33.2K ratings
The true crime / comedy podcast YOU NEED IN YOUR LIFE. We recap your favorite true crime documentaries with humor, sass, and heart. FROM VULTURE: "It’s not wrong to laugh when you’re listening to a...
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Zane and Heath: Unfiltered

421 episodes - Latest episode: about 24 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 32.7K ratings
Zane and Heath: Unfiltered is a weekly podcast from YouTube sensations; Zane Hijazi and Heath Hussar, two uneducated Florida boys with strong opinions and nothing to back it. Join them for some raw...
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To Live and Die in LA

54 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 30.5K ratings
In Feb 2018, an aspiring actress vanished from her Hollywood apartment. Rolling Stone journalist Neil Strauss was asked to help the family get answers. Together, they found them...sometimes at grea...
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Radio Rental

84 episodes - Latest episode: about 14 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 30.3K ratings
Discover real-life horror stories, from bizarre crimes to paranormal activity. These true stories are set inside the fictional world of Radio Rental, an 80’s video rental store run by an eccentric ...
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Reply All

220 episodes - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 27.3K ratings
"'A podcast about the internet' that is actually an unfailingly original exploration of modern life and how to survive it." - The Guardian. Hosted by Alex Goldman and Emmanuel Dzotsi from Gimlet.
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In The Dark

69 episodes - Latest episode: 28 days ago - ★★★★★ - 25.5K ratings
In the Dark, hosted by Madeleine Baran, is an award-winning investigative-journalism podcast that started in 2016. Its first season looked at the mysterious abduction of Jacob Wetterling in...
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Making Sense with Sam Harris

411 episodes - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 25K ratings
Join neuroscientist, philosopher, and five-time New York Times best-selling author Sam Harris as he explores important and controversial questions about the mind, society, current events, moral phi...
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Your Mom & Dad

615 episodes - Latest episode: about 21 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 22.7K ratings
Your Mom & Dad, Jess and Evan Ambrose - partners of 16 years, welcome you into their home every week to chat about life, love, sex, and a whole lot of reality tv! Join them every Wednesday for real...
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And That's Why We Drink

903 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 22.4K ratings
Murder and the paranormal finally meet! Grab your wine and milkshakes and join us every Sunday for some chilling ghost stories and downright terrifying true crime stories. The world's a scary place...
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Impaulsive with Logan Paul

755 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★ - 21.9K ratings
The world's greatest, most thought-provoking, mentally stimulating podcast in the history of mankind... hosted by a bunch of idiots.
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Culpable

64 episodes - Latest episode: 25 days ago - ★★★★★ - 21.7K ratings
Explore unsettled true crime cases where culpability has yet to be established. Host Dennis Cooper returns with six new unsolved cases in Culpable: Case Review. In season one, Dennis explored the c...
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Invisibilia

105 episodes - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 21.5K ratings
Unseeable forces control human behavior and shape our ideas, beliefs, and assumptions. Invisibilia—Latin for invisible things—fuses narrative storytelling with science that will make you see your o...
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Atlanta Monster

63 episodes - Latest episode: about 14 hours ago - ★★★★ - 20.3K ratings
From the producers of Up and Vanished, Tenderfoot TV and HowStuffWorks present, 'Atlanta Monster.' This true crime podcast tells the story of one of the city’s darkest secrets, The Atlanta Child Mu...
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Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes

240 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 20.2K ratings
On Buried Bones, journalist Kate Winkler Dawson and retired investigator Paul Holes dissect some of history’s most compelling true crime cases from centuries ago. Together, they explore these very ...
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TED Radio Hour

366 episodes - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★ - 20.1K ratings
Exploring the biggest questions of our time with the help of the world's greatest thinkers. Host Manoush Zomorodi inspires us to learn more about the world, our communities, and most importantly, o...
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Ear Hustle

126 episodes - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 19.7K ratings
Ear Hustle is prison slang for eavesdropping, and that’s what listening to the show feels like: a raw, often funny, and always surprising peek into the reality of life inside prison. Host...
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American Scandal

365 episodes - Latest episode: about 3 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 17K ratings
Every scandal begins with a lie. But the truth will come out. And then comes the fallout and the outrage. Scandals have shaped America since its founding. From business and politics to spo...
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Snap Judgment Presents: Spooked

178 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 14.7K ratings
Spooked features true-life supernatural stories, told firsthand by people who can barely believe it happened themselves. Be afraid. Created in the dark of night, by Snap Judgment Studios, i...
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Heavyweight

98 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 14.4K ratings
Maybe you’ve laid awake and imagined how it could have been, how it might yet be, but the moment to act was never right. Well, the moment is here and the podcast making it happen is Heavyweight. Jo...
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Philosophize This!

198 episodes - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★★ - 14.2K ratings
Beginner friendly if listened to in order! For anyone interested in an educational podcast about philosophy where you don't need to be a graduate-level philosopher to understand it. In chronologica...
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Man In The Window: The Golden State Killer

33 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 13.9K ratings
In Man in the Window, Paige St. John, a Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter has uncovered never before revealed details about the man who would eventually become one of California's most ...
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Unsolved Murders: True Crime Stories

434 episodes - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★ - 13.6K ratings
Unsolved Murders: True Crime Stories is a podcast drama with a modern twist on old time radio that delves into the mystery of true cold cases and unsolved murders. With the help of an ensemble cast...
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Here's Where It Gets Interesting

531 episodes - Latest episode: about 23 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 13.3K ratings
Here’s Where It Gets Interesting finds the stories of America you probably haven’t heard. Host Sharon McMahon, a longtime teacher and one of today’s most influential voices, will ignite your curios...
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Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

106 episodes - Latest episode: about 5 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 13.3K ratings
Every Monday morning step into the office of iconic psychotherapist Esther Perel and listen in as real people in search of insight bare the raw, intimate, and profound details of their stories. Fro...
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Terrible, Thanks For Asking

478 episodes - Latest episode: about 3 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 13K ratings
Subscribe within Apple Podcasts for ad-free listening, bonus episodes, and access to our full archive. For all those perks and more, including a supportive community of Terrible listeners, mail su...
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Scared To Death

242 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 12.9K ratings
True horror fan Dan Cummins attempts to terrify his wife Lynze with two new alleged-to-be-true tales each week. Demonic possession, poltergeists, shadow people, and more! Subscribe and listen in th...
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