Justice Podcasts

Sword and Scale True Crime

346 episodes - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★ - 50.9K ratings
The Sword and Scale true-crime podcast is an immersive audio experience covering the dark side of humanity and human nature. Our stories delve into the worst of the worst and include murder, rape,...

Stay Tuned with Preet

337 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 29.9K ratings
Join former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara as he breaks down legal topics in the news and engages thought leaders in a podcast about power, policy, and justice.

Buried Truths

38 episodes - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratings
For months after three white men chased Ahmaud Arbery to his death, Georgia of 2020 looked disconcertingly like Georgia of 1950. This is the story of the long arc of injustice in the Americ...

Justice In America

49 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 959 ratings
Justice in America, hosted by Josie Duffy Rice and Clint Smith, is a podcast for everyone interested in criminal justice reform— from those new to the system to experts who want to know more. Each ...

Black History Year

28 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 913 ratings
Learning your history makes you - and your people - stronger. As Black people, we know we’re left out of the history books. That the media images are skewed. That we need access to experts, informa...

What It Takes

158 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 785 ratings
Revealing, intimate conversations with visionaries and leaders in the arts, science, technology, public service, sports and business. These engaging personal stories are drawn from interviews with ...

Tom vs. Comics vs. Hate

521 episodes - Latest episode: 27 days ago - ★★★★★ - 528 ratings
Join Tom Katers as he talks about Barrry Allen...alot.

Wanted Podcast

79 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 453 ratings
Join bounty hunters and private investigators Alex and Jon as they take you into the wild world of fugitive recovery.

Boom! Lawyered

131 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 382 ratings
Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy help you stay on top of everything happening at the intersection of sex, the law, and your body. You will never have more fun learning about the courts and our...

Raven 23: Presumption of Guilt

16 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 293 ratings
How did four highly decorated American soldiers become prisoners of war in their own country? This series re-examines the US Department of Justice’s controversial prosecution following a controvers...

Upside Down Podcast

88 episodes - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 238 ratings
Upside Down Podcast is an ecumenical podcast at the intersection of justice, spirituality, and culture. Join us for conversations about God's Upside Down Kingdom. No topic is off limits. Upside Dow...

Healing Out Lao'd

50 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 231 ratings
Created/Hosted by Rita Phetmixay, M.S.W., M.A., Politicized Healing Practitioner, Coach, and Independent Audio Producer. Healing Out Lao'd explores the intersections of Lao diaspora storytelling x ...

Mothers of Invention

42 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 202 ratings
Climate change is a man-made problem with a feminist solution! Join former Irish President Mary Robinson and comedian Maeve Higgins in this uplifting and fascinating podcast, and meet a host of ga...

Beyond Prisons

69 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 190 ratings
Beyond Prisons is a podcast on justice, mass incarceration, and prison abolition. Hosted by @phillyprof03 & @bsonenstein

Shelter in Place

146 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 170 ratings
A podcast about coming together in a world that pulls us apart. With a musician's ear, a writer's pen, and a voice that invites you in, Shelter in Place weaves together stories both intimate and in...

Jason Zuk, The Social Psychic Radio Show and Podcast

116 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★ - 120 ratings
Originally this podcast focused exclusively on topics surrounding Spirituality. With recent events and the turmoil concerning the murder of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Depa...

Your Fave Is Problematic

101 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★ - 113 ratings
Kristen and Elizabeth are here to ruin your favorite things! Our two friends talk TV, movies, famous figures, and pop culture and try and reconcile our fandoms with being socially conscious people....

The Bible Project 2020

104 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 99 ratings
From Hyde Park United Methodist Church, comes the Bible Project 2020, a journey to reading the Bible without fear or frustration. Each week you'll hear an interview with a pastor or expert about th...

70 Million

43 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 97 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...

Conversations With Dwyer

242 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 92 ratings
Conversations With Matt Dwyer is a music podcast that focuses on the lives and work of legendary, established and emerging indie artists. The interviews are not your typical !&A format but an unfol...

Our LAPD Story

28 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 83 ratings
The LAPD is the third largest police department in the country, tasked with policing the second largest city in America, Los Angeles. With around 10,000 sworn police officers and nearly 3000 civili...

Sheikhing it Up with Sheikh Faiyaz

118 episodes - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 74 ratings
'Sheikhing it Up with Sheikh Faiyaz' offers unique reflections on spirituality, humanity, justice and contemporary issues from the lens of the Qur'an, the Prophet Muhammad, and his immaculate family.

Inverse Podcast

79 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 70 ratings
Inverse Podcast belongs to the ones who are disatisfied with the Bible being used to justify hatred.

Bitches Get Riches

39 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 70 ratings
Finance. Feminism. No fucks given. Piggy and Kitty are the reclusive geniuses behind the popular blog Bitches Get Riches. They're teaching young people how to become competent freaking adults in th...

News Beat

89 episodes - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 63 ratings
A social justice podcast combining hard-hitting journalism and interviews with hip-hop music and original lyrics from independent artists. Each episode delves into an important issue with an altern...

Xantico House Podcast

16 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 62 ratings
Hosted by Lola Venado, The Botanical Bruja®, the Xantico House Podcast* is dedicated to centering the work of multi-cultural BIPOC whose Medicine stories are often underrepresented in communities o...

SCOTUStalk

43 episodes - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★★ - 58 ratings
SCOTUStalk is a nonpartisan podcast about the Supreme Court for lawyers and non-lawyers alike, brought to you by SCOTUSblog. SCOTUStalk is hosted by Amy Howe and produced by Katie Barlow, Katie Bar...

Black FreeThinkers

330 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★ - 56 ratings
We are here to challenge you to think and live for yourself, not convert you. Copyright © 2011-2021 All rights reserved. Written permission for use or reproduction is required.

Black in the NFL

11 episodes - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 53 ratings
The Ravens have a Black MVP quarterback. Baltimore has one of the NFL’s most Black fan bases. The Ravens made Ozzie Newsome the NFL’s first Black general manager. From here in Baltimore, host Clift...

Dissed

6 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 52 ratings
Dissents have it all: brilliant writing, surprising reasoning, shade, puns, and sometimes historic impact. Although they are necessarily written by the "losing" side, they’re still important: they...