Documentary podcasts

51Ear HustleEar Hustle, Radiotopia 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. Hosts Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods co-created the show that launched in 2017 while Earlonne was incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, where Nigel was a volunteer teaching photography.

52Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi StoryApple TV+ / AT WILL MEDIA In 1920, a broke immigrant in Boston became one of America’s richest, most infamous men—practically overnight.

53Elon's SpiesTortoise MediaElon Musk is one of the most powerful men in the world.

54Even If It Kills MeFANG workshopThis is the story of the band that almost was.

55Everything They MissedStephanie Tinsley/Audacy/TFTVIt starts with a name.

56ExileLeo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin and Antica ProductionsWelcome to Exile, a podcast about Jewish lives under the shadow of fascism.

57False Profits: HillsongiHeartA personal journey into the heart of a global megachurch.

58Fat LeonardBrazenIt’s the most shocking unknown tale of our era: a defense contractor who bribed Navy officers with cash, prostitutes and luxury items in return for multi-million-dollar deals.

59Finally! A ShowiHeartCome hang out in a different woman’s life on each episode.

60FirebugSony Music and truth.mediaFor ten years, a serial arsonist terrorized Southern California, burning down businesses in broad daylight.

61Flightless BirdDavid FarrierFlightless Bird follows journalist David Farrier as he learns about what makes America special from his unique perspective as a Kiwi accidentally marooned in the Land of the Free.

62Founding Son: John Quincy's AmericaiHeartBob Crawford of The Avett Brothers explores the post-presidential legacy of America’s sixth president: John Quincy Adams.

63From Now OnLA PHILLIPS MEDIABehind every serial predator in entertainment and sports, there are survivors who have been silenced for too long. From Now On is a powerful podcast giving those voices the platform they deserve.

64Generation BarneyConnecticut PublicFrom the creators of ‘Generation Barney’, ‘Generation Gilmore Girls’ revisits the popular TV series and asks why it still resonates 25 years later.

65Getting FreeInternational Beit DinImagine finally escaping a marriage after years of abuse.

66Ghost HerdKUOW and Northwest Public BroadcastingA true story of family, fraud, land and power in the American West.

67Go-Boy!iHeartPodcastIn the mid-century, Canada was home to some of the most inhumane prisons in the world.

68Guru: Don't Cross KatWondery Season 2: Kat Torres has the insta-perfect life.

69Haunted DetectiveTrue CrimeREBRAND IN PROCESS....A podcast about the human experience and the stories we've heard too many times.

70Hello, John DoeiHeartAt age 45, Steve Patterson made a shocking online discovery: his own missing person’s page.

71High StrangeCadence13, Tenderfoot TVFrom the creators of Up and Vanished and Radio Rental, host Payne Lindsey attempts to break the stigma surrounding the topic of UFOs.

72Hooked on FreddieWondery Did one man’s friendship with a dolphin go way – way – too far?

73Hookergate: Criminals and Libertines in the SouthiHeartTruck-stop brothels run by a web of ex-cons… a commonwealth attorney wasted on whiskey and power… protection exchanged for cash and flesh… a brash local reporter exposing it all… This is HOOKERGATE: Criminals and Libertines in the South.

74How to Be AnythingAnything & Everything PodcastsHow to Be Anything is a documentary-style podcast that profiles people with unusual, surprising, and wildly specific jobs.

75HystericalWondery, Pineapple Street Studios Named 2025 Ambies© Podcast of the Year, Hysterical investigates a mysterious illness that spreads among a group of high school girls in upstate New York.

76I AM STORYAFSCMEIn 1968, sanitation workers in Memphis took a stand against degrading and deadly working conditions.

77Iconic Origins: Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesParamount PicturesBefore the billion-dollar empire, before the Saturday morning cartoons and pizza-shouting action figures, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were just a joke.

78In the ShadowsCasefile Presents, WonderyIn The Shadows delves into a riveting unsolved mystery from 1991.

79In The TrenchesTim BallardIn The Trenches tells the stories of Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.): an organization dedicated to rescuing victims of human trafficking and exploitation worldwide.

80In TrustiHeart, BloombergA hundred and fifty years ago, the Osage Nation bought a stretch of prairie the size of Delaware, in what's now Oklahoma.

81Inconceivable TruthWavlandInvestigative reporter Matt Katz has been searching for his biological father since he was a little kid.

82InheritingNPRInheriting is a show about Asian American and Pacific Islander families, which explores how one event in history can ripple through generations.

83Inside McKamey ManorAlways True CrimeIn Nashville, Tennessee sits an unremarkable house, it’s red brick, set back from the road, with a green lawn.

84Into AmericaMSNBC and Trymaine LeeInto America is a show about being Black in America.

85It Was SaidCadence13, History ChannelIt Was Said, the 2021 Webby Award winner for Best Podcast Series, takes a look back on some of the most powerful and timeless speeches in history.

86John Kiriakou's Dead DropJohn Kiriakou & Alan KatzJoin ex-CIA officer John Kiriakou on a very personal deep dive into what makes a spy tick.

87JournalistaiHeartThe untold tale of the woman who broke one of the biggest scandals in U.S.

88Keys To The KingdomAmanda Lund and Matt GourleyKeys to the Kingdom is an unprecedented, eight-part docuseries exploring the peculiar backstage life of theme park characters, performers, and fans.

89Killer TapeAudio Up True CrimeAnthony Scaramucci and Sam Bankman-Fried were the unlikeliest of business partners.

90Killing Dad: The Crystal Howell StoryAudio Up Inc.Welcome to Killing Dad Presents: The Miscreants, season two of our series investigating family murders.

91Law & Order: Criminal Justice SystemUni TV, Wolf Entertainment and iHeartPodcastsSeason Two Out Now. Law & Order: Criminal Justice System tells the real stories behind the landmark cases that have shaped how the most dangerous and influential criminals in America are prosecuted.

92Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma StoriesJohn "Jay" Wiley, BleavTrue Crime with a twist.

93Leave the Gun, Take the CannoliiHeartPodcastsWhat’s left to say about “The Godfather"?

94Lights On with Carl LentzB-Side Lights On with Carl Lentz is exactly what this show is.

95Lights Out Library: Sleep DocumentariesOlimpia PérezLights Out Library helps you fall asleep with soothing stories across a diverse range of topics: science, history, mythology, astronomy, mystery, art and so much more.

96Live Wire: The Loud Life and Shocking Murder of Alan BergiHeartPodcastsAlan Berg was starting over as a divorcee, disbarred lawyer and recovering alcoholic when he found his true calling on the radio.

97Lost Notes: GroupiesKCRW This season on Lost Notes: Groupies.

98Lost PatientsNPRMental healthcare in America is a maze — by design.

99Maculate ConceptionAudible

100MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl ReiglerHarry Robinson & Carl ReiglerTHE MOST INSANE GUESTS WITH THE MADDEST STORIES.