Documentary podcasts

101Making Peace VisibleWar Stories Peace StoriesIn the news media, war gets more headlines than peace, conflict more airtime than reconciliation.

102Media Pressure Voices for Justice MediaIt’s been twenty years since 21-year-old nursing student Maura Murray disappeared without a trace on February 9, 2004.

103Missing NiamhCasefile PresentsWhen 18-year-old Niamh Maye went missing in 2002, her family did everything they could to help the police find her.

104MorbidologyEmily G. ThompsonMorbidology is an award-winning weekly true crime podcast that goes beyond the headlines.

105More PerfectWNYC StudiosWe’re taught the Supreme Court was designed to be above the fray of politics.

106Next Question with Katie CouriciHeartTired of political headlines that feel like déjà vu?

107NobleWavlandIn the winter of 2002, police discovered more than 300 bodies on one property in the tiny town of Noble, Georgia.

108ODB: A Son UniqueUSG This is the story of Old Dirty Bastard, aka Ason Unique, the magnetic secret weapon of the WuTang Clan and hip hop hall of famer.

109On Our WatchKQEDWhen correctional officer Valentino Rodriguez first stepped behind prison walls, he wasn't just starting a job, he was joining a family.

110Once Removed: An American Family ReunionAudible

111OperatorWondery During the 1-900 number craze of the Nineties, one company provided the vast majority of phone sex.

112Our Body PoliticDiaspora FarmsCreated and hosted by award-winning journalist Farai Chideya, Our Body Politic is unapologetically centered on reporting on not just how women of color experience the major political events of today, but how they're impacting those very issues.

113Our Common NatureWNYCWhen the world stopped in 2020, cellist Yo-Yo Ma started thinking about how music can reconnect people to the natural world.

114OUTLAWS: The Good ThiefiHeartVassilis Paleokostas, aka “Greece’s Robin Hood,” has been on the lam for 14 years.

115Past Medical History: The Story of EMSNova Sequence Studio | Long Pause Media | FlightBridgeEDPast Medical History: The Story of EMS is an immersive audio drama that dives deep into the incredible, often untold history of Emergency Medical Services and the medical world that shaped it.

116Queen Havoc and Her Murder CultiHeartCecilia Steyn has been called “the Charles Manson of South Africa.” The criminal mastermind helmed a quasi-Christian cult and convinced her followers to kill 11 innocent people, without spilling a drop of blood herself.

117Radioactive: The Karen Silkwood MysteryABC NewsKaren Silkwood’s death 50 years ago this November continues to haunt Oklahoma and the nation.

118Real Crime ProfileWondery Join Jim Clemente (former FBI profiler), Laura Richards (criminal behavioral analyst, former New Scotland Yard) and Lisa Zambetti (Casting director for CBS' Criminal Minds) as they profile behavior from real criminal cases.

119REAL LIVESNaomi ChannellComing 7th October...From Naomi Channell, TV producer, journalist, and host of the hit true crime podcast REAL, comes a brand-new series that proves the most extraordinary stories aren’t always about crime… they’re about life.In REAL LIVES, Naomi sits down with people whose experiences are stranger, wilder, and more moving than fiction.From a victim of a bigamist to a Dunblane survivor, the UK’s first commercial surrogate to a woman jilted at the altar, and even a death doula who helps people face the end — these are stories of resilience, heartbreak, survival, and reinvention.Twisting, gripping, and deeply human, REAL LIVES invites you into the moments that changed everything.

120Red and White @ SilverNFA WildcatsAs graduates in the Norwich Free Academy Class of 2001, Ian Cheney, Zack Lamothe, and Jim Wheeler were stunned to find themselves closer to 60 years old than they were to high school.

121RippleAmerican Public Media The largest oil spill in American history captivated the public's attention for the entire summer of 2010.

122SabotageGood Luck MediaIn the first season of Sabotage, join reporters and friends Alessandra Ram and Samantha Oltman as they quit their jobs to report on a group of controversial climate activists that much of the world have written off as “crazy.” But are they?

123Sanctum UnmaskediHeartIn 2013, Damon Lawner went from being a broke family man to a sex club kingpin when he founded SNCTM: the most elite sex club in the world.

124SandcastlesWave Maker Media The Palisades Fire swallowed homes and lives, reducing whole communities to smoke and rubble in the wake of this massive wildfire.

125ScamandaLionsgate SoundAmanda is a wife. A mother. A blogger.

126ScamfluencersWondery You never really know someone…especially online.

127SCAMMERLANDSuperrealScams are no longer run by individuals.

128Searching For Heroes With Benjamin HallFox News PodcastsEvery Monday, Benjamin Hall will highlight stories of culture, belonging and acceptance.

129SEQUESTERED PodcastBP ProductionsThe Shenandoah Murders of Julie Williams and Lollie Winans In May 1996, Julie Williams and Lollie Winans set out for a backcountry camping trip in Shenandoah National Park.

130Shadow KingdomCrooked Media and Campside MediaOn New Year’s Eve 1969, Jock Yablonski, a union hero, is mysteriously gunned down in his bed.

131Shell GameiHeartPodcasts and KaleidoscopeA podcast about things that are not what they seem, hosted by journalist Evan Ratliff.

132Skyline DriveiHeartPodcasts and KaleidoscopeWhen Mangesh Hattikudur (Part-Time Genius, Humans Growing Stuff) set out to do a big, sweeping show on astrology, he didn’t realize the first interview would change the course of his life.

133Smoke Screen: My Friend, the Serial KillerThe BingeDominique Leili went missing from her home in suburban Atlanta in the summer of 2011.

134Sold a StoryAmerican Public Media Millions of kids can't read well.

135Sold a Story en españolAPM Reports En todo Estados Unidos, las escuelas han estado enseñando a leer con un método que no funciona muy bien.

136Somerset House PodcastSomerset HouseThe Somerset House Podcast, shaped and sculpted by artists, explores original cultural ideas which connect listeners to the creative process.

137Somewhere in the PinesStudio BOTH/ANDSomewhere In The Pines is a serial podcast dedicated to locating the hidden caches of American Serial Killer, Israel Keyes.

138Soul Hype CindyCindy Tucker GarrardWelcome to Soul Hype with Cindy—a space where inspiration meets action.

139Sounds WildMike Stark, Vanessa BarchfieldSounds Wild is a Center for Biological Diversity podcast focusing on endangered wildlife, the extinction crisis, and saving life on Earth.

140StiffediHeart, Crooked MediaNew York City, 1973.

141Stories for PowerStoryTelling & Organizing Project (STOP)What does transformative justice look like and where did it come from?

142Storytime with Seth RogenRichard Parks IIIHi!

143Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug LordiHeartIdentical twins Jay and Pete Flores, who were once North America’s biggest drug traffickers and El Chapo’s right hand men, turned themselves into the U.S.

144Svetlana! Svetlana!iHeartPodcastsIn 1967, Joseph Stalin’s daughter braved her way over the Iron Curtain, secret memoir in tow, and landed in America as the Cold War’s most famous defector.

145Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery PodcastiHeartHow terrifying would it be to fight an unknown enemy?

146Taboo TreasuresEVIO CreativeTaboo Treasures is a true crime–adjacent podcast that dives deep into the world’s most shocking, macabre, and controversial artifacts—the objects that carry the weight of dark history, forbidden belief, and unspeakable acts.

147The Account from CNNCNN AudioCNN Presents is the home for powerful, narrative-driven audio storytelling, featuring in-depth reporting from CNN journalists.

148The Brothers OrtizCampside Media & iHeart PodcastsThe Brothers Ortiz is the story of two brothers–both successful, but in very different ways.

149The CompetitionWondery What do a girl whose mother crossed the border as a teen and an 18 year old who just won the Republican primary have in common?

150The Crimes of Putin’s TraderCNBCHosted by CNBC Senior Washington Correspondent Eamon Javers, this is the secret story of a young Russian oligarch who hacked his way to an illicit $93 million fortune...and the FBI team who finally brought him to justice.