Documentary podcasts

101Radioactive: The Karen Silkwood MysteryABC NewsKaren Silkwood’s death 50 years ago this November continues to haunt Oklahoma and the nation.

102Real 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.

103RippleAmerican Public Media The largest oil spill in American history captivated the public's attention for the entire summer of 2010.

104SabotageGood 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?

105Sanctum 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.

106SandcastlesWave Maker MediaSeason One: The Point Dume Bombers On the night of the Woolsey Fire, no one could have imagined where they’d be today–they couldn't think much past survival.

107ScamandaLionsgate SoundAmanda is a wife. A mother. A blogger.

108ScamfluencersWondery You never really know someone…especially online.

109SCAMMERLANDSuperrealScams are no longer run by individuals.

110Searching For Heroes With Benjamin HallFox News PodcastsNew York Times Best-selling author, FOX News’ Benjamin Hall makes his podcast debut with, Searching For Heroes With Benjamin Hall.

111SEQUESTERED PodcastBP ProductionsIn Season Two of SEQUESTERED, we step into the shadows of six cold cases involving missing or murdered individuals whose stories have yet to be brought to justice.

112Shadow KingdomCrooked Media and Campside MediaRoberto Calvi, a man guarding a dangerous secret about the Vatican Bank’s criminal activities, sends a threatening letter to the Pope.

113Skyline 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.

114Smoke Screen: My Friend, the Serial KillerThe BingeCatch Me If You Ken investigates the never-before-told story of a scam that happened from Los Angeles to Italy.

115Sold a StoryAmerican Public Media Millions of kids can't read well.

116Sold a Story en españolAPM Reports En todo Estados Unidos, las escuelas han estado enseñando a leer con un método que no funciona muy bien.

117Somewhere in the PinesStudio BOTH/ANDSomewhere In The Pines is a serial podcast dedicated to locating the hidden caches of American Serial Killer, Israel Keyes.

118Soul Hype CindyCindy Tucker GarrardWelcome to Soul Hype with Cindy—a space where inspiration meets action.

119StiffediHeart, Crooked MediaNew York City, 1973.

120Stories for PowerStoryTelling & Organizing Project (STOP)What does transformative justice look like and where did it come from?

121Storytime with Seth RogenRichard Parks IIIHi!

122Surviving 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.

123Svetlana! 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.

124Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery PodcastiHeartHow terrifying would it be to fight an unknown enemy?

125The Account from CNNCNN AudioThe Account is CNN’s home for powerful, narrative-driven audio storytelling.

126The 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?

127The 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.

128The Empty Grave of Comrade BishopWashington Post AudioGrenada’s revolutionary leader, Maurice Bishop, was executed in a coup in 1983.

129The Frankston MurdersCasefile PresentsIn June 1993, Elizabeth Stevens, 18, was murdered on her way home from the bus stop.

130The GirlfriendsiHeartIn Season 1, The Girlfriends told the story of how a group of incredible women came together to bring down one bad ex-boyfriend and seek justice for the murder of Gail Katz.

131The Greatest Day: The Epic Story Behind Hip-Hop's Most Iconic PhotographAudible

132The Know Rogan ExperienceCross Pond ProductionsThe Know Rogan Experience is a show where two podcasters with no previous Rogan experience get to know Joe Rogan.

133The Last SovietiHeartLance Bass, NSYNC Superstar and Russian trained astronaut, takes you on a wild ride into space.

134The Outlaw OceanThe Outlaw Ocean ProjectWhere the law of the land ends, the story begins.

135The Pornhub Empire: UnderstoodCBCHost Cory Doctorow coined the word "enshittification" to describe the state of the modern internet: a broken down, decaying place, once full of promise, now overrun with intrusive ads, hateful trolls, aggressive algorithms, zero privacy, and AI-generated slop, with every billionaire tech titan in a race to the bottom to bleed their users and their customers alike.It can feel like it was inevitable — but it didn't have to be this way.The modern internet is the result of decisions made by powerful people, at key moments in history, despite repeated warnings about where it would lead.In Understood: Who Broke the Internet?, Doctorow traces the downward spiral from the heady days of '90s tech-optimism through to today's rotten "enshitternet." You'll meet everyone from visionaries to villains to regular people just trying to survive in today's online world.

136The RedefectoraudiochuckIt was 1985, the so-called “Year of the Spy”.

137The Secret History of Antarctica: Death on the IceCrowd Network and Anna StaufenbergThe Secret History of Flight 149 Imagine boarding a flight thinking you’re heading on holiday, but instead you get taken hostage by Saddam Hussein.

138The Superhero ComplexiHeartPodcasts and NovelWhen darkness falls over Seattle, a masked crusader emerges from the shadows. His name?

139The Syria Trials75 PodcastsSeason 2 of The Syria Trials tracks the story of Brigadier General Khaled al-Halabi.

140The UFO Rabbit Hole PodcastKelly ChaseReality isn’t what you’ve been told.

141The UnidentifiedsThe Oregonian, OregonLive.comThere are 120 unidentified human remains in Oregon – cases exist in all but three counties.

142The Words We've HeardMarbree SullivanOrdinary lives, extraordinary stories, and wisdom gained through a lifetime: these are the tales of Baby Boomers.

143The Youth Development CenterNHPRNew Hampshire has sent its most troubled kids to the same juvenile detention center for more than a century.

144THIS IS CHICAGOStephen Pate and Ashlie StevensLISTEN & FOLLOW!

145ThreeWavlandFor over 30 years, the murder of 23-year-old Dana Ireland haunted the island of Hawai‘i, leaving behind a tangled web of suspicion, betrayal, and unanswered questions.

146Tides of HistoryWondery Everywhere around us are echoes of the past.

147Time Capsule: The Silver ChainDiversity Hire|CYSAIn the early 1990s, a cache of abandoned newsletters found its way from a safety deposit box in Minneapolis, Minnesota to the state’s historical society, where they were left to gather dust.

148To Catch a Thief: China’s Rise to Cyber SupremacyRubrik | Pod PeopleAmerican companies, whole towns, have been eviscerated by Chinese cyberattacks.

149True Crime All The TimeEmash Digital / Wondery Hosts Mike Ferguson and Mike Gibson guide you through the most interesting true crime stories.

150True Crime Bullsh**Studio BOTH/ANDTrue Crime Bullsh** is a serialized, investigative podcast that aims to identify the missing victims of serial killer Israel Keyes.