Documentary podcasts

151The Last SovietiHeartLance Bass, NSYNC Superstar and Russian trained astronaut, takes you on a wild ride into space.

152The LoopEar Hustle & Radiotopia In this all-New York season, Ear Hustle embeds with two innovative programs aimed at kids and young people caught up in the criminal justice system.In the first five episodes of the season, we bring listeners into the Crossroads Youth Detention Facility in Brooklyn, where a program called Drama Club teaches improvisational theater techniques as a way to build connection and conflict-resolution skills.

153The NastyMark HealyShort oral histories about working at Conde Nast when it was still a creatively indulgent, somewhat ridiculous place to work.

154The Outlaw OceanThe Outlaw Ocean ProjectWhere the law of the land ends, the story begins.

155The Podcast of Heaven: Faith, Autism, Telepathy and moreKatie AsherThe Podcast of Heaven is hosted by Katie Asher, co-author of The Book of Heaven and mother to Houston Asher, a non-speaking autistic young man whose telepathic insights first captivated audiences on the hit podcast The Telepathy Tapes.

156The Pornhub Empire: UnderstoodCBCUnderstood takes you deep inside the seismic shifts reshaping our world right now.

157The Powers of Darkness PodcastOr Whatever MoviesThere are thousands of Dracula adaptations… but this one was never meant to be found.

158The RedefectoraudiochuckIt was 1985, the so-called “Year of the Spy”.

159The 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.

160The Superhero ComplexiHeartPodcasts and NovelWhen darkness falls over Seattle, a masked crusader emerges from the shadows. His name?

161The Syria Trials75 PodcastsSeason 2 of The Syria Trials tracks the story of Brigadier General Khaled al-Halabi.

162The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3iHeartPodcasts and Rococo PunchThe Turning: River Road (Season 3) is about Lindsay Tornambe who at 13 years old, was chosen by the leader of her family’s cult for a special role.

163The UFO Rabbit Hole PodcastKelly ChaseReality isn’t what you’ve been told.

164The UnidentifiedsThe Oregonian, OregonLive.comThere are 120 unidentified human remains in Oregon – cases exist in all but three counties.

165The Words We've HeardMarbree SullivanOrdinary lives, extraordinary stories, and wisdom gained through a lifetime: these are the tales of Baby Boomers.

166The Youth Development CenterNHPRNew Hampshire has sent its most troubled kids to the same juvenile detention center for more than a century.

167THIS IS CHICAGOStephen Pate and Ashlie StevensLISTEN & FOLLOW!

168ThreeWavlandFor 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.

169Thunder BayCANADALANDThunder Bay has been named an Apple Podcasts Series Essential.When Indigenous teens start turning up dead under suspicious circumstances, host Ryan McMahon sets out to uncover the truth.

170Tides of HistoryWondery Everywhere around us are echoes of the past.

171Time 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.

172To Catch a Thief: China’s Rise to Cyber SupremacyRubrik | Pod PeopleAmerican companies, whole towns, have been eviscerated by Chinese cyberattacks.

173Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos StoryVanity Fair Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story, named the Tribeca Festival’s 2025 Nonfiction Audio Storytelling Award winner, tells the story of a Black pop-culture icon and cookie mogul, through his booms and busts spanning the American century, from the perspective of his daughter, Sarah Amos.  Famous Amos was an overnight hit, leading to a life of glamour, prestige, and cookies for Wally and his family—for a while.

174True Crime All The TimeEmash Digital / Wondery Hosts Mike Ferguson and Mike Gibson guide you through the most interesting true crime stories.

175True Crime Bullsh**Studio BOTH/ANDTrue Crime Bullsh** is a serialized, investigative podcast that aims to identify the missing victims of serial killer Israel Keyes.

176True Spies: Espionage | Investigation | Crime | Murder | Detective | PoliticsSPYSCAPETrue Spies takes you inside the world's greatest espionage and detective operations.

177Truth and Lies: The Boston StranglerABC NewsThirteen victims.

178Twin FlamesWondery We all want love, that happily-ever-after feeling of finding your soulmate.

179Uintah Basin High StrangenessV6 MediaUintah Basin High Strangeness is a six-part investigative audio series from V6 Media that explores one of the world’s strangest landscapes—Utah’s Uintah Basin.

180Underestimated - Bobcat MediaBobcat MediaA group of high school students from southwest Michigan set out to prove to the world that they are capable of making a difference in the world.  Their Investigative Journalism teacher, Bob Ruff, tasked this group of teenagers with finding an unsolved case to investigate over the course of the school year and to produce a podcast that will impact the lives of the people involved.

181UndeterminedTenderfoot TVIn a coroner’s report, the word “undetermined” is used to describe the cause or manner of death when there’s insufficient evidence to lend a more specific classification.

182Unfit For ServiceWavlandRandy Taylor became a soldier to serve America.

183Unsolved MysteriesCosgrove Meurer Productions, Inc. and AudacyWelcome to the official Unsolved Mysteries podcast from the original creators of the iconic television series, presented by Audacy.

184Up Against The MobCAFE StudiosElie Honig spent fourteen years as a federal and state prosecutor in New York and New Jersey.

185Violence WeekEmily Reeves & The Silver Podcast NetworkIn East Lansing, Michigan, an outburst of violence at the local high school, and the discovery of a gun, leads to a community reckoning over school safety, racial equity, and the role of police in schools.From producer and host Emily Reeves, this four-part documentary series asks big questions about school safety, policing, racial equity, and what it’s like to be a teenager in an era of school shootings.AN APPLE PODCASTS EDITOR'S PICKWEBBY NOMINEE FOR BEST INDIE PODCAST — LIMITED SERIES

186Voices for JusticeVoices for Justice MediaVoices for Justice is a true crime podcast hosted by Sarah Turney, sister of missing teen Alissa Turney.

187What About Holly?Fox NewsIt was a January afternoon in 1981 when a man’s German Shepherd came upon a grisly discovery in the woods outside of Houston: the badly decomposed remains of a young man, beaten to death, and a woman, who was strangled. For 40 years, the victims were nameless – until late 2021, when a team of genetic genealogists identified the pair as 21-year-old Harold Dean Clouse and 17-year-old Tina Gail Clouse, a married couple who had moved from Florida to Texas with their infant daughter.

188What Came NextBroken Cycle MediaWhat happens after the experiences of true crime survivors have been shared with the world?

189What Happened In Alabama?American Public Media What Happened in Alabama?

190What It Was LikeSuperrealConversations with people who have lived through extreme events.

191White LiesNPR, Embedded+On the morning of August 21, 1991, a group of Cuban detainees took over a federal prison in Talladega, Alabama, and demanded their freedom.

192Wild BoysCampside Media / Sony Music EntertainmentIn 2003, two half-starved brothers emerged from the wilderness, telling an incredible story of survival.

193You Didn't See NothinUSG AUDIO PODCASTS The Pulitzer Prize and Peabody Award-winning “You Didn't See Nothin” follows Yohance Lacour as he revisits the story that introduced him to the world of investigative journalism.

194A Bit of a Stretch - The PodcastThe TimesChris Atkins is a documentary maker who went to prison for tax fraud in 2016.

195A Race Around the World: Based on the True Adventures of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth BislandAdrien BehnOn November 14th, 1889, two female writers entered a race to go around the world in under 80 days.

196A Whole Other CountryMarfa Public Radio A Whole Other Country is a new podcast from the award-winning Marfa Public Radio Studios.Back in the ‘90s, in an off-the-grid neighborhood in the mountains of Far West Texas, a wannabe vintner started his own Wild West nation.

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198Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the UnderbellyH11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcastsAway Days Podcast is an episodic documentary series focused on unreported stories from the fringes of society.

199BLACK HANDS - A family mass murderStuffThis is the story of a mass-murder that divided a nation - a story that began in a rickety old home on a cold June morning in 1994, where five members of a seemingly ordinary New Zealand family were gunned down.

200BoomtownImperative Entertainment and Texas MonthlyIn a rugged corner of West Texas, billionaire wildcatters and roughnecks are fueling an oil boom so big it’s reshaping our climate, our economy, and our geopolitics.