Documentary podcasts

251The Jeff-alytics PodcastCan data uncover the real story of crime and justice in America? Jeff Asher—nationally recognized crime data analyst, co-founder of AH Datalytics, co-creator of the Real Time Crime Index, and author of the Jeff-alytics Substack—sits down with policymakers, academics, journalists, and everyday people to reveal what the numbers actually show.

252The Last InventionThe AI revolution has begun – the product of a seventy-year quest by scientists, mathematicians, and visionaries who set out to build machines that could think.

253The LodgeIn a world obsessed with wellbeing - would you put your health in the hands of a cult?

254The Loop 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.

255The Missing Sister Back in 2015, a girl named Joy Morgan started watching strange videos on YouTube.

256The Powers of Darkness PodcastThere are thousands of Dracula adaptations… but this one was never meant to be found.

257The Secret History of Flight 149Crowd NetworkThe Secret History of Flight 149 Imagine boarding a flight thinking you’re heading on holiday, but instead you get taken hostage by Saddam Hussein.

258The Stitch UpBroccoli ProductionsLatest series: Bodies Are Telling with Jimanekia Eborn Bodies are Telling is a two part exploration of the often complex relationship between the body and the self, told by Jimanekia Eborn through an intimate, personal reflection of her own journey to self-discovery.

259The Trojan Horse AffairRebecca LaksA strange letter appears on a city councillor’s desk in Birmingham, England, laying out an elaborate plot by Islamic extremists to infiltrate the city’s schools.

260The Ugly Truth About The Girl Next DoorThe Ugly Truth About The Girl Next Door tells the story of a suburban, middle class girl who was trafficked and sexually exploited for decades starting even before the age of 6 years old

261The UnthinkableCasefile PresentsTrue crime authors and podcasters, Vikki Petraitis and Emily Webb, join up to create The Unthinkable, a podcast exploring stories of people who have experienced unthinkable events but who have come out the other side, stronger and wiser.

262The Why Files. Operation: PODCASTThe Why Files covers mysteries, myths and legends.

263The Worst PodcastDoubleDouble Podcasts from CanadalandCelebrities are always talking about their bests.

264This Haunted LifeAdam BerryAcclaimed paranormal investigator and television host Adam Berry from Kindred Spirits and Ghost Hunters on the Travel Channel enters the podcasting world with the launch of This Haunted Life, a bi-weekly podcast exploring true paranormal stories, psychological deep-dives, and firsthand encounters with the unexplained.

265Thunder BayRyan McMahonThunder 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.

266Titanic: Ship of DreamsNOISERTitanic: Ship of Dreams is the new podcast from the award winning Noiser Network.

267Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story 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.

268Uintah Basin High StrangenessUintah 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.

269Weight For ItohitsBigRon Studios Named one of the Best podcasts of 2023 by the New York Times, Vogue, and Vulture Weight For It is a three time Podcast Academy Award winning narrative podcast that explores the ways we think about our bodies.  Through personal storytelling and deep dive interviews, host Ronald Young Jr. unpacks the navigation of the world around him that just doesn't seem to fit. 

270West CorkJennifer Forde and Sam BungeyIn West Cork, it’s simply known as ‘the murder’.

271When The Wolves CameMeanings of Democracy Lab Over the last decade, large swaths of evangelicals in the U.S.

272White DevilCampside MediaCampside is proud to present 12 part series from our friends at Weekday Fun Production in association with Imagine Audio and hosted by Celeste Headlee.

273White Men Can't Work!Tim SamuelsAward-winning documentary-maker Tim Samuels fearlessly investigates what it’s like being a man in today’s woke workplaces.

274Witnessed: Night ShiftSony Music Entertainment / Campside MediaWhen Janis, a young mother of four, vanishes from her small Mississippi town in the 1970s, the cracks in her perfect life are exposed.

275You Don't Know MePodimo UKPodimo presents You Don’t Know Me.  Hosted by the youth issue expert, journalist,  and author of best selling book Gen Z: their Voices, their lives  Chloe Combi, You Don’t Know Me, gives you a no holds barred insight into the lives of teenagers today, through their own experiences and voices.