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301SwingersSwingers tells the story of Ruth - a woman who joined a Swinging website and ended up having degrading sex with strangers more than 100 times.

302Taming LyonsTaming Lyons tells the epic true story of Judy Petrucci, the tenacious Lyons Little League mom who risked her life and ran for mayor to help the Feds take down the Chicago mob in “Operation Safebet,” the most successful organized crime vice sting in U.S.

303Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn RyanExplore the dark world of real psychological operations In this 10-episode docuseries, former Navy SEAL, CIA contractor, and host of The Shawn Ryan Show, Shawn Ryan, takes listeners inside the real PSYOPs being conducted across the world.

304The Alien UFO PodcastSimon BownAre we being visited by aliens?

305The Bias DiagnosisAudible

306The Church Studio Presents Miss O'Dell: Abbey Road to Tulsa TimeMiss O’Dell: Abbey Road to Tulsa Time is a rock and roll podcast presented by the historic The Church Studio in Tulsa.Hosted by Chris O'Dell, a respected music industry insider who worked with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan, the podcast shares real stories from inside the music business during some of its most influential years.Each episode features conversations with artists, producers, and industry professionals, along with firsthand experiences from Chris O’Dell’s career.

307The Copernic Affair | Canadaland InvestigatesCanadalandStatistically, a Jew in Canada is now 9 times more likely to be a victim of a hate crime than a Jew in the United States.

308The English Disease | LegacyStakFrom Stak, this is Legacy.

309The Fighty PucksiHeart, NovelThe Fighty Pucks is the story of the most violent hockey team on the planet.

310The Gangster's GhostThe AustralianJohnny ‘The Magician’ Regan was a murderer, pimp and psychopath, gunned down by three assassins in a grimy back lane in 1974.

311The Guild of Ghostly GroundsThe Guild of Ghostly Grounds: A Podcast of Paranormal Pursuits is an audio adventure following cousins Zach Kennedy and Kyle Selig as they uncover a collection of strange objects left behind by their late grandfather.

312The Hidden ThirdMariana van ZellerFrom Emmy and Peabody Award–winning journalist Mariana van Zeller comes THE HIDDEN THIRD, a weekly dive into the underground markets that quietly power a third of the global economy.

313The HunterBBCA gripping true crime story of survival, justice, and the power of a mother’s love.

314The In Between Podcast with Mel BarrettMel BarrettThere’s the official story.

315The Last 12 WeeksIn 1992, David Wood was convicted of murdering young women and girls and burying them in the desert outside El Paso, earning him the nickname the Desert Killer.

316The Last InventionLongviewThe 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.

317The LodgeRNZIn a world obsessed with wellbeing - would you put your health in the hands of a cult?

318The Missing SisterWondery Back in 2015, a girl named Joy Morgan started watching strange videos on YouTube.

319The Obit ProjectStories about the lives of real Montanans after they die.

320The Poisoned WifeWho killed Rosslyn McQueen?

321The Reincarnation Records If The Telepathy Tapes explored whether consciousness extends beyond the brain, The Reincarnation Records takes the investigation one step further: Does consciousness survive death?In this gripping new season, Webby Award-winning podcast creator Ky Dickens investigates one of humanity's oldest and most profound mysteries: What happens when we die?Around the world, young children describe lives they seemingly never lived.

322The Rewriting HumanityThe Rewriting Humanity is a documentary storytelling podcast that shines a light on the lives often overlooked by society.

323The Rolling Stones Official Podcast - Speaking in TonguesFeaturing exclusive new interviews with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and producer Andrew Watt - Norah Jones presents Speaking in Tongues - the only official Rolling Stones podcast.

324The 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.

325The Secret World of Roald DahlYou know Roald Dahl as the writer who thought up Willy Wonka, Matilda, and the BFG.

326The Silenced TruthWhat does it mean that 93% of convicted sex offenders identify as religious?

327The Sixth BureauJordan Robertson and Drake BennettWhen new neighbors move into Gainesboro, Tennessee, a small town at the foothills of Appalachia, locals are confused.

328The Speaker Trailblazer. Lightning rod. First woman Speaker of the House.

329The 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.

330The 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.

331The 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

332The 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.

333The Vanishing of Vivienne CameronCasefile PresentsVikki Petraitis co-wrote The Phillip Island Murder with journalist Paul Daley.

334The Why Files. Operation: PODCASTThe Why Files covers mysteries, myths and legends.

335The Worst PodcastDoubleDouble Podcasts from CanadalandCelebrities are always talking about their bests.

336This 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.

337Titanic: Ship of DreamsNOISERNoiser Presents is the home of Noiser’s deep-dive history boxsets.

338Trust ForwardTrust is one of the strangest things about being human.

339Truth Be Told with Zara McDermottIn this brand-new series, Zara sits down with people whose lives have been shaped by extraordinary experiences.

340Unearthed - The need for seeds, with Cate BlanchettRoyal Botanic Gardens, KewFrom the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Unearthed returns — celebrating 25 years of the Millennium Seed Bank at Wakehurst, the most biodiverse place on our planet.

341Unholy Histories: The Humanist Heritage Podcast from Humanists UKJoin Andrew Copson and Madeleine Goodall—alongside a host of expert guests—as they uncover the hidden histories and untold stories of the people, places, movements, ideas, and events that helped shape British humanism, secularism and freethought.From radical reformers to forgotten dissenters, Unholy Histories explores how reason, skepticism, science, and activism helped build modern Britain—and how these values still shape our society today.Unholy Histories is a Humanists UK Podcast, showcasing the Humanist Heritage Project and produced by Humanise Live.Find out more:

342Unicorn GirlApple TV+ / Seven Hills Candace Rivera had it all: perfect hair, perfect house, perfect life.

343Weight For ItohitsBigRon Studios Named one of the Best podcasts of 2023 by the New York Times, Vogue, and Vulture Weight For It is a four 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. 

344West CorkAudibleIn West Cork, it’s simply known as ‘the murder’.

345What I survivedWhat I Survived is a true survival podcast featuring extraordinary first-hand stories from people who survived kidnapping, hostage situations, disasters, accidents and other extreme life-or-death ordeals.Each story takes you back to who these people were before everything changed, then inside the moment their lives were pushed to the edge — shipwrecked at sea for weeks, held captive by terrorists, falling 15,000 feet from a plane after a parachute failure, and other extraordinary fights for survival.Through intimate first-hand accounts, we follow the ordeal as it happened, the decisions made under unimaginable pressure, and the resilience and will it took to survive.Then we explore what came after — the physical and psychological recovery, the impact of trauma, and the process of rebuilding a life forever altered.What I Survived is hosted by Australian podcaster Jack Laurence, creator of the award-winning podcasts One Minute Remaining, Wanted and more.Follow What I Survived for remarkable true stories of survival, resilience and the human instinct to stay alive.

346When The Wolves CameMeanings of Democracy Lab Over the last decade, large swaths of evangelicals in the U.S.

347Where the River Took UsAfter his family’s home was swept away in the devastating Central Texas floods on July 4, 2025, Texas Monthly senior editor Aaron Parsley began the journey of putting the pieces back together.

348White DevilCampside MediaIn this 12-part narrative limited series, host Josh Dean investigates the shooting of Henry Jemmott, a senior Belizean Police Officer, by a Canadian property developer named Jasmine Hartin.

349White 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.

350Who Blew Up The Guidestones?For decades, the Georgia Guidestones were nothing more than kitschy roadside Americana…a curiosity people visited for fun, intrigue…and the occasional pagan ritual.

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