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Best Society Podcasts We Could Find
Over the years, podcasts have become an increasingly popular medium because they are well-packed, can be followed from any place, at any time and without Internet connection. Listening to podcasts enables people gain a clearer insight about the social affairs and social issues in every corner of the world. In this catalog, there are podcasts where well-read hosts and guests discuss about people of different religions and their way of life and culture, of different communities, countries, continents, different philosophies as well as different points of view on society. Also, literature fans can learn more about the latest news from their favourite genres, emerging authors, current best selling books and literary theories. Furthermore, people can find interviews and true and inspiring life stories told by people from all walks of life. Some podcasts house activists who fight for the rights of the oppressed, ranging from animals to people, aiming at creating a better society.
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History as told by the people who were there.
Extraordinary first person stories from around the world
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of ideas
Resistance is a show about refusing to accept things as they are. Stories from the front lines of the movement for Black lives, told by the generation fighting for change. Hosted by Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr.
Seriously is home to the world’s best audio documentaries and podcast recommendations, and host Vanessa Kisuule brings you two fascinating new episodes every week.
View the Episode Archive » Subscribe to the podcast via iTunes | RSS. #smartbinge Radiolab podcasts
IDEAS is a deep-dive into contemporary thought and intellectual history. No topic is off-limits. In the age of clickbait and superficial headlines, it's for people who like to think.
An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there.
Leading artists, writers, thinkers discuss the ideas shaping our lives & links between past & present and new academic research.
Bi-weekly narratives on the unsolved and the unexplained, mysteries, historical true crime, touches of the paranormal and cultural peculiarities.
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations.
Short documentaries and adventures in sound presented by Josie Long.
Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships.
Fresh Air from WHYY, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs. Hosted by Terry Gross, the show features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries.
All about the Middle Ages from Medievalists.net. Join Danièle Cybulskie and her guests as they talk about the medieval world, from Byzantium to the Vikings.
The past is never past. Every headline has a history. Join us every week as we go back in time to understand the present. These are stories you can feel and sounds you can see from the moments that shaped our world.
A weekly podcasting exploring great political revolutions. Now: The Russian Revolution Next: ???
Discover world history, culture and ideas with today’s leading experts
The latest news from the team behind BBC History Magazine - a popular History magazine. To find out more, visit www.historyextra.com
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History is beautiful, brutal and, often, ridiculous. Join Ben Bowlin and Noel Brown as they dive into some of the weirdest stories from across the span of human civilization in Ridiculous History, a podcast by iHeartRadio.
Unseeable forces control human behavior and shape our ideas, beliefs, and assumptions. Invisibilia—Latin for invisible things—fuses narrative storytelling with science that will make you see your own life differently.
Welcome along to Half-Arsed History! It's a weekly podcast highlighting absurd and entertaining stories from history. For around half an hour a week, it also makes your host Riley Knight feel as though his useless history degree has some kind of real-world relevance.
Real Dictators is the new podcast series hosted by Paul McGann that explores the hidden lives of history’s tyrants. New episodes every Wednesday. Follow Noiser Podcasts on Twitter for updates on our shows.
A podcast about the American Empire.
Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.
A podcast broadcasting Anarchist texts and audiobooks
Earshot presents documentaries about people, places, stories and ideas, in all their diversity.
Something Was Wrong is an Iris Award-winning true-crime docuseries about the discovery, trauma, and recovery from shocking life discoveries and abusive relationships.
Timcast IRL features Tim Pool and guests discussing issues in Culture, News, And Politics Featuring Ian Crossland as co-host and Lydia as live producer
Mike and Sarah are journalists obsessed with the past. Every week they reconsider a person or event that's been miscast in the public imagination.
Nighttime is an audio documentary series which explores Canada's most fascinating stories. Join host Jordan for true crime, mysteries, and a celebration of Canada’s weird and wonderful people, places, and events.
Spend an hour in someone else's life. Conversations draws you deeper into the life story of someone you may have heard about, but never met.
The simplest questions often have the most complex answers. The Philosopher's Zone is your guide through the strange thickets of logic, metaphysics and ethics.
Mythology & Religion in the Human Story
The history podcast for people who don't like history... and those who do. Greg Jenner brings together the best names in comedy and history to learn and laugh about the past.
The Spoken History of a Global Language
Mysterious Universe is a weekly podcast featuring fascinatingly strange reports from all over the world. Always interesting and often hilarious, join hosts Aaron Wright and Benjamin Grundy as they investigate the latest in futurology, weird science, consciousness research, alternative history, cryptozoology, UFOs, and new-age absurdity.
This is literally a podcast where people I love, admire, and know well will be in a safe space to really let their hair down (assuming they have any). I will cover the thoughtful to the extremely random. So join me and my guests from the world of movies, TV, sports, music, and culture for fun, wide-ranging, free-wheeling conversations.
Biblical theology, stripped bare of denominational confessions and theological systems by exposing context.
Beginner friendly if listened to in order! For anyone interested in an educational podcast about philosophy where you don't need to be a graduate-level philosopher to understand it. In chronological order, the thinkers and ideas that forged the world we live in are broken down and explained.
Criminal is the first of its kind. A show about people who’ve done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle. Hosted by Phoebe Judge.
A podcast about myths we think are history and history that might be hidden in myths! Awesome stories that really (maybe) happened!
Alexander Litvinenko was a former colonel in the Russian secret service and a critic of Vladimir Putin's government. He fled to London seeking political asylum in 2000. In November 2006 he was poisoned with the highly radioactive substance Polonium-210. Rebecca Kesby spoke to his wife Marina, about his life and excruciating death.This programme is …
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Timcast IRL #376 - MSM FINALLY Confirms Hunter Biden Laptop Story Proving Media LIED w/Daniel Turner & Chris Karr
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Tim, Ian, and Lydia join Daniel Turner, founder of Powering The Future, and Chris Karr, editor of Timcast.com, to examine the media malfeasance surrounding the Hunter Biden laptop story, CNN's choice to mislead about Joe Biden's mental state, Democrat choice to try to force a conservative Supreme Court justice to retire, how safe West Virginia is a…
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Our Fake History
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Episode #140- What Became of the Great Library of Alexandria? (Part II)
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There are three main culprits in the alleged burning of the Great Library of Alexandria. But weirdly they all lived roughly 300 years apart from one another. How is that even possible? It’s weird anomalies like this that complicate the history of the Great Library. Many have written poetically about the dramatic burning of this ancient institution,…
When Joan Marie Larkin was given a guitar at the age of 13, she was on the path to becoming the Godmother of Punk (R)
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HARDtalk
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BRYAN HUGHES, Texas State Senator (Republican)
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Republicans in Texas have managed to ban abortion in almost all cases in their state. Anyone performing, aiding or abetting the termination of a pregnancy after roughly six weeks can be sued in court. The implications are enormous, not just in Texas but across the US. And it points to a wider phenomenon. Ideological conservatives are using state ac…
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Ridiculous History
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37 Days of Peril, with Alex Williams
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Imagine you live in 1870, traipsing the wild frontier of North America with little more than an opera glass, a few friends and an arguably ill-informed sense of adventure. What happens when you get lost? This is the story of Truman Everts, a hapless tax assessor who found himself at the mercy of the wilderness, hopelessly lost for a full 37 days be…
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Fresh Air
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Who Is Tech Billionaire & 'Contrarian' Peter Thiel?
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Peter Thiel co-founded PayPal, invested early in Facebook, secretly funded the Hulk Hogan lawsuit that put the website Gawker out of business, and put more than a million dollars into Trump's campaign just after the appearance of the 'Access Hollywood' tapes. Thiel is also known for his interest in some unusual ideas, like independent city-states t…
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Arts & Ideas
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Hannah Arendt's exploration of Totalitarianism
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Hannah Arendt tackled the big ideas behind possibly the most dangerous period of the twentieth century: Anti-Semitism, Imperialism and Totalitarianism. These phenomena and the concepts of freedom and evil were all the more immediate to her, a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany. In recent years there has been a renewed interest in her writing which ha…
In one of his most memorable classic episodes, Keith Morrison reports on a love triangle that led to years of stalking, destruction of property, threats and, murder. Tune in to Dateline’s 30th season premiere Friday at 9/8c on NBC.By NBC News
The Greek politician and economist takes us back to ancient Alexandria and the life of the first woman to make her name as a mathematician. But Hypatia is best known now for being brutally murdered. Yanis Varoufakis makes the case for her as a philosopher and mathematician, and explores how her story has been interpreted and misinterpreted in the c…
In one of his most memorable classic episodes, Josh Mankiewicz reports on the race against time to make a connection between several separate murders in the Phoenix, Arizona area -- before the killer strikes again. Tune in to Dateline’s 30th season premiere Friday at 9/8c on NBC.By NBC News
Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about guiding lights and those who have gone before - from finding connection with someone whose last dance was over a century ago to one of the last people in the UK to have performed an old ritual.Breath is Life (extract)Featuring Eileen KramerProduced by Eleanor McDowallYou belong t…
A Connecticut bank executive is targeted by a crew of criminals who invade his home, take him and his mother hostage and order him to rob his own bank. If he doesn’t commit the crime, they threaten to blow him up with a bomb strapped to his waist. Investigators think it looks like an inside job but after a string of similar crimes in Tennessee, the…
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Ideas
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Body Language | Beyond Ugly: A documentary
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For thousands of years, disability, disfigurement, or ugliness have been connected to evil. From the ancient world to modern time, this unsettling concept has survived the cultural narrative. As part of our series Body Language, this documentary explores the root of ugliness and unpacks the legacy that harms people today.…
After Todd Chance is murdered, police follow a trail of video evidence as they work to track down the killer. Andrea Canning speaks exclusively with Todd’s wife, elementary school principal Jenea Chance. Andrea Canning has chosen this episode as one of her most memorable episodes. Tune in to Dateline’s 30th season premiere Friday at 9/8c on NBC.…
When Susan Woods doesn’t show up for work, she is soon discovered dead in her bathtub. As police search for answers, they find a trail of victims. Natalie Morales sits down for a conversation with the killer in one of her most memorable episodes. Tune in to Dateline’s 30th season premiere Friday at 9/8c on NBC.…
An explosion in a rice field in Colusa County, California kills the manager of a multi-million dollar farm. Police soon discover his death was no accident. Keith Morrison has chosen this episode as one of his most memorable classic episodes. Tune in to Dateline’s 30th season premiere Friday at 9/8c on NBC.…
Neil Faulkner reveals how the Anglo-Arab Wars of 1870-1920 helped give rise to the first modern jihad Neil Faulkner, author of Empire and Jihad, describes how Britain’s entanglements in the Middle East and north Africa in the decades leading up to the First World War helped trigger a radical Islamic insurgency. (Ad) Neil Faulkner is the author of E…
When Sherri Rasmussen is found murdered, police are convinced it’s a burglary gone wrong. The case remains unsolved for over two decades until another detective finds the key that unlocks the mystery of what actually happened to her. Josh Mankiewicz has chosen this episode as one of his most memorable episodes. Tune in to Dateline’s 30th season pre…
Thousands of people flocked to the village of Tlacote in central Mexico in 1991. They hoped to be cured by 'magical' water after rumours spread about its healing powers.Maria Elena Navas spoke to Edmundo Gonzalez Llaca who was an official in the local environment ministry in 1991 and who was sent to Tlacote to check out what all the fuss was about.…
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The idea of ‘safe space’ has migrated into the arts - in all aspects of performance, in arts education and practice, from theatre, public galleries and museums to spoken word, music and dance. It has become a fundamental idea to community and identity-based art collectives and groups.Defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as ‘…an environment in w…
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Timcast IRL #375 - Border Has Collapsed, Migrants Move FREELY Into US w/Alex Jones & Phil Labonte
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Tim, Ian, and Lydia host Phil Labonte of All That Remains and Alex Jones of Infowars fame to break down why leftists won't be caught dead near Alex Jones, the history of the Illuminati, the strange roots of the modern globalist cabal, the crisis on the border, and Tim telling Alex Jones that the US republic is no more. Learn more about your ad choi…
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Nighttime
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the Nova Scotia Rampage - 29 - Why did the RCMP shoot up the Onslow Belmont Firehall? (Recorded Sept 19th)
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Nova Scotia, April 18-19, 2020 Over a period of thirteen hours, a 51 year old denturist, dressed as a police officer and driving a replica police car, carried out Canada’s most deadly act of mass murder. One of the lesser reported gunfire exchanges that happened during the Nova Scotia shooting spree didn’t involve the killer, Gabriel Wortman. For r…
Jimmy Barnes grew up as a boy called James Swan in Glasgow, then in South Australia. In his late teens, he joined a band called Cold Chisel and became a huge star. But on and off stage Jimmy was battling the demons of his troubled childhood (R)
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Fresh Air
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Evan Osnos On The 'Making Of America's Fury'
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How did Americans become so divided? And how did we come so close to overturning the results of a presidential election? These are some of the questions at the heart of the new book 'Wildland,' by 'New Yorker' staff writer Evan Osnos. Osnos bookended his coverage of Trump by reporting on Trump's white nationalist support during his 2016 campaign an…
How do the groups you identify with shape your sense of self? Do they influence the beer you buy? The way you vote? Psychologist Jay Van Bavel says our group loyalties affect us more than we realize, and can even shape our basic senses of sight, taste and smell. If you like our work, please consider supporting it! See how you can help at support.hi…
When a woman's body is discovered at an Anaheim trash facility, a dedicated detective makes a promise to her mother to get justice. She doesn't know that search will bring her face to face with a serial killer. Keith Morrison has chosen this episode as one of his most memorable classic episodes. Tune in to Dateline’s 30th season premiere Friday at …
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Dateline NBC
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Dateline@30: Even the Devil Went to Church
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In the small town of Morris, Alabama, faith is a way of life. But when resident Michael Reese is murdered in his home, rumors involving a local pastor begin to swirl as the truth ends up turning the community upside down. Andrea Canning has chosen this episode as one of her most memorable episodes. Tune in to Dateline’s 30th season premiere Friday …
The investigation into the murder of a prominent couple on their Nebraska farm is upended after the discovery of a small, gold ring at the crime scene. Keith Morrison has chosen this episode as one of his most memorable classic episodes. Tune in to Dateline’s 30th season premiere Friday at 9/8c on NBC.…
A sinister force seems to be snatching women off the streets of Albuquerque. Josh Mankiewicz has chosen this episode as one of his most memorable classic episodes. Tune in to Dateline’s 30th season premiere Friday at 9/8c on NBC.By NBC News
A nationwide manhunt is launched after a woman dubbed the “killer grandma” goes on the run through the Gulf Coast. Dennis Murphy has chosen this episode as one of his most memorable episodes. Tune in to Dateline’s 30th season premiere Friday at 9/8c on NBC.By NBC News
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I stole a safe, and faced the dilemma of my life
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Matthew Hahn used to burgle houses in the San Francisco Bay Area to pay for a drug habit. One fateful night in 2005 he stole a safe from someone’s home, hoping that its contents would fund his next high. But he was horrified to discover that the safe contained evidence of a very young girl being sexually abused. Matthew felt he had to do something …
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History Extra podcast
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Transplant surgery: an eye-opening history
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From transfusions of lambs’ blood to tooth replacements, Paul Craddock chronicles the strange history of transplant surgery From lambs’ blood transfused into human veins, to tooth replacements and new noses crafted from forearm skin, Paul Craddock – author of new book Spare Parts – chronicles the strange history of transplant surgery. (Ad) Paul Cra…
Rangers in Rocky Mountain National Park question if the death of a woman who fell from a cliff while hiking with her husband was an accident or a heinous act of violence. Andrea Canning has chosen this episode as one of her most memorable classic episodes. Tune in to Dateline’s 30th season premiere Friday at 9/8c on NBC.…
When Kathleen Schroll makes a phone call that names her killer right before her death, it leads to the arrest of a father for murder. But two trials and 12 years later, authorities begin to wonder if he was the victim, not the villain. Natalie Morales has chosen this episode as one of her most memorable episodes. Tune in to Dateline’s 30th season p…
In the late 1960s, the widow of President Kennedy had a secret romance with Aristotle Onassis, who was then the richest man in the world. Simon Watts spoke to Nico Mastorakis, a Greek journalist who visited Onassis’s yacht in disguise to confirm the relationship and secure a sensational scoop. Jackie Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis would go on to mar…
As a bonus for Dateline NBC listeners, we’re sharing a special preview of the brand new original podcast, Making Space with Hoda Kotb. Join TODAY’s Hoda Kotb on a journey of self-discovery and resilience of the human spirit. Hoda hears from some of the people she admires most, and whose stories of personal triumph keep her going. Like Hoda, you’ll …
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Interviews with history professor Michelle Chase and Cuban scholar Marta Nuñez Sarmiento. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Blowback
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Conversations
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Fifa Riccobono — godmother of Australian music
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Fifa started in the music industry at 16, and worked her way up the ranks of Albert Music to become CEO. In the 1970s she formed a beautiful friendship with AC/DC's wild lead singer, Bon Scott (R)
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Carlos Fernando Chamorro: Exiled from Nicaragua
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Stephen Sackur speaks to Nicaraguan journalist and former revolutionary Carlos Fernando Chamorro. He is currently in exile as President Daniel Ortega intensifies his crackdown on dissent. Why has the country slumped back into authoritarianism?By BBC World Service
When nursing student Michelle Le vanishes from a parking garage after leaving her training hospital, investigators track security camera footage and her cellphone to find out the truth. Keith Morrison has chosen this episode as one of his most memorable episodes. Tune in to Dateline’s 30th season premiere Friday at 9/8c on NBC.…
In one of his most memorable classic episodes, Josh Mankiewicz tells the story Eric Glisson, who was wrongly convicted of the 1995 murder of a Bronx cab driver. From behind bars, and with the help of those who believed in him, he was able to prove his innocence after serving 18 years of his life in jail for a crime he didn't commit. Eric opens up t…
Multiple mysterious deaths occur inside a traveling commune, spurring a decade-long investigation that uncovers deadly and devastating secrets. Dennis Murphy has chosen this episode as one of his most memorable episodes. Tune in to Dateline’s 30th season premiere Friday at 9/8c on NBC.By NBC News
When a beloved prosecutor is shot in broad daylight steps from his office, his colleagues wonder who could be next. Andrea Canning has chosen this episode as one of her most memorable classic episodes. Tune in to Dateline’s 30th season premiere Friday at 9/8c on NBC.By NBC News
Chicago police search for a killer after Robert O’Dubaine, a nightclub owner, is gunned down in his home. As detectives investigate the motive, they discover it was a targeted killing, connected to a twisted sense of loyalty and tradition. Natalie Morales has chosen this episode as one of her most memorable episodes. Tune in to Dateline’s 30th seas…
