20 Best Nonfiction Podcasts

1. After Words

C-SPAN brings together best-selling nonfiction authors and influential interviewers for wide-ranging, hour-long conversations.
Podcast c-span.org
Email ****@c-span.org
Apple Rating 4.1 / 5Facebook Followers 1.6MTwitter Followers 2.1MInstagram Followers 287.4K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 63 min Since Sep 2011 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. Read to Lead Podcast

If you believe as I do, that intentional and consistent reading is key to success in business and in life, then this is your podcast. My goal each week is to bring you key thoughts and insights from my conversations with those I consider to be among today's brightest minds: our generation's non-fiction authors. We discuss their latest book, as well as their unique perspectives on Leadership, Business, Personal Development, Marketing, Career, and Entrepreneurship. If you love reading, or desire to do more of it, then consider this podcast your audio Cliff's Notes. The Read to Lead Podcast is a four-time Best Business Podcast nominee.
Podcast readtoleadpodcast.com
Email ****@readtoleadpodcast.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 999Twitter Followers 4.7KInstagram Followers 1.7K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 38 min Since Oct 2014 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

3. The Book Pile

Want to learn about books without actual books? Ever wish non-fiction could be shorter, funnier, and less accurate? Check out The Book Pile, a podcast where comedians summarize non-fiction books so you never have to read. Kellen does standup. Dave writes ads. Together they summarize the world's best non-fiction books, unhampered by things like 'expertise.'
Podcast feeds.buzzsprout.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 21.1KInstagram Followers 131.8K Frequency 2 episodes / month Avg Length 28 min Since Nov 2020 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

4. The Not Your Grandmother's Book Club Podcast

Welcome to the Not Your Grandmother's Book Club Podcast, where we read right-wing nonfiction so you don't have to. Join us and read along, or more likely don't as we slog through the worst that American publishing has to offer.
Podcast nygbc.podbean.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 390Twitter Followers 6K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 76 min Since Mar 2020 Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

5. Multispective

We believe each person has a unique story to tell. Experiences, both good and bad, shape our everyday lives. Many of us go through similar things, yet our stories are never the same. Multispective is a podcast that shares these stories of triumph through tribulations. We invite guests from all over the world to share their life experiences providing their perspective on society and culture today, allowing us to see life through juxtaposing eyes.
Podcast multispective.org
Email ****@multispective.org
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 163Instagram Followers 365 Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 58 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

6. The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara

Brendan O'Meara is an author and journalist. The Creative Nonfiction Podcast is a weekly podcast that showcases leaders in narrative journalism, essay, memoir, documentary film, and radio. Brendan teases out the origins, habits, routines, and tactics these masters Pulitzer Prize winners, New York Times bestsellers use so that listeners can apply those tools to their own work.
Podcast brendanomeara.com
Email ****@yahoo.com
Twitter Followers 2.5K Frequency 4 episodes / month Avg Length 69 min Since Mar 2013 Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

7. Nick's Non-fiction

Non-fiction literature summarized and interpreted by your run of mill cis-gendered, white male, unemployed, college graduate. Humor and entertainment as always with radio show/podcast host and comic, Nick Muniz.
Podcast soundcloud.com
Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 36 min Since Jan 2019 Play Get Email Contact

8. Writer on the Side

Most employees want to write a book but don't have the time to write or don't know where to start. This podcast will show you how to get your nonfiction book published while working a full-time job. You'll also get simple tips about launching and marketing your book.
Podcast writerontheside.com
Email ****@writerontheside.com
Facebook Followers 486Twitter Followers 1.6KInstagram Followers 682 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 38 min Since Nov 2018 Play Get Email Contact

9. Smart Women Publish

This podcast is a collection of useful conversations with business and professional women who have self-published non-fiction books. They are happy to share their experience to help you with yours. You will also find other experts who assist authors in the various aspects of publishing and marketing books and themselves. I am your host, Bev Ryan, author of 'Smart Women Publish'. I also provide book coaching & book production services to non-fiction authors.
Podcast smartwomenpublish.com
Email ****@bevryanpublish.com
Twitter Followers 360Instagram Followers 984 Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 34 min Since Oct 2019 Get Email Contact

10. Wild Thing

Wild Thing is a long-form, narrative podcast about the obsessions that capture our imaginations. This sound-rich and deeply reported show examines the relationship between science and society—that point where scientific inquiry collides with our very human desire to find answers, even when there are none. Whether it's seeking out Sasquatch, looking skyward for extraterrestrial life, or probing the power of the atom, exploring the unknown helps us better understand ourselves. Every season, host Laura Krantz tackles a brand new topic, so be sure to start with the first episode for each one
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@foxtopus.ink
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 1.7KTwitter Followers 7.5KInstagram Followers 2.3K Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

11. For Real

For Real is a biweekly nonfiction podcast that puts the spotlight on new books and old favorites that tell it like it is, or at least try to.
Podcast bookriot.com
Email ****@bookriot.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 882KTwitter Followers 245.3KInstagram Followers 300.2K Since Feb 2018 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

12. Non-Fiction Nitroglycerin

Notes and reviews of the non-fiction titles I listen to.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@protonmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Since Jan 2020 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

13. Cheerful Book Club

Join Ed Miliband, Geoff Lloyd, and friends for a conversation about the biggest ideas in non-fiction books. Cheerful Book Club features the writers you love and others you need to discover.
Podcast play.acast.com
Email ****@cheerfulpodcast.com
Facebook Followers 155Twitter Followers 653 Since Jan 2020 Play Get Email Contact

14. Things That Make You Go Hmmm Book Review Podcast

The podcast that reviews popular nonfiction books.
Podcast hmnn.podbean.com
Email ****@yahoo.com
Since May 2020 Play Get Email Contact

15. Guardians of the River

2021 Best Narrative Nonfiction Podcast Award winner at Tribeca Film Festival. This is the story of the guardians of the Okavango water system. These guardians have a monumental task: safeguard a remote, near pristine environment facing threats from all sides. This podcast follows what happens when worlds connect, and at times collide, with the common goal of protecting a place
Podcast wildbirdtrust.com
Email ****@HOUSEOFPOD.ORG
Facebook Followers 1.1MTwitter Followers 377Instagram Followers 8.7K Since Jun 2021 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

16. Brief Audio Book

Non-fiction book summary discussed briefly in every episode.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 535Twitter Followers 3Instagram Followers 77 Since Jan 2020 Play Get Email Contact

17. Nonfiction Author Marketing

We are nonfiction authors marketing our books. Yay. Awesome. But what is there beyond those books? Speaking? Courses? Products? Let's see, seminars, masterminds, private Facebook groups, podcasts, video channels. There's so much more. In 2020, we're going to gather 52 tactics for the nonfiction author from 52 areas of marketing we can use to grow our brand, build our business, and leapfrog ahead of those just selling books.
Podcast open.spotify.com
Email ****@passthesourcream.com
Facebook Followers 9.1KTwitter Followers 274Instagram Followers 155 Since Jan 2020 Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

18. Get Your Book Done

Join USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author, award-winning publisher and book writing coach, Christine Kloser, each week as she brings you deep-dive interviews with New York Times best-sellers, publishing industry leaders, everyday authors, and marketing experts eager to help you make a difference with your message and experience publishing success. If you're a non-fiction author thinking about writing a book or already working on one this podcast is for you!
Podcast getyourbookdone.com
Email ****@turnkeypodcast.com
Facebook Followers 3.9KTwitter Followers 6KInstagram Followers 732 Since Dec 2019 Play Get Email Contact

19. The Cultured Club Podcast

Hi, welcome to The Cultured Club Podcast where we review your favorite non-fiction books.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@koromakala.co.uk
Instagram Followers 4.1K Since Oct 2020 Play Get Email Contact

20. Daily Book Dose

I am Miten Shah, and I love reading non-fiction and self-development books. Probably like you, I also read books too fast. Many times did not stop to ponder and explore the thoughts and lessons. Daily Book Dose is a passion project, I believe by reading a chapter a day, gathering the thoughts, restructuring them in an easy to understand manner, sharing these lessons and perspective with the universe, will allow us to think more about what we read, and hopefully engage in a conversation with like-minded people from around the world. Check out our podcast.
Podcast redcircle.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Instagram Followers 65 Since Nov 2020 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact