25 Best Oral History Podcasts

1. The Office Deep Dive with Brian Baumgartner

With the success of his hit podcast, An Oral History of The Office, podcast host extraordinaire Brian Baumgartner (AKA Kevin Malone) is taking you even deeper inside the show, releasing his full-length, in-depth conversations with the cast and crew of The Office.
Podcast omny.fm
Host Brian Baumgartner
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2. Voices of Oklahoma

Voices of Oklahoma.com is dedicated to the preservation of the oral history of Oklahoma. Voices and stories of famous Oklahomans and ordinary citizens are captured forever in their own words. Oil and gas, ranching, politics, education and more are all visited in these far-ranging interviews. Students researching any of these areas can listen to first-person accounts of the way life was and draw from knowledge that may guide and shape their future. In addition to students, any visitor will feel close to history as they listen to these personal reflections.
Podcast spreaker.com
Host John Erling
Email ****@johnerling.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Twitter Followers 49.7KInstagram Followers 18 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 78 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

3. Latin@ Stories

Latin@ Stories is a podcast born out of the oral history project about Latin@s in Ohio, Oral Narratives of Latin@s in Ohio (ONLO). It seeks to amplify the Latin@ experience with interviews in Spanish, English and Spanglish
Podcast soundcloud.com
Host Elena Foulis
Email ****@tamusa.edu
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 44 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

4. The ProgCast With Gregg Bendian

The ProgCast With Gregg BendianProgressive music and thought in all its forms. I'm drummer/composer/producer/educator Gregg Bendian, host of The ProgCast. Over the last nine years, I've interviewed over 100 of America's most innovative musicians for the Yale Oral History of American Music.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 79 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

5. Folklife Today Podcast

Folklife Today tells stories about the cultural traditions and folklore of diverse communities, combining brand-new interviews and narration with songs, stories, music, and oral history from the collections of the Library of Congress's American Folklife Center.
Podcast loc.gov
Email ****@loc.gov
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5 Frequency 2 episodes / year Avg Length 37 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

6. NYC Trans Oral History Project

Podcast by NYC Trans Oral History Project. Hosted by NYC Trans Oral History Project.
Podcast soundcloud.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 1.2K Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 89 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

7. The Music History Project

NAMM's resident Music Historian Dan Del Fiorentino and co-hosts Michael Mullens, and Ashley Allison examine the innovative creations, evolution of musical instruments, the changing world of music retail, music industry icons, and other topics covered in NAMM's Oral History program. The NAMM Oral History program boasts over 4,500 interviews and is continually growing.
Podcast namm.org
Email ****@themusichistorypodcast.com
Facebook Followers 26Twitter Followers 88.6K Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 55 min Play Get Email Contact

8. The Game Before the Money

Celebrating pro and college football history, one legend at a time. Guests include legends of the National Football League, American Football League, and NCAA football.
Podcast podhosting.podbean.com
Email ****@yahoo.com
Facebook Followers 1.6KTwitter Followers 141 Frequency 9 episodes / year Avg Length 37 min Since Aug 2018 Play Get Email Contact

9. Women of Rock Oral History Project Podcast

Personal and professional histories of women-identified rock musicians in their own words.
Podcast buzzsprout.com
Email ****@womenofrock.org
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 2.2KTwitter Followers 705Instagram Followers 5.1K Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

10. Making Gay History

Intimate, personal portraits of both known and long-forgotten champions, heroes, and witnesses to history brought to you from rare archival interviews.
Podcast makinggayhistory.com
Email ****@makinggayhistory.org
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 7.5KTwitter Followers 7.5KInstagram Followers 20.7K Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

11. One Step Forward

An oral history of public service in the hardest times.In each episode, we talk with a practitioner doing impactful work in the midst of serious violence and political turmoil.
Podcast soundcloud.com
Email ****@onestepforward.fm
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Twitter Followers 3.7K Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

12. An Oral History of Marvel Legends

In 2002, Toy Biz launched a brand new line of 6-inch action figures based on Marvel comics characters. 'An Oral History of Marvel Legends' is one collector's account of how this line pretty much consumed his life.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Instagram Followers 7.1K Since Dec 2020 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

13. Coney Island Stories

Coney Island Stories is a podcast produced from oral histories in the Coney Island History Project archive. We record interviews in English, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, and other languages with people who have lived or worked in Coney Island and adjacent neighborhoods or have a special connection to these places.
Podcast coneyislandhistory.org
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 8.9KTwitter Followers 6.4KInstagram Followers 2.7K Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

14. The Clare Oral History Podcast

This podcast delves into the thousands of Irish life stories in the archive of the Irish Oral History and Folklore Group known as Cuimhneamh a Chláir or Clare Memories. We're based in Co. Clare in the West of Ireland. The oral histories we've gathered reveal ordinary lives and extraordinary stories.
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Email ****@clarememories.ie
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 243 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

15. Country Queers

Country Queers is a podcast featuring oral history interviews with rural and small-town LGBTQIA2S folks.  We uplift often unheard stories of rural queer experiences across intersecting layers of identity including race, class, gender identity, age, religion, and occupation.  
Podcast countryqueers.libsyn.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 2.6KTwitter Followers 2.7K Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

16. RUNNING STITCH - A QSOS PODCAST

Running Stitch, a QSOS Podcast explores quilt stories, revealing the inner thoughts, feelings, and motivations of contemporary quiltmakers by drawing on Quilters S.O.S. Save Our Stories, the long-running oral history project created by the Quilt Alliance in 1999.
Podcast runningstitch.libsyn.com
Email ****@quiltalliance.org
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 8KTwitter Followers 2K Since Jun 2020 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

17. Mississippi Moments Podcast

Mississippi Moments, a weekly radio program airing on Mississippi Public Broadcasting, is a partnership between the University of Southern Mississippi Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage, the Mississippi Humanities Council, and MPB.
Podcast mississippimoments.org
Email ****@usm.edu
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 658Twitter Followers 23.6KInstagram Followers 28.2K Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

18. The Rutgers Oral History Archives Podcast

The Rutgers Oral History Archives, ROHA for short, is dedicated to documenting the life stories of men and women in communities throughout Rutgers University and New Jersey.
Podcast oralhistory.rutgers.edu
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.2 / 5Facebook Followers 741Twitter Followers 335Instagram Followers 123 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

19. This Foul Earth

An oral history of Wales, as recorded by the Welsh Life Institute.
Podcast thisfoulearth.podbean.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Twitter Followers 83 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

20. Connecticut Music Oral History Podcast

The Connecticut Music Oral History Podcast is a deep-dive interview series with musicians, artists, conduits, collectors, and dedicated fans focusing on 20th century Connecticut music history across all genres. This project preserves narratives, heralds unsung movers and shakers, and defines Connecticut's influential role in cultural history.
Podcast verso.podbean.com
Email ****@westportlibrary.org
Facebook Followers 718Twitter Followers 3.5KInstagram Followers 1.1K Frequency 2 episodes / year Avg Length 71 min Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

21. Disney Dust: Disney Documentaries

Oral History Documentaries about Disney Television and Movies.
Podcast disneydustdocumentaries.libsyn.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Twitter Followers 4 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

22. Trans Louisiane

Featuring interviews from the Louisiana Trans Oral History Project and music from local trans and gender non-conforming (TGNC) musicians
Podcast louisianatransoralhistory.org
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 621Twitter Followers 333 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

23. An Oral History of Danvers' Beach

Twenty-six years ago, a charming sitcom about surfing teens caught the nation's eyes, and hearts, by surprise. By the time its fifth season aired, it was universally considered the worst TV show of all time. That show is 'Danvers' Beach.'
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