25 Best Oral History Podcasts

1. The Music History Project

Carlsbad, California, US
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.more
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26 88.6K 2 episodes / month Avg Length 55 min
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2. 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 e...ven deeper inside the show, releasing his full-length, in-depth conversations with the cast and crew of The Office.more
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1 episode / week Avg Length 56 min
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3. One Step Forward

London, England, UK
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 viole...nce and political turmoil.more
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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 P...rogCast. Over the last nine years, I've interviewed over 100 of America's most innovative musicians for the Yale Oral History of American Music.more
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1 episode / week Avg Length 63 min
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5. 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 Spanglishmore
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1 episode / week Avg Length 34 min
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6. NYC Trans Oral History Project

Podcast by NYC Trans Oral History Project. Hosted by NYC Trans Oral History Project.
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1.2K 7 episodes / year Avg Length 72 min
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7. Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive

Intimate, personal portraits of both known and long-forgotten champions, heroes, and witnesses to history brought to you from rare archival interviews....more
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7.5K 7.5K 20.4K 1 episode / week Avg Length 32 min
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8. Women of Rock Oral History Project Podcast

Massachusetts, US
Personal and professional histories of women-identified rock musicians in their own words.
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9. Coney Island Stories

Coney Island
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.more
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8.9K 6.4K 2.6K 5 episodes / year Avg Length 28 min
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10. Connecticut Music Oral History Podcast

Westport, Connecticut, US
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.more
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582 3.4K 1.1K 3 episodes / year Avg Length 68 min
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11. 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 coll...ector's account of how this line pretty much consumed his life.more
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6.8K Dec 2020
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12. The Game Before the Money | NFL, AFL,and NCAA Football Legends

Austin, Texas, US
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.more
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1.6K 141 1 episode / week Avg Length 29 min Aug 2018
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13. The Rutgers Oral History Archives (ROHA) Podcast

New Brunswick, New Jersey, US
The Rutgers Oral History Archives, ROHA for short, is dedicated to documenting the life stories of men and women in communities throughout Rutgers Uni...versity and New Jersey.more
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703 335 3 episodes / year Avg Length 24 min
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14. Folklife Today Podcast

Folklife Today tells stories about the cultural traditions and folklore of diverse communities, combining brand-new interviews and narration with song...s, stories, music, and oral history from the collections of the Library of Congress's American Folklife Center.more
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1 episode / month Avg Length 37 min
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15. The Clare Oral History Podcast

Clare, Ireland
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.more
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243 7 episodes / year Avg Length 38 min
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16. This Foul Earth

An oral history of Wales, as recorded by the Welsh Life Institute.
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17. 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.'more
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5 episodes / year Avg Length 16 min
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18. Running Stitch | A QSOS Podcast

Asheville, North Carolina, US
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.more
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7.6K 2K 1 episode / day Avg Length 33 min Jun 2020
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19. 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 q...ueer experiences across intersecting layers of identity including race, class, gender identity, age, religion, and occupation.  more
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2.6K 2.7K 1 episode / year Avg Length 47 min
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20. Mississippi Moments Podcast

US
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.more
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662 16 episodes / year Avg Length 15 min
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21. Disney Dust: Disney Documentaries

Oral History Documentaries about Disney Television and Movies.
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4 2 episodes / year Avg Length 30 min
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22. Trans Louisiane - The Podcast of the Louisiana Trans Oral History Project

Louisiana, Missouri, US
Featuring interviews from the Louisiana Trans Oral History Project and music from local trans and gender non-conforming (TGNC) musicians
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