80 Best PRX Radio Station Podcasts

1. This American Life

This American Life is a weekly public radio show, heard by 2.2 million people on more than 500 stations. Another 2.5 million people download the weekly podcast. It is hosted by Ira Glass, produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media, delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange, and has won all of the major broadcasting awards.
Podcast thisamericanlife.org
Email ****@thislife.org
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 1.1MTwitter Followers 455.1KInstagram Followers 72.3K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 62 min Listen on Apple 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. 99% Invisible

Design is everywhere in our lives, perhaps most importantly in the places where we've just stopped noticing. 99% Invisible is a weekly exploration of the process and power of design and architecture. From award-winning producer Roman Mars.
Podcast 99percentinvisible.org
Email ****@yahoo.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Twitter Followers 72.8KInstagram Followers 86.6K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 75 min Since Sep 2010 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

3. The World: Latest Edition

Host Marco Werman and his team of producers bring you the world's most interesting stories that remind us just how small our planet really is.
Podcast npr.org
Email ****@prx.org
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 133.8KTwitter Followers 36.5KInstagram Followers 7.2K Frequency 3 episodes / week Avg Length 45 min Since May 2021 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

4. Sleep With Me

Sleep With Me is a bedtime story designed to take your mind off of the racing thoughts that keep you awake at night. It is a groundbreaking podcast created to help you fall asleep.
Podcast sleepwithmepodcast.com
Host Andrew Ackerman
Email ****@sleepwithmepodcast.com
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 15.3KTwitter Followers 14.9KInstagram Followers 10K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 72 min Since Oct 2013 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

5. As It Happens

Hosts Nil Köksal and Chris Howden take you on a trip around the world with CBC Radio's As It Happens. Hear from the people at the centre of the stories of the day — from the urgent to the utterly strange.
Podcast cbc.ca
Hosts Nil Köksal, Chris Howden
Email ****@cbc.ca
Apple Rating 4.4 / 5Facebook Followers 927KTwitter Followers 36.5KInstagram Followers 492.4K Frequency 4 episodes / week Avg Length 47 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

6. TED Talks Daily

TED Talks Daily brings you the latest talks in the form of a podcast given by the world's leading thinkers and doers. Hear thought-provoking ideas on every subject imaginable from Artificial Intelligence to Zoology, and inspire, intrigue and stir your imagination with everything in between the weekly released episodes.
Podcast podcasts.apple.com
Email ****@ted.com
Apple Rating 4.1 / 5Facebook Followers 13.9MTwitter Followers 11.4MInstagram Followers 7.6M Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 18 min Since Mar 2020 Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

7. Reveal

Reveal's investigations will inspire, infuriate and inform you. Host Al Letson and an award-winning team of reporters deliver gripping stories about caregivers, advocates for the unhoused, immigrant families, warehouse workers and formerly incarcerated people, fighting to hold the powerful accountable. The New Yorker described Reveal as 'a knockout … a pleasure to listen to, even as we seethe.'
Podcast revealnews.org
Email ****@revealnews.org
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 164.9KTwitter Followers 85.1KInstagram Followers 15.5K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 48 min Since Sep 2013 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

8. Afropop Worldwide

Afropop Worldwide is an internationally syndicated weekly radio series, online guide to African and world music, and an international music archive, that has introduced American listeners to the music cultures of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean since 1988. Our radio program is hosted by Georges Collinet from Cameroon.
Podcast afropop.org
Host Georges Collinet
Email ****@afropop.org
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 21.4KTwitter Followers 13.6KInstagram Followers 4.4K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 58 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

9. PRI: Living on Earth

Living on Earth is a weekly news and information program from PRI about the world's changing environment, ecology, and human health. If there's something new about global warming, climate change, environmental politics or environmental quality and human health, you can count on Host Steve Curwood and the LOE public radio news team to keep you up to date with fair and accurate coverage.
Podcast npr.org
Email ****@loe.org
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 16.9KTwitter Followers 4.6KInstagram Followers 1.5K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 53 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

10. Day 6 from CBC Radio

Day 6 is a news magazine show that delivers a surprising take on the week.
Podcast cbc.ca
Email ****@prx.org
Apple Rating 4.4 / 5Facebook Followers 16.3KTwitter Followers 36.5KInstagram Followers 7.2K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 53 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

11. Live Wire with Luke Burbank

Like late-night for radio, hosted by Luke Burbank (Wait Wait Don't Tell Me), the show artfully blends an eclectic mix of artists, musicians, writers, filmmakers, comedians and cultural observers. Music, comedy, and conversation, live and packed with surprises.
Podcast livewireradio.org
Email ****@livewireradio.org
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 7.4KTwitter Followers 7.2KInstagram Followers 3K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 53 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

12. Latino USA

Latino USA offers insight into the lived experiences of Latino communities and is a window on the current and merging cultural, political and social ideas impacting Latinos and the nation.
Podcast latinousa.org
Email ****@prx.org
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 71.1KTwitter Followers 86.6KInstagram Followers 35.5K Frequency 2 episodes / week Avg Length 30 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

13. Podcast Playlist

Hosted by Leah-Simone Bowen, Podcast Playlist's podcast obsessed producers help you find the best podcasts out there. Each week we curate fresh, exciting and thoughtful stories to help you unearth new podcasts to add to your rotation. From true crime to comedy, from current affairs to audio fiction and everything in between. Each week we take you on a journey with lots of discoveries along the way.
Podcast cbc.ca
Hosts PRX, CBC, Leah-Simone Bowen
Email ****@prx.org
Apple Rating 3 / 5Facebook Followers 3.3KTwitter Followers 36.5KInstagram Followers 59.2K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 54 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

14. Ear Hustle

Ear Hustle, from Radiotopia, brings you stories of life inside prison, shared and produced by those living it. The podcast is a partnership between Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams, currently incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, and Nigel Poor, a Bay Area artist. The team works in San Quentin's media lab to produce stories that are sometimes difficult, often funny, and always honest, offering a nuanced view of people living within the American prison system.
Podcast earhustlesq.com
Hosts Ear Hustle, Nigel Poor, Earlonne Woods
Email ****@radiotopia.fm
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 29KTwitter Followers 27.9KInstagram Followers 71.9K Frequency 2 episodes / month Avg Length 39 min Since May 2017 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

15. This Day in Esoteric Political History

We're living in unprecedented times. Maybe. In this show, Jody Avirgan, Nicole Hemmer and Kellie Carter Jackson (and guests) take one moment, big or small, from that day in U.S. political history and explore how it might inform our present all in about fifteen minutes. New episodes release Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. Find us at ThisDayPod.com.. If you have a suggestion for a topic, get in touch. This Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of the Radiotopia podcast network from PRX.
Podcast jodyavirgan.com
Host PRX
Email ****@prx.org
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 17KTwitter Followers 4.6KInstagram Followers 1.8K Frequency 2 episodes / week Avg Length 22 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

16. Scene on Radio

Biewen and co-host Celeste Headlee took a similar approach with MEN, delving into how we got sexism/patriarchy/misogyny and what we can do about it. Scene on Radio is a podcast that tells stories exploring human experience and American society.
Podcast sceneonradio.org+ Follow
Email ****@duke.edu
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 8.1KTwitter Followers 15.8KInstagram Followers 7.2K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 43 min Since Jun 2018 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

17. How To Be A Better Human

How To Be A Better Human isn't your average self improvement podcast. Each week join Chris Duffy in conversation with guests and past speakers as they uncover sharp insights and give clear takeaways on how YOU can be a better human. From your work to your home and your head to your heart, How To Be a Better Human looks in unexpected places for new ways to improve and show up for one another.
Podcast ted.com
Host Chris Duffy
Email ****@prx.org
Apple Rating 4.1 / 5Facebook Followers 17KTwitter Followers 36.5KInstagram Followers 7.2K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 34 min Since Jan 2021 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

18. Good Morning Night Vale

Good Morning Night Vale is the official Welcome to Night Vale recap show, hosted by cast members Meg Bashwiner, Symphony Sanders, and Hal Lublin. Each week, our hosts do a deep dive into one episode of Welcome to Night Vale, starting with the very first episode from 2012. Episodes feature interviews with the cast and creators, revealing origin stories, behind-the-scenes trivia, and more never-before-heard information.
Podcast nightvalepresents.com
Hosts Good Morning Night Vale, Night Vale Presents
Email ****@goodmorningnightvale.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 2.2KTwitter Followers 5.5K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 42 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

19. Sidedoor

More than 154 million treasures fill the Smithsonian's vaults. But where the public's view ends, Sidedoor begins. With the help of biologists, artists, historians, archaeologists, zookeepers and astrophysicists, host Lizzie Peabody sneaks listeners through the Smithsonian's side door, telling stories that can't be heard anywhere else.
Podcast si.edu/sidedoor
Host Lizzie Peabody
Email ****@prx.org
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 16.5KTwitter Followers 3.2KInstagram Followers 7.2K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 34 min Since Oct 2016 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

20. The Science of Happiness

Learn research-tested strategies for a happier, more meaningful life, drawing on the science of compassion, gratitude, mindfulness, and awe. Hosted by award-winning psychologist Dacher Keltner. Co-produced by PRX and UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center.
Podcast greatergood.berkeley.edu
Host Dacher Keltner
Email ****@berkeley.edu
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 143.8KTwitter Followers 36.5KInstagram Followers 20K Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 14 min Since Jan 2018 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

21. Us & Them

Us & Them is a new podcast exploring all sides of the cultural issues that too often divide us. Peabody Award-winner Trey Kay brings us stories that may make you rethink your opinions on religion, sexuality, and other important issues. Us & Them is a joint project of West Virginia Public Broadcasting and Trey Kay Productions, with support from the West Virginia Humanities Council.
Podcast wvpublic.org
Email ****@wvpublic.org
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 2KTwitter Followers 780 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 47 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

22. Song Exploder

Song Exploder is a podcast where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made. Each episode features an artist discussing a song of theirs, breaking down the sounds and ideas that went into the writing and recording. Hosted and produced by Hrishikesh Hirway.
Podcast songexploder.net
Email ****@billions.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 19.3KTwitter Followers 48.3KInstagram Followers 61.3K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 22 min Since Jan 2014 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

23. Welcome to Night Vale

Twice-monthly community updates for the small desert town of Night Vale, where every conspiracy theory is true. Turn on your radio and hide. Never listened before? It's an ongoing radio show. Start with the current episode, and you'll catch on in no time. Or, go right to Episode 1 if you wanna binge-listen.
Podcast play.prx.org
Email ****@welcometonightvale.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 341.4KTwitter Followers 351.7KInstagram Followers 96.6K Frequency 4 episodes / quarter Avg Length 25 min Since Jun 2012 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

24. PORTRAITS

Art, biography, history and identity collide in this podcast from the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Join Director Kim Sajet as she chats with artists, historians, and thought leaders about the big and small ways that portraits shape our world.
Podcast npg.si.edu
Email ****@prx.org
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 16.5KTwitter Followers 36.5KInstagram Followers 7.2K Frequency 2 episodes / month Avg Length 22 min Since Jun 2019 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

25. The FRONTLINE Dispatch

An award-winning, original, investigative series made by the team behind the acclaimed PBS documentary show, FRONTLINE. From the long and deadly arm of 9/11, to a police shooting in West Virginia with a startling twist, to what life is really like for children living in a Kenyan refugee camp, each episode follows a different reporter through an investigation that sometimes is years in the making. The FRONTLINE Dispatch because some stories are meant to be heard.
Podcast pbs.org
Email ****@wgbh.org
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 89.4KTwitter Followers 48.9KInstagram Followers 70.4K Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 38 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

26. Tumble Science Podcast

Exploring stories of science discovery. Tumble is a science podcast created to be enjoyed by the entire family. Hosted & produced by Lindsay Patterson (science journalist) & Marshall Escamilla (teacher). Follow us for more information and educational content.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.3 / 5Facebook Followers 3.1KTwitter Followers 2.2KInstagram Followers 2K Frequency 2 episodes / month Avg Length 21 min Since Feb 2015 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

27. HowSound

The backstory to great radio storytelling, hosted by Rob Rosenthal, for Transom and PRX. Follow to get updates.
Podcast transom.org
Email ****@transom.org
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Twitter Followers 8.9KInstagram Followers 2.6K Frequency 2 episodes / month Avg Length 28 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

28. But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

But Why is a show led by you, kids! You ask the questions and we find the answers. It's a big interesting world out there. On But Why, we tackle topics large and small, about nature, words, even the end of the world.
Podcast vermontpublic.org
Host Jessica Ware
Email ****@butwhykids.org
Apple Rating 4.3 / 5Facebook Followers 5.4KTwitter Followers 2.2K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 28 min Since Apr 2016 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

29. The Mortified Podcast

The Mortified Podcast is a storytelling series where adults share the embarrassing things they created as kids diaries, letters, lyrics & beyond in front of total strangers. PS: It totally likes you. A proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.
Podcast getmortified.com
Email ****@prx.org
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 32.5KTwitter Followers 10.4KInstagram Followers 6.6K Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 31 min Since Feb 2015 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

30. Earth Rangers

Hi kids, if you think that animals are amazing, this is the show for you! Join host Earth Ranger Emma as she travels the world to discover the wildest animal facts out there and solve nature's biggest mysteries. With top ten countdowns, an animal guessing game, conservation conversations, and epic animal showdowns, this is a journey you won't want to miss!
Podcast earthrangers.com
Email ****@prx.org
Apple Rating 4.4 / 5Facebook Followers 16.4KTwitter Followers 9.3KInstagram Followers 7.4K Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 16 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact