25 Best Public Policy Podcasts

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Public Policy Podcasts

Here are 25 Best Public Policy Podcasts worth listening to in 2024

1. The Al Franken Podcast

The Al Franken Podcast A five-time Emmy-winning SNL comedy writer/producer joins a four-time #1 NYT bestselling author, a three-time highest-rated national progressive radio host, a two-time Grammy-winning artist, and a former US Senator. So, it gets a little crowded in the booth when Al talks about public policy and sometimes political comedy with notable guests. Al Franken is a prominent liberal political activist, hosting The Al Franken Show on Air America Radio.
Podcast alfranken.com
Producer/Network ASF Productions
Email ****@alfranken.com
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 958KTwitter Followers 1.2MInstagram Followers 209.3K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 44 min Since May 2019 Listen on Apple Spotify 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.

2. New Books in Public Policy

New Books in Public Policy Interviews with Scholars of Public Policy about their New Books.
Podcast cms.megaphone.fm
Producer/Network New Books Network
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4 / 5Facebook Followers 8.6KTwitter Followers 17.5K Frequency 2 episodes/week Avg Length 59 min Listen on Apple Spotify Get Email Contact

3. PolicyCast

PolicyCast Each week, host Ralph Ranalli speaks with leading experts in public policy, media, and international affairs about their experiences confronting the world's most pressing public problems.
Podcast hks.harvard.edu
Host Ralph Ranalli
Producer/Network Harvard Kennedy School
Email ****@hks.harvard.edu
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 114.6KTwitter Followers 137.2KInstagram Followers 88.6K Frequency 2 episodes/week Avg Length 47 min Since Jan 2013 Listen on Apple Spotify Get Email Contact

4. Tipping Point New Mexico

Tipping Point New Mexico Podcast of the Rio Grande Foundation that addresses public policy issues facing New Mexico.
Podcast tippingpointnewmexico.libsyn.com
Host Walter Drangmeister
Producer/Network Paul Gessing
Email ****@riograndefoundation.org
Apple Rating 4.3 / 5Facebook Followers 2.6KTwitter Followers 1.9K Frequency 2 episodes/week Avg Length 44 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Get Email Contact

5. Public Policy Channel

Public Policy Channel The UC Public Policy Channel provides a platform for policy-makers, policy critics, and innovative policy thinkers gathered by the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley to speak the truth clearly, convincingly, and constructively in pursuit of solutions for the good of all.
Podcast listennotes.com
Producer/Network UCTV
Email ****@uctv.tv
Apple Rating 4 / 5Facebook Followers 30KTwitter Followers 6.1K Frequency 2 episodes/year Avg Length 54 min Listen on Apple YouTube Get Email Contact

6. Policy Options Podcast

Policy Options Podcast Policy Options is a digital magazine published by the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) in Montreal, Quebec. It features daily articles on issues of public policy by contributors from academia, research institutions, the political world, the public service and the non-profit and private sectors. We're committed to introducing our listeners to a diversity of viewpoints on the important public policy challenges of our time.
Podcast policyoptions.irpp.org
Producer/Network IRPP
Email ****@irpp.org
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 3KTwitter Followers 24.3K Frequency 1 episode/quarter Avg Length 44 min Since Dec 2015 Listen on Apple Spotify Get Email Contact

7. The Libertarian

The Libertarian A podcast series featuring the inimitable Richard Epstein offering his unique perspective on national developments in public policy and the law. Tune in each week to hear Epstein's take on breaking news stories.
Podcast ricochet.com
Producer/Network Hoover Institution
Email ****@ricochet.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 7.7KTwitter Followers 20.5K Frequency 1 episode/month Avg Length 26 min Since Aug 2016 Listen on Apple Spotify Get Email Contact

8. Policy Chats

Policy Chats Join us for chats with various voices in the public policy world about today's most pressing societal issues. This podcast is a production of the School of Public Policy at the University of California, Riverside.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Producer/Network UCR School of Public Policy
Email ****@ucr.edu
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 1.6KTwitter Followers 1.3KInstagram Followers 1.8K Frequency 4 episodes/year Avg Length 38 min Listen on Apple Spotify Get Email Contact

9. Talk Policy To Me

Talk Policy To Me Talk Policy To Me podcast provides personal stories and creative solutions from the next generation of public policy leaders.
Podcast gspp.berkeley.edu
Producer/Network Goldman School of Public Policy and Berkeley Institute for Young Americans
Email ****@berkeley.edu
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 6.3KTwitter Followers 5.6K Frequency 1 episode/month Avg Length 23 min Since Aug 2017 Listen on Apple Spotify Get Email Contact

10. Policy Forum Pod

Policy Forum Pod Policy Forum Pod is the podcast of Policy Forum.net - Asia and the Pacific's platform for public policy debate, analysis and discussion. Policy Forum is based at Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University.
Podcast policyforum.net
Hosts Dr Arnagretta Hunter, Sharon Bessell
Producer/Network Policy Forum Pod
Email ****@anu.edu.au
Apple Rating 3.3 / 5Facebook Followers 21.4KTwitter Followers 8.9K Frequency 22 episodes/year Avg Length 50 min Since Mar 2016 Listen on Apple Spotify Get Email Contact

11. Grattan Institute

Grattan Institute Everything you need to know about Australian public policy in just 20 minutes.Grattan Institute is dedicated to developing high quality public policy for Australia's future. Our podcasts cover a range of public policy topics focusing on the main issues facing Australia. Our podcasts concentrate on budget policy, economic growth, energy, health, institutional reform, household finances, school education, transport and cities.
Podcast grattan.edu.au
Host Kat Clay
Producer/Network Grattan Institute
Email ****@grattan.edu.au
Apple Rating 4.2 / 5Facebook Followers 9KTwitter Followers 24.9K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 25 min Since Nov 2009 Listen on Apple Spotify Video Podcast YouTube
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12. Texas Impact's Weekly Witness

Texas Impact's Weekly Witness Weekly Witness is your weekly update on the mainstream faith community's perspective on everything Texas public policy. Hosted by Texas Impact's Scott Atnip, Weekly Witness is recorded in front of a live audience in downtown Austin. We host policy experts, faith leaders, and elected officials who provide in-depth information on relevant policy issues in the state. Weekly Witness is a product of Texas Impact, Texas' oldest and largest interfaith advocacy group.
Podcast texasimpact.libsyn.com
Producer/Network Texas Impact
Email ****@texasimpact.org
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 4KTwitter Followers 2.3K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 27 min Since Feb 2018 Listen on Apple Spotify Get Email Contact

13. Policy 360

Policy 360 Policy 360 is a series of audio conversations from the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. The series is hosted by Sanford's dean, Judith Kelley.
Podcast policy360.org
Producer/Network Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5 Frequency 1 episode/month Avg Length 33 min Listen on Apple Spotify Get Email Contact

14. The Public Square

The Public Square The national radio broadcast of the American Policy Roundtable aired coast-to-coast, hosted by Dave Zanotti and Wayne Shepherd. Subscribe and tune in for behind the scene discussions of public policy issues that most talk radio shows won't touch.
Podcast thepublicsquare.com
Producer/Network The American Policy Roundtable
Email ****@thepublicsquare.com
Frequency 2 episodes/week Avg Length 48 min Listen on Apple Spotify Get Email Contact

15. Catch22Minutes

Catch22Minutes In the Catch22Minutes podcast, we will delve into some of today's major social challenges. We will be speaking to frontline experts, industry leaders and young people, in pursuit of ideas for reforming public services.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Producer/Network Catch22
Email ****@icloud.com
Twitter Followers 26.4KInstagram Followers 3.5K Frequency 1 episode/month Avg Length 22 min Listen on Apple Spotify Video Podcast YouTube
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16. Analysis

Analysis Programme examining the ideas and forces which shape public policy in Britain and abroad, presented by distinguished writers, journalists and academics.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 916.1KTwitter Followers 533.4KInstagram Followers 61.2K Frequency 13 episodes/year Avg Length 29 min Listen on Apple Spotify Get Email Contact

17. The Brookings Cafeteria

The Brookings Cafeteria Host Fred Dews interviews experts from the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public policy organization (think tank) based in Washington, D.C., about their research and ideas on solutions to the most pressing public policy challenges facing the nation and the world.
Podcast brookings.edu
Producer/Network The Brookings Institution
Email ****@Brookings.edu
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 410.5KTwitter Followers 3.4K Listen on Apple Spotify Get Email Contact

18. UC3P

UC3P The University of Chicago Public Policy Podcasts (UC3P) is a Harris Student Organization that aims to promote public discourse through a public policy perspective.
Podcast spreaker.com
Producer/Network UC3P
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 297Twitter Followers 334 Listen on Apple Spotify Get Email Contact

19. Policy Matters

Policy Matters 'Policy Matters: Points and Perspectives from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy' aims to help policymakers and citizens alike build a deeper, more balanced understanding of pressing public policy challenges.
Podcast bakerinstitute.org
Producer/Network Rice University's Baker Institute
Email ****@rice.edu
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 18.6KTwitter Followers 16.2K Since Jul 2017 Listen on Apple Get Email Contact

20. NC Policy Watch Interviews

NC Policy Watch Interviews NC Policy Watch is a public policy organization with a simple mission, to change the way our elected officials debate important issues facing North Carolina.
Podcast ncnewsline.com
Producer/Network NC Policy Watch
Email ****@ncpolicywatch.com
Apple Rating 4.2 / 5Facebook Followers 27.5KInstagram Followers 1.4K Listen on Apple Get Email Contact

21. Institute for Policy Innovation Public Policy Podcast

Institute for Policy Innovation Public Policy Podcast Mixed audio and video content from the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI), a conservative, free-market public policy think tank. Supply-side economics, tax cuts, entitlement reform, deregulation. We advocate lower taxes, fewer regulations, and a smaller, less-intrusive government.
Podcast ipi.org
Producer/Network The Institute for Policy Innovation
Email ****@ipi.org
Apple Rating 4.4 / 5Facebook Followers 49.1KTwitter Followers 3.1K Frequency 30 episodes/year Listen on Apple Spotify Get Email Contact

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Top podcast hosts and producers covering this topic. Get Spreadsheet
Podcaster Name Email Role Podcast Link Total Episodes Twitter Handle
Ralph Ranalli Host hks.harvard.edu/policycast 1
Walter Drangmeister Host tippingpointnewmexico.libsyn.com 66
Dr Arnagretta Hunter Co Host policyforum.net/podcasts/?podcast_type=policy-forum 19 @cbr_heartdoc
Sharon Bessell Co Host policyforum.net/podcasts/?podcast_type=policy-forum 19 @bessellsharon
Kat Clay Head of Digital Communications, Host grattan.edu.au/podcasts 24 @kat_clay
Hoover Institution ricochet.com/series/the-libertarian 56 @ricochet
Merrill Matthews ipi.org/multimedia 23 @IPI
The Libertarian ricochet.com/series/the-libertarian 21 @ricochet
IRPP policyoptions.irpp.org/category/podcasts 14 @IRPP
Sanford School of Public Policy policy360.org/episodes 5
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