December 24, 2021 - From Pieces of Britney to Sweet Bobby … the 2021 podcasts of the year. Composite: PR · Celebrities’ bizarre snacking habits, a true crime tale about stripping troupe The Chippendales, and the realisation that there’s no such thing as ...

June 22, 2023 - Shows about Chippendales, a notorious Hollywood bomb, the search for the perfect pasta shape and the immediate aftermath of 9/11 are among those worthy of your attention.

December 22, 2021 - It’s no secret that, among her many hyphenates, Oprah Winfrey has a knack for bringing out a never-before-seen side of her interview subjects. Her podcast is no exception. Super Soul is an interview series with a special focus on spiritual awaking featuring a myriad of influential guests. I’d give you a list of the big names, but the best way to sum it up is: Who would say no to Oprah?

December 2, 2022 - They pushed the form, helped us metabolize the world around us (or escape from it), and embodied the spirit of 2021. (And a special shoutout to Dan Taberski, the first host to ever earn two of our top-five spots.) Knowing that Toxic: The Britney Spears Story has a happy ending isn’t a spoiler. Instead, awareness of Spears’s recent triumph gives a hopeful sheen to the work by the two women who popularized the #FreeBritney movement. Comedians Tess Barker and Babs Gray’s first podcast, Britney’s Gram, analyzed the pop star’s Instagram feed.

December 23, 2021 - From true crime pods like "Suspect" to new shows from Laverne Cox and Seth Rogen, these interesting podcasts from 2021are well worth bingeing anytime.

December 15, 2021 - The best podcasts of 2021 run the gamut, from The Ezra Klein Show and Maintenance Phase to smaller, more personal projects like Aack Cast. We run down the 10 best podcasts of the year.

December 14, 2021 - Sarah Larson lists the best podcasts of 2021, which include “Radiolab: Mixtape,” “The Paris Review Podcast,” “Stay Away from Matthew MaGill,” and “Forever Is a Long Time.”

July 26, 2022 - If you’ve ever wondered how school board meetings went off the rails, this is the podcast for you. NBC News’s Mike Hixenbaugh and Antonia Hylton take an in-depth look at Southlake High School in Texas. When a racist incident rocks the town, a Cultural Competence Action is introduced.

December 13, 2021 - The podcast that has stuck with me the most from this year is Dan Taberski’s The Line. For a relatively short series, The Line packs in a lot: a mini-history of the Navy Seals, an account of one unit’s time in Iraq, and a courtroom drama with a impossible to see coming twist.

December 2, 2021 - But good podcasts are awfully hard to produce, and good podcasts that are doing something innovative or unique are near-impossible to find. This year’s best podcasts challenged the status quo: Between laughs, Straightio Lab takes on traditional notions of sexuality and gender.

September 4, 2024 - Edison Research announces the comprehensive U.S. Top 50 Podcast chart for Q4 2021. This list ranks the 50 biggest podcasts by audience size, based on the Podcast Consumer Tracking Report, the only podcast measurement service that measures the relative audience size and demographics of all podcast ...

December 3, 2021 - Once a world power that stretched across the globe, the British were particularly prolific at acquiring such objects. This podcast from Australian broadcaster Marc Fennell delves into the troubling and complicated histories of some of these items (from stolen Greek statues to Pekingese dogs) and how they came to permeate not only museums but also our everyday lives.

3 weeks ago - Boomtown is a podcast about the activities of major oil companies in the Permian Basin region mostly located in Texas in the United States. The podcast is hosted by Christian Wallace and produced by Texas Monthly in partnership with Imperative Entertainment. The show was produced by Texas Monthly ...

December 8, 2022 - The 20 best podcasts that debuted in 2021, as selected by Variety staff.

October 19, 2021 - From Planet Money to WTF With Marc Maron, here are 20 of the best podcasts to listen to right now.

November 26, 2021 - Sideways – Matthew Syed’s superb new(ish) podcast from the BBC. I can’t quite believe how many great stories Syed collects and how well he tells them. Will appeal to fans of – for example – Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History.

September 1, 2022 - I’ve written before that the opening to Stolen is perhaps the best that exists in contemporary audio, but more than that, Walker’s journalistic integrity is what ensures that every episode lands. Stolen is one of the most important and compelling podcasts of the year, addressing an ongoing emergency with both urgency and empathy.

August 28, 2025 - Apple Podcasts is pleased to recognize “A Slight Change of Plans” with Maya Shankar from Pushkin Industries as Best Show of the Year, and “Anything for Selena” with Maria Garcia from WBUR and Futuro Studios as Newcomer of the Year.

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. Every week, Brian will sit down with one of his old pals and coworkers to talk about their best job ever: The Office.