Here at Radio Diaries we’re always hunting for good stories. And a lot of the best “radio” work we’ve heard lately has been on podcasts. So if you’re looking for inspiring, creative and fun new things to listen to, we suggest you begin by subscribing to all the shows in the Radiotopia Collective (we’re a proud member).
If that doesn’t satisfy your ears, there are a lot more story-driven podcasts out there (this list is in no particular order!):
- This American Life
- The Memory Palace
- Planet Money
- Radiolab
- Snap Judgement
- The Moth
- Transom
- How Sound
- The Really Big Questions
- On the Media
- TLDR
- Life of the Law
- Unfictional
- Audiosmut
- State of the Re:Union
- Backstory
- Third Coast’s Re:Sound
- Slate’s Culture Gabfest
- The New Yorker Fiction Podcast
- Selected Shorts
- Studio 360
- The Fishko Files
- Death Sex and Money (not out yet, but we’re excited about it)
- Alt Latino (There are a million music-oriented podcasts out there, most of which are purposely not on this list. But Alt Latino is underrated.)
- Radio Ambulante
- The Savage Lovecast
- Decode DC
- Bullseye
- Blank on Blank
- Filmspotting
- The Dinner Party Download
- Everything Sounds
- StoryCorps
- The Hackney Podcast
- Longform
- Why Oh Why?
- The Organist
- Winters Past
- Tiny Spark
- Destination DIY
- Wiretap
If you have a podcast to suggest we add to this list, email sarah [at] radiodiaries.org
