Searching for political, musical and mental health conversations? For stories, unqualified advice, laughs or playlist recommendations? Try these podcasts this summer!
Inspired by Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Oprah Daily, and The Conversation
Comedy
Anna Faris is Unqualified – Actress Anna Faris
Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Unqualified, Listen Notes, Owl Tail, and Stitcher
Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet – Content creators Alex and Christine Schiefer
Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify
Entry Level – Actor, comedian, and writer Brooks Wheelan
All Things Comedy Apple Podcasts, and Spotify
How Did This Get Made? – Actor Jason Mantzoukas, actor, comedian, director, producer, and writer Paul Scheer, and actor, producer, and writer June Diane Raphael
Apple Podcasts, EarWolf, SoundCloud, and Spotify
Terrible, Thanks For Asking – Author Nora McInerny
Apple Podcasts, iHeart, TTA, Spotify, Stitcher
Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me – Television host, comedian, and writer Peter Daniel Sagal
Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Podbay, Spotify, and Stitcher
Creative
Start With This – Author Jeffrey Cranor and businessman Joseph Fink
Apple Podcasts, Player FM, Podbay, PodBean, and Spotify
Fiction
Flyest Fables – Audio producer, performer, and writer Morgan Givens
Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Flyest Fables, and Pod Chaser, Spotify, and Stitcher
The New Yorker Fiction Podcast – Fiction editor Deborah Treisman
Apple Podcasts, Listen Notes, NPR, OwlTail, PodBean, and Tune In
Health
All in the Mind – Journalist Sana Qadar
ABC Listen app, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify
Happier – Author Gretchen Rubin
Apple Podcasts, and Spotify
Live Happy Now – Writer, editor, and advocate Paula Felps
Advertise Cast, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Live Happy, Player FM, and Spotify
The Minimalists – Authors, filmmakers, and speakers Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus
Apple Podcasts, Owl Tail, Podbay, Spotify, Stitcher, and The Minimalists
Love
Modern Love – Journalist and radio producer Meghna Chakrabarti
Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, NY Times, Owl Tail, PodBean, Spotify, Stitcher, and WBUR
Miscellaneous
Stuff You Should Know – Author Josh Clark and podcaster Charles W. “Chuck” Bryant
Apple Podcasts, iHeart, Google Podcasts, and Spotify
Music/Pop Culture
Cool Playlist – Actress and writer Eliza Skinner
Apple Podcasts, Listen Notes, OwlTail, Pod Chaser, Spotify, and Stitcher
Popcast – Journalist and music critic Jon Caramanica
Apple Podcasts, Knox and Jamie, Listen Notes, Podbay, PodBean, Spotify, Stitcher, and Tune In
The Read – Comedian, vlogger and writer Kid Fury and comedian and writer Crissle West
Apple Podcasts, Pod Chaser, SoundCloud, Spotify, and Tune In
Personal, Professional, and Political
Work in Progress – Actress and activist Sophia Bush
Apple Podcasts, Listen Notes, Podtail, SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Tune In, and Wondery
Reporting
Wind of Change – Investigative journalist, and writer Patrick Radden Keefe
Apple Podcasts, Audacy, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Tune In
True Crime and Paranormal
And That’s Why We Drink – Writer/producer, and podcaster Christine Schiefer and artist Em Schulz
My Favorite Murder – Comedian, singer, and television producer Karen Kilgariff and television host and pocaster Georgia Hardstark
Apple Podcasts, Exactly Right Media, iHeart, Player FM, Podbay, and Spotify
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