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Apple Podcasts · United States · Oct 16, 2026

Best Government Podcasts

The top 100 Government shows on the Apple Podcasts chart (US), plus the episodes trending right now.

Trending Government episodes

The episodes everyone is playing today. Tap to listen.

#1

The Cornell 7: More than a Headline (w. Laura Dunn)

Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche · 1 h 25 min

#2

Rational Security: The “Cooking With Gas!” Edition

The Lawfare Podcast · 1 h 22 min

#3

“We’re About to Get Killed”: Inside the GOP Midterms Panic w/ Marc Caputo

The Tara Palmeri Show · 44 min

#4

Impeach Trump? Rep. Al Green Makes the Case

The Oath and The Office · 1 h 09 min

#5

Will SCOTUS Let Big Oil Off the Hook?

Strict Scrutiny · 1 h 34 min

#6

10-15-26 Hour 1 - No Livestreamed Hasan Execution After All

The Chris Plante Show · 41 min

#7

How China's Economic Miracle Shattered

Pekingology · 48 min

#8

10-15-26 Part One - Major Banks Discriminate Conservatives

Red Eye Radio · 1 h 16 min

#9

Republican's They/Them Closing Strategy

Crooked Media ·

#10

The Secret History of the Mar-a-Lago Document Seizure

Disclosure · 41 min

#11

Trump Turns to Putin as the Middle East Crisis Escalates

American Power · 1 h 20 min

#12

Department of Homeland Security v. D.V.D. (and Rhoney v. Barbosa de Cunha)

5-4 · 46 min

New in Government

Brand new shows that entered this chart within two weeks of launch.

#26 newFrom the Source with Wade CrowfootFrom the Source with Wade Crowfoot #31 newNot My NarrativeNot My Narrative #67 newCalifornia City News PodcastCalifornia City News Podcast #71 newPower and Principle with Mark Lee GreenblattPower and Principle with Mark Lee Greenblatt

The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

Optimist Economy

Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi

— 2

Strict Scrutiny

Strict Scrutiny

— 3

The Jedburgh Podcast

Fran Racioppi

— 4

5-4

Prologue Projects

— 5

The DSR Network

The DSR Network

— 6

The Chris Plante Show

WMAL | Cumulus Podcast Network | Cumulus Media Washington

— 7

The Lawfare Podcast

The Lawfare Institute

▲ 1 8

Red Eye Radio

Cumulus Podcast Network

▼ 1 9

American Power

Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global

— 10

America, Actually with Astead Herndon

Vox Media

— 11

You Might Be Right

Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee

▲ 2 12

Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

▲ 4 13

Energy Policy Now

Kleinman Center for Energy Policy

▲ 1 14

The Oath and The Office

Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang

▲ 6 15

Supreme Court Oral Arguments

scotusstats.com

— 16

Civics 101

NHPR

▼ 5 17

What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law

Roman Mars

▼ 5 18

Fiasco

Pushkin Industries

▼ 1 19

The Find Out Podcast

Find Out Media & Studio71

▲ 2 20

The John Phillips Show

790 KABC Radio | Cumulus Los Angeles

▼ 1 21

Sekulow

Jay Sekulow

▲ 2 22

The Tara Palmeri Show

Tara Palmeri

▲ 8 23

Pekingology

Center for Strategic and International Studies

▲ 11 24

Macroaggressions

Charlie Robinson

▼ 6 25

NatSec Matters

Beacon Global Strategies LLC

▲ 20 26

From the Source with Wade Crowfoot

California Natural Resources Agency

▼ 4 27

Capitalisn't

University of Chicago Podcast Network

▲ 9 28

Divided Argument

Will Baude & Dan Epps

▲ 18 29

The DSR Daily

The DSR Network

▼ 2 30

The Asset

District Productive

▲ 125 31

Not My Narrative

Straw Hut Media

▲ 4 32

Purplish

Colorado Public Radio

▲ 12 33

Irregular Warfare Podcast

Irregular Warfare Initiative

▼ 4 34

The Interview

BBC World Service

▼ 3 35

DSR's Words Matter

The DSR Network

▼ 9 36

Show Archives – Armed American Radio |

Armed American Radio

▲ 7 37

DC EKG

Stay On Course Studios

▼ 13 38

The Debrief with Jon Becker

Jon Becker

▲ 11 39

The Cato Weekly Podcast

Cato Institute

▼ 14 40

The Trade Guys

CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies

▲ 1 41

Global Security Briefing

The Royal United Services Institute

▼ 9 42

Democracy Decoded

Campaign Legal Center

▲ 6 43

Within the Trenches

Code 7 Podcast Network

▲ 4 44

The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor

The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor

▲ 78 45

Talking Charleston

City of Charleston, SC

▲ 95 46

A Matter of Degrees

Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson

▲ 5 47

Mundo in the Morning - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM & 710 AM

KCMO Talk Radio | Cumulus Media Kansas City

▼ 8 48

Law and Chaos

Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez

▼ 20 49

Who the Health Cares? with Prof Michael Sparer

Center for Public Health Systems

▼ 11 50

Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast

United States Postal Service

▲ 7

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