Apple Podcasts · United States · Oct 12, 2026

Best Social Sciences Podcasts

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

Trending Social Sciences episodes

The episodes everyone is playing today. Tap to listen.

#1

When Bad Things Happen to Good People

Hidden Brain · 1 h 32 min

#2

Laundry mistakes that shorten the life of your clothes, plus what happens when you put some much-needed quiet back into your day.

Something You Should Know · 49 min

#3

Why Did Ancient Humans Start Believing in Gods? 🌌🗿 | The Origins of Religion and the Divine | Boring History for Sleep

Boring History for Sleep · 4 h 08 min

#4

The Tayos Caves Mystery Part 1

Mysterious Universe · 1 h 12 min

#5

Lenval Logan: “We’ve Seen Better” | Grusch, UAP Footage & The Phenom App

That UFO Podcast · 1 h 38 min

#6

How to Make a Difference: Part 1

Hidden Brain · 48 min

#7

101 Dark Facts About American History They Never Taught You in School 🇺🇸📜 | Forgotten Truths & Hidden Stories | Boring History for Sleep

Boring History for Sleep · 3 h 40 min

#8

How to Make a Difference: Part 2

Hidden Brain · 49 min

#9

Fairfield County Infirmary

GraveYard Tales · 1 h 27 min

#10

Why Conversations Go Wrong

Hidden Brain · 1 h 38 min

#11

Why Did So Many Ancient Civilizations Collapse at the Same Time? 🏺🌍 | The Bronze Age Collapse Explained | Boring History for Sleep

Boring History for Sleep · 3 h 32 min

#12

How to Have Great Conversations & The Surprising Truth About Optimism

Something You Should Know · 47 min

New in Social Sciences

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

The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media

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2

Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

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3

Boring History for Sleep

Velvet

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4

Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse

Agoric Media

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5

Choiceology with Katy Milkman

Charles Schwab

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6

That UFO Podcast

That UFO Podcast

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7

Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life

Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor

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8

The Science of Happiness

PRX and Greater Good Science Center

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9

Mysterious Universe

8th Kind

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10

Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

Spencer Greenberg

▲ 2
11

Therapist Uncensored Podcast

Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD

▼ 1
12

GraveYard Tales

Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph

▼ 1
13

Somewhere in the Skies

SpectreVision Radio

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14

The Psychology Podcast

Scott Barry Kaufman

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15

You Are Not So Smart

You Are Not So Smart

▲ 1
16

People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast

Zachary Elwood

▼ 1
17

Stanford Psychology Podcast

Stanford Psychology

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18

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

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19

New Books in Critical Theory

Marshall Poe

▲ 3
20

NASW Social Work Talks

National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

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21

Behavior Bitches

Study Notes ABA, LLC

▼ 2
22

Navigating Neuropsychology

John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro

▲ 3
23

The Social Work Podcast

Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW

▲ 1
24

The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria

Matt Cicoria

▼ 1
25

Scott Carney Investigates

Scott Carney

▲ 12
26

The Couples Therapist Couch

Shane Birkel

▼ 5
27

The Thoughtful Counselor

The Thoughful Counselor Team

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28

Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity

The Brookings Institution

▲ 2
29

ABA Inside Track

ABA Inside Track

▼ 3
30

بودكاست آن

Arabcast

▲ 4
31

Blurry Photos

David Flora

▲ 1
32

Two Guys on Your Head

KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke

▲ 20
33

Inquiry with Kelly Chase

Kelly Chase

▼ 4
34

The Africa Urban Lab Podcast

Kurtis Lockhart

▲ 6
35

Talks On Psychoanalysis

International Psychoanalytical Association

▲ 1
36

دغدغه ایران

محمد فاضلی

▲ 29
37

Statistics Made Simple

Brad R. Fulton, PhD

▲ 9
38

The Perception & Action Podcast

Rob Gray

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39

Rad N Bad Podcast

Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group

▲ 8
40

Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård

▲ 19
41

The TBRI Podcast

Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU

▼ 13
42

The Social Work Stories Podcast

The Social Work Stories Team

▲ 63
43

Paranormal Almanac

Curt Sandvig

▲ 20
44

Quantitude

Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran

▲ 1
45

Game Theory

Game Theory

▲ 136
46

Dark Side Of Psychology

Dr. Elio Martino

▼ 5
47

VoxDev Development Economics

VoxDev.org

▼ 5
48

VoxTalks Economics

VoxTalks

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49

The Pie: An Economics Podcast

Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago

▼ 14
50

New Books in Anthropology

New Books Network

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