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Apple Podcasts · United States · Oct 16, 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

Why Am I Unhappy?

Hidden Brain · 1 h 33 min

#2

Jay Stratton: Out of the Shadows | Review & Listener Reactions

That UFO Podcast · 59 min

#3

The Surprising Science of Enjoying Food & Why We Need to Know Why

Something You Should Know · 48 min

#4

The History of Sugar 🍬🌍 | The Sweet Commodity That Changed the World | Boring History for Sleep

Boring History for Sleep · 3 h 35 min

#5

Hitler’s Invasion of the Soviet Union ⚔️🇩🇪🇷🇺 | Operation Barbarossa & the Eastern Front | Boring History for Sleep

Boring History for Sleep · 4 h 12 min

#6

When Bad Things Happen to Good People

Hidden Brain · 1 h 32 min

#7

UFOs, Fairies & Ghosts: Walking The Inverted Path with Joshua Cutchin

Inquiry with Kelly Chase · 58 min

#8

Happiness Break: A Breathing Technique to Help You Relax

The Science of Happiness · 8 min

#9

New Military Whistleblowers, Four Soldiers Break Their Silence on Reddit, and Has David Grusch Gone Wild?

Somewhere in the Skies · 1 h 54 min

#10

The Birth of the Black-Eyed Kids | Brian Bethel’s Terrifying Encounter (SITS CLASSIC)

Somewhere in the Skies · 48 min

#11

America Had No Income Tax Until 1913 🇺🇸💰 | How Did the Government Survive Without It? | Boring History for Sleep

Boring History for Sleep · 3 h 16 min

#12

Machiavelli — The Art of Power in the Modern World 👑🦊 | The Mind Behind The Prince | Boring History for Sleep

Boring History for Sleep · 3 h 51 min

The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media

— 2

Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

— 3

Boring History for Sleep

Velvet

— 4

Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse

Agoric Media

— 5

Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life

Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor

— 6

Choiceology with Katy Milkman

Charles Schwab

— 7

Therapist Uncensored Podcast

Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD

— 8

That UFO Podcast

That UFO Podcast

— 9

The Science of Happiness

PRX and Greater Good Science Center

▲ 1 10

Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

Spencer Greenberg

▼ 1 11

Somewhere in the Skies

SpectreVision Radio

— 12

Stanford Psychology Podcast

Stanford Psychology

— 13

You Are Not So Smart

You Are Not So Smart

— 14

People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast

Zachary Elwood

▲ 2 15

NASW Social Work Talks

National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

▲ 7 16

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

▼ 2 17

The Social Work Podcast

Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW

▲ 2 18

GraveYard Tales

Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph

▼ 1 19

Mysterious Universe

8th Kind

▼ 4 20

Behavior Bitches

Study Notes ABA, LLC

▼ 2 21

Inquiry with Kelly Chase

Kelly Chase

▲ 21 22

The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria

Matt Cicoria

▼ 2 23

The Couples Therapist Couch

Shane Birkel

▼ 2 24

The Thoughtful Counselor

The Thoughful Counselor Team

▲ 1 25

The TBRI Podcast

Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU

▲ 1 26

ABA Inside Track

ABA Inside Track

▼ 2 27

Navigating Neuropsychology

John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro

▼ 4 28

Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity

The Brookings Institution

▲ 1 29

The Social Work Stories Podcast

The Social Work Stories Team

▲ 18 30

Messy Social Work

Rich and Tim

▲ 10 31

Rad N Bad Podcast

Sean Yocum and Michael Carrero from Hickory Learning Group

▼ 3 32

The Pie: An Economics Podcast

Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago

▼ 5 33

New Books in Critical Theory

Marshall Poe

▼ 2 34

UCLA Housing Voice

UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies

▲ 3 35

Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips

Stephanie Keith

▲ 29 36

بودكاست آن

Arabcast

— 37

The Addiction Psychologist

Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery

▲ 19 38

One in Ten

National Children's Alliance

▼ 6 39

Dark Side Of Psychology

Dr. Elio Martino

▲ 4 40

The Marginal Revolution Podcast

Mercatus Center at George Mason University

▲ 25 41

The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris

James Morris

▲ 26 42

Quantitude

Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran

▼ 8 43

Statistics Made Simple

Brad R. Fulton, PhD

▼ 8 44

The Bulletproof Musician

Noa Kageyama

▲ 6 45

Spooky Psychology

Lauren Mollica and Megan Baker

▲ 62 46

Let's Talk Forensic Psychology

Let's Talk Forensic Psychology

▲ 6 47

一口經濟學 bitesize economics

Charles Liao

▲ 7 48

The Skeptic Podcast

The Skeptic

▼ 4 49

دغدغه ایران

محمد فاضلی

▼ 10 50

Scott Carney Investigates

Scott Carney

▼ 12

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