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Apple Podcasts · United States · Sep 18, 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 Conversations Go Wrong

Hidden Brain · 1 h 38 min

#2

Secrets to Getting Great Customer Service & The Curious Story of Remote Controls

Something You Should Know · 49 min

#3

The Real History of Africa 🌍👑 | Great Civilizations, Powerful Kingdoms & Forgotten Stories | Boring History for Sleep

Boring History for Sleep · 3 h 20 min

#4

The Most Devastating Tragedies in History 💔🌍 | Disasters, Wars & Human Suffering Explained | Boring History for Sleep

Boring History for Sleep · 3 h 23 min

#5

Blowing Up Your Life

Hidden Brain · 1 h 26 min

#6

Happiness Break: A Meditation on the Uniqueness of Your Voice

The Science of Happiness · 8 min

#7

Alexander the Great: The Complete Story ⚔️👑 | The Boy Who Conquered the World | Boring History for Sleep

Boring History for Sleep · 3 h 18 min

#8

Why You Wouldn’t Survive a Single Day in the Past 🏚️⚔️ | 2 Hours of Brutal Everyday History | Boring History for Sleep

Boring History for Sleep · 3 h 15 min

#9

The Black Seas of Infinity

Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse · 58 min

#10

Karin Austin: John Mack, Experiencers & the Disclosure Problem | Part 2

That UFO Podcast · 1 h 10 min

#11

The Problem of Other Minds

Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse · 51 min

#12

Close Encounters in Sweden: The Fire People and the Owl Beings (SITS CLASSIC)

Somewhere in the Skies · 1 h 23 min

New in Social Sciences

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

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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

Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life

Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor

▲ 1 4

Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse

Agoric Media

▲ 1 5

Boring History for Sleep

Velvet

▼ 2 6

Choiceology with Katy Milkman

Charles Schwab

— 7

The Science of Happiness

PRX and Greater Good Science Center

— 8

That UFO Podcast

That UFO Podcast

— 9

Therapist Uncensored Podcast

Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD

— 10

The Psychology Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 3 11

You Are Not So Smart

You Are Not So Smart

— 12

Somewhere in the Skies

SpectreVision Radio

— 13

People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast

Zachary Elwood

▲ 2 14

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

— 15

Stanford Psychology Podcast

Stanford Psychology

▲ 1 16

Behavior Bitches

Study Notes ABA, LLC

▼ 6 17

Mysterious Universe

8th Kind

— 18

Navigating Neuropsychology

John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro

▲ 1 19

The Social Work Podcast

Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW

▲ 1 20

GraveYard Tales

Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph

▼ 2 21

The Couples Therapist Couch

Shane Birkel

▲ 1 22

The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria

Matt Cicoria

▼ 1 23

The TBRI Podcast

Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU

▲ 14 24

New Books in Critical Theory

Marshall Poe

— 25

NASW Social Work Talks

National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

▼ 2 26

Templeton Ideas Podcast

John Templeton Foundation

▲ 9 27

The Pie: An Economics Podcast

Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago

▲ 5 28

ABA Inside Track

ABA Inside Track

▲ 1 29

Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

Spencer Greenberg

▲ 5 30

The Thoughtful Counselor

The Thoughful Counselor Team

▲ 6 31

DeltaPi | دلتاپی

Farzad Fakhrizadeh

▼ 3 32

Two Guys on Your Head

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

▼ 2 33

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

Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård

▼ 2 34

EPPP Study Podcast-

Circle Of Insight Productions

▲ 53 35

UCLA Housing Voice

UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies

▼ 2 36

The Bulletproof Musician

Noa Kageyama

▼ 10 37

Quantitude

Greg Hancock & Patrick Curran

▲ 4 38

Kohn's Zone

Alfie Kohn

▼ 11 39

The Perception & Action Podcast

Rob Gray

▲ 8 40

Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function

Sucheta Kamath

▲ 3 41

Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity

The Brookings Institution

▲ 11 42

The Sociology of Everything Podcast

Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)

▼ 2 43

Dark Side Of Psychology

Dr. Elio Martino

▼ 5 44

Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips

Stephanie Keith

▲ 12 45

Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)

Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof

— 46

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Questions & Answers

Jacob Martinez

NEW 47

New Books in Political Science

New Books Network

▲ 19 48

The Science of Personality Podcast

Hogan Assessments

▼ 2 49

Inquiry with Kelly Chase

Kelly Chase

▼ 10 50

Teamcast

Mission Critical Team Institute

▲ 3

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