Apple Podcasts · United States · Oct 8, 2026

Best Society & Culture Podcasts

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

Trending Society & Culture episodes

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#1

‘This Is Nuts.’ An OpenAI Insider Explains Why He Quit.

The Ezra Klein Show · 1 h 11 min

#2

Caller: “How Do I Stop Cheating on My Girlfriends?”

The Dr. John Delony Show · 1 h 08 min

#3

#345 Wynonna Judd - Dolly Parton, Naomi Judd's Death & Finding Her Biological Father

The Shawn Ryan Show · 4 h 57 min

#4

DWTS Week 4 Deep Dive: SHOCKING Elimination + Mika Abdalla & Josh Heuston Go Official in Paris

Chicks in the Office · 1 h 22 min

#5

Reaching Out

This American Life · 1 h 02 min

#6

Todd Can't Let It Go

Chrisley Confessions 2.0 · 48 min

#7

Why Men Love Bitches

If Books Could Kill · 1 h 11 min

#8

The Boy Who Remembered Dying | The Reincarnation Records

The Telepathy Tapes · 35 min

#9

Come On Down!

This is Love · 42 min

#10

I Thought We Were in Love, But Then He Listed 20 Reasons to Break Up!

U Up? · 1 h 25 min

#11

Nathan Lane

Happy Hour with Ina Garten · 37 min

#12

Short Stuff: The Style Cycle

Stuff You Should Know · 13 min

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

The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

Reaching Out

Futuro Media

—
2

The Shawn Ryan Show

Shawn Ryan

—
3

Next Question with Katie Couric

Katie Couric Media

—
4

The Ezra Klein Show

New York Times Opinion

▲ 3
5

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

—
6

This American Life

This American Life

▼ 2
7

Happy Hour with Ina Garten

Vox Media

▲ 1
8

Before & After with Lester Holt

NBC News

▲ 1
9

The Oprah Podcast

Harpo

▲ 2
10

Sold a Story

APM Reports

—
11

The Dr. John Delony Show

Ramsey Network

▲ 6
12

Khloé in Wonder Land

Khloé Kardashian

▲ 2
13

If Books Could Kill

Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri

▼ 1
14

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

▲ 2
15

I've Had It

Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan

▲ 17
16

Behind the Bastards

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

▲ 2
17

The Telepathy Tapes

Ky Dickens

▲ 7
18

Big Feelings with Brooke Schofield

Brooke Schofield

NEW
19

The ManFlu | Exploring Gender Dynamics, Partnerships & Raising Boys Who Care

Lucy McAfee

▼ 6
20

Brooke and Connor Make A Podcast

TMG Studios

▲ 16
21

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

▲ 6
22

Paper Trail

ProPublica

▼ 3
23

Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

▼ 3
24

the Girls

FOX News Podcasts

▼ 9
25

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

▼ 2
26

Otherworld

Otherworld

▲ 4
27

Two Girls One Ghost

Sony Music Entertainment

▲ 1
28

Chicks in the Office

Barstool Sports

▼ 6
29

Chrisley Confessions 2.0

PodcastOne

▲ 23
30

Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari

Dear Media

▲ 20
31

This Is Actually Happening

Audible

▲ 9
32

On with Kara Swisher

Vox Media

▼ 7
33

Revisionist History

Pushkin Industries

▼ 4
34

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

Esther Perel Global Media

▼ 8
35

Radio Rental

Tenderfoot TV & Audacy

▲ 4
36

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

Alan Alda

▼ 15
37

The Permanent Questions With David Brooks

The Atlantic

▼ 6
38

CreepCast

Wendigoon & MeatCanyon

—
39

Timcast IRL

Timcast Media

▲ 14
40

TED Talks Daily

TED

▲ 6
41

Heavyweight

Pushkin Industries

▼ 8
42

The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant

Vox Media Podcast Network

▲ 2
43

What Now? with Trevor Noah

Trevor Noah

▲ 4
44

Wild Card with Rachel Martin

NPR

▼ 2
45

The Viall Files

Nick Viall

▼ 8
46

I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?

BBC Sounds

▼ 3
47

The Interview

The New York Times

▼ 13
48

The Nerve with Maureen Callahan

MK Media

▲ 6
49

Notes from the Edge

Gamut Podcast Network

▼ 14
50

All There Is with Anderson Cooper

CNN Podcasts

▼ 2

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