Apple Podcasts · United States · Oct 4, 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

Is the World Getting Uglier?

The Ezra Klein Show · 1 h 07 min

#2

689. Here’s Why Your Hamburger Just Got So Pricey

Freakonomics Radio · 49 min

#3

#344 Dusty Slay - Moon Landing Conspiracies, Flat Earth, Aliens and the Nephilim

The Shawn Ryan Show · 2 h 51 min

#4

Selects: How Bras Work

Stuff You Should Know · 53 min

#5

Chris Rock Has Been Thinking About Forgiveness

The Interview · 1 h 02 min

#6

Erin Brockovich Is Taking On Data Centers

Offline with Jon Favreau · 1 h 10 min

#7

#343 Jimmy Watson - John McAfee's Bodyguard Reveals the Dead Man's Switch

The Shawn Ryan Show · 4 h 55 min

#8

Cindy Crawford's Parenting Choices, Meghan Markle's Latest Branding Fail, & Tom Kenniff's Debut Novel

The Nerve with Maureen Callahan · 1 h 58 min

#9

Willpower Expert: The Secret To Effortless Discipline - Angela Duckworth - #1158

Modern Wisdom · 1 h 41 min

#10

Bill Gates’s Blunt Warning on A.I.

The Ezra Klein Show · 1 h 14 min

#11

Paige DeSorbo | Khloé in Wonder Land

Khloé in Wonder Land · 1 h 01 min

#12

Anthony Scaramucci Says Trump Made All the Wrong Moves

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace · 42 min

New in Society & Culture

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

The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

The Ezra Klein Show

New York Times Opinion

▲ 2
2

Notes from the Edge

Gamut Podcast Network

—
3

The Shawn Ryan Show

Shawn Ryan

▼ 2
4

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

—
5

This American Life

This American Life

▲ 1
6

the Girls

FOX News Podcasts

▼ 1
7

Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

▲ 6
8

Happy Hour with Ina Garten

Vox Media

▼ 1
9

Sold a Story

APM Reports

▼ 1
10

Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel

Rachel Uchitel

▲ 2
11

Khloé in Wonder Land

Khloé Kardashian

▼ 2
12

Dream Life Club

Sumi Krishnan

▼ 2
13

The Oprah Podcast

Harpo

▼ 2
14

Behind the Bastards

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

—
15

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

Lucy McAfee

▲ 3
16

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

▲ 3
17

The Dr. John Delony Show

Ramsey Network

▼ 2
18

The Telepathy Tapes

Ky Dickens

▲ 6
19

Heavyweight

Pushkin Industries

▼ 3
20

Chicks in the Office

Barstool Sports

▼ 3
21

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

▲ 17
22

Revisionist History

Pushkin Industries

▲ 13
23

Brooke and Connor Make A Podcast

TMG Studios

▼ 3
24

Going Public With Ross Mandell

Ross Mandell

▼ 2
25

The Nerve with Maureen Callahan

MK Media

▲ 1
26

Paper Trail

ProPublica

▼ 5
27

Two Girls One Ghost

Sony Music Entertainment

▼ 4
28

Timcast IRL

Timcast Media

▲ 5
29

All There Is with Anderson Cooper

CNN Podcasts

▲ 1
30

So Supernatural

Audiochuck | Crime House

▲ 6
31

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

▼ 4
32

Before & After with Lester Holt

NBC News

▼ 7
33

The Interview

The New York Times

▲ 23
34

What Now? with Trevor Noah

Trevor Noah

▼ 3
35

On with Kara Swisher

Vox Media

▼ 6
36

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

BBC Sounds

▼ 4
37

I've Had It

Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan

▼ 9
38

The Viall Files

Nick Viall

▼ 4
39

Radio Rental

Tenderfoot TV & Audacy

▲ 2
40

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace

MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace

▲ 21
41

If Books Could Kill

Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri

▲ 2
42

The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant

Vox Media Podcast Network

▼ 2
43

The Permanent Questions With David Brooks

The Atlantic

▼ 6
44

A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein

Matt Bernstein

▲ 27
45

CreepCast

Wendigoon & MeatCanyon

—
46

Street You Grew Up On

Kerry Washington | Daylight Media

▼ 7
47

This Is Actually Happening

Audible

—
48

TED Talks Daily

TED

▲ 5
49

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

▼ 3
50

Danny Jones Podcast

Danny Jones | Daylight Media

▲ 16

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