Apple Podcasts · United States · Sep 9, 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

#337 Cardinal Burke - The Old Testament

The Shawn Ryan Show · 2 h 07 min

#2

What ‘Hyperpolitics’ Explains About This Era

The Ezra Klein Show · 1 h 08 min

#3

Nickelodeon:The Best of Slimes

Stuff You Should Know · 50 min

#4

Middle School

This American Life · 1 h 01 min

#5

Amazon Was Supposed to Kill the Bookstore. James Daunt Had Other Plans | Better in Person

Freakonomics Radio · 32 min

#6

Russian ATTACK On NATO Country THWARTED, WW3 Fears Debated w/ James Klug

Timcast IRL · 2 h 03 min

#7

What if you were the other woman? [Rebroadcast #316]

This Is Actually Happening · 50 min

#8

Part One: Francis Galton: Inventor of Eugenics

Behind the Bastards · 1 h 05 min

#9

Four Big Stories: Emmys ’26, Summer Box Office Pushback, Fed Tax Credit Odds, and ‘60 Minutes’ 2.0

The Town with Matthew Belloni · 36 min

#10

Short Stuff: Flappers

Stuff You Should Know · 11 min

#11

The Couple Doth Post Too Much

I've Had It · 57 min

#12

Heather Dubrow, Lindsay Clancy Mistrial, and MAFS with BelleJolie & Marissa

The Viall Files · 1 h 29 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

This American Life

This American Life

2

The Shawn Ryan Show

Shawn Ryan

▲ 1
3

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

▼ 1
4

The Ezra Klein Show

New York Times Opinion

▲ 4
5

Happy Hour with Ina Garten

Vox Media

▼ 1
6

Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel

Rachel Uchitel

▼ 1
7

Behind the Bastards

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

▲ 3
8

The Determined Society with Shawn French | Adversity & Mindset

Determined Society Podcast | Overcoming Adversity & Mindset

▲ 8
9

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

10

The Oprah Podcast

Harpo

▲ 3
11

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

Lucy McAfee

▲ 4
12

The Permanent Questions With David Brooks

The Atlantic

▼ 5
13

The Viall Files

Nick Viall

▲ 12
14

Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

▼ 8
15

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

▲ 7
16

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

▼ 5
17

Dream Life Club

Sumi Krishnan

▲ 6
18

I've Had It

Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan

▲ 17
19

Before & After with Lester Holt

NBC News

▲ 7
20

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Higher Ground

▼ 8
21

Radio Rental

Tenderfoot TV & Audacy

▼ 3
22

Otherworld

Otherworld

▲ 2
23

Two Girls One Ghost

Sony Music Entertainment

▼ 6
24

Our Town

Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts

▼ 4
25

On with Kara Swisher

Vox Media

▼ 11
26

Going Public With Ross Mandell

Ross Mandell

▲ 4
27

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace

MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace

▼ 8
28

CreepCast

Wendigoon & MeatCanyon

▲ 1
29

If Books Could Kill

Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri

▼ 8
30

The Telepathy Tapes

Ky Dickens

▼ 2
31

Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC

Andy Stumpf

▲ 1
32

This Is Actually Happening

Audible

▲ 4
33

All There Is with Anderson Cooper

CNN Podcasts

▼ 6
34

Hey Jonas!

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 26
35

Paper Trail

ProPublica

▼ 1
36

TED Talks Daily

TED

▼ 5
37

Joy 101 with Hoda Kotb

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 32
38

Danny Jones Podcast

Danny Jones | Daylight Media

▲ 8
39

Making Space with Hoda Kotb

Hoda Kotb, TODAY

▲ 146
40

We Can Do Hard Things

Treat Media and Glennon Doyle

▲ 9
41

The Dating Detectives

Dear Media

42

Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari

Dear Media

▲ 29
43

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

Pushkin Industries

▲ 2
44

Diabolical Lies

Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke

▼ 11
45

The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant

Vox Media Podcast Network

▼ 6
46

Chicks in the Office

Barstool Sports

▼ 2
47

Scamfluencers

Audible

▼ 10
48

Brooke and Connor Make A Podcast

TMG Studios

▼ 5
49

Against The Odds

Audible

▲ 2
50

What Now? with Trevor Noah

Trevor Noah

▼ 8

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