Apple Podcasts · United States · Oct 3, 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

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

#5

The Masked Lesbian Psyop

A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein · 1 h 33 min

#6

The Cornell 7 Case, Eric Schmitt’s Basketball Blunder, and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed Joins the Show

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay · 2 h 23 min

#7

Paige DeSorbo | Khloé in Wonder Land

Khloé in Wonder Land · 1 h 01 min

#8

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

The Shawn Ryan Show · 4 h 55 min

#9

Caller: “My Husband Blames Me for Getting Pregnant”

The Dr. John Delony Show · 1 h 00 min

#10

Bill Gates’s Blunt Warning on A.I.

The Ezra Klein Show · 1 h 14 min

#11

Let's Thank Universal Pictures for Monster Movies!

Stuff You Should Know · 43 min

#12

#69 Tamara

Heavyweight · 46 min

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The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

The Shawn Ryan Show

Shawn Ryan

▲ 1
2

Notes from the Edge

Gamut Podcast Network

▼ 1
3

The Ezra Klein Show

New York Times Opinion

—
4

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

—
5

the Girls

FOX News Podcasts

▲ 7
6

This American Life

This American Life

▼ 1
7

Happy Hour with Ina Garten

Vox Media

▼ 1
8

Sold a Story

APM Reports

▲ 35
9

Khloé in Wonder Land

Khloé Kardashian

▼ 2
10

Dream Life Club

Sumi Krishnan

▼ 2
11

The Oprah Podcast

Harpo

▼ 1
12

Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel

Rachel Uchitel

▼ 3
13

Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

▲ 11
14

Behind the Bastards

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

▼ 3
15

The Dr. John Delony Show

Ramsey Network

—
16

Heavyweight

Pushkin Industries

▲ 1
17

Chicks in the Office

Barstool Sports

▼ 3
18

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

Lucy McAfee

▼ 2
19

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

▼ 6
20

Brooke and Connor Make A Podcast

TMG Studios

▲ 14
21

Paper Trail

ProPublica

▼ 1
22

Going Public With Ross Mandell

Ross Mandell

▼ 1
23

Two Girls One Ghost

Sony Music Entertainment

▼ 1
24

The Telepathy Tapes

Ky Dickens

▲ 2
25

Before & After with Lester Holt

NBC News

—
26

The Nerve with Maureen Callahan

MK Media

▲ 1
27

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

▼ 4
28

I've Had It

Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan

▼ 10
29

On with Kara Swisher

Vox Media

▲ 7
30

All There Is with Anderson Cooper

CNN Podcasts

▲ 36
31

What Now? with Trevor Noah

Trevor Noah

▼ 1
32

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

BBC Sounds

▼ 4
33

Timcast IRL

Timcast Media

▼ 4
34

The Viall Files

Nick Viall

▼ 15
35

Revisionist History

Pushkin Industries

▲ 14
36

So Supernatural

Audiochuck | Crime House

▲ 28
37

The Permanent Questions With David Brooks

The Atlantic

—
38

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

▼ 6
39

Street You Grew Up On

Kerry Washington | Daylight Media

▲ 8
40

The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant

Vox Media Podcast Network

▲ 11
41

Radio Rental

Tenderfoot TV & Audacy

▼ 2
42

Chrisley Confessions 2.0

PodcastOne

▼ 11
43

If Books Could Kill

Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri

▼ 10
44

Embedded

NPR

▼ 9
45

CreepCast

Wendigoon & MeatCanyon

▼ 3
46

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

▼ 6
47

This Is Actually Happening

Audible

▼ 9
48

Otherworld

Otherworld

▼ 2
49

Hang Out with Sean Hannity

Fox News Media

▼ 5
50

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Andy Stumpf

▲ 11

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