Apple Podcasts · United States · Sep 28, 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

An Argument

This American Life · 1 h 03 min

#2

#342 Garand Thumb - SERE Specialist on Surviving the Most Dangerous Places on Earth

The Shawn Ryan Show · 3 h 05 min

#3

What Does Abdul El-Sayed Believe?

The Ezra Klein Show · 1 h 33 min

#4

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

The Shawn Ryan Show · 4 h 52 min

#5

Selects: Wetlands! Wetlands! Wetlands!

Stuff You Should Know · 46 min

#6

688. When Is a Bet Not a Bet?

Freakonomics Radio · 50 min

#7

Pete Buttigieg: We're in a "Make or Break" Moment

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace · 49 min

#8

Katie Spills ALL the Tea!

Girls Next Level · 1 h 02 min

#9

My Ex, His AI Girlfriend, And Our Kids

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel · 53 min

#10

Burned by a UFO: The Cash-Landrum Incident

The Why Files: Operation Podcast · 48 min

#11

The Christiane Amanpour Interview

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso · 1 h 23 min

#12

A Dose of Deception

The Dating Detectives · 53 min

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The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

This American Life

This American Life

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2

The Ezra Klein Show

New York Times Opinion

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3

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

▲ 1
4

Notes from the Edge

Gamut Podcast Network

▲ 1
5

The Shawn Ryan Show

Shawn Ryan

▼ 2
6

Happy Hour with Ina Garten

Vox Media

—
7

Miss Understood with Rachel Uchitel

Rachel Uchitel

—
8

Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

—
9

The Oprah Podcast

Harpo

▲ 1
10

Dream Life Club

Sumi Krishnan

▲ 3
11

Behind the Bastards

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

—
12

The Dr. John Delony Show

Ramsey Network

—
13

Paper Trail

ProPublica

▲ 1
14

Symptomatic: A Medical Mystery Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

▼ 5
15

The Interview

The New York Times

▲ 20
16

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

▼ 1
17

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

Lucy McAfee

▲ 4
18

Two Girls One Ghost

Sony Music Entertainment

▲ 5
19

Going Public With Ross Mandell

Ross Mandell

▲ 1
20

Heavyweight

Pushkin Industries

▼ 2
21

Embedded

NPR

▼ 2
22

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

—
23

The Permanent Questions With David Brooks

The Atlantic

▲ 11
24

Brooke and Connor Make A Podcast

TMG Studios

▼ 7
25

Chicks in the Office

Barstool Sports

▼ 9
26

The Telepathy Tapes

Ky Dickens

▼ 2
27

Revisionist History

Pushkin Industries

▲ 1
28

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

BBC Sounds

▼ 2
29

What Now? with Trevor Noah

Trevor Noah

▲ 1
30

Radio Rental

Tenderfoot TV & Audacy

▲ 3
31

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

▲ 5
32

This Is Actually Happening

Audible

▼ 3
33

The Nerve with Maureen Callahan

MK Media

▼ 8
34

So Supernatural

Audiochuck | Crime House

▼ 3
35

Offline with Jon Favreau

Crooked Media

▲ 21
36

I've Had It

Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan

▼ 4
37

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace

MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace

▲ 1
38

Timcast IRL

Timcast Media

▼ 11
39

Danny Jones Podcast

Danny Jones | Daylight Media

▲ 4
40

CreepCast

Wendigoon & MeatCanyon

▲ 5
41

Chrisley Confessions 2.0

PodcastOne

▼ 4
42

Hysteria

Hysteria

▲ 42
43

On with Kara Swisher

Vox Media

▲ 1
44

The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant

Vox Media Podcast Network

▼ 3
45

If Books Could Kill

Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri

▲ 6
46

TED Talks Daily

TED

▲ 8
47

Against The Odds

Audible

▲ 1
48

Before & After with Lester Holt

NBC News

▼ 8
49

Cleared Hot - Powered By BRCC

Andy Stumpf

▼ 10
50

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

Pushkin Industries

▼ 1

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