80 Best Storytelling Podcasts
Storytelling Podcasts
Here are 80 Best Storytelling Podcasts worth listening to in 2023
1. This American Life
New York City, New York, US
This American Life is a weekly public radio show, heard by 2.2 million people on more than 500 stations. Another 1.5 million people download the weekly podcast. Each week we choose a theme and put together different kinds of stories on that theme.
Also in Classroom Podcasts, Popular Podcasts
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Play⋅ 1.1M⋅ 436.7K ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 62 min Get Email Contact
2. The Moth Podcast
New York, US
The Moth has presented thousands of true stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. Moth storytellers stand alone, under a spotlight, with only a microphone and a roomful of strangers. The storyteller and the audience embark on a high-wire act of shared experience which is both terrifying and exhilarating. Since 2008, the Moth Podcast features stories from our Mainstage, StorySLAM and Community programs.
Also in PRX Radio Station Podcasts, New Hampshire Public Radio Station Podcasts
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Play⋅ 361.3K⋅ 96.1K⋅ 53.1K ⋅2 episodes / week ⋅ Avg Length 41 min ⋅ Mar 2008 Get Email Contact
3. The memory palace
The Memory Palace is a storytelling podcast and public radio segment about the past. It was named a finalist for a Peabody Award in 2016.
Also in History Podcasts
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Play⋅ 13.1K⋅ 18.9K ⋅1 episode / month ⋅ Avg Length 16 min ⋅ Nov 2008 Get Email Contact
4. The Truth Podcast
New York, US
The Truth makes movies for your ears: short stories that are sometimes dark, sometimes funny, and always intriguing. Each story is different, and usually 10 to 20 minutes long. We take you to unexpected places using only sound.
Also in Fiction Podcasts
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Play⋅ 8.3K⋅ 9.7K⋅ 1.7K ⋅1 episode / month ⋅ Avg Length 26 min ⋅ Nov 2011 Get Email Contact
5. Radiolab
New York City, New York, US
Radiolab is one of the most beloved podcasts and public radio shows in the world. The show is known for its deep-dive journalism and innovative sound design. Created in 2002 by host Jad Abumrad, the program began as an exploration of scientific inquiry. Over the years it has evolved to become a platform for long-form journalism and storytelling. Radiolab is co-hosted by Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser.
Also in Journalism Podcasts, Road Trip Podcasts, WNYC Podcasts
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Play⋅ 404.7K⋅ 273.7K ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 44 min ⋅ Sep 2017 Get Email Contact
6. Longform
Brooklyn, New York, US
Interviews with writers, journalists, filmmakers, and podcasters about how they do their work. Hosted by Aaron Lammer, Max Linsky, and Evan Ratliff.
longform.org/podcast
Play⋅ 21.7K⋅ 215K ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 49 min Get Email Contact
7. The New Yorker | The Writer's Voice | New Fiction from The New Yorker
New York City, New York, US
New Yorker fiction writers read their stories.
Also in The New Yorker Podcasts
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Play⋅ 4.4M⋅ 9M ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 37 min ⋅ Apr 2017 Get Email Contact
8. Seriously...
London, England, UK
Seriously is home to the world's best audio documentaries and podcast recommendations, and host Vanessa Kisuule brings you two fascinating new episodes every week.
Also in Documentary Podcasts
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Play⋅ 59.7M⋅ 39.6M ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 29 min ⋅ Dec 2015 Get Email Contact
9. LeVar Burton Reads
Los Angeles, California, US
The best short fiction, handpicked by the world's greatest storyteller. In every episode, host LeVar Burton (Reading Rainbow, Roots, Star Trek) invites you to take a break from your daily life, and dive into a great story. LeVar's narration blends with gorgeous soundscapes to bring stories by Neil Gaiman, Haruki Murakami, Octavia Butler, Ray Bradbury and more to life.
Also in Short Story Podcasts
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Play⋅ 18.4K⋅ 2.2M⋅ 96K ⋅2 episodes / week ⋅ Avg Length 44 min Get Email Contact
10. Conversations
Australia
Spend an hour in someone else's life. 'Conversations with Richard Fidler' draws you deeper into the life story of someone you may have heard about but never met.
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Play⋅ 43K⋅ 17.9K ⋅1 episode / day ⋅ Avg Length 53 min Get Email Contact
11. Talking to myself
Sprague, Washington, US
Storytelling has been an integral part of civilization. Teaching us, entertaining us, and helping us share and bond. These are our stories told in a fictional manner every week join me as we listen to comedic and joyful stories from myself and other listeners around the world. Welcome to 'Talking to myself.' Names and places are changed to create an air of fiction, and keep us anonymous. we hope you enjoy!
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Play 1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 21 min Get Email Contact
12. Documentary on One Podcast
Multi award winning documentaries from Ireland telling real life stories. With over 1,800 documentaries on offer, the Documentary On One Podcast has the largest archive of documentaries available in the world, dating as far back as 1954, right up to the present day. Winner of over 340 national and international awards. Latest podcast series, 'The Nobody Zone'. Immerse yourself in a world of sound, story and character.
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Play⋅ 29.2K⋅ 17.3K ⋅1 episode / day ⋅ Avg Length 44 min Get Email Contact
13. The Write and Wrong Podcast
London, England, UK
A podcast for writers, storytellers and creatives. Every episode we catch up with amazing guests from across the world of professional storytelling. Authors, agents, directors, game devs, editors, journalists, screenwriters and everything in between!
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Play⋅ 1.4K ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 32 min Get Email Contact
14. The Other Stories | Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF Stories
UK
These aren't the stories your mother used to tell you ... no, these are The Other Stories. The Other Stories is a weekly short story podcast. A modern take on The Twilight Zone, Tales From The Crypt, or The Outer Limits. Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF stories delivered right to your podcast feed every Monday morning.
Also in UK Storytelling Podcasts
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Play⋅ 1.3K⋅ 1.4K ⋅2 episodes / week ⋅ Avg Length 15 min Get Email Contact
15. Storytelling Secrets
In this podcast, you'll learn how to confidently craft stories that make doing business with you a no-brainer while feeling emotionally connected to your tribe that leads your audience to a positive change in their lives. Here you'll learn from the experts who are currently crafting compelling stories that persuade and influence others to take action in a way that creates a ripple effect of positive change.
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Play 2 episodes / week ⋅ Avg Length 17 min Get Email Contact
16. Short Cuts
London, England, UK
Short documentaries and adventures in sound presented by Josie Long.
Also in BBC Podcasts
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Play⋅ 5.7M⋅ 2.2M ⋅1 episode / month ⋅ Avg Length 30 min ⋅ Jun 2013 Get Email Contact
17. Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People
1 phone call. 1 hour. No names. No holds barred. That's the premise behind Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People, hosted by comedian Chris Gethard. Every week, Chris opens the phone line to one anonymous caller, and he can't hang up first, no matter what. From shocking confessions and family secrets to philosophical discussions and shameless self-promotion, anything can and will happen! Theme song by Shellshag.
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Play 3 episodes / month ⋅ Avg Length 66 min Get Email Contact
18. Story Tellers and Story Sellers with Vineet Kanabar
Entertainment is like food for the brain. It is the window to the culture and a great way to understand the world around us. The internet has changed what it means to be an entertainer, creating new storytellers with millions of fans. It has spawned a new breed, the story sellers, those behind the scenes creating the business for this ecosystem. They work with brands, platforms, and channels that are keen to capitalize on an audience hungrier than ever for more stories. Join Vineet Kanabar as he has a ringside view of how stories are told and sold.
Also in IVM Podcasts
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Play⋅ 748 ⋅3 episodes / month ⋅ Avg Length 45 min Get Email Contact
19. Casefile True Crime
Australia
Casefile True Crime Podcast, or simply Casefile, is a weekly true crime-themed podcast that first aired in Australia in January 2016 and hosted by an Australian man who remains anonymous. The series deals with solved or cold criminal cases, often related to well-known murders and serial crimes.
Also in Crime Podcasts, True Crime Podcasts, Murder Podcasts, Serial Killer Podcasts
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Play⋅ 65.3K⋅ 55.9K⋅ 55.8K ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 68 min ⋅ Jan 2016 Get Email Contact
20. Lore
New England, North Dakota, US
Lore is a bi-weekly podcast (as well as a TV show and book series) about dark historical tales. Each episode explores the mysterious creatures, tragic events, and unusual places that fill the pages of history. Because sometimes the truth is more frightening than fiction.
Also in Horror Blogs, Horror Podcasts, Spooky Podcasts, Historical Fiction Podcasts
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Play⋅ 78.5K⋅ 68.2K⋅ 75K ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 30 min Get Email Contact
21. Welcome to Night Vale
US
Welcome to Night Vale is a twice-monthly podcast in the style of community updates for the small desert town of Night Vale, featuring local weather, news, announcements from the Sheriff's Secret Police, mysterious lights in the night sky, dark hooded figures with unknowable powers, and cultural events.
Also in Paranormal Podcasts, Sci-fi Podcasts, Scary Story Podcasts
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Play⋅ 342.7K⋅ 343.3K⋅ 58.7K ⋅3 episodes / month ⋅ Avg Length 27 min ⋅ Jun 2012 Get Email Contact
22. Storytelling School
One significant change in business and the world-at-large in the past couple of decades is the rise of the storyteller. Join International Speaking Strategist and Detective of Story Kymberlee Weil each week as she, along with her notable guests, take you behind the curtain to explore the world of first-person high-stakes storytelling. Each episode is designed to give you tools, techniques, and tactics that you can put to use immediately.
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Play 1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 28 min ⋅ Dec 2020 Get Email Contact
23. Committed
Join host Jo Piazza as she delves into the hilarious, heartbreaking, and inspiring stories of couples of all kinds who've soldiered through unimaginable circumstances, and after the longest of days, still want to wake up next to one another in the morning.
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Play⋅ 1.3K⋅ 587 ⋅2 episodes / quarter ⋅ Avg Length 27 min ⋅ May 2018 Get Email Contact
24. Forward Into the Past
Orlando, Florida, US
Narrating classic tales of suspense, mystery, Sci-Fi and fiction, J.C. Rede lends his voice to the past to bring these stories into the future. All of the stories featured in Forward Into the Past were originally written as featured stories in various Dime Novels, Story Papers and Magazines of the late 1890s to the early 1930s. In the mid to late 1930s, Dime Novels began to shift in tone, but still continued through the early 1950s. Most of the focus on this podcast will be from the early stages of the Dime Novel (1890-1930)
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Play⋅ 93⋅ 44 ⋅1 episode / day ⋅ Avg Length 31 min Get Email Contact
25. Future of StoryTelling
New York City, New York, US
The Future of StoryTelling is a passionate community of people from the worlds of media, technology, and communications who explore how storytelling is evolving in the digital age. Each year we host a two-day summit in New York City that brings together top executives, world-renowned creatives, and cutting-edge technologists to have conversations about the changing landscape of media. During the course of the podcast, we will be releasing a series of conversations between FoST founder and director Charlie Melcher.
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Play⋅ 33.9K⋅ 11K ⋅3 episodes / month ⋅ Avg Length 33 min Get Email Contact
26. Love + Radio
Nick van der Kolk's Love and Radio features in-depth, otherworldly-produced interviews with an eclectic range of subjects, from the seedy to the sublime. Get inside the mind of a rogue taxidermist. Find out what it's like to experience a stroke firsthand. Or spend time with an artist who gives away her life savings every night. You've never heard anything like it before.
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Play⋅ 15.6K⋅ 16.7K ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 35 min Get Email Contact
27. RISK!
New York City, New York, US
If you like The Moth, This American Life, or Snap Judgment, take a walk on the wilder side with RISK! Your colorful host Kevin Allison (of the legendary comedy group The State) helms this surprisingly uncensored show where people tell jaw-dropping true stories they never thought they'd dare to share in public. RISK! is hilarious, heart-wrenching, and remarkably real. Think you've heard it all? Fasten your seatbelt.
omny.fm/shows/risk
Play⋅ 14.6K⋅ 9.5K ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 38 min Get Email Contact
28. The Thrilling Adventure Hour
US
The world's favorite new-time podcast in the style of old-time radio. The Thrilling Adventure Hour anthologizes the thrilling adventures of space cowboy Sparks Nevada (Marc Evan Jackson), married mediums Frank and Sadie Doyle (Paul F. Tompkins and Paget Brewster), all-American hero Jefferson Reid (Nathan Fillion), and more.
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Play⋅ 4K⋅ 4.6K ⋅1 episode / month ⋅ Avg Length 44 min Get Email Contact
29. Selected Shorts
Our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction, one short story at a time. Sometimes funny. Always moving. Selected Shorts connects you to the world with a rich diversity of voices from literature, film, theater, and comedy.
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Play⋅ 21.5K⋅ 10.8K ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 54 min ⋅ Jan 2021 Get Email Contact
30. Snap Judgment
Oakland, California, US
Mixes real stories with killer beats to produce cinematic, and dramatic radio. Hosted by Glynn Washington.
snapjudgment.org
Play⋅ 124.3K⋅ 25.9K ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 41 min Get Email Contact
31. Ear Hustle
Radiotopia
Ear Hustle, from Radiotopia, brings you stories of life inside prison, shared and produced by those living it. The podcast is a partnership between Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams, currently incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, and Nigel Poor, a Bay Area artist. The team works in San Quentin's media lab to produce stories that are sometimes difficult, often funny, and always honest, offering a nuanced view of people living within the American prison system.
earhustlesq.com
29K⋅ 27.5K⋅ 59.7K ⋅2 episodes / month ⋅ Mar 2017 Get Email Contact
32. Invisibilia
Washington, District of Columbia, US
Invisibilia (Latin for all the invisible things) is about the invisible forces that control human behavior - ideas, beliefs, assumptions and emotions. Co-hosted by Lulu Miller and Alix Spiegel, Invisibilia interweaves narrative storytelling with scientific research that will ultimately make you see your own life differently.
Also in Capital Public Radio Podcasts
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Play⋅ 52.8K⋅ 43.6K ⋅1 episode / month ⋅ Avg Length 36 min Get Email Contact
33. Storytelling with Puck
Luton, England, UK
At the start of each year, Puck Creations hosts a week long initiative for people to share their stories across social media called #StorytellingWithPuck. This podcast continues in that style. We'll be sharing stories, chatting about stories, and becoming the next story about stories. We'll also be seeing why stories are so powerful in business, branding, and marketing.
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Play⋅ 315⋅ 53 ⋅1 episode / quarter ⋅ Avg Length 62 min Get Email Contact
34. The Odyssey Storytelling Podcast
Every month, a group of people are invited to tell ten minute personal stories on a theme to a live audience. The stories are not read or memorized, they are told from the life experiences and creativity of the teller.
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Play⋅ 1.3K ⋅1 episode / quarter ⋅ Avg Length 68 min ⋅ May 2017 Get Email Contact
35. Modern Love Podcast
New York City, New York, US
For 16 years, the Modern Love column has given New York Times readers a glimpse into the complicated love lives of real people.Since its start, the column has evolved into a TV show, three books, and a podcast. Now, we are excited to announce a relaunch of the podcast at The Times, hosted by Daniel Jones, the editor and creator of Modern Love, and Miya Lee, editor of Tiny Love Stories and Modern Love projects. Each week, we will bring you their favorite stories from the column's vast archive, conversations with the authors, and a few surprises.
Also in Relationship Podcasts, The New York Times Podcasts, Couple Podcasts
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Play⋅ 241.8K⋅ 10.9K ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 20 min ⋅ Dec 2015 Get Email Contact
36. Revisionist History Podcast
New York,US
Revisionist History is Malcolm Gladwell's journey through the overlooked and the misunderstood. Every episode re-examines something from the past an event, a person, an idea, even a song, and asks whether we got it right the first time. Because sometimes the past deserves a second chance.
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Play⋅ 848.7K⋅ 725.7K ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 34 min ⋅ May 2016 Get Email Contact
37. Myths and Legends
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Jason Weiser tells stories from myths, legends, and folklore that have shaped cultures throughout history. Some, like the stories of Aladdin, King Arthur, and Hercules are stories you think you know, but with surprising origins. Others are stories you might not have heard, but really should. All the stories are sourced from world folklore, but retold for modern ears. These are stories of wizards, knights, Vikings, dragons, princesses, and kings from the time when the world beyond the map was a dangerous and wonderful place.
Also in Folklore Podcasts
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Play⋅ 15K⋅ 17.3K ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 43 min Get Email Contact
38. Terrible, Thanks For Asking Podcast
St. Paul, MN
You know how when someone asks 'How are you?' you just say 'Fine,' even if you're totally dying inside, so everyone can go about their day? 'Terrible, Thanks For Asking' is the opposite of that. Nora McInerny asks real people to share their complicated and honest feelings about how they really are. It's sometimes sad, sometimes funny, and often both. From American Public Media.
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Play⋅ 44.4K⋅ 15.3K⋅ 53.6K ⋅1 episode / quarter ⋅ Avg Length 55 min ⋅ Nov 2016 Get Email Contact
39. Radio Diaries
New York City, New York, US
First-person diaries, sound portraits, and hidden chapters of history from Peabody Award-winning producer Joe Richman and the Radio Diaries team. From teenagers to octogenarians, prisoners to prison guards, bra saleswomen to lighthouse keepers.
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Play⋅ 12.4K⋅ 12.1K ⋅1 episode / month ⋅ Avg Length 20 min Get Email Contact
40. Dear Sugars
The universe has good news for the lost, lonely and heartsick. 'Dear Sugars' is here, speaking straight into your ears. Hosted by the original 'Sugars,' Cheryl Strayed and Steve Almond, the podcast fields all your questions, no matter how deep or dark — and offers radical empathy in return.
wbur.org/dearsugar
Play⋅ 8.3K⋅ 17.4K ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 37 min Get Email Contact
41. Story Worthy
Los Angeles, California
True stories by Hollywood's most interesting talents. Christine Blackburn hosts this weekly podcast with top-notch storytelling from comedians, actors and sometimes, musicians.
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Play⋅ 2.4K⋅ 2.4K ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 27 min Get Email Contact
42. Stories Fables Ghostly Tales Podcast
Australia
650 Episodes of Advert free storytelling, three times a week! Supported by lovely listeners the Tale Teller brings you a mixed bag of horror, fantasy, sci-fi, custom remastered old time radio stories, folk tales, true crime, and plenty more from different fiction genre's. The Stories Fables Ghostly Tales Podcast has something for everyone.
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Play⋅ 1.1K⋅ 602 ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 46 min ⋅ Dec 2017 Get Email Contact
43. 2nd Story
2nd Story is dedicated to creating and crafting story-sharing experiences that foster meaningful connections between individuals and communities. We craft story-sharing experiences in the form of both performances and workshops and classes. A typical show or event consists of several stories dispersed throughout the evening like courses of a meal. The stories range from earnest and serious to light-hearted and humorous, and can simultaneously provoke and entertain.
2ndstory.com/podcast
Play⋅ 3.4K⋅ 2K ⋅2 episodes / month ⋅ Avg Length 16 min Get Email Contact
44. The Stoop Storytelling Series
Baltimore, Maryland, US
The Stoop showcases the extraordinary true stories of 'ordinary' people, told in front of live audiences as large as 1,400. Stoop stories are weird, wonderful, hilarious, and heartbreaking, and, above all, intimate. Founders Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin host the podcast.
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Play⋅ 2.5K ⋅2 episodes / month ⋅ Avg Length 21 min Get Email Contact
45. The Storytelling Lab
The Storytelling Lab covers everything you need to know to tell a story in the most authentic, effective way. The Storytelling Lab is hosted by Rain Bennett, a professional filmmaker, and competitive storyteller, and is a Six Second Stories production.
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Play⋅ 888⋅ 1.1K ⋅2 episodes / month ⋅ Avg Length 55 min Get Email Contact
46. Wrote Podcast
San Francisco, California, US
Join Vance Bastian, SA Collins, and their guests in weekly podcast discussions about LGBTQ storytelling in all genres and mediums.
wrotepodcast.com
282 ⋅3 episodes / month ⋅ May 2015 Get Email Contact
47. Goop Tales | An Engaging, Entertaining, and Educational Storytelling Podcast for Kids
Goop Tales is a favorite storytelling podcast among parents. This podcast for kids is a great way to engage the other senses while escaping the screen zombies and experiencing entertainment and education in a new way. Let Maria's clear and slow voice beguile the youngsters with age-appropriate stories for kids, songs, and music that foster independent play and use of imagination, as well as broaden their horizons in a pandemic-safe way.
gooptales.com/listen
Play⋅ 483⋅ 37 ⋅1 episode / month ⋅ Avg Length 37 min ⋅ Aug 2016 Get Email Contact
48. Campfire at Home
Almost every month, we gather at the Campfire to hear stories about life and how we live it from the everyday voices that live around us. Campfire at Home is how we bring that live storytelling experience to you, wherever you are.
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Play⋅ 1.5K ⋅3 episodes / quarter ⋅ Avg Length 25 min ⋅ Oct 2017 Get Email Contact
49. Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids
Canada
Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids aims to invite podcast listeners to reflect on their own lives, to connect with who they used to be, and to draw a line that connects the past and the present.
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Play⋅ 8.5K⋅ 1.9K⋅ 2K ⋅ Jan 2015 Get Email Contact
50. Tales Yet Told
Houston, Texas, US
Tales Yet Told is an actual play podcast, dedicated to telling weird and fun stories full of imagination, thoughtful characterization, and inclusivity.
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Play⋅ 1.1K ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 80 min Get Email Contact
51. Serial
Serial is a podcast from the creators of This American Life, hosted by Sarah Koenig. Serial made podcasts popular again and is poised to update the landscape by inspiring more legal voices to take to the medium of radio to connect, inform, and educate.
serialpodcast.org
Play⋅ 429.4K⋅ 314.4K ⋅4 episodes / month ⋅ Avg Length 49 min ⋅ Oct 2013 Get Email Contact
52. Pillow Talking
Pillow Talking: a narrative podcast about real-life bedroom conversations. Narrated and produced by Violeta Balhas, these first-person accounts reveal the many facets of intimacy and relationships - including our own.
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Play⋅ 73 ⋅1 episode / week ⋅ Avg Length 30 min Get Email Contact
53. Collected
Fast-paced, long-form storytelling with music, immersive sound, and a team of voice actors. The beginning of a community-drive multiverse and creator-first audio platform.
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Play 5 episodes / year ⋅ Avg Length 23 min Get Email Contact
54. Magic Island Storytelling Theatre
Storyteller & audio dramatist Marty Ross (BBC, Audible, Wireless Theatre, Big Finish, Kisses In The Dark podcast) presents and performs a series of magical, mysterious and sometimes creepy tales from the Scottish Isle of Arran, where he lives, in a series of shows that started life as presentations for his weekly show Winter's Tales on ArranSound radio. Listeners have requested the chance to listen to the stories over and above their twice weekly broadcasts. So here they are!
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Play⋅ 1.8K ⋅11 episodes / year ⋅ Avg Length 55 min ⋅ Feb 2021 Get Email Contact
55. The Guardian's Audio Long Reads
London, England, UK
The Audio Long Read podcast is a selection of the Guardian's long reads, allowing you to get on with your day while listening to some of the finest journalism the Guardian has to offer, including in-depth writing from around the world on immigration, crime, business, the arts and much more.
Also in Guardian Podcasts, UK News Podcasts, UK Journalism Podcasts
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Play⋅ 8.5M⋅ 10.9M ⋅2 episodes / week ⋅ Avg Length 39 min Get Email Contact
56. Reply All
New York City, New York, US
A podcast about the internet that is actually an unfailingly original exploration of modern life and how to survive it. - The Guardian. Hosted by PJ Vogt and Alex Goldman, from Gimlet.
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Play⋅ 26.8K⋅ 135.4K ⋅3 episodes / year ⋅ Avg Length 44 min ⋅ Oct 2014 Get Email Contact
57. The Corporate Storytellers' Club Podcast
Welcome to The Corporate Storytellers' Club Podcast - The business storytelling podcast for business leaders and experts who'd like to tell stories like a boss brought to you by Eamonn O'Brien and special guests. Discover storytelling secrets to help you speak with greater authenticity and impact that will inspire any audience. You'll find out how to find, hone, and use real stories about real people for real influence. You'll learn storytelling strategies, tips, and techniques that will enliven your talks, wow any audience, and generate the results you're after.
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Play⋅ 7.5K ⋅1 episode / month ⋅ Avg Length 20 min ⋅ Nov 2018 Get Email Contact
58. Criminal
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, US
Criminal is a podcast about crime. Not so much the 'if it bleeds, it leads,' kind of crime. Something a little more complex. Stories of people who've done wrong, been wronged, and/or gotten caught somewhere in the middle. We are a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows.
Also in WUNC Podcasts
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Play⋅ 39.6K⋅ 38.7K⋅ 30.2K ⋅1 episode / quarter ⋅ Avg Length 45 min ⋅ Jan 2014 Get Email Contact
59. Lights Out! Stories For Girls & Boys
This podcast is a collection of a father's bedtime stories for his angels, and now a Knight! Sometimes a bit scary, sometimes sad but mostly happy.
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Play 2 episodes / week ⋅ Avg Length 7 min Get Email Contact
60. Storyteller with Lisa Golden
London, England, UK
Storyteller explores how and why we tell stories. From writers to musicians, therapists to architects, we are all engaged in building the world we live in through the stories we tell about ourselves, others, and the world. A podcast for the curious, host Lisa Golden interviews this wide range of storytellers to explore the nuance, beauty, and quirky edges of how and why a story has been told, exploring how the way power, art, otherness, and belonging continues to change across time.
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61. UnFictional | Radio Documentary & Storytelling
California, US
UnFictional is a show full of stories that grab you and keep you that stick in your head like a memory. Dream alongside a soul far away: soldiers and criminals, adventurers and hustlers, the saved and the damned. Everybody has an inner life. The award-winning show is created in collaboration with the best independent audio documentary makers and storytellers from around the world, who are always looking for new ways to tell stories with sound.
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Play⋅ 211.1K⋅ 2.9K⋅ 131.4K ⋅7 episodes / year ⋅ Avg Length 21 min ⋅ Sep 2010 Get Email Contact
62. StoryCorps Podcasts
Brooklyn, NY
StoryCorps mission is to reserve and share humanity's stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world.The podcast is about stories from people of all backgrounds and beliefs.
storycorps.org/pod..
905.6K⋅ 70.3K⋅ 55.6K ⋅1 episode / week Get Email Contact
63. Here Be Tygers | Your Storytelling Guide
Ossining, New York, US
Beyond the stories that we write to *sell*, there are three fundamental tales in work, play, and life that we *tell*: who you are (and what you create), why people come to you, and where you'll help them arrive. Hosted by a professional writer, strategist, and storytelling guide, Jarod Cerf, Here Be Tygers follows creatives and entrepreneurs alike, those who 'take life by the tale': as they reach out to their market, audience, or tribe; connect what they make to what we want out of life; and discover the trust, impact or legacy that provides.
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Play⋅ 531 ⋅3 episodes / year ⋅ Avg Length 58 min ⋅ Feb 2018 Get Email Contact
64. The Mechanics of Storytelling
In this podcast, Ezra Justin Lee talks with different storytellers about their creative process, the mechanics, and the techniques.
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65. Storytelling
San Antonio, Texas, US
Short stories and poems following seasonal themes.
rainepoetry.com/st..
Play⋅ 76⋅ 284 ⋅2 episodes / year ⋅ Avg Length 4 min Get Email Contact
66. Tell The Bartender
New York
Tell the Bartender is a bi-weekly storytelling podcast hosted by Katharine Heller, featuring tales from everyday people with unique stories.
tellthebartender.com
Play⋅ 2.9K ⋅3 episodes / year ⋅ Avg Length 55 min ⋅ Jan 2013 Get Email Contact
67. Mortified | Share the Shame
The Mortified Podcast is a storytelling series where adults share the embarrassing things they created as kids' diaries, letters, lyrics & beyond in front of total strangers. PS: It totally likes you. Mortified is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX.
getmortified.com/a..
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68. Crossroads of Inspiration
Inspirations cause creations. Every Inspiration has multiple paths it can take. Join me Davis Gilbert and my guest host as we share the stories, we create from the writing prompts that inspired us, travel along the mental path we took to finish them. Join us at the Crossroads of inspiration and explore creation with us.
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Play⋅ 45 ⋅2 episodes / quarter ⋅ Avg Length 46 min Get Email Contact
69. 2 Lives
Flagstaff, Arizona, US
We all have two lives. The second begins the moment we realize we have only one. A storytelling podcast about people who faced darkness and how those incidents transformed them.
2lives.org
Play⋅ 216⋅ 1.1K ⋅2 episodes / month ⋅ Avg Length 29 min Get Email Contact
70. Every Family's Got One
Every Family's Got One (EFGO) is devoted to telling true family stories. Hosted by funny people Barbara Herel & Tony Mennuto, EFGO brings you family stories, from amazing storytellers, that are hilarious, cringeworthy, and unexpected.
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71. Heavyweight
Brooklyn, New York, US
Maybe you've laid awake imagining how it could have been, how it might yet be, but the moment to act was never right. Well, the moment is here and the podcast making it happen is Heavyweight. Join Jonathan Goldstein for road trips, thorny reunions, and difficult conversations as he backpedals his way into the past like a therapist with a time machine.
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Play⋅ 9.8K⋅ 28.1K ⋅2 episodes / year ⋅ Avg Length 38 min ⋅ Sep 2016 Get Email Contact
72. BackStory with the American History Guys
Charlottesville, Virginia
BackStory with the American History Guys is a nationally syndicated, hour-long, weekly public radio show. We're based in Charlottesville, Virginia at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Each week we take a topic that people are talking about, and explore it's roots in American history. Through stories, interviews, and conversation with our listeners, we turn the things Americans take for granted inside out.
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Play⋅ 14.2K⋅ 12.3K ⋅ May 2010 Get Email Contact
73. State of the Human
Stanford, California, US
State of the Human, a podcast of the Stanford Storytelling Project, shares stories that deepen our understanding of single, common human experiences of belonging, giving, lying, forgiveness all drawn from the experiences and research of the Stanford community.
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74. Porchlight Storytelling Series
San Francisco, California, US
Selected stories from Porchlight, San Francisco's longest-running storytelling series, hosted by Arline Klatte and Beth Lisick. Co-founders Beth Lisick and Arline Klatte invite six people from different backgrounds to tell ten-minute true stories without using notes or memorization.
porchlight.libsyn.com
Play⋅ 779 ⋅1 episode / year ⋅ Avg Length 65 min ⋅ Nov 2011 Get Email Contact
75. Story Club Podcast
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Each week, we bring you stories told live from the Story Club chair at the Giant Dwarf Theatre in Sydney.
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Play⋅ 584 ⋅ Jul 2015 Get Email Contact
Storytelling Podcasters
Podcaster Name | Podcast Link | Total Episodes | |
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iHeartPodcasts | iheart.com | 178 | |
Christine Blackburn | storyworthypodcast.com | 175 | |
ABC Radio | abc.net.au | 170 | |
Storyteller Martyn Kenneth | spreaker.com | 161 | |
The Guardian | theguardian.com | 152 | |
Forever Dog | foreverdogpodcasts.com | 133 | |
Gimlet | gimletmedia.com | 132 | |
American Public Media | ttfa.org | 125 | |
RISK! | omny.fm | 116 | |
BBC Radio 4 | bbc.co.uk | 114 |
Storytelling Podcast Topics
Storytelling Podcasts By Category
Category | No. of Podcasts |
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Short Story Podcasts | 19 |
Storytelling Podcasts By Country
Country | No. of Podcasts |
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UK Storytelling Podcasts | 15 |
Australian Storytelling Podcasts | 12 |
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