Best TED and PRX Podcasts (2025)

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Severance: Ben Stiller & Adam Scott talk Severance, Corporate Abuse and Keeping our Humanity 39:23

28m ago39:23

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Host Gabe González takes a dive into the unsettling corporate world of the Peabody award-winning show Severance. Through the dystopian and satirical concept of splitting one’s consciousness into an “innie” (work self) and “outie” (home self), Severance explores the lengths corporations will go to dehumanize its workforce and the ways in which worke…

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Mo: Mo Amer on Immigration, Palestine, and Reppin H-Town 38:36

21d ago38:36

38:36

Comedian, writer and actor Mo Amer joins host Gabe González to talk about his Peabody-award winning show Mo. The show is a heartfelt yet hilarious glimpse into the lives of a Palestinian-American family waiting to be granted asylum in the US. The show explores grief, trauma, and our complicated immigration system while also depicting Amer’s deep lo…

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Shrinking/Ted Lasso: Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein on Masculinity, Mental Health, and Forgiveness 40:23

1M ago40:23

40:23

Jeffrey Jones, Executive Director of the Peabody Awards, dives into the topic of men’s mental health with guests Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein. Bill Lawrence is the showrunner and creator of the Peabody-award winning series, Scrubs and Ted Lasso, as well as the current Apple+ hit Shrinking. His series have a central focus on the importance of m…

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Season 2 Trailer - We Disrupt This Broadcast 2:18

2M ago2:18

2:18

We are back for season 2. Join us as we talk to the risk takers that help reinvent and reimagine the kinds of stories we see on TV and who disrupt what we’ve come to expect on our screens and in our culture. We Disrupt This Broadcast, a podcast from The Peabody Awards and Center for Media & Social Impact is produced and distributed in partnership w…

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Bluey: Creator Joe Brumm on Why Play is Essential to Shaping Good Humans 42:15

4M ago42:15

42:15

In this episode of We Disrupt this Broadcast, Gabe González introduces us to the Peabody Award-winning series, Bluey, an outstanding animated children’s show that has become renowned as the best family co-viewing experience. WDTB Executive Producer Caty Borum interviews creator and writer Joe Brumm about how he developed a series that is funny, hea…

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Judy Blume Forever: Don't Put Judy Blume in the "Nice Lady" Box 32:29

4M ago32:29

32:29

In this episode, we ask the question, “Why is normalizing the experiences of adolescence, especially for young girls, so disruptive?” Caty Borum, WDTB Executive Producer and Executive Director for the Center for Media & Social Impact, interviews legendary author and disruptor Judy Blume, author of Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret, Blubber, Forev…

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Fellow Travelers: Series Creator Ron Nyswaner Gets Us Hot for Queer History 40:03

6M ago40:03

40:03

Host Gabe González speaks with Ron Nyswaner, creator of Peabody-Award winning historical romance, Fellow Travelers. In a far-reaching, in-depth conversation, Gabe and Ron discuss the evolution of gay identity, how to write complex queer characters, and why foot-licking scenes are an important part of getting young folks interested in queer history.…

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Somebody Somewhere: Bridget Everett and Jeff Hiller on Platonic Love and Why Dreams Don’t Have Deadlines 28:11

7M ago28:11

28:11

In this episode, host Gabe González introduces us to the loving, incisive, and decidedly off-beat humor of Somebody Somewhere, a show that is redefining home, friendship, family, and even traditional narrative structure. He interviews the series’ stars Bridget Everett and Jeff Hiller and they discuss the importance of making friends after 40, found…

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Bobby Wilson and Ryan Redcorn (Reservation Dogs) on Joy, Grief, and Native Humor 31:33

8M ago31:33

31:33

Gabe González has an intimate and wide-ranging conversation with Bobby Wilson and Ryan Redcorn, writers on the two-time Peabody Award-winning show Reservation Dogs. They talk about the groundbreaking series, which features an all Native cast and crew, and how an all-Native writers’ room contributes to the accurate representation of reservation life…

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Pamela Adlon (Better Things) on Breaking the Taboos of Middle-Age Womanhood, Divorce, Menopause and More... 36:07

9M ago36:07

36:07

In this episode, we ask the question, “Why are women in midlife somehow still the ultimate taboo in this industry?” Caty Borum, Executive Director of the Center for Media & Social Impact, interviews Pamela Adlon, the creative powerhouse behind the Peabody Award-winning series Better Things, and director of the feature film Babes. Caty and Pamela di…

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Charlie Brooker (Black Mirror) on Technological Dystopianism 36:38

10M ago36:38

36:38

In this episode, Peabody Awards executive director Jeffrey Jones interviews Black Mirror’s showrunner and creator Charlie Brooker. They discuss the importance of interrogating technology’s role in our life, disrupting the “tech as savior” narrative, the way both satire and sci-fi imagine our potential (and potentially disastrous) futures and the cl…

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Ramy Youssef (Ramy) Keeps the Faith 31:31

11M ago31:31

31:31

In this episode, we ask the question, “Can faith help us find our place in an increasingly broken world?” Comedian and host Gabe González connects with Ramy Youssef over how he’s used his career in stand-up comedy to push boundaries around taboo subjects like religion and as a catalyst for his show Ramy. They dig into Ramy’s three-dimensional portr…

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Damon Lindelof (Lost, Watchmen) on Collective Trauma and Healing 32:34

12M ago32:34

32:34

In the first episode of We Disrupt This Broadcast, we ask the question, what's to be gained from examining collective trauma? Host Gabe González dives deep in his extensive interview with Damon Lindelof to explore this question, which has pervaded his work for nearly twenty years, from 2004’s Lost to 2023’s Mrs. Davis. We also get into how Lindelof…

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Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) Schools Us on Optimism 32:10

12M ago32:10

32:10

In this episode, comedian Joyelle Nicole Johnson interviews writer-actor-creator Quinta Brunson about her breakout ABC series, Abbott Elementary, which explores nuanced topics like charter schools and underfunded public education in the most unexpected way – through a lighthearted workplace comedy. Abbott Elementary has built an enormous audience, …

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Trailer – We Disrupt This Broadcast 2:17

12M ago2:17

2:17

We talk to the brains behind Peabody Awards-recognized TV programs and how their shows are shaping our culture and reimagining the future.By Peabody and CMSI

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Apple Announces Podcast Subscription Analytics, Substack Adds AI Audio Transcription Tools, Triton Digital Adds YouTube Integration 8:38

1+ y ago8:38

8:38

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Descript Acquires SquadCast, Libsyn Introduces Predictive Contextual Targeting & Acast Announces Partnership with Podscrib 8:15

1+ y ago8:15

8:15

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Patreon Adds New Spotify Integration, TikTok Gearing Up For Podcast Dominance & Cohost Launches Advanced Audio Demographics 8:15

1+ y ago8:15

8:15

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Realm Acquires Pinna and Lipstick & Vinyl, Variety and iHeartPodcasts Team Up, Transistor Introduces Episode Comparison Table 9:31

1+ y ago9:31

9:31

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PRX and TED Expand Partnership, SemaBOX Launches Wazo &Spotify Loses $41 Million In Podcasts 7:45

1+ y ago7:45

7:45

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LinkedIn Creates Podcast Network With iHeart, YouTube Music Rolls Out Podcasts Worldwide, Sounder Partners With PodRoll 8:55

1+ y ago8:55

8:55

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Bradley Cooper Inks Deal With iHeartMedia, Blubrry Launches App For Podcast Analytics, People’s Choice Podcast Awards Opens 9:02

1+ y ago9:02

9:02

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SiriusXM to Shut Down Stitcher, AI Set to Take Over Podcasting, Spotify Opens Free Podcasting Studio For Inclusive Voices 9:34

1+ y ago9:34

9:34

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Trevor Noah Joins Spotify, Libsyn Appoints New CEO, Ausha Launches A New Sub-brand 10:17

1+ y ago10:17

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Spotify Ends Deal With Meghan and Harry, Peppa Pig Joins Audible, RSS.com Launches Podviz 9:20

2y ago9:20

9:20

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Spotify Layoffs, Podchaser Launchers Collection+, Gen Z Podcast Consumption Soars 9:57

2y ago9:57

9:57

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Hayti Expands Podcasting for Black Hosts, Lybsyn Announces New Podcast Ad Rates, Blubrry Launches Badges and Achievements for Podcasters 9:22

2y ago9:22

9:22

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YouTube Explores RSS for Podcasts, BBC Sounds Partners with Megaphone 12:31

2y ago12:31

12:31

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Fixable: Kelli - "How do I deal with a communication breakdown?" 27:42

2y ago27:42

27:42

This is an episode of Fixable, a new business call-in podcast from the TED Audio Collective hosted by Harvard Business professor Frances Frei and CEO and best-selling author Anne Morriss. Kelli is a nurse at a leading teaching hospital where communication issues are not only leading to resentment – they could also be affecting patient care. After h…

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Introducing Good Sport 3:34

2y ago3:34

3:34

This week on TEDx SHORTS we’re excited to introduce TED’s newest podcast, Good Sport, hosted by veteran sports producer Jody Avirgan. What can sports teach us about life – and each other? Good Sport brings you invigorating stories from on and off the field to argue that sports are as powerful and compelling a lens as any to understand the world – f…

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How to Find the Comedy in A Messed-Up World (with Maeve Higgins) 31:56

2+ y ago31:56

31:56

On a list of the least funny topics imaginable, the global refugee crisis, border disputes, and questions of citizenships are probably close to the top. And yet comedian Maeve Higgins has spent her career finding ways to make jokes about (and make sense of) the ways we draw lines across the globe. She’s a standup and a writer who speaks from the po…

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Listen now: Far Flung with Saleem Reshamwala 2:12

3y ago2:12

2:12

You don’t need to travel to feel thrilled about a new place; if the last two years have taught us anything, it’s that the ideas, cultures, and charm of our world can reach us wherever we are. This season on Far Flung with Saleem Reshamwala, we journey across the globe to bring you incredible, unique and imaginative stories— from the unbelievable su…

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Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter 1:05

3y ago1:05

1:05

Can you REALLY boost your metabolism? Is blue light actually ruining your sleep? How much vaginal yeast is healthy and when is it … too much? Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter is BACK for a second season to bust the lies you’re told—and sold—about your personal health. Join Dr. Jen Gunter as she addresses common myths– from breaking down the incredibl…

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Listen now: WorkLife season 5 3:23

3y ago3:23

3:23

WorkLife with Adam Grant is back for a fifth season! Organizational psychologist Adam Grant knows that you spend a quarter of your life at work–and in this show, he talks to some of the world’s most unusual professionals to discover how we can actually enjoy all that time. From breaking down “The Great Resignation” to identifying the work culture t…

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3 ways to make better decisions 12:55

3y ago12:55

12:55

Cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths shows how we can apply the logic of computers to untangle tricky human problems using three practical strategies. This talk was filmed at TEDxSydney. All TEDx events are organized independently by volunteers in the spirit of TED's mission of ideas worth spreading. To learn more about TEDxSHORTS, the TEDx program, o…

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Academic research is publicly funded -- why isn't it publicly available? 10:54

3y ago10:54

10:54

Erica Stone looks at the discrepancies between tax funded academic research and the post-research availability of expensive journals, and advocates for a new, open-access relationship between the public and scholars. This talk was filmed at TEDxMileHighWomen. All TEDx events are organized independently by volunteers in the spirit of TED's mission o…

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"Aliens built the pyramids" and other absurdities of pseudo-archaeology 13:22

3y ago13:22

13:22

Archaeologist Sarah Kurnick illustrates why some misconceptions about humanity’s past perpetuate racist and xenophobic notions of history and culture. This talk was filmed at TEDxMileHigh. All TEDx events are organized independently by volunteers in the spirit of TED's mission of ideas worth spreading. To learn more about TEDxSHORTS, the TEDx progr…

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When local news dies, so does democracy 12:25

3y ago12:25

12:25

Journalist Chuck Plunkett passionately makes the case for local news as an essential part of any healthy democracy. This talk was filmed at TEDxMileHigh. All TEDx events are organized independently by volunteers in the spirit of TED's mission of ideas worth spreading. To learn more about TEDxSHORTS, the TEDx program, or give feedback on this episod…

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How a miniaturized atomic clock could revolutionize space exploration 12:30

3y ago12:30

12:30

Jill Seubert is a deep space navigator who shares the intricacies involved in space travel. This talk was filmed at TEDxUCLA. All TEDx events are organized independently by volunteers in the spirit of TED's mission of ideas worth spreading. To learn more about TEDxSHORTS, the TEDx program, or give feedback on this episode, please visit http://go.te…

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