Question Everything
Sep 18: Newsworthy - Society & CultureThe South Florida Standard looked like a legitimate local news site. It wasn't. Florida Trib reporter Kate Payne originally flagged its nonexistent reporters, which prompted Question Everything producer Zach St. Louis to embark on his own investigation in which he discovered five other fake outlets connected to the same source. In a major breakthrough, he eventually tracked down the person behind them, someone with a past that made the whole thing even stranger.
Countermeasures
Sep 18: Newsworthy - ScienceOne week after 9/11, letters laced with anthrax spores began arriving at newsrooms and Senate offices across the country. By the time it was over, five people were dead, seventeen more were sickened, and the United States was confronting its first major act of bioterrorism in real time. In Countermeasures, you'll hear from the scientists on the ground 25 years after the attacks.
The Long War: Canada in Afghanistan
Sep 18: Newsworthy - HistoryTwenty-five years after Canada went to war in Afghanistan, a new podcast by the Canadian War Museum explores the mission through the voices of those who experienced it. Hosted by journalist Anna Maria Tremonti and guided by War Museum historian Andrew Burtch, The Long War: Canada in Afghanistan takes listeners through eight episodes covering key chapters of Canada’s 13-year mission — from the early victories and efforts to build a democratic state to the counterinsurgency and the fall of Kabul.
LAIKA presents - MADE BY HUMANS: CREATIVES IN CONVERSATION
Sep 18: Newsworthy - ArtsIn Made By Humans artists talk about filmmaking, the grind, and the inspiration behind making award-winning animations. They explore craftsmanship and mythic wonder that bring their most iconic worlds to life - from Coraline and LAIKA’s upcoming film Wildwood to Jurassic Park and Project Hail Mary.
Learning Curve
Sep 18: Newsworthy - TechnologyMIT officials say AI is eroding the university's unique, nerdy culture where students spent hours in study groups trying to figure out how to do their homework. These days, students just ask AI — without the messiness of, you know, talking to other people in the dorm. On the Season 2 premiere of Learning Curve podcast about AI and education, host Jeff Young dives into the issue, and looks at MIT's push to save its culture from chatbots.
Expense Account
Sep 17: New Podcast - ArtsExpense Account uses food as an entry point into bigger conversations about restaurants, culture, taste and how it all relates to life and the world at large. It's hosted by J Lee, food critic at Emily Sundberg’s Feed Me media empire, with chefs, writers, musicians, actors and more, like writer Molly Baz, chef Carla Lalli, and PBS host Pati Jinich. You’ll hear about their best meals and worst meals - the conversations start with food, but always wind up somewhere else, because food is culture, and everybody eats.
Yasha
Sep 17: New Podcast - HistoryIn Yasha, Jeremy Gendelman brings to life his grandfather's harrowing flight across the Soviet Union during the Nazi invasion of WWII. Through archival tape, historical storytelling, and immersive sound design, step into a childhood in the shadow of Hitler and Stalin, where growing up meant never standing still.
Fun Wrecka
Sep 17: New Podcast - TV & FilmFun Wrecka is a pop culture podcast takes a funny, fresh look at popular movies, TV shows, and music. The show examines what works, pokes fun at what doesn't, and comes up with creative fixes to make good media even better. Join Jonathan Levy, Grant Denison, and producer Chris Jones for an in depth wreck (and rebuild) of the media you thought you already knew and loved.
Giving Done Right
Sep 17: New Season - BusinessThe new season of Giving Done Right, out today, comes at a time when federal policy shifts continue to upend the landscape for domestic nonprofits, civil society, and international aid alike, leaving donors facing urgent questions about where and how to give. Host Phil Buchanan sits down with philanthropic and nonprofit leaders to explore what effective giving looks like in a moment of real strain and real opportunity.
Not Just the Tudors
Sep 17: Newsworthy - HistoryIn Not Just The Tudors - before the six wives, the break with Rome, and, you know, the executions, Henry VIII was a charismatic, athletic second son never expected to become king. How did this dazzling Renaissance prince metamorphose into an aging, authoritarian dictator? Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and Dr Joanne Paul chart Henry's dark descent, exploring how a monarch driven by dynastic desperation ultimately rewrote the rules of England to satisfy his own unshakeable will.
Dan Snow's History Hit
Sep 17: Newsworthy - HistoryKnights vs Ottomans: The Great Seige of Malta. Dan Snow's History Hit is recorded on location at Malta's spectacular Fort St Angelo - Dan is joined by curator Kirsty Grech to explore the Great Siege of Malta – the brutal 1565 conflict between the Ottoman Empire and the Knights of St John that determined control of the Mediterranean and helped shape the future of Europe.
Reaching Out
Sep 16: New Podcast - Society & CultureFuturo and KCRW present Reaching Out, a six-part audio memoir from documentary artist Sayre Quevedo and winner of the Audio Memoir Award at the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival. On the eve of their 30th birthday, twin brothers Sayre and Connor set out to find the biological father who abandoned them before they were born. You'll follow them through desert raves, drunken nightclubs, and across borders of time and language, observing the brothers confront the truths they've hidden from each other and themselves. Reaching Out is a story about fathers, sons, and the distance between. New episodes arrive weekly on Wednesdays through October 21, distributed as part of the NPR Podcast Network.
Speakership in the Time of Change
Sep 16: Newsworthy - PhilosophyHow do you find the right words when you’re face-to-face with the unexpected? Speakership in the Time of Change is a communication podcast for established leaders navigating change. Built on frameworks from neuroscience and patterns drawn from 10,000+ hours of working with high-knowledge professionals, Margaret Watts Romney brings this work out from behind the curtain of training rooms and private coaching calls and into every episode.
Victorian Gothic: The Hauntings
Sep 16: New Podcast - FictionExperience classic Victorian horror stories as they've never been heard before in Victorian Gothic: The Hauntings. Become immersed in their spine-chilling, eerie worlds through the use of spatial and binaural sound design, placing you directly in the ghostly heart of things. Not simply narrated, these episodes bring all of the action and characters to life in an unnerving three-dimensional environment.
Kind
Sep 15: New Season - Society & CultureSometimes you need a reminder of the good in humanity, and Kind does just that. Back for season three, you'll hear about the times people received an act kindness and how that changed things. Expect stories of heartfelt letters sent to a friend at sea, a future fiancé who bested a hacker, a mentor who provided an unexpected serving of sizzling steaks... and lots, lots more to fill you up.
Cultureful: Global Identity & Intergenerational Stories
Sep 15: New Season - Society & CultureCultureful: Global Identity & Intergenerational Stories, the American Writing Awards' Podcast of the Year, launches Season 4 today. You’ll hear deep dive conversations with guests from different cultures. The new season features an Indo-Guyanese Canadian exploring her family's migration, a Black writer reflecting on how basketball kept him safe in Philly's inner city, and a Japanese American Korean adoptee navigating his identity.
Building What Matters
Sep 15: New Podcast - BusinessBuilding What Matters brings you into the room with the leaders deciding how schools, hospitals, and major infrastructure projects are built—and whether communities get what they've been promised, on time and on budget. Join host Matt Allen, Executive Vice President and Chief Client Officer at McKinstry, for candid conversations with the executives accountable to their students, patients, and communities—long before breaking ground, and long after the ribbon-cutting.
Women Under Pressure
Sep 15: New Podcast - Health & FitnessWomen Under Pressure is a new podcast for ambitious women who want to succeed at a high level without sacrificing their mental health, physical health, relationships or the rest of their lives in the process. It's hosted by Kristen Plake, a licensed trauma therapist and founder of Frontline Wellness Group.
Not Just A Terrible Story
Sep 15: New Podcast - True CrimeWhen Stacie Love married her former high school teacher, she thought it was a whirlwind romance. Two decades later, she discovered the truth behind the day their lives unraveled: a federal search, an unseen investigation, and a story far darker than she ever knew. Not Just A Terrible Story is a six-part investigation into one woman’s search for the truth, the scourge of alleged educator sexual misconduct, and a culture of complicity that protected predators for decades.
Better at Home with Myf Warhurst
Sep 14: New Podcast - BusinessMyf Warhurst fronts Better at Home, a cinematic new video podcast that redefines what 'the good life' looks like and asks the question: What would you make room for? Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate (BHGRE) presents this six-part elevated video podcast of real stories, produced for multiplatform screens everywhere.