My Favorite New Podcasts for 2019

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Here's a roundup of my favorite new podcasts in 2019. These are podcasts that I thought told a great story, was great investigative journalism or pushed the form of the genre to new levels. Enjoy!


  • 1

    Pre-Flight Announcement

    Passenger List

    02:30 | Jul 29th, 2019

    2 recommendations

    A missing plane, a cabin full of suspects, a search for truth. A new mystery thriller from PRX’s Radiotopia, starring Kelly Marie Tran, Colin Morgan, Rob Benedict and Patti LuPone. Arriving September ...Show More

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    A podcast recommendation for CBC’s @podcastplaylist Top Podcast of 2019 entry: I love this audio drama and if you know me, I will talk your ear off to listen to this. Passenger List is about one woma...Show More

  • 2

    Introducing The Missing Cryptoqueen

    The Missing Cryptoqueen

    02:27 | Sep 17th, 2019

    3 recommendations

    In 2014, a businesswoman called Dr Ruja Ignatova launched a new cryptocurrency that promised to change money forever. OneCoin, she said, was similar to Bitcoin, only bigger, better and easier to use. ...Show More

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    This is a fantastic investigative documentary podcast that dives into the mystery of a missing woman called Dr Ruja Ignatova, aka the "Cryptoqueen" who is wanted for her OneCoin cryptocurrency mega sc...Show More

  • 3

    The Unhappy Millionaire

    The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

    37:39 | Sep 24th, 2019

    18 recommendations

    How can winning the lottery ruin your life - while contracting an incurable disease feel like 'a gift'? Dr Laurie Santos hears about dreams come true and nightmares realised; and talks with Dr Dan Gil...Show More

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    "Happiness is a vacation" "Happiness ever after only exists if you live for 3 minutes more" This episode shows how resilient humans are emotionally like we have a "emotion immune system". The highs ar...Show More

  • 4

    EP. 1: Moaning

    MOONFACE

    30:03 | Oct 9th, 2019

    4 recommendations

    The story begins with a moan.

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    This audio drama about a young gay Korean man who is struggling with his own identity was so beautifully produced. I balled at the last episode. The sound design was 👌👌👌 I loved how they designed t...Show More

  • 5

    America was founded on the ideal of democracy. Black people fought to make it one. “1619” is a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones. You can find more information about it here. ...Show More

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    Thomas Jefferson was being served by a slave who was his half brother-in-law WHILE he wrote that “all men are created equal” đŸ€ŠđŸ»â€â™€ïž smh. The ending scene of this episode was powerful. This is the Rev...Show More

  • 6

    Trailer: Reno | S2

    The City

    03:49 | Oct 8th, 2019

    1 recommendation

    Season 2 of The City looks at the battle over the aging strip clubs of Reno, Nevada.

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    Nominating The City’s season two on Reno for the Top New Podcast/Season of 2019 for @podcastplaylist. The City’s new season on the fight for Reno is eye-opening and relevant. A large strip club is fi...Show More

  • 7

    What’s up Con-gregation & welcome Scam Goddess, the #1 pod dedicated to all things fraud! In this initial episode comedian, actor, and podcast papi Paul F. Tompkins joins host Laci Mosley for a deep d...Show More

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    I didn’t just lol for this episode, I roflmao all the way to the end for the Anna Delvey/Sorokin portion. I don’t remember laughing this much for a podcast. There is a portion about a dog scam in the ...Show More

  • 8

    The View from Nowhere

    The View from Somewhere

    19:52 | Oct 15th, 2019

    2 recommendations

    “Objectivity is dead, and I’m okay with it.” That’s what public radio journalist Lewis Raven Wallace wrote in a blog post just after Donald Trump’s 2017 inauguration. Wallace called on other journalis...Show More

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    “Objectivity is status quo.” Why journalism with a purpose is better than “objective journalism.” Great framework for thinking about why past fringe ideas are normal now and vice versa.

  • 9

    “Getting out of the building” means something deeper than many realize. Mike Maples Jr explores why in this key lesson of greatness.

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    On how early stage startup creation is like art, because of the creativity involved that you simply can't "operationalize". I really like these mini clips that Mike Maples does where he pulls a signi...Show More

  • 10

    Max learns what drag is, and what drag means to the queer community in Vancouver. Performers from around the city share why drag is important to them.  Dragged Out is proudly sponsored by JQ Clo...Show More

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    Is drag just for men who dress up as women? Can queer and cis people also participate in drag? Drag is a way explore gender identity and owning it. This really well produced new podcast series explore...Show More

  • 11

    Why I Quit Writing (with Yasmin Nair)

    Public Intellectual

    1:11:48 | Oct 7th, 2019

    1 recommendation

    Jessa speaks with cultural critic, academic, and leftist thinker Yasmin Nair about the exploitative, dumbed down, and click-baity hot take culture in which we all consume. They discuss trying to write...Show More

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    This was the episode I didn't know I was waiting for. Such a fun and #realtalk conversation about opinion writing -- on dumb hot takes, the economy of ideas, exploitative nature of media towards opini...Show More

  • 12

    Act 1: Welcome to Slaughterhouse Road

    Slaughterhouse Road

    19:46 | Aug 19th, 2019

    2 recommendations

    Welcome to Slaughterhouse Road.

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    This romance musical podcast is ommmgggggggggggggg đŸ˜±đŸ˜±đŸ˜± Stay with it all the way through. It reminds me of a Wes Anderson film or AmĂ©lie, but in audio form. Short listen of just 3 “acts” (aka episod...Show More

  • 13

    If there's one thing that sets people apart from machines, it's creativity, right? Automation may take over certain jobs, but what happens when algorithms start to learn from our work to create their ...Show More

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    One of my favourite podcast episodes of all time. A favorite party question of mine is: "If the world was going to implode and all the books in the world are going to burn down, would you save the S...Show More

  • 14

    Myth-Making

    The Dropout

    45:27 | Jan 23rd, 2019

    10 recommendations

    On the premiere episode of The Dropout, you'll meet a young Elizabeth Holmes. Convinced of her own destiny even as a young child, she would come to drop out of Stanford in her late teens, intending to...Show More

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    Oh wow. Holmes sounds much worse and more problematic than what was reported in the media. The interviews with advisors and employees are insightful.

  • 15

    Ep 1. Fake Heiress

    Fake Heiress

    27:22 | Dec 16th, 2019

    3 recommendations

    Reporting by Vicky Baker Drama by Chloe Moss Anna Delvey was due to come into a trust fund of $67m on her 26th birthday. She was on her way to establishing the Anna Delvey Foundation, a multi-million...Show More

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    I binged on this entire series. It was really interesting and innovative, because it's 30% investigative reporting with testimonials and 70% audio fiction (re-enactments). Lots of new information I ha...Show More

  • 16

    The integrity of the internet is at stake -- what have we lost and how do we get it back? At the 2019 Texas Tribune Festival, Anil spoke with web scholars and writers about reclaiming the internet thr...Show More

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    I loved this episode about reclaiming community on the web. Probably one of the most important and nuanced conversation about the internet, community, and society that I've heard in a long time. Some...Show More

  • 17

    Join a young Arianna Huffington on her journey from Athens to Cambridge, as she shares a lesson she learned from her mother of embracing life’s journey without being attached to the outcome.

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    This was such a touching episode about Arianna Huffington's childhood and her relationship with her fabulous mother. This isn't a story about Huffington's entrepreneurship journey, but how her fearles...Show More

  • 18

    43 Years in Biscuitville

    Underunderstood

    25:45 | Dec 10th, 2019

    4 recommendations

    A small town fights for internet justice by boycotting biscuits. 2:23 - LulaRoe Defective Fail on Facebook 3:29 - Biscuitville page on Wikipedia 4:51 - Petition: BRING ABED HASSAN BACK on Change....Show More

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    There's a place called Biscuitville. A man who worked there for 43 years get fired without severance or pension. Some guy who "unleashes unit growth" takes over. The internet seeks justice. This was ...Show More

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