Best Current event Podcasts

Free advice from three of the world's most qualified, most related experts: Justin, Travis and Griffin McElroy. For one-half to three-quarters of an hour every Monday, we tell people how to live their lives, because we're obviously doing such a great job of it so far.

The day’s top stories from BBC News. Delivered twice a day on weekdays, daily at weekends.

Join neuroscientist, philosopher, and five-time New York Times best-selling author Sam Harris as he explores important and controversial questions about the mind, society, current events, moral philosophy, religion, and rationality—with an overarching focus on how a growing understanding of ourselves and the world is changing our sense of how we should live. Sam is also the creator of the Waking Up app. Combining Sam’s decades of mindfulness practice, profound wisdom from varied philosophical and contemplative traditions, and a commitment to a secular, scientific worldview, Waking Up is a resource for anyone interested in living a more examined, fulfilling life—and a new operating system for the mind. Waking Up offers free subscriptions to anyone who can’t afford one, and donates a minimum of 10% of profits to the most effective charities around the world. To learn more, please go to WakingUp.com. Sam Harris received a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA.

Each episode, Dan and Jordan take a look at some clips from that day's Alex Jones Show and struggle to make sense of what they find.

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Fresh Air from WHYY, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs. Hosted by Terry Gross, the show features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries.Subscribe to Fresh Air Plus! You'll enjoy bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening - all while you support NPR's mission. Learn more at plus.npr.org/freshairAnd subscribe to our weekly newsletter, Fresh Air Weekly, to get interview highlights, staff recommendations, gems from the archive, and the week's interviews and reviews all in one place. Sign up at www.whyy.org/freshair

The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.

This is South African True Crime Podcast, where I take you on a journey through one of the most dangerous countries in the world and discuss never before covered cases. With me your host and everything else, Marissa Bones Find me on Instagram @truecrime.bones Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marissa-bones/support

Opening Arguments is a law show that helps you make sense of the news! Comedian Thomas Smith brings on legal analysts to help you understand not only current events, but also deeper legal concepts and areas!The typical schedule will be M-W-F with Monday being a deep-dive, Wednesday being Thomas Takes the Bar Exam and patron shoutouts, and Friday being a rapid response to legal issues in the news!

Join Armando, Griff, and Andrew for weekly episodes featuring your favorite Rooster Teeth cast members, fun games, great bits, and lots of laughs.

The people behind The Intercept’s fearless reporting and incisive commentary discuss the crucial issues of our time: national security, civil liberties, foreign policy, and criminal justice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A podcast for Truckers, about Truckers, by Truckers. "Coaching generations of Drivers while guiding them on their path to success. Fueling them with knowledge and passion for Trucking, Navigating the Industry one mile at a time." Come on in grab yourself a seat and hold on tight to your drink 'cause the revolution is gonna be one heck of a wild ride!

Queue Points is the Black Podcasting Award and Ambie Award nominated music podcast that is dropping the needle on Black Music history and celebrating Black music through meaningful dialogue. The show is hosted by DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray. Visit https://queuepoints.com to learn more.

Comedian Cody Johnston hosts this always fair, always well-researched, but most importantly, always entertaining take on the topical news of the week. Every Tuesday, Some More News dives into the world's weekly events with a mix of wit, dread, hope and compassion. Since the news cycle never stops spinning, Johnston returns every Friday for Even More News, co-hosted by Katy Stoll. Together, they present an informative and comedic spin on the viewers’ frustrations with the news that week.

Some podcasts like to be well-researched; We prefer to hit record, see what happens and if you don't laugh you will absolutely certainly always [not] get a full refund.

Every Friday and Sunday, Slate’s popular daily news podcast What Next brings you TBD, a clear-eyed look into the future. From fake news to fake meat, algorithms to augmented reality, Lizzie O’Leary is your guide to the tech industry and the world it’s creating for us to live in.

Fritz is a politically independent with heavy Libertarian influence and leanings, finding himself outcast from the mainstream political system in the United States. Fritz strives to inject Liberty into the discussion, finding free market solutions and more importantly, reach out across the aisle and discuss differences and similarities in ideology.Fritz produces and hosts FritzCast, an independent multimedia concept in which he produces solo episodes as well as in-depth interviews. Fritz has interviewed Libertarian Presidential Candidate Jo Jorgensen, Vice Presidential candidate Spike Cohen, Adam Kokesh, Jacob Hornberger, Todd Hagopian, CEO and cofounder of Minds.com Bill Ottman, and Brian Nichols, host of the Brian Nichols Show. Fritz is 31 years old, Father of 1 beautiful little girl, and has been married to his loving wife for 10 years. CONTACTfritzcastpodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Your favorite truth teller, comedian, Amanda Seales, is dropping gems with, “Small Doses,” a weekly podcast that brings you potent truths for everyday use.

Chris and Jody are Air Force vets who enjoy military history and folklore. This is their podcast. They tell stories. They digress. A lot.

That's Not Proper! The podcast that insists on breaking norms and traditions on sex, parenting, religion, female empowerment, life and relationships! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thatsnotproper/support

Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers telling stories beyond the news headlines. Presented by Kate Adie.

Join Zach and Lee as they delve deep into all kinds of immature and disastrous comedy, from improv situations to singing about the most offensive topics, they've got it all! Every Friday.

Pop culture, current events, relationships, true crime and weird history. Co-hosted by 30-something BFFs Jamie & Rachel. New episodes every Wednesday.