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As you can see by the amount of podcasts which qualify for a ‘best podcasts’ list, there’s never been a better time for podcasts. Though the format has been around for a couple of decades now, it’s only in the last few years that they really hit their stride. You might say that we’re living through a golden age of podcasts, if you’re the kind of person who needs all their culture categorised into neat eras.
Podcasts are now big business. In this post-Serial audio world, journalists, celebrities, academics and yes, anyone else who owns a mixing desk and a microphone, now has a regular show. The quality is generally very high but some efforts can still be hit and miss with dozens of podcasts popping up around the same themes or TV shows. To help you out we curate this every-changing list of interesting podcast recommendations spanning technology, culture, science, politics and beyond
Podcasts are the new black. Fact. But as with anything good, they come with their difficulties; the pain of coming to the end of a series only to find it was the final one, or the struggle of trying to find a new one that scratches the right itch. Well, luckily the Cosmopolitan team are really into podcasts and I am really into obsessive list making…
Here’s our ultimate list of the best (and free) podcasts you need to listen to, as compiled by our very own podcast-junkies.
Top 100
Believe: Paranormal & UFO Radio
Sexy Stories With Chantelle Otten Sexologist
Mid Flight Brawl Podcast
True Blue Crime
Too Peas In A Podcast
Happy Hour With Lucy & Nikki
Forgotten Australia
The Nurse
Always Was, Always Will Be Our Stories
The Social Work Stories Podcast
Dev Raga – Personal Finance Podcasts
Coronacast
Loose Units: The Podcast
Beenham Valley Road
Free Radicals
Roy And HG – Bludging On The Blindside
Hamish & Andy’s Remembering Project
The Junkees – Dave O’Neil And Kitty Flanagan
The Vanishing Of Vivienne Cameron
My Dad And Son Are Missing
“The Week on Wednesday” With Van Badham & Ben Davison
The Good Bits
I Just Called To Tell You A Joke
The Eleventh
The Birder’s Guide
The Story Chunder
History Detective
Thumbs Up Thumbs Down Podcast
Australian True Crime
Little Lost Girls
Story Time With Jimmy Barnes
True Crime Island
Escape This Podcast
Understate: Lawyer X
Judith Lucy – Overwhelmed And Dying
The Clink
Dead Bodies Podcast
Life And Crimes With Andrew Rule
The Little Dum Dum Club With Tommy & Karl
Chasing Charlie
TOFOP
PEP With Chas And Dr Dave
The Ice Project
The Wigs
Wilosophy With Wil Anderson
Cricket, Et Cetera
A Perfect Storm: The True Story Of The Chamberlains
Casefile True Crime
Don’t You Know Who I Am?
Great Mates With Kade & Troy
Weird Crap In Australia
Bloody Murder – A True Crime Podcast
Conversations For Ally
Evidence Locker True Crime
Led By A Heartstring
All Rise, The Mentoring Podcast For Women Lawyers
Fangirling
A Rational Fear
Hamish & Andy
The Last Voyage Of The Pong Su Podcast
Carousel Sniper Victim
Good Weekend Talks
Do Go On
Life On The Land
We Are Human With Sam Thaiday
The History Listen
Awesome Aussie Songs Podcast
Full Story
Murderlaide
SeaChangers
Stolen Lives True Crime
Emperors Of Rome
Jeffrey Epstein, The Prince And The Pervert
Naked City
BookSlut
Squiz Today
7am
Book Cheat
Monsters Who Murder: Serial Killer Confessions
Podnews Podcasting News
TV Blackbox & McKnight Tonight
Gavin Woods Countdown Podcast
History Lab
Queer As Fact
ABC Comedy Presents
Asian Bitches Down Under
Claremont: The Claremont Serial Killings
Don’t Tell The Pilot – Australian Politics
True Stories Of Crime And Violence
Two Open Books
Up And Away
In Black And White
Squiz Shortcuts
A Podcast Of One’s Own With Julia Gillard
What’s Right Within
Flex’s Semi-Factual History Lessons
Narelle Fraser Interviews
On The Reg
The Morbid Curiosity Podcast
Australian Histories Podcast
BEST ARTS & CULTURE PODCAST
Bad Behavior – Nikila Cranage, Rosalind Anketell, Namcheja Maghembe
Beauty Island – Brittany Stewart
Eyes On Gilead: A Handmaid’s Tale Podcast – SBS
Margin Notes – Zoya Patel & Yen Eriksen & Kim Lester
Talking Words – Olivia O’Flynn & Lucy Hayward
BEST WELLBEING PODCAST
Curveball: the club you didn’t want to be part of – Beth Armstrong for Curveball Media/Luke Mynott, Unison Sound
Healthy-ish – BODY + Soul for News Corp Australia
Let’s Talk About Suicide – Hamish Blunck for JOY
One Foot In – Bee & Zee
Young Blood: Men’s Health Matters – Callum MacPherson
BEST COMEDY PODCAST
Dragon Friends – Dragon Friends Podcasting
Hamish & Andy – Hamish Blake and Andy Lee for PodcastOne Australia
Impromptunes: The Completely Improvised Musical Podcast – Impromptunes
A Rational Fear – Dan Ilic for Downwind Media
Tony Martin’s SIZZLETOWN – pots n pans productions
BEST BUSINESS PODCAST
Building A Unicorn – Lawson Media
My Millennial Career – SYMO Interactive
The Richards Report – Ted Richards
She’s On The Money – Victoria Devine & iHeartPodcast Network Australia
Women Are The Business – University of Melbourne
MOMENT OF THE YEAR
Coronacast: Can You Catch Corona From A Fart? – Dr Norman Swan and Tegan Taylor for ABC
Driven Young: Boys vs Girls Experiment Viral Moment – Byron Dempsey
Matt and Alex: All Day Breakfast – PodcastOne Australia
Squiz Kids: Q+A with Prime Minister Scott Morrison – Bryce Corbett for The Squiz
Women of Influence: the story of Kate Everrett – Kate Meade for ACE Radio
BEST SEX & RELATIONSHIPS PODCAST
The Hook Up – Nat Tencic for triple j
Ghosts of Boyfriends Past – Elizabeth Best & Tom Harris for That’s Not Canon
Love Etc. – Zara McDonald and Michelle Andrews for Shameless Media
My Mum Is A Pornstar – Miss Honey Analverkehr & Maz
Search Engine Sex – Rowdie Walden for Spotify AUNZ
BRANDED PODCAST
Beyond Blue: Not Alone – Beyond Blue
Loud & Proud – NAB & Aesthetic with JOY 94.9
That’s Incredible – Mamamia Podcasts
This Girl Can: Victoria – VicHealth
What Happens Next? – Dr Susan Carland for Monash University & Strategic Marketing and Communications
BEST RADIO PODCAST
Background Briefing – The Background Briefing Team for ABC
Hack – Avani Dias, Serge Negus and Shalailah Medhora for triple j
Science with Dr Karl – Nick Gerber, Lucy Smith, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki for triple j
Studio 1 – Matthew Layton for Vision Australia Radio
Take 5 – Double J Radio for ABC
BEST SPORTS PODCAST
The 19th Tee Podcast – Nathan Drudi & Kieran Marsh
Dyl and Friends – Dylan Buckley
The Phil Davis Podcast – Phil Davis for ABC
John Tapp Racing – John Tapp
Ordineroli Speaking – Neroli Meadows & iHeartPodcast Network Australia
SUPPORTED BY
BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS PODCAST
7AM – Schwartz Media
Background Briefing – The Background Briefing Team for ABC
Full Story – the Guardian
What Happens Next? Hosted by Dr Susan Carland – Monash University for Strategic Marketing and Communications
The Quicky – Mamamia Podcasts
BEST LOCKDOWN PODCAST
Busy Bodies with Mr Snot Bottom: Healthy Heroes Episodes – Mr Snot Bottom for Kinderling Kids Radio
Coronacast – Dr Norman Swan and Tegan Taylor for ABC
How I Work – Amantha Imber
The New Social Contract – Impact Studios at UTS
Prof Joe Covid 19 Aged Care Podcast – Dignity of Risk Australia
BEST TRUE CRIME PODCAST
CHILDERS: The Full Story – Paul Cochrane
The Last Voyage of The Pong Su – The Age
The Lighthouse – The Australian for News Corp Australia
Nut Jobs: Cracking California’s Strangest $10 Million Dollar Heist – Marc Fennell for Audible
Unravel True Crime: Snowball – Ollie Wards and the Unravel True Crime team for ABC
BEST ENTERTAINMENT PODCAST
The Convo With George Sargent – George Sargent
Just The Gist – Rosie Waterland & Jacob Stanley for PodcastOne Australia
Matt and Alex: All Day Breakfast – Matt & Alex for PodcastOne Australia
Shameless – Zara McDonald and Michelle Andrews for Shameless Media
The Wellness Collective – Natalie Kringoudis and Cecelia Ramsdale for PodcastOne Australia
BEST FAMILY PODCAST
Busy Bodies with Mr Snot Bottom – Mr Snot Bottom for Kinderling Kids Radio
Little Yarns – ABC Kids listen
Short & Curly – ABC Audio Studios
Squiz Kids – Bryce Corbett for The Squiz
too peas in a podcast – Mandy and Kate
BEST INTERVIEW
Conversations with Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski – ABC Audio Studios
The Hardest Word: Genocide Apology – Brett de Hoedt for Podcasts of Justice
In My Country – Pia Perversi-Burchall & Adam Wood for That’s Not Canon Productions
The Regenerative Journey with Charlie Arnott – Charlie Arnott
Shoes Off: Diana Nguyen – Jay Ooi
BEST DOCUMENTARY PODCAST
BIRDS EYE VIEW – StoryProjects with women in Darwin Correctional Centre
The Eleventh – ABC Audio Studios
Full Story – The Guardian
Inside the Big Day Out – Double J for ABC
It Burns: The Scandal-Plagued Race to Breed the World’s Hottest Chilli – Marc Fennell for Audible
Ask the Specialist: Larrakia, Tiwi and Yolngu stories to inspire better healthcare – Vicki Kerrigan and Stuart Yiwarr McGrath for B. Lee, M. Herdman, P. Puruntatameri
Moonshot – Lawson Media
Science Vs – Kaitlyn Sawrey & Wendy Zukerman for Gimlet Media/Spotify
She’s on the Money – Victoria Devine & iHeartPodcast Network Australia
Shoes Off – Jay Ooi
BEST FICTION PODCAST
Destination: Earth – Patrick McGinley
Generation Betoota – The Betoota Advocate for Spotify Original / DM Podcasts
Love and Luck – Passer Vulpes Productions
Nocturnal Transmissions – Kristin Holland
Six Cold Feet – J.M. Donellan for Dead Eric Productions
7AM – Schwartz Media
Life Uncut Podcast – Laura Byrne, Brittany Hockley & iHeartPodcast Network Australia
Little Green Pod – ABC Regional & Local & ABC Audio Studios
Nut Jobs: Cracking California’s Strangest $10 Million Dollar Heist – Marc Fennell for Audible
Who The Hell is Hamish? – The Australian for News Corp Australia
BEST INDIGENOUS PODCAST
A Cuppa and a Yarn – Michelle Aleksandrovics Lovegrove for New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council
Ask the Specialist: Larrakia, Tiwi and Yolngu stories to inspire better healthcare – Vicki Kerrigan and Stuart Yiwarr McGrath for B. Lee, M. Herdman, P. Puruntatameri
Little Yarns – ABC Kids listen
My Mum Is A Pornstar – Miss Honey Analverkehr & Maz
Search Engine Sex – Rowdie Walden for Spotify AUNZ
THE SPOTLIGHT AWARD
The Last Voyage of The Pong Su – The Age
The Lighthouse – The Australian for News Corp Australia
Mamamia Out Loud – Mamamia Podcasts
The Kyle & Jackie O Show – KIIS & iHeartPodcast Network Australia
Science Vs – Kaitlyn Sawrey & Wendy Zukerman for Gimlet Media/Spotify
THE CREATIVITY AWARD
All Ears – Annaliese Redlich for Broadwave
From A Whisper To A Bang! – Megan Spencer
The Last Voyage of The Pong Su – The Age
Tony Martin’s SIZZLETOWN – pots n pans productions
Science Vs: Pandemic! – Kaitlyn Sawrey & Wendy Zukerman for Gimlet Media/Spotify
THE BULLSEYE AWARD
All Ears – Annaliese Redlich for Broadwave
Drinks Adventures – James Atkinson
The Gays Are Revolting – Lipp Media
Money Power Freedom – Victorian Women’s Trust in partnership with Bank Australia
Prof Joe Covid 19 Aged Care Podcast – Dignity of Risk Australia