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Best Podcasts of 2017

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  1. #1 Circle Round (2017) A WBUR podcast that retells folk tales from around the world for kids 4-10 — each episode is a complete, gorgeous 15-minute story. Kids Storytelling
  2. #2 Wow in the World (2017) A weekly NPR science podcast for kids and grown-ups — gentle, silly, fact-packed adventures inside the brain of every kind of expert. Kids Science
  3. #3 Pitchfork Review (2017) A weekly podcast from the indie-music magazine of record, with reviews, news, and reporter deep-dives. Music Arts
  4. #4 Cocaine & Rhinestones (2017) An exhaustively researched podcast about the history of country music in the 20th century — the legends, the labels, and the scandals. Music History
  5. #5 Dissect (2017) A single season-long analysis of one landmark album per season — Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly, Beyoncé's Lemonade, Frank Ocean's Blonde. Music Arts
  6. #6 The Big Picture (2017) The Ringer's flagship movie podcast — Oscars analysis, director retrospectives, summer-blockbuster predictions, and live interviews. Arts
  7. #7 The Run-Through with Vogue (2017) A weekly Vogue podcast about fashion, culture, and the editors and designers shaping what we wear. Arts Society
  8. #8 The Calmer You Podcast (2017) A British hypnotherapist hosts gentle interviews about anxiety, confidence, sleep, and the science of feeling calmer. Self-Improvement Health
  9. #9 The Tim Ferriss Experiment (2017) An audio companion to Tim Ferriss's books — short, tactical episodes about productivity, focus, and meta-skills the rest of us can copy. Self-Improvement
  10. #10 The Goal Digger Podcast (2017) A photographer-turned-online-business-owner interviews fellow entrepreneurs about turning passion into a profitable business. Self-Improvement Business
  11. #11 The Mindset Mentor (2017) A short daily podcast about mindset, mental health, and the small mental shifts that compound into a transformed life. Self-Improvement
  12. #12 The Athletic Football Podcast (2017) Daily Premier League and European-football podcasts from The Athletic's deep bench of writers. Sports
  13. #13 Football Daily (2017) A daily soccer podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live, with reporters, ex-players, and analysts covering every level of the global game. Sports News
  14. #14 The Pat McAfee Show (2017) A former NFL punter hosts a wild, comic, daily sports talk show that combines news, in-studio guests, and locker-room energy. Sports Comedy
  15. #15 Therapy for Black Girls (2017) A licensed psychologist hosts conversations about mental health, relationships, and personal development, centering Black women's experiences. Health Self-Improvement
  16. #16 The Doctor's Farmacy (2017) A functional-medicine physician interviews researchers, chefs, and authors about diet, lifestyle, and chronic-disease prevention. Health Interview
  17. #17 Family Ghosts (2017) Long, personal investigations into the unsolved mystery of one ancestor in each storyteller's family tree. Storytelling
  18. #18 Spooked (2017) True stories of supernatural encounters from Snap Judgment's host — released seasonally near Halloween. Storytelling
  19. #19 Where Should We Begin? (2017) A renowned couples therapist conducts anonymous one-time sessions with real couples — vulnerable, riveting, deeply humane. Society Health
  20. #20 Darknet Diaries (2017) True stories from the dark side of the internet — hackers, breaches, cyber-crime cases — recounted in narrative form by a security pro. Technology True Crime
  21. #21 CoRecursive (2017) Long, story-driven interviews with software engineers about how famous programs got built — beautiful for working developers. Technology Education
  22. #22 Stratechery (2017) A weekly tech-strategy interview by analyst Ben Thompson, focused on platforms, aggregation theory, and Silicon Valley's business models. Technology Business
  23. #23 Slow Burn (2017) A serial history podcast — one major American political moment per season, told in tight reported episodes (Watergate, Clinton, Tupac & Biggie, Iraq War). History Politics
  24. #24 Hi-Phi Nation (2017) A narrative-style philosophy podcast that takes a real-world story and unpacks the philosophical and scientific puzzles inside it. Science Education
  25. #25 Ologies (2017) A weekly comedic interview with an expert in one extremely specific "-ology" — kalology, sphagnology, urology, you name it. Science Comedy
  26. #26 Founders (2017) A solo show in which Senra reads one biography of a great founder per episode and pulls out the principles, patterns, and aphorisms. Business
  27. #27 Pod Save the People (2017) A weekly civil-rights podcast covering racial justice, police reform, and progressive activism in America. Politics Society
  28. #28 The Charlie Kirk Show (2017) A daily conservative show from the Turning Point USA founder, with interviews, monologues, and call-ins from college campuses. Politics
  29. #29 Pod Save the World (2017) Two former Obama foreign-policy aides break down US foreign policy, geopolitics, and the people who run the world. Politics
  30. #30 Pod Save America (2017) Four former Obama staffers dissect the week's political news — irreverent, urgent, and unapologetically progressive. Politics

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