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  1. #1 Over My Dead Body (2019) Each season unspools one shocking crime — a power-couple divorce gone homicidal, a family secret, a small-town murder. True Crime 100% liked · 2 votes
  2. #2 Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Q&A (2019) Monthly listener-questions episodes from the Mindscape host — physics, philosophy, complexity, and everything that touches them. Science 50% liked · 2 votes
  3. #3 Old Gods of Appalachia (2019) A cosmic-horror anthology set in an alternate Appalachia where the mountains have always been wrong, and the things beneath them have always been listening. Fiction 100% liked · 1 votes
  4. #4 KidNuz (2019) A 5-minute daily news podcast for kids — current events explained at a level they can actually understand. Kids News 100% liked · 1 votes
  5. #5 Stay Sexy and Don't Get Murdered (2019) The non-murder spin-off of My Favorite Murder, focused on mental health, anxiety, and the messy work of being a person. Health Self-Improvement 100% liked · 1 votes
  6. #6 The Big Story (2019) A Canadian daily news show that picks one big story each day and interviews the journalist who has been reporting it. Storytelling News 100% liked · 1 votes
  7. #7 Cautionary Tales (2019) A FT columnist tells stories of historical disasters and human folly — and the lessons we keep failing to learn from them. History Storytelling 100% liked · 1 votes
  8. #8 Throughline (2019) NPR's weekly long-form history show — connecting the present moment to its often-forgotten origins. History News 100% liked · 1 votes
  9. #9 Short Wave (2019) NPR's 12-minute daily science podcast — one fresh, accessible story a day, told with curiosity and care. Science Education 100% liked · 1 votes
  10. #10 The Journal (2019) The Wall Street Journal's daily business-and-news show. One big story, often financial, broken down for the rest of us. News Business 100% liked · 1 votes
  11. #11 Office Ladies (2019) Two stars of The Office go back through every episode of the series, with behind-the-scenes anecdotes and surprise cast guests. Comedy Arts 100% liked · 1 votes
  12. #12 To Live and Die in LA (2019) A bestselling author investigates the disappearance of a young actress in Los Angeles, in real time. True Crime 100% liked · 1 votes
  13. #13 ESPN Daily (2019) A weekday news-style ESPN podcast that picks one major sports story and gives it 20-30 minutes of feature-style reporting. Sports News 0% liked · 2 votes
  14. #14 The Liz Moody Podcast (2019) A journalist interviews researchers, doctors, and authors about evidence-based nutrition, sleep, stress, and wellbeing. Health 0% liked · 1 votes
  15. #15 Tom Brown's Body (2019) A Texas Monthly writer investigates the case of a small-town teen whose body turned up six months after he vanished, and the suspects everyone in town knew. True Crime 0% liked · 1 votes
  16. #16 Hunting Warhead (2019) A globe-spanning investigation into the dark-web child-exploitation ring known as the Warhead, and the journalists and cops who infiltrated it. True Crime 0% liked · 1 votes
  17. #17 The Daily Show: Ears Edition (2019) The audio cut of The Daily Show — segments, interviews, and behind-the-scenes from the Comedy Central late-night newsroom. Arts Comedy
  18. #18 Las Cosas (2019) A Spanish-language Latin American interview show featuring stars from music, film, and TV from across the Spanish-speaking world. Interview
  19. #19 Heavy Topics (2019) A storytelling podcast that pairs first-person essays with reported context on social issues — debt, grief, illness, recovery. Storytelling Society
  20. #20 The Twenty Minute VC: Founders Friday (2019) A spin-off of 20VC focused on the founder side — deep-dives with the operators of breakout startups instead of the investors backing them. Business
  21. #21 Strict Scrutiny (2019) Three legal scholars dissect the US Supreme Court — its arguments, its opinions, and its evolving constitutional reasoning — with humor and bite. Politics Education
  22. #22 The Rundown (2019) A weekly digest of the most important political stories of the week, with PBS NewsHour reporters and Capitol Hill correspondents. News Politics 25% liked · 4 votes

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