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I mostly listen to audio dramas. Here are a handful of non fiction podcasts I'm listening to or have queued up.

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Created November 27, 2018

Updated September 29, 2023

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7 Followers

  1. Storytelling and Slice of Life Profiles

  2. 2nd Story

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    2nd Story is dedicated to creating and crafting story-sharing experiences that foster meaningful connections between individuals and communities. We believe that well-crafted, well-told stories can be a catalyst for change for artist and audien
    Arts

  3. Arc Stories

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    Arc Stories is simply stories. Imagine you're finishing dinner. Maybe you’re at a party, maybe it’s your family’s Sunday supper. You push back from the table while coffee is poured. You congregate out on the front porch because it’s cool enough
    ArtsPerforming Arts

  4. Criminal

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    411142.3k
    Criminal is the first of its kind. A show about people who’ve done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle. Hosted by Phoebe Judge. Named a Best Podcast of 2023 by the New York Times. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
    True Crime

  5. Kind World

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    Kind World is a show about how a single act of kindness can change someone's life. In each episode, hosts and reporters Yasmin Amer and Andrea Asuaje search the world for good news stories that will restore your faith in humanity. A production
    SocietyCulturePersonal Journals

  6. First Day Back

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    First Day Back is a documentary podcast series about people facing and trying to overcome life’s most challenging moments. Each season, host and creator Tally Abecassis tells the story of someone attempting their own personal comeback.In 2019,
    SocietyCulturePersonal Journals

  7. The Moth

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    1048959
    Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of true stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. Moth storytellers stand alone, under a spotlight, with only a microphone and a roomful of strangers
    +14
    StorytellingArtsPerforming Arts

  8. Mystery Show

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    162589
    A podcast about mysteries, hosted by Starlee Kine. From Gimlet.
    gimlet mediaSocietyCulture

  9. Nocturne

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    A sound-rich storytelling show that explores the night, the landscape of the unseen, and how thoughts, feelings and behaviors transform in the dark. Topics range wildly, encompassing a unique and surprising exploration into the darkness.Epis
    SocietyCulture

  10. The Nocturnists

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    The Nocturnists is an award-winning medical storytelling podcast, hosted by physician Emily Silverman. We feature personal stories from frontline clinicians, conversations with healthcare-related authors and art-makers, and special podcast docu
    +17
    MedicineStorytelling

  11. Snap Judgment

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    Snap Judgment mixes real stories with killer beats to produce cinematic, dramatic radio. Snap’s raw, musical brand of storytelling dares listeners to see the world through the eyes of another. It's storytelling... with a BEAT.
    ArtsPerforming Arts

  12. S-Town

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    S-Town is a new podcast from Serial and This American Life, hosted by Brian Reed, about a man named John who despises his Alabama town and decides to do something about it. He asks Brian to investigate the son of a wealthy family who's allegedl
    True CrimeSociety

  13. Strangers

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    2729
    The new season + the full back catalogue of Strangers (100+ episodes) can be found at https://strangers.supercast.com. If you like the episodes here, come join me there! Strangers is storytelling for the 21st century from Peabody award winning
    SexSociety

  14. This American Life

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    5913810.2k
    Each week we choose a theme. Then anything can happen. This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. Personal stories with funny moments, big feelings, and surprising plot twists. Newsy stories that try to capture
    +134
    StorytellingArts

  15. UnFictional

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    In this season of Unfictional, Stories of Transformation, and the ways in which the world — and all of us — have fundamentally changed since the pandemic began. One man watched his children suddenly turn into grown-ups, while another upended ev
    SocietyCulture

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