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The 50 Best Podcasts to Listen to in 2021 so Far

A curated podcast list by
Salvation85

Creation Date May 12th, 2021
Updated Date Updated February 26th, 2022
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About This List

2021 has been a crazy year but through it all, some amazing podcasts have been made. Below are my picks for the best podcasts to discover in 2021. I have put in this list all the best music, true-crime, history, and comedy podcasts. Then of course, there are my all time favorites!

  1. The Best Music Podcasts of 2021

  2. Popcast

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    The Popcast is hosted by Jon Caramanica, a pop music critic for The New York Times. It covers the latest in popular music criticism, trends and news.
    Music

  3. Cocaine & Rhinestones: The History of Country Music

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    Step right up. Come on in.
    MusicSociety

  4. Song Exploder

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    Song Exploder is a podcast where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made. Each episode features an artist discussing a song of theirs, breaking down the sounds and ideas that went into the writ
    Music

  5. DISGRACELAND

    Disgraceland is a music and true crime podcast that tells the jaw dropping stories of musicians behaving very badly… and some even getting away with murder. Named “Best Podcast” by the Webby Awards and multiple winner at the iHeart Podcast Awar

  6. Keep It!

    Movies! Music! Celebrities embarrassing themselves! KEEP IT has it all. Each week, Ira Madison III, Louis Virtel, and Aida Osman are joined by comedians, journalists, actors, musicians, activists, politicians and more to discuss the latest ways

  1. The Best History Podcast of 2021!

  2. You're Dead To Me

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    The history podcast for people who don't like history... and those who do. Greg Jenner brings together the best names in comedy and history to learn and laugh about the past.
    HistoryComedy

  3. Wind of Change

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    It’s 1990. The Berlin Wall just fell. The Soviet Union is on the verge of collapse. And the soundtrack to the revolution is one of the best selling songs of all time, the metal ballad “Wind of Change,” by the Scorpions. Decades later, journa
    SocietyCultureMusic

  4. The Alarmist

    Who is to blame for history's greatest tragedies? The Plague. The sinking of The Titanic. The break-up of the Beatles. Writer/Comedian Rebecca Delgado-Smith, along with a special guest, scrutinizes history’s greatest disasters to figure out wha

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