The Pod 20

Week 19, 2022

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The Pod 20, hosted by multi-award winning presenter, Graham Mack, is a weekly show featuring guest podcasters talking about their podcast, what they’ve been up to, what they’ve been listening to....and the top 20 podcasts according to Podcast Radio.

But in a little more detail: who stands out this week? Simon Squibb, Jo Youle & Piers Morgan!!

Full chart is below: BUT AVOID THE BELOW IF YOU WANT TO HEAR THE COUNTDOWN WITHOUT SPOILERS!!

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The Pod 20

20. How I Built This with Guy Raz

Guy dives into the stories behind some of the world's best known companies.

19. Behind the Bastards

The worst humans in history.

18. The Bible in a Year with Father. Mike Schmitz

Father Schmitz walks you through the entire Bible in 365 episodes. If you haven’t read the bible, listen to this podcast and you’ll realise why it’s one of the most popular books in all of fiction. It’s filled with horror stories about an evil god that promotes torture, genocide, homophobie, slavery and insest. And Father Schmits reads the bible as if what’s in it really happened! Enjoy this podcast but please don’t take any of it seriously.

17. Something Was Wrong

The Award-winning true-crime docuseries about the discovery, trauma, and recovery from shocking life events and abusive relationships.

16. Stuff You Should Know

If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.

The latest episode is about Nose Jobs. The cosmetic procedure that’s called rhinoplasty.

15. Pep Talk From Simon Squibb

Business secrets from some of the world's most successful entrepreneurs.

14. The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

Enlightening discourse that will change the way you think.

13. Today, Explained

Your all killer, no filler, Monday to Friday news explainer.

12. Hidden Brain

Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behaviour. The latest episode is about money, it’s called, “Why We Bust Our Budgets”.

11. Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Stories from leading health experts and exciting personalities who offer easy health life-hacks, expert advice and debunk common health myths giving you the tools to revolutionise how you eat, sleep, move and relax.

10. Freakonomics Radio

Discover the hidden side of everything with Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of the Freakonomics books. The latest episode is called, “Abortion and Crime, Revisited”.

9. Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster

Ed and James invite guests into their magical restaurant to choose their favourite starter, main course, side dish, dessert and drink. Their latest guest is Jarvis Cocker.

8. Reel Perspective - The movie review podcast.

It’s hosted by Michael Morea, Missy Lonsinger and MJ Smith.

7. Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

After 25 years at the Late Night desk, Conan has never made a real and lasting friendship with any of his celebrity guests. So, he started a podcast to fix that. 

6. Fox News Radio Hourly Newscast

The latest news from the fastest growing radio news network.

5. The Rest is Politics

Former Downing Street Spin Doctor, Alastair Campbell and ventriloquist's dummy Rory Stewart - join forces from across the political divide.

4. Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe's Parenting Hell

Parenting....just not as you know it...

3. My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

Karen and Georgia tell each other their favorite tales of murder and hear crime stories from friends and fans.

2. Crime Junkie

If you can never get enough true crime... Congratulations, you’ve found your people.

And at number one…

Smartless - With Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett. 

Their latest guest is Mike Myres…

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