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Friday April 18, 2025

Podcast tile art for Short Wave, from NPR; Manufacturing Danger: The BioLab Story, from GPB; Hyphenación, from KQED; Making: Stories Without End, from WBEZ; How Curious, from KGOU; This Is My Thing, from KUT.

NPR; GPB; KQED; WBEZ; KGOU; KUT

Podcast Recommendations from the NPR Network

From soap operas to new hobbies, check out these podcasts

April 18, 2025 • This month has brought a shower of new podcasts for your playlist. The NPR One team gathered a few returning favorites as well as some fresh releases from across public media.

Friday March 21, 2025

Podcast tile art for Embedded, from NPR; The Final Days of Sgt. Tibbs, from NHPR; Fumed, from Texas Public Radio; Living for We, from Ideastream Public Media; Threshold, from Montana Public Radio; Close All Tabs, from KQED.

NPR; NHPR; Texas Public Radio; Ideastream Public Media; Montana Public Radio; KQED

Podcast Recommendations from the NPR Network

From internet trends to rabbit holes, check out these new podcasts

March 21, 2025 • Spring is officially here and with it new podcasts have bloomed.The NPR One team has podcast recommendations from across public media to freshen up your playlist.

Friday February 21, 2025

Podcast tile art for Scratch & Win, from GBH; Code Switch, from NPR; The Disconnect, from KUT; Pop Culture Happy Hour, from NPR; It's Been A Minute, from NPR; LA Made, from LAist.

GBH; NPR; KUT; LAist

Podcast Recommendations from the NPR Network

From the history of the banjo to the Texas oil industry, check out these new podcasts

February 21, 2025 • There are so many new podcasts to fall in love with this month. Test out the spark with the NPR One team's recommendations from across public media.

Friday January 17, 2025

Podcast tile art for The Big Burn, from LAist; NPR Explains..., from NPR; An Arm And A Leg, from KUOW; Trump's Terms, from NPR; The Common, from WBUR; Throughline, from NPR.

LAist; NPR; KUOW; WBUR

Podcast Recommendations from the NPR Network

From Trump's second term to wildfires in LA, check out these podcasts

January 17, 2025 • We are three weeks into 2025, it's time for some fresh podcasts. The NPR One team has podcast recommendations from across public media to start your year off right.

Friday December 20, 2024

Podcast tile art for The Youth Development Center, from NHPR; Short Wave, from NPR; Landslide, from WFAE; Embedded, from NPR; Extremely American, from Boise State Public Radio; Sea Change, from WWNO & WRKF.

NHPR; NPR; WFAE; Boise State Public Radio; WWNO & WRKF

Podcast Recommendations from the NPR Network

From exploring the sun to the dating scene, NPR's can't-miss podcasts from 2024

December 20, 2024 • 2024 was an epic year for podcasts across the NPR Network. With less than two weeks left before 2025, now is the time to catch up on a few of our favorite shows and seasons of the year.

Friday November 22, 2024

Podcast tile art for Embedded, from NPR; Us & Them, from West Virginia Public Broadcasting; Breakdown: Turning Anguish Into Action, from Maine Public; Lost Notes, from KCRW; Generation Barney, from Connecticut Public; Seattle Eats with Tan Vinh, from KUOW.

NPR; West Virginia Public Broadcasting; Maine Public; KCRW; Connecticut Public; KUOW.

Podcast Recommendations from the NPR Network

From the Seattle food scene to Barney the purple dinosaur, check out these new podcasts

November 22, 2024 • Looking for conversation starters for the Thanksgiving dinner table? The NPR One team has it covered with podcast recommendations from across public media.

Friday October 18, 2024

Podcast tile art for Snap Judgement Presents: Spooked, from KQED & PRX; What The Vote?, from Michigan Public Presents; (SPF 1000) Vampire Sunscreen, from KUT; StoryCorps, from NPR; Scandalized, from Boise State Public Radio; Fact Check Arizona, from AZPM.

KQED & PRX; Michigan Public Presents; KUT; NPR; Boise State Public Radio; AZPM

Podcast Recommendations from the NPR Network

From political change to spooky traditions, check out these new podcasts

October 18, 2024 • Halloween and election night are right around the corner. Whether you're casting ballots or spells, add these public media podcast recommendations from the NPR One team to your playlist.

Friday September 20, 2024

Podcast tile art for How To Do Everything, from NPR; Health Wanted with Laurel Bristow, from WABE; Hush, from OPB; Tacos of Texas, from KUT & KUTX Studios — Podcasts; College Uncovered, from GBH; How Wild, from KALW.

NPR; WABE; OPB; KUT & KUTX Studios — Podcasts; GBH; KALW

Podcast Recommendations from the NPR Network

From the wilderness to the generic drug market, check out these new podcasts

September 20, 2024 • Summer is sunsetting but dawn has arrived for several podcasts across public media. The NPR One team gathered a list of new releases to cozy up and listen to this fall.

Friday August 16, 2024

Podcast tile art for StoryCorps, from NPR; Peak Travel, from WHYY; Embedded: Tested, from NPR; The Wide Open, from Montana Public Radio; Tapped, from AZPM; Tradeoffs, from WFYI.

NPR; WHYY; Montana Public Radio; AZPM; WFYI

Podcast Recommendations from the NPR Network

From the Olympics to endangered wildlife, add these podcasts to your playlist

August 16, 2024 • Back-to-school season has arrived and you'll need some new podcasts to add to your carpool playlist. The NPR One team has gathered a few returning favorites as well as some fresh releases from across public media.

Friday July 19, 2024

Podcast tile art for Extremely American, from Boise State Public Radio; Planet Money Summer School, from NPR; Music Citizens, from WNXP; The Wild, from KUOW; The Youth Development Center, from NHPR; Embedded: Supermajority, from NPR.

Boise State Public Radio; NPR; WNXP; KUOW; NHPR

Podcast Recommendations from the NPR Network

From fierce political rivals to space exploration, check out these new podcasts

July 19, 2024 • Looking for new podcasts to get you through that 14-hour layover? The NPR One team has you covered with recommendations from the summer's hottest releases across public media.

Friday June 21, 2024

Podcast tile art for In Absentia, from Connecticut Public Radio; Last Seen, from WBUR; The Students’ Podcast, from NPR; Inheriting, from LAist Studios; If This Hall Could Talk, from WQXR; Road to Rickwood, from WWNO & WRKF.

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Connecticut Public Radio; WBUR; NPR; LAist Studios; WQXR; WWNO & WRKF

Podcast Recommendations from the NPR Network

From political dysfunction to America's oldest ballpark, add these podcasts to your playlist

June 21, 2024 • It's officially summer and that means it's time to update your poolside playlist. The NPR One team has road trip-approved podcasts recommendations from across public media.

Friday May 17, 2024

From college exposés to family secrets, check out these new podcasts

NPR; KUT; NEPM; KCUR; KUOW

Podcast Recommendations from the NPR Network

From college exposés to family secrets, check out these new podcasts

May 17, 2024 • There's a lot to celebrate in May — graduation, Mother's Day, Memorial Day. Add finding your new favorite podcast to the list with the NPR One team's recommendations from across public media.

Friday April 19, 2024

From jailhouse melodies to vanishing salmon, rejuvenate your listening history

VPM; Connecticut Public Radio; NCPR; WWNO; OPB; Colorado Public Radio

Podcast Recommendations from the NPR Network

From jailhouse melodies to vanishing salmon, rejuvenate your listening history

April 19, 2024 • Enjoy the spring bloom, get outside, listen to a new podcast! The NPR One team has gathered a few returning favorites as well as some fresh releases from across public media.

Friday March 15, 2024

From the 1976 political earthquake to Wisconsin birders, check out these new podcasts

WFAE; KCRW; KUT; Iowa Public Radio; WBUR; NPR

Podcast Recommendations from the NPR Network

From the 1976 political earthquake to Wisconsin birders, check out these new podcasts

March 15, 2024 • Make spring cleaning a little easier this month with a new podcast. The NPR One Team has recommendations from across the NPR Network to get you started.

Friday February 16, 2024

From Cobain's top 50 to an ecosystem-changing gift, fall in love with these podcasts

GBH; KEXP; KUT; KQED; WNYC; Interlochen Public Radio

Podcast Recommendations from the NPR Network

From Cobain's top 50 to an ecosystem-changing gift, fall in love with these podcasts

February 16, 2024 • This February there's a whole extra day to fall in love with a new podcast. If you need some inspiration, the NPR One Team has gathered recommendations from across the NPR Network to get you started.

Monday August 28, 2023

Looking back on Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech, 60 years later

August 28, 2023 • On Aug. 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous speech at the March on Washington. Part of his speech was impromptu and those words became a pillar of the civil rights movement.

Looking back on Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech, 60 years later

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Saturday July 1, 2023

Happy anniversary to the postal ZIP code

July 1, 2023 • On July 1, 1963, the U.S. Post Office Department introduced the ZIP code program to get a handle on the heaping surplus of mail. Today, those five digits represent much more for American society.

Happy anniversary to the postal ZIP code

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Sunday May 21, 2023

Durable and enduring, blue jeans turn 150

Pedestrians pass the Levi's store in in New York's Times Square. An immigrant and tailor named Jacob Davis teamed up with dry goods merchant Levi Strauss to patent the first riveted blue jeans in 1873. Richard Drew/AP hide caption

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Moments in history

Durable and enduring, blue jeans turn 150

May 21, 2023 • It's hard to imagine a piece of clothing that's more wrapped up in American history and mythology than blue jeans. They were invented 150 years ago.

Durable and enduring, blue jeans turn 150

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Friday January 13, 2023

Podcast Recommendations from the NPR Network

Here are six podcasts to listen to in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 13, 2023 • Here are conversations from across public media to listen to as we reflect on the life and legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

Tuesday November 23, 2021

She's only 10 years old, but she's already the CEO of her very own cosmetics company

Paris Muhammad, CEO of Paris Place LLC, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the moment she made history as the youngest member of the Conyers-Rockdale Chamber of Commerce in Georgia. Tenisha Odom hide caption

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Business

She's only 10 years old, but she's already the CEO of her very own cosmetics company

November 23, 2021 • Paris Muhammad started her own cosmetics business at age 7. Now, the fifth-grader from Georgia is the youngest-ever member of her local Chamber of Commerce.

She's only 10 years old, but she's already the CEO of her very own cosmetics company

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