contemplative podcasts

10% Happier with Dan Harris

10% Happier · Mental Health

A skeptical newsman's practical path into meditation.

anything goes with emma chamberlain

emma chamberlain · Self-Improvement

Emma Chamberlain thinks out loud, honestly, about whatever is on her mind.

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Pushkin Industries · Music

Rick Rubin and friends in unhurried conversation with great musicians.

Lex Fridman Podcast

Lex Fridman · Technology

Long, patient conversations with scientists, builders, and controversial minds.

On Being with Krista Tippett

On Being Studios · Society & Culture

Krista Tippett's slow, luminous conversations about what it means to be human.

Song Exploder

Hrishikesh Hirway · Music

Musicians take apart one song and show you where the magic lives.

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

Ascension · Religion & Spirituality

Father Mike Schmitz reads the whole Bible with you, day by day.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

DOAC · Business

Steven Bartlett's long-form interviews about success and its costs.

99% Invisible

Roman Mars · Design

The hidden design of everyday things, told with calm curiosity and perfect pacing.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella · Comedy

Dax Shepard's disarmingly honest celebrity conversations about being human.

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Podcasts · Relationships

The conversations we avoid, had out loud with strangers.

Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam · Science

Shankar Vedantam on the unconscious patterns steering your life.

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson · Society & Culture

Chris Williamson interrogates modern life with philosophers and scientists.

On Purpose with Jay Shetty

Perfect Strangers · Health & Fitness

Jay Shetty's calm conversations on purpose and peace of mind.

Sean Carroll's Mindscape

Sean Carroll · Physics

A physicist's long, patient conversations at the edge of what we know.

The Bible Recap

Tara-Leigh Cobble · Religion & Spirituality

Tara-Leigh Cobble recaps each day's Bible reading in plain language.

The Ezra Klein Show

New York Times Opinion · Society & Culture

Ezra Klein thinks through the biggest questions with the sharpest guests.

Unexplainable

Vox · Life Sciences

A show about everything science can't explain yet, told with wonder.

Unexplained

iHeartPodcasts · Society & Culture

Quiet British explorations of events that refuse explanation.

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron · Comedy

Marc Maron talks to everyone worth talking to, garage honesty included.

Decoder Ring

Slate Podcasts · Documentary

Cultural mysteries cracked open, from mood rings to the Macarena.

A doctor's calm conversations about living well, beyond prescriptions.

Fresh Air

NPR · Arts

Terry Gross, still the best interviewer alive.

Mind the Game

UNINTERRUPTED | Wondery · Sports

LeBron and Steve Nash talk basketball the way masters talk craft.