tender podcasts

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Podcasts · Relationships

The conversations we avoid, had out loud with strangers.

Ear Hustle

Ear Hustle & Radiotopia · Documentary

Life inside prison, told by the people living it.

Thanks For Asking

Feelings & Co. · Personal Journals

Honest stories about grief and the complicated middle of getting through.

The Bright Sessions

Atypical Artists · Fiction

Therapy sessions for people with strange abilities, warmer than it sounds.

The Moth

The Moth · Performing Arts

True stories told live on stage, no notes, all heart.

This American Life

This American Life · Society & Culture

The original: true stories about ordinary Americans, told perfectly for decades.

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

Esther Perel Global Media · Society & Culture

Real couples therapy sessions with Esther Perel. You will hear your own relationship.

Heavyweight

Pushkin Industries · Personal Journals

Jonathan Goldstein helps people revisit the moment their life forked, gently and hilariously.

Modern Love

The New York Times · Society & Culture

The Times' beloved essays about love, read aloud and lived further.

On Being with Krista Tippett

On Being Studios · Society & Culture

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

Call Her Daddy

Alex Cooper · Comedy

Alex Cooper's confessional interviews turned cultural juggernaut.

Circle Round

WBUR · Kids & Family

Folktales from around the world, retold warmly for little ears.

Invisibilia

NPR · Personal Journals

The invisible forces that shape human behavior, told like fables.

Someone Knows Something

CBC · True Crime

A veteran investigator revisits cold cases with the families still waiting.

Song Exploder

Hrishikesh Hirway · Music

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

Spooked

KQED and Snap Studios · Performing Arts

True supernatural stories told fireside by people who were there.

the memory palace

Nate DiMeo · History

Tiny, gorgeous history miniatures that will wreck you in six minutes.

You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall · History

The stories the 90s got wrong, retold with humor and mercy.