Top Social Sciences Podcasts

Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships. Read More

A reported, narrative show hosted by Katherine Goldstein about a new generation of working mothers—not parenting, not kids, but the real, three-dimensional stories of mothers from the campaign trail to the legal brothels of Nevada and everywhere in between. Read More

The Sword and Scale true-crime podcast is an immersive audio experience covering the dark side of humanity and human nature. Our stories delve into the worst of the worst and include murder, rape, dismemberment and cannibalism. No crime is too brutal and no victim is too pure. The worst monsters are real. Read More

Unseeable forces control human behavior and shape our ideas, beliefs, and assumptions. Invisibilia—Latin for invisible things—fuses narrative storytelling with science that will make you see your own life differently. Read More

Voice artist Darren Marlar narrates true stories of real paranormal events and true crime. Read More

How to Raise a Parent is a podcast about the surprising life skills our children can teach us. Join host Mallory Kasdan — a podcaster, children’s book author, and mom of two — as she talks to parents and experts about how we can shift our perspectives as adults and reconnect with the innocence and purity we see in our kids. This paid podcast is produced by Slate Studios and DairyPure®. Read More