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A weekly podcast about the history, science, lore and surprises that make everyday things secretly incredibly fascinating. Hosted by comedy writer, emoji creator, and ‘Jeopardy!‘ champion Alex Schmidt. Join Alex & his co-host Katie Goldin for a joyful deep dive into seeing the world a whole new way! (For research sources, bonus episodes, and how you can support the podcast, visit sifpod.fun.)
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Two friends, Austin and Brenda, delve into the rich history of secret nerd mysteries near and dear to their hearts in their own loose, light-hearted way. If you've ever wondered "Why Saturday morning for cartoons?" or "How come Chuck E. Cheese cares so much about other people's birthdays?", this is the show for you!
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Scamanda

Lionsgate Sound

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Amanda is a wife. A mother. A blogger. A Christian.A charming, beautiful, bubbly, young woman who lives life to the fullest.But Amanda is dying, with a secret she doesn’t want anyone to know.She starts a blog detailing her cancer journey, and becomes an inspiration, touching and captivating her local community as well as followers all over the world. Until one day investigative producer Nancy gets an anonymous tip telling her to look at Amanda’s blog, setting Nancy on an unimaginable road to ...
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Secret Police

Jack Johannessen

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Welcome to Secret Police! A history podcast about the world’s most infamous secret police forces. We take a detailed look at the deception and the brutality secret police impose upon their own people to further the goals of totalitarian depravity.
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These are stories you were never meant to hear. The invisible but vital work of the world’s intelligence services: secret operatives playing to very different rules. The Spy Who, hosted by Indira Varma and Raza Jaffrey, takes you deep inside that shadow world to meet spies who risked everything in the national interest – or, sometimes, their own. Listen to The Spy Who ad-free on Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting wondery.com/links/the-sp ...
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SpyCast

SpyCast

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SpyCast, the official podcast of the International Spy Museum, is a journey into the shadows of international espionage. Each week, host Sasha Ingber brings you the latest insights and intriguing tales from spies, secret agents, and covert communicators, with a focus on how this secret world reaches us all in our everyday lives. Tune in to discover the critical role intelligence has played throughout history and today. Brought to you from Airwave, Goat Rodeo, and the International Spy Museum.
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Fiasco

Pushkin Industries

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Host Leon Neyfakh transports listeners into the day-to-day reality of our country's most pivotal historical events, bringing to life the forgotten twists and turns of the past while shedding light on the present. Iran-Contra exposes a secret war, a secret deal, and a scandal that threatened to destroy Ronald Reagan’s presidency—until it didn’t. Bush v. Gore recounts what happened during the contested 2000 election between Al Gore and George W. Bush, and the extraordinary legal battle that un ...
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Kill List

Wondery | Novel

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Every day, hundreds of people go about their lives with no idea that someone has paid to have them killed. In the depths of the dark net, tech journalist Carl Miller makes a disturbing discovery: a secret “kill list” targeting hundreds of innocent people on a murder-for-hire website. When the police are slow to investigate, Carl is thrown into a race against time to warn those in danger and uncover the truth before it’s too late. From Wondery and Novel comes a shocking true story about obses ...
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Secret Life of Books

Sophie Gee and Jonty Claypole

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Every book has two stories: the one it tells, and the one it hides. The Secret Life of Books is a fascinating, addictive, often shocking, occasionally hilarious weekly podcast starring Sophie Gee, an English professor at Princeton University, and Jonty Claypole, formerly director of arts at the BBC. Every week these virtuoso critics and close friends take an iconic book and reveal the hidden story behind the story: who made it, their clandestine motives, the undeclared stakes, the scandalous ...
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Comedians Nick Larson and Danielle Arce are both Latinos, but everyone thinks they're Caucasian, therefore, they are the Secret Minorities! This show is filled with stories from their experiences as secret minorities, doing comedy shows on the road, their very unique lives, and much more. New episodes every week!
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Master Plan

The Lever

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A secret plot. A public theft. A democracy corrupted. Discover the truth on Master Plan, winner of the 2024 Signal Awards for News & Politics and Best Writing. Hosted by David Sirota, former speechwriter for Bernie Sanders and Oscar-nominated co-writer of Don’t Look Up, Master Plan uncovers a deliberate scheme to legalize corruption in the U.S., enabling the wealthy to buy policies that serve them at the public’s expense. How did our democracy become a kleptocracy? The Lever has unearthed ne ...
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If you like a real-life story that features grit, grace, and a lot of gumption, then you’re in the right place. Get ready to hear some courageous women talk about how pivotal, teachable “ah-ha” moments have reshaped their confidence and delivered opportunities they never imagined. It didnt happen by chance of course. No sir ree. They figured out new, sometimes uncomfortable ways, to put themselves out there in a way that shouts they get it—they are absolutely 100% worth knowing. You’ll hear ...
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Tiny Dinos

Connor Ratliff & James III

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What if two best friends (who are scientists) secretly brought back dinosaurs? But made them tiny? And then made a podcast about their top secret project? TINY DINOS is an improvised sitcom/talk show starring science novices Connor Ratliff and James III and featuring a cavalcade of special guests (Lauren Lapkus, Jason Mantzoukas, Jermaine Fowler, Adam Conover, John Hodgman, etc.) who help them navigate the perils of keeping a big (tiny) secret while maintaining a healthy (unhealthy) friendsh ...
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Welcome to Secret Keepers Club! Hosted by Carly Aquilino (Girl Code) who is an excellent secret keeper. Except when it comes to her own life, then she shares EVERYTHING. Every week, Carly gives unfiltered responses to listeners’ anonymous secrets. You’ll be surprised where people are willing to go & what these friends admit, but you'll never be alone - no how bizarre the secret! Art by: DameStudio
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History's Heroes: the BBC's breathtaking, high stakes, story-led history podcast feed that shines a light on extraordinary people from across history. Series include 'History's Youngest Heroes' with narration from Nicola Coughlan and 'History's Secret Heroes' with narration from Helena Bonham Carter. In History's Youngest Heroes, actress Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton, Derry Girls) tells twelve true stories of rebellion, risk and the radical power of youth. Before she became a Hollywood star, h ...
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The Amelia Project

Imploding Fictions

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The Amelia Project is a secret agency that fakes its clients' deaths, then lets them reappear with a brand new identity! A black comedy full of secrets, twists... and cocoa. The series starts as a succession of interviews with clients who want to fake their deaths, then slowly a larger narrative begins to emerge... Each episode tells its own story, but we recommend starting with Season 1.
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Step inside the world of The Electric State! Join host Francesca Amiker as she takes you behind the scenes of Anthony and Joe Russo’s epic new Netflix adventure. Over six in-depth episodes, explore how the filmmakers transformed Simon Stålenhag’s stunning graphic novel into a cinematic experience like no other. Exclusive interviews from the cast and crew—including Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Stanley Tucci, and the Russo Brothers—will help break down the film’s jaw-dropping visuals, emot ...
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Crook County

Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts

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Ken Tekiela was a celebrated Chicago firefighter and a loving father of two who led a secret double life as a hitman for the Chicago mafia. Is it even possible to keep a life of crime hidden from your wife and kids for two decades? Yes, it is. I know because Ken is my father. In 2013, after a lifetime of deception, he broke down and told me everything, and our whole world changed… CROOK COUNTY is the shocking true-crime podcast about my father's rise through the ranks of the legendary organi ...
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Unbreakable Secrets

Unbreakable Rogue

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Welcome to the Unbreakable Rogue podcast, we love sales, we are unapologetic, because we are unique!! And our attitude is everything https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/UnbreakableRogue/subscribe
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Shadow Kingdom

Crooked Media & Campside

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Roberto Calvi, a man guarding a dangerous secret about the Vatican Bank’s criminal activities, sends a threatening letter to the Pope. A week later on June 17th, 1982 he’s found dead hanging from a bridge in London. British police call it suicide, but questions and conspiracies swirl. Forty years on, lawyer Nicolo Majnoni gets a tip there might be more to the story and embarks on a quest to uncover the truth. Was Roberto Calvi, aka God’s Banker, killed? And if so, by whom? Shadow Kingdom is ...
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My Sister's Secrets

The Australian

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Virginia Tapscott is on a quest to uncover her family’s darkest truth - and shine a light on the secrets in all our families. This gripping new investigative podcast is created by Tapscott and journalist Steve Jackson, and brought to you by The Australian. Proudly supported by the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas.
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The Endless Honeymoon Podcast

Natasha Leggero and Moshe Kasher

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Natasha Leggero and Moshe Kasher, married comedians, are using their hilariously hard-won wisdom on relationships and building on their hit Netflix special to help others by offering love advice to callers while simultaneously examining the ups and downs of their own relationship!
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Sonata Secrets

Sonata Secrets

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Pianist Henrik Kilhamn takes you on a journey through the great piano repertoire. By showing and commenting on what's really going on in the music, this podcast helps unlock the world of classical music for every listener and music lover.
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Feminist Survival Project

Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski

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A podcast for feminists who feel overwhelmed and exhausted by everything they need to do, and still worry that we're not doing enough - hosted by Emily and Amelia Nagoski, authors of BURNOUT: the secret to unlocking the stress cycle.
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Franchising specialist Erik Van Horn reveals the secrets he uses as a franchisee, consultant, investor and entrepreneur. Join us every Tuesday to learn tactical and practical tools that will help you buy, grow, and sell franchises like an expert.
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Hi there, welcome to Secrets in the Shadows, today I'm giving my thoughts and reviews on recent shows I've enjoyed as well as the movie Sinners. I also bring up a controversial video game on the platform steam called "No Mercy". Citations are coming soon. Thank you for stopping by. https://linktr.ee/Jadalovee…
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We're joined by Ben Wilson (Saltsea Chronicles), John Axon (Capybara Games), and Scott Anderson (Unity) to discuss Pingolf, the 31st game in the UFO 50 collection. “Each year the best golfers in the galaxy show up to compete at the UFO Invitational.” Next week: Mortol II Audio edited by Dylan Shumway. Discussed in this episode: Desert Golfing https…
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On 3 December 1926, only a few months after the publication of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (in book form), Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared, leaving an abandoned car in a ditch. As the days passed, the media went wild with excitement, vast searches involving thousands of volunteers were conducted in the Surrey countryside, and her husband A…
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Psychic phenomena abound as @IAmJACSMusings defends Push (2009), the superhero movie that subtly subverts expectations of the genre but is that enough for me to like it or will JAC have to "Push" me to change my mind? Join us as we discuss familiar actors from your favourite comic book movies, renaming Sniffers & frustrating fetch quests... #Prepar…
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From ice cream makers to composters, Dom Bettinelli, Thomas Sanjurjo, and Pat Scott dish out the coolest and most useful kitchen small appliances for your home. Plus: smarter office lighting, Chrome cookie drama, and Airbnb’s new transparency. The post Countertop Powerhouses: The Best Small Kitchen Appliance appeared first on StarQuest Media.…
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Helloooo! Today’s secret sharer is dabbling in ethical non-monogamy; her husband is fine with it, too. But what happens when you start a fling at work… with a younger, extremely hot co-worker? We also polled the wider shooshie community on their experiences in ENM relationships. What were the best parts, the challenges, and the non-negotiables? Big…
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Support the D.A.W.G.Z. @ patreon.com/MSsecretpod Go See Matt Live @ mattmccusker.com/dates Go See Shane Live @ shanemgillis.com Go See Lemaire Lee Live @ https://lemairelee.fun/ Go See Shawn Gardini Live @ https://www.shawngardini.com/live Hello everyone. Good Morning. Hope you're all having a good start to your day. Fambly ep this week - just the …
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If you’ve read one too many headlines about the so-called death of gaming, Frank Gibeau, CEO of Zynga, has a message for you: the doom and gloom is over. In this episode of Secret Stash, Justin Kan and Archie Stonehill sit down with Frank, who cut his teeth as a product marketer at EA in the '90s and later led the company through its mobile transfo…
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When Isabella was growing up in Zambia she started a chain of events that led to an accident. An accident that would disfigure her mom’s hand. Three decades later no one knows it was her. HERS HAIR Start your initial free online visit today forhers.com/SECRET for your personalized hair loss treatment options. Individual results may vary. Compounded…
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This episode, we recap some shows; we talk about what we did for Easter; we've been watching Dr. Pimple Popper; and Nick went to the dermatologist to get checked for skin cancer Enjoy! Follow us on social media! & Venmo us a donation, if you enjoy the show! Instagram: @secretminorities Twitter: @secretminority -Nick Larson: IG: @nicklarsoncomedy Tw…
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Multiple staffing crises are harming the National Park Service, including mass layoffs, a hiring freeze, forced retirements and delays in onboarding seasonal employees — and a new reduction in force could be imminent. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced plans late last Friday to drastically consolidate land management agencies across the count…
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In complete control of his creative powers, Hitchcock is about to embark upon the making of what will turn out to be the most lauded film in his career. But elsewhere, a shadow has appeared in his home life... To become a patron of the show, and to unlock every single story, sign up now at https://www.patreon.com/attaboysecret Learn more about your…
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If you think passive income means sitting back and letting the money roll in, think again! In this episode, we uncover the truth behind passive income and why it’s not as simple as it seems. Join Erik Van Horn as he talks to financial expert Russ Morgan about the realities of passive income. They delve into why most people’s expectations about pass…
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In Cairo, an eccentric British army officer draws on magic tricks learned from his grandfather in order to fool the Nazis. Will the enemy fall for his illusions? Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two. Join her for incredible tales of deception, acts of resistance and courage. A BBC Studios Audio production …
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Alex Schmidt, Katie Goldin, and special guest Janet Varney explore why copper is secretly incredibly fascinating. Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources and for this week's bonus episode. Come hang out with us on the SIF Discord: https://discord.gg/wbR96nsGg5By Alex Schmidt, Katie Goldin, Janet Varney
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Joe Hisaishi is known for his scores to Studio Ghibli films, like this spacious theme from Spirited Away. It features quartal harmonies with a slightly eerie vibe to start with, but settles after a while into a perfect lounge piece. There are a few different official versions with Hisiashi himself, and in this video we see where they differ. With p…
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Send us a text Your online reputation isn't just important—it's essential in today's digital-first marketplace. With 93% of consumers reading online reviews before choosing a professional and 88% trusting these reviews as much as personal recommendations, reviews have become the silent sales team working behind the scenes for successful real estate…
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In this episode, we explore how a moment of defeat at St. Andrews shaped Bobby Jones’ destiny—and ultimately led to the creation of Augusta National. Through his partnership with architect Alister MacKenzie, Jones reimagined golf course design by blending strategic brilliance and natural beauty, drawing deep inspiration from the Old Course.…
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For two decades, the family of murdered 23-year-old woman Rachelle Childs have fought for answers. Though her killer is still at large, they believe her case case can be solved. Dear Rachelle is hosted and investigated by journalist Ashlea Hansen, together with retired detective and cold case specialist Damian Loone, who appeared in The Australian’…
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The other day I watched The Predator—not the classic one with Schwarzenegger, but the confusing 2018 sequel that somehow ended up in my Netflix queue. The film tries to tackle neurodiversity, with a young autistic boy at the heart of the story. Tries... and mostly fails. The kid is smart, often overwhelmed, and largely misunderstood by the adults a…
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How the Reagan administration landed in a hostage crisis…and extended a hand to one of America’s sworn enemies. For a list of books, documentaries and resources we used to research this episode visit: bit.ly/fiascopolitics Subscribe to Pushkin+ to hear the entire season of Fiasco: Iran Contra, ad-free, right now. Find Pushkin+ on the Fiasco show pa…
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In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in Brown versus Board of Education of Topeka, Mississippi's state government felt that segregation was under threat by the Federal encroachment. Segregation was the legal practice of separating blacks and whites in public life in the Deep South of the United States. The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commi…
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When a Polish scientist needs to be operated on and rescued from Belgium, his handler, a British agent called Bradley encounters Lifeline. When he discovers that Natalie is being tailed by the Germans he elects to intervene... This month AJ and Andy review Juliet Hammond's favourite episode, the Natalie-centric Lucky Piece, in which we first meet m…
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Keri-Lynne Shaw is a former Chief People Officer and current CEO of the Salary Bump who is on a mission to help women by pulling back the corporate curtain and expose the truth about negotiation blind spots. She doesn't just share tips—she delivers a career-changing manifesto that exposes how fear, self-doubt, and a fundamental misunderstanding of …
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