30+ Podcasts to Discover on International Podcast Day 2026

The Art Astra podcast explores intersections of space studies and the arts in popular culture to showcase how people everywhere can participate in and get excited about space.

Queue Points is the Black Podcasting Award and Ambie Award-nominated music podcast that is dropping the needle on Black Music history and celebrating Black music through meaningful dialogue.

Two Guys on a Plane is hosted by flight attendant husbands Drew and Rich, sharing an entertaining, unfiltered look at air travel and the airline industry.

Expect flight attendant stories, industry conversations, expert guests, travel tips, and plenty of humor from 35,000 feet.

In its sixth year, the Forum’s flagship leadership podcast Meet The Leader has featured top names such as Misty Copeland, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Adam Grant, and a range of CEOs, astronauts, technologists, entrepreneurs, authors and changemakers from top companies and organizations tackling the biggest challenges of our time.

Everything Everywhere Daily is a daily podcast that explores a wide range of topics in history, science, geography, and culture, delivering concise, engaging explanations designed to make complex subjects accessible and interesting to a broad audience.

La famosa cabeza milagrosa de San Antonio, conocida en todo el mundo por sus supuestos poderes, es robada de Acapulco por un cantante de trap en decadencia. El cantante busca desesperadamente recuperar su fama, fortuna y lo que él llama ‘talento’, obligando a la cabeza a concederle milagros sin sentido, casi imposibles y hasta cierto punto divertidos.

Design Matters is one of the first and longest running podcasts in the world. Running since 2005, the award-winning show features long-form interviews with over 700 of the most creative people in the world.

An investigative deep-dive into severe period pain: why is period pain so common yet so under-researched and under-treated? How can "crampers" advocate for ourselves to get better treatment? What's really going on here?

Those Who Can't Teach Anymore is an award-winning narrative series exploring why teachers are leaving education and what can be done to stop the exodus.

In the summer of 1983, Bedford, Indiana, was visited by a mysterious figure who left food, clothing, and handwritten letters at the doors of those in need. He left his gifts along with what would be his signature - a set of purple spray-painted footprints and called himself Captain Purple.

For 43 years, his true identity has remained a mystery—until now?

Grief and Light™ is an award-winning podcast featuring honest conversations of life after loss, where grief is met with curiosity instead of clichés, and hope is offered without bypassing pain. Through intimate conversations with experts, advocates, and people living the realities of loss, we explore what it means to grieve, rebuild, make meaning, and move forward with.

PodBiz answers the question "Where's the Money in Podcasting?" having transparent conversations with creators and podcast industry experts.

Classic Rocktails is where classic rock, nostalgia, and comedy collide—one iconic album at a time. We revisit the music, pair it with the perfect cocktail, share the legendary stories behind it, and ultimately decide whether the album still holds up.

What Makes a Good Day is a podcast for anyone who creates, hosted by design professor Eric Benson (of the award-winning Climify podcast). Each episode tackles the ancient question that feels urgently contemporary: what constitutes a life worth living?

Lies We Bought traces advertising lies and marketing deception back to where they started, from “got milk?” to “clean beauty,” with branding history, consumer psychology, and a little 1950s wink.

Disability Deep Dive is a bi-weekly interview podcast exploring issues that matter to disabled people, including accessibility, identity, discrimination, rights protections, and voting.

The show also features “This Week's Deep Cut,” a media pairing that helps listeners engage with each episode's theme.

Lucky to Be Here is a podcast that showcases those who took the leap to build lives and careers across countries. They share their stories, their lessons, and their advice to show us what it means, and what it takes, to build a life and career abroad. Because we are more than lucky to be here.

Our name says it all; it matters how we treat one another. Our show is set in the realm of social science, but that simply means that we utilize science to better help you understand how people interact with one another.

Childfree Latinas: you’re not alone. You're a movement! This podcast is here to make that loud and clear.

Podcast Network Insights explores the evolving world of podcast networks, however they define themselves today. Through candid conversations with founders, operators, and creators, we uncover how podcast networks make money, how they grow shows, and how podcasters can decide whether to join, leave, or even start a podcast network of their own

Join Manny, Noah, and Devan — three best friends and journalists — as they settle dumb arguments by actually doing the research. NO SUCH THING is an explainer podcast about pop culture, the internet, and whatever weird thing your group chat can’t agree on

Why Research Matters was created around a simple idea: important research shouldn’t disappear after publication. The show bring researchers, scientists, innovators, and founders into accessible conversations about not only what they are working on, but why it matters beyond the lab.

The show features voices and ideas from across disciplines and countries, with a strong focus on the human stories behind research and innovation.

A podcast for wine learners and lovers exploring specific wines each episode and explaining the stories and nuances behind each bottle we drink.

BirthNotes is a podcast where women share their real, raw, and transformative birth stories and the conversations that follow them.

Hosted by birth and postpartum doula Kristin, each episode explores hospital births, home births, unexpected complications, and empowering experiences.

Quintessential Poetry features an extraordinary international roster of guests, including poets from India, Malaysia, Canada, France, Kashmir, Great Britain, Botswana, Nigeria, Mexico, the Philippines, the Czech Republic, Greece, and more.

Several have performed in their native languages, underscoring the show’s commitment to global representation and cultural authenticity.

Nothing Felt Wrong shares stories about scams, deception, and manipulation, and how ordinary people get pulled into situations that feel completely believable.

Until suddenly, they don't.