International Podcast Recommendations 🌎

A list of podcast recommendations and stories from all around the world

Podcast artwork for Sea of Rage, T42, Aborsh, The Lebio Lion Show, and Barefoot Boys

Curator:

👉🏽Andreea Coscai (she/her)

Why this theme?

👉🏽 For me, the magic of podcasting is how it opens up whole worlds of stories that you can literally carry in your pocket. Maybe that’s because my journey has taken me from Romania to China to the U.S. and back home again. I’m always looking to better understand the world, connect the dots, and see things from new perspectives — not just in life, but in podcasting too. You can check out my newsletter, Eurowaves, for more podcast recommendations from around the globe.

Podcast Picks

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Europod has some of the best cross-border storytelling. Sea of Rage is co-produced by Podium Podcast and Chora Media. It was released this year in Spanish and Italian, and just recently started releasing English versions of the episodes. This podcast follows the streets of Barbate, Spain and Gioia Tauro, Italy to uncover their inhabitants’ stories.

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Two best friends in Singapore who each bought microphones talk about anything from science to popular culture to the arts and life in Singapore. Joel and Kishan’s energy and banter is so fun to listen to!

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Reproductive rights are more important to discuss than ever. Aborsh is a podcast focused on the Canadian abortion and reproductive rights landscape. Join Toronto-based artist Rachel Cairns as she shares her abortion story while speaking with experts and activists about reproductive freedom in Canada.

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If you’re a fan of leadership, entrepreneurship, or marketing shows helping you grow your business, this podcast will give you all the inspiration you need. It’s hosted by Lebo Lion, a mindset thought leader who is passionate about using technology to democratize access to information and learning tools.

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Narrative podcasts can really expand our worldview, especially if they are from across borders. Barefoot Boys tells the story of how in 1911, just three decades after the sport of football came to India, a group of Bengali men sent shockwaves across the entire British Empire.

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Join award-winning expert Professor Jerry Brotton, as each episode he invites a guest to share a map close to their heart — and unfurl the ideas, inspirations, and stories behind it.

For a fully immersive experience, visit Oculi-Mundi.com/podcast to explore each of the maps as you listen.

Community

🧊The Murder of Elfy Millstone is a campy comedy that asks, "How might the North Pole's most famous residents react to the growing tensions in the arctic?"

🎙️AlzAuthors, the global community of authors writing about Alzheimer's and dementia, is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2025. Their podcast, launched in late 2020, enables caregivers to discover authors in an audio format.

💖In Podcast The Newsletter, Lauren Passell recommends Rumble Strip. She writes: “Erica Heilman wants to make a show about the sound of diffuse despair….the sound of right now.”

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Podcast news from Podnews

  • Spotify has launched Creator Milestone Awards, which will be given to podcasts that reach particular streaming levels on Spotify. It’s the first time Spotify has publicly revealed streaming numbers for podcasters across the platform. Like YouTube, award recipients will be hand-delivered a physical Spotify plaque.

  • The winners of the UK’s Political Podcast Awards were announced. Podcast of the year was Goalhanger’s The Rest is Politics, but Persephonica’s Political Currency and Electoral Dysfunction from Sky News won two awards. Acast shows won the most awards.

  • BBC Studios has signed with iHeartMedia to become the exclusive third-party sales partner for BBC Podcasts in the US. It joins ARN’s iHeart, which has rights in Australia, and NZME’s iHeart, which has rights in New Zealand.

Spotlight

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Rebel on Main is a podcast investigating a rebel statue in Kentucky’s Bluegrass.

His belt buckle is Confederate, but he wears a Union hat. Is he a monument to heroism? Or a symbol of treason and racism? This show chronicles this statue’s bizarre biography — and the haunting story of the community that now decides its fate.

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