Top Society & Culture Podcasts in Ireland

The latest Apple Podcasts Society & Culture chart for Ireland, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked November 9, 2026.

1

The Pat Kenny Show

Newstalk

2

The Ezra Klein Show

New York Times Opinion

3

Desert Island Discs

BBC Radio 4

4

Vogue & Amber

Global

5

Family Flowers Only by Grief Ireland

GoLoud

6

Shameless

Shameless Media

7

The Louis Theroux Podcast

Spotify Studios

8

The Last Word with Matt Cooper

Today FM

9

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth

Gyles Brandreth / Plain Jaine Media

10

Today with David McCullagh

RTÉ Radio 1

11

Liveline

RTÉ Radio 1

12

Catch Up with Louise McSharry

Louise McSharry

13

The Women's Podcast

The Irish Times

14

The Documentary Podcast

BBC World Service

15

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment

16

Ray D'Arcy Daily

Whatnext Productions

17

The Audio Long Read

The Guardian

18

Playback

RTÉ Radio 1

19

We Need To Talk with Paul C. Brunson

WNTT

20

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

21

How Are Ya Lovie?

Carl Mullan

22

The Hard Shoulder

Newstalk

23

Ready To Be Real by Síle Seoige

Síle Seoige

24

Spiral | Tortoise Investigates

The Observer

25

Documentary on One Podcast

RTÉ Documentary on One

26

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

27

This American Life

This American Life

28

Woman's Hour

BBC Radio 4

29

Behind the Bastards

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

30

Great Company with Jamie Laing

Jampot Productions

31

Full Disclosure with James O'Brien

Global

32

I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?

BBC Sounds

33

Heretics | Andrew Gold

Andrew Gold

34

Anything Goes with James English

Anything Goes with James English

35

Freakonomics Radio

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

36

The Binge: Free Shelley Jensen

Sony Music Entertainment

37

The Affair…with Anna Williamson

The Affair…with Anna Williamson

38

The Creep Dive

Tall Tales

39

On with Kara Swisher

Vox Media

40

More or Less

BBC Radio 4

41

Olivia's House with Olivia Attwood

Platform Media

42

Moncrieff

Newstalk

43

The Slow Newscast

The Observer

44

Uncanny

BBC Radio 4

45

Heavyweight

Pushkin Industries

46

Saturday with Cormac Ó hEadhra

RTÉ Radio 1

47

The Oprah Podcast

Harpo

48

World of Secrets

BBC

49

Happily Murrayed

Cutdown & The Murrays

50

TED Talks Daily

TED

51

Khloé in Wonder Land

Khloé Kardashian

52

The LRB Podcast

The London Review of Books

53

Movies and Booze on Moncrieff

Newstalk

54

The Claire Solan Podcast

Nalos Productions

55

The Shawn Ryan Show

Shawn Ryan

56

Oprah's Super Soul

Oprah

57

Black Box: The Chatbots

The Guardian

58

Mamamia Out Loud

Mamamia Podcasts

59

Wednesdays

JamPot Productions

60

The Girls Bathroom

Sophia & Cinzia

61

Get A Grip with Angela Scanlon and Vicky Pattison

Audio Always

62

Sunday with Miriam

RTÉ Radio 1

63

Mark Narrations - Reddit Stories

Mark B

64

Sentimental Garbage

Justice for Dumb Women

65

If Books Could Kill

Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri

66

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

Esther Perel Global Media

67

Intelligence Squared

Intelligence Squared

68

Dempsey's Dozen

yumsick

69

The Travel Diaries

Holly Rubenstein

70

Lives Less Ordinary

BBC World Service

71

Origin Story

Podmasters

72

The Home Show with Sinead Ryan

Newstalk

73

Radio Rental

Tenderfoot TV & Audacy

74

The Dozen with Liam Tuffs

The Dozen Media

75

What It Was Like

Superreal

76

METRO with Sarah Koenig

Serial Productions & The New York Times

77

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball

Persephonica

78

Lunchtime Live

Newstalk

79

The Spill

Mamamia Podcasts

80

The Dr. John Delony Show

Ramsey Network

81

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

82

Inheritance

BBC World Service

83

We Can Do Hard Things

Treat Media and Glennon Doyle

84

Alive and Kicking with Clare McKenna

Newstalk

85

Modern Love

The New York Times

86

Scamfluencers

Audible Original

87

Offline with Jon Favreau

Crooked Media

88

Never Have I Ever with Claire Byrne

Newstalk

89

Front Row

BBC Radio 4

90

Danny Jones Podcast

Danny Jones | Daylight Media

91

Grey Matters

The Communications Clinic

92

Life Uncut

LiSTNR

93

Paddy's Podcast

Paddy O'Gorman

94

Holly Willoughby Together with Voy

Hungry Bear Media

95

The Nerve with Maureen Callahan

MK Media

96

Real Life Ghost Stories

Real Life Ghost Stories

97

The SheerLuxe Podcast

SheerLuxe

98

Otherworld

Otherworld

99

The Interview

The New York Times

100

Strangers on a Bench

Tom Rosenthal

101

Private Parts

Spirit Studios

102

What Now? with Trevor Noah

Trevor Noah

103

Mad, Sad and Bad with Paloma Faith

JamPot Productions

104

Against The Odds

Audible Original

105

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Higher Ground

106

SAS: The Shadow War

The Independent / Aurra Studios

107

Sin Scéal Eile

Poddle Audio

108

Revisionist History

Pushkin Industries

109

Great Lives

BBC Radio 4

110

The Dating Orange

HeadStuff Podcasts

111

Cork's 96fm Opinion Line

Cork's 96fm Opinion Line

112

Decoding the Gurus

Christopher Kavanagh and Matthew Browne

113

Stories with Sapphire

Sapphire Sandalo

114

Untold: Opus Dei

Financial Times

115

Timcast IRL

Timcast Media

116

This Is Actually Happening

Audible Original

117

Wind of Change

Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify

118

Curse of: Miss America

iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts

119

Two Girls One Ghost

Sony Music Entertainment

120

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

Peter Adamson

121

Eckhart Tolle: Essential Teachings

Oprah and Eckhart Tolle

122

Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010

BBC Radio 4

123

Conversations

ABC Australia

124

I've Had It

Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan

125

Witness History

BBC World Service

126

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

iHeartPodcasts

127

The Telepathy Tapes

Ky Dickens

128

Miss Me?

Persephonica

129

Hysteria

Hysteria

130

Abroad in Japan

Stak

131

The Tools at Hand with Harrison Gardner

harrisongardner

132

Wild Card with Rachel Martin

NPR

133

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

134

everybody has a secret

Shameless Media

135

Against the Rules: Blockers Companion Podcast

Pushkin Industries

136

Last Word

BBC Radio 4

137

This is Love

Vox Media Podcast Network

138

Conspirituality

Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

139

Unexplained

iHeartPodcasts

140

The Art Market Podcast

The Art Market Podcast

141

Profile

BBC Radio 4

142

So Supernatural

Audiochuck | Crime House

143

In Bed With The Right

Adrian Daub and Moira Donegan

144

Next Question with Katie Couric

Katie Couric Media

145

The Royals

The Times

146

CreepCast

Wendigoon & MeatCanyon

147

Ways to Change the World with Krishnan Guru-Murthy

Channel 4 News

148

Ten Down

GoLoud

149

Deux U

Deuxmoi | Daylight Media

150

Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained

Haunted UK

151

Inside Sport

RTÉ Sport

152

Diabolical Lies

Katie Gatti Tassin & Caro Claire Burke

153

Everything Is Content

Beth, Ruchira & Oenone

154

Sold a Story

APM Reports

155

Rise Above with Kevin Lanning

Kevin Lanning

156

Into The Fog with Peter Laws

Peter Laws

157

Presidents, Prime Ministers, Monarchs & Dictators

Global

158

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

159

Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Podcast

Believing the Bizarre | Paranormal Podcast

160

Start the Week

BBC Radio 4

161

Artists at Work

BBC World Service

162

The Winston Marshall Show

Winston Marshall

163

Philosophize This!

Stephen West

164

I Said What I Said

The Carousel Network

165

Straight Up

Straight Up

166

No Stupid Questions

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

167

The Viall Files

Nick Viall

168

Project Unabom

Apple TV+ / Pineapple Street Studios

169

No Filter

Mamamia Podcasts

170

The Dark Paranormal

The Dark Paranormal

171

Cults to Consciousness

Shelise Ann Sola, Jonathan C Rosales

172

On The Kase with Kasey Campion

Onic Originals

173

Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage | Global Issues | Current Affairs

Secrets & Spies

174

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media.

175

Critics at Large | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

176

Family Secrets

Family Secrets

177

Pottering with Tom Allen

Tom Allen

178

The Higherside Chats

Greg Carlwood

179

Adrift

Apple TV / Blanchard House

180

The Missing Cryptoqueen

BBC Sounds

181

The Witch Farm

BBC Radio 4

182

White Wine Question Time

Kate Thornton

183

Desert Island Discs: Archive: 2016-2018

BBC Radio 4

184

File on 4 Investigates

BBC Radio 4

185

Walking The Dog with Emily Dean

Goalhanger

186

Swingers

BBC Radio Wales

187

Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari

Dear Media

188

Reaching Out

Futuro Media

189

Desert Island Discs: Archive 2011-2015

BBC Radio 4

190

A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein

Matt Bernstein

191

Coffee Convos with Kail Lowry and Lindsie Chrisley

PodcastOne

192

Two Gas Tickets To Anywhere

Two Gas Tickets To Anywhere

193

Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

Chris Christensen

194

Keeping it Real with Erin and Terry

Magic Door Studio

195

The Delingpod: The James Delingpole Podcast

James Delingpole

196

Unexplained Encounters

Eeriecast Network

197

On Being with Krista Tippett

On Being Studios

198

Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial

BBC Sounds

199

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

Vox

200

Wartime Stories

Unknown

201

Secrets We Keep

LiSTNR

202

Saturday Live

BBC Radio 4

203

Monsters Among Us

Derek Hayes | Audioboom Studios

204

The Irish Law and Small Business Podcast

Terry Gorry Solicitor

205

Bookclub

BBC Radio 4

206

People I (Mostly) Admire

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

207

Hyperfixed

Alex Goldman & Radiotopia

208

All There Is with Anderson Cooper

CNN Podcasts

209

The Mishal Husain Show

Bloomberg

210

Palace Confidential

Daily Mail

211

Basically Besties

Amplify

212

Brand Safe

Tana Mongeau

213

Radical with Gabriel Gatehouse

BBC Radio 4

214

Am I the Jerk?

youtube.com/amithejerk

215

Affaires sensibles

France Inter

216

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

Pushkin Industries

217

The Best People with Nicolle Wallace

MS NOW, Nicolle Wallace

218

The View From Mt. Scopus

Hebrew University

219

U Up?

Betches Media

220

Mad About Herself

Alannah Kerrigan

221

Travel with Rick Steves

Rick Steves

222

The TLS Podcast

The TLS

223

Illuminated

BBC Radio 4

224

Align Podcast

Aaron Alexander

225

How Long Gone

Chris Black & Jason Stewart / Talkhouse

226

Theories of the Third Kind

Theories of the Third Kind

227

Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky

Prufrock LLC

228

Inspectre Paranormal

Tom Barrow

229

The Royalist

The Daily Beast

230

The Fault Line: Dying for a Fight

Somethin' Else / Sony Music Entertainment

231

The Ireland Podcast

Fender Jackson

232

Noble

Audiochuck

233

Missed Fortune

Apple TV / High Five Content

234

The Wirecutter Show

The New York Times

235

The Travel Expert with Simon Calder

The Telegraph

236

Young Again

BBC Radio 4

237

Girls Next Level

Holly Madison & Bridget Marquardt

238

The World's First Podcast with Erin & Sara Foster

Dear Media | Wishbone Production

239

Within Reason

Alex J O'Connor

240

The Girls Groupchat Podcast

The Girls Groupchat Podcast

241

Aran Island Discs ☘️

Rossa McDermott

242

Happy Hour with Ina Garten

Vox Media

243

Dear Shandy

Sharleen Joynt & Andy Levine

244

The Underworld Podcast

The Underworld Podcast

245

Widowed AF: Real stories of love, grief and beyond - With Rosie Moss

Rosie Moss

246

The Irish Passport

The Irish Passport

247

The Crux True Survival Stories

The Crux True Survival Stories

248

Ramblings

BBC Radio 4

249

The Hidden Third

Mariana van Zeller

250

Insights with Sean O'Rourke

RTÉ

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