Top Social Sciences Podcasts in South Africa

The latest Apple Podcasts Social Sciences chart for South Africa, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked September 3, 2026.

1

Boring History for Sleep

Velvet

2

Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

3

Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse

Agoric Media

4

The Science of Happiness

PRX and Greater Good Science Center

5

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media

6

People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast

Zachary Elwood

7

New Books in Critical Theory

Marshall Poe

8

Our Long Walk

Johan Fourie and Jonathan Schoots

9

You Are Not So Smart

You Are Not So Smart

10

Jung Chicago Radio

C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago

11

In Common

The In Common Team

12

Key Points

Maxwell J Harrell

13

That UFO Podcast

That UFO Podcast

14

Somewhere in the Skies

SpectreVision Radio

15

Get Obsessed : With Living Your Best Life

Julie Lokun and Mika Altidor

16

The Psychology Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

17

NASW Social Work Talks

National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

18

The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris

James Morris

19

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

20

The We Society

AcSS

21

Behavioral Grooves Podcast

Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan

22

School of Psych | Insightful interviews and stories about psychology, culture, and relationships.

Jared DeFife, Ph.D. interviews experts on relationships, happiness, love, p

23

The Future of Work Podcast

International Labour Organization

24

Prison Breakdown

Professors Beck Strah & Eric Bronson

25

Podcast Area51

Area51

26

Urban Radar

Tom Goodfellow and Beth Perry

27

Therapist Uncensored Podcast

Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD

28

The Couples Therapist Couch

Shane Birkel

29

The Human Behavior Podcast

The Human Behavior Podcast

30

Unlocking Behaviour Change

Robert West

31

The International Security Podcast

International Security

32

Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & LORE Interviews

Mysterious Radio

33

Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

Spencer Greenberg

34

Kohn's Zone

Alfie Kohn

35

Real World Behavioural Science

Paul Chadwick and Tiago Moutela

36

The Addiction Psychologist

Samuel Acuff and Noah Emery

37

Navigating Neuropsychology

John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro

38

Ideas in Development

Ideas in Development

39

Daniel T. Bourne

Daniel Bourne

40

Choiceology with Katy Milkman

Charles Schwab

41

ABA Inside Track

ABA Inside Track

42

Broomedocs POdcast

Dr Casey Parker

43

Circular economy

SDG Circular economy

44

'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast

The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

45

In Pursuit of Development

Dan Banik

46

The Space Advisory Podcast

Wanyana Racheal

47

Templeton Ideas Podcast

John Templeton Foundation

48

The Brain and Brand Show

Podcast Party

49

VoxTalks Economics

VoxTalks

50

Charter Cities Podcast

Mark Lutter

51

Talks On Psychoanalysis

International Psychoanalytical Association

52

New Books in Genocide Studies

Marshall Poe

53

Essential Scholars

Fraser Institute

54

Core Insights: Behavioural Science

Warwick Business School

55

Hayek Program Podcast

Mercatus Center at George Mason University

56

GraveYard Tales

Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph

57

The Sociology of Everything Podcast

Eric Hsu & Louis Everuss (Lou & the Hsu)

58

Sideways Sociology: UK Anti-Racism

The Sociological Review Foundation

59

Mysterious Universe

8th Kind

60

Between the Lines

Institute of Development Studies

61

New Books in Public Policy

New Books Network

62

Scales of Change

Future Ecologies

63

The Skeptic Zone

Richard Saunders

64

Guns for Hire

Atlantic Council

65

Bullfish Hole Podcast

Jason Manning

66

Dead Men Walking: Conversations on Global Norms and Institutions

IFIT

67

Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind

Podimo & TellTale

68

SuperHumanizer Podcast

Dr. Hani Chaabo & Katie Bogen

69

Psychology of Love

Unknown

70

African Cities

African Cities Research Consortium

71

The Autistic VOICE Project

The Autistic VOICE Project

72

The Science of Self | Personal Development Podcast

Peter Hollins | Personal Development Author

73

Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD

Bernard Beitman

74

Anew Narrative

Sam Zagar

75

New Books in Anthropology

New Books Network

76

World Bank Group │ What Have We Learned? The Evaluation Podcast

World Bank Group / Independent Evaluation Group

77

Scott Carney Investigates

Scott Carney

78

Psychology in 10 Minutes

David B. Feldman - psychology | social science | politics | mental health

79

Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård

80

How to Thrive

Claire Sanders and Helen Silver-MacMahon

81

The Mental Wellbeing College

Indi Dissanayake

82

VoxDev Development Economics

VoxDev.org

83

Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips

Stephanie Keith

84

The Veterinary Culture Lab

Flourish Veterinary Consulting

85

The Decision Corner

The Decision Lab

86

The Worst Behaviour

Willow Ethos

87

The Psychology Perspective

ellie2302d

88

MBT EN – Understanding Mentalization-Based Treatment

Jasper Manders

89

New Books in Economics

Marshall Poe

90

Research & Respawn

Kit & Cody

91

The Answer Is Transaction Costs

Michael Munger

92

The Human Risk Podcast

Human Risk

93

Môre onder die Soeklig

Afrikaans.Radio

94

JurisDictions: International law podcast

T.M.C. Asser Instituut

95

一口經濟學 bitesize economics

Charles Liao

96

The Counselling Psychology Lens

Mary

97

Human Action: A Treatise on Economics

Ludwig von Mises

98

Get (Social) PSYCHED!

@MUN Social Psychology

99

Opinion Science

Andy Luttrell

100

Memingless

Memingless

101

New Books in Sociology

New Books Network

102

The Science of Personality Podcast

Hogan Assessments

103

Unpopular Neuroscience

Patrick D. Watson

104

Focus op Wetenschap

NPO Luister / NTR

105

The Bulletproof Musician

Noa Kageyama

106

New Books in Law

New Books Network

107

New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work

New Books Network

108

Reading Meetings with Mark and Molly

Molly Farry-Thorn

109

The Belt and Road Podcast

Erik Myxter-iino, Juliet Lu and Keren Zhu - edited by Taili Ni

110

Economics In Ten

Economics In Ten

111

Mind Education Podcast

Mind Education

112

Psychology, Actually

Dr Marianne Trent

113

The Developmental

Alis Anagnostakis (Ph.D.)

114

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

New Books Network

115

New Books in National Security

Marshall Poe

116

John Vespasian

John Vespasian

117

Stanford Psychology Podcast

Stanford Psychology

118

Psych

David Pizarro

119

New Books in Education

Marshall Poe

120

New Books in Communications

Marshall Poe

121

New Books in Political Science

New Books Network

122

New Books in Language and Translation

Marshall Poe

123

New Books in Journalism

Marshall Poe

124

New Books in Gender

New Books Network

125

Relate your Research - a social work podcast

Relate your Research - A research conversation podcast

126

Statistics Made Simple

Brad R. Fulton, PhD

127

Feminist Economics Podcast

The Feminist Economics Podcast

128

Human Nature and Conduct The Role of Impulse

John Dewey

129

Impolite Society: Exploring the Weird, Taboo & Macabre

Flyover Radio, Inc.

130

This British Life Podcast

This British Life Podcast

131

راه حل های صبور

محمدحسین صبور

132

Survey & Beyond: The Data Collection Podcast

SurveyCTO

133

Public Health Insight

PHI Media

134

Everything's Psychology

a Behaviour podcast

135

Chiacchiere di Psicologia

B-Skilled Psicologia Sport

136

Ascended Masters At Work

ASM Radio shows – Maximize Your Wealth

137

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Questions & Answers

Jacob Martinez

138

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139

Messy Social Work

Rich and Tim

140

گوش نیوش های دکتر شیری

Dr. Shiri

141

Between Heat and Hope

climatelitigation.uva.nl

142

Two Psychologists Four Beers

Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett

143

دغدغه ایران

محمد فاضلی

144

Converging Dialogues

Converging Dialogues

145

Crimes en France

France Inter

146

Oxford Obesity - Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity, University of Oxford

Unit for BioCultural Variation and Obesity, University of Oxford

147

Let's Go DIEP!

Let’s Go DIEP

148

AEA Research Highlights

American Economic Association

149

The Social Work Podcast

Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW

150

Play Therapy Community

Jackie Flynn, EMDRIA Approved Consultant

151

Tech and Politics

Andreas Jungherr

152

The Systemic Way

Sezer and Julie

153

UFO? UAP? WTF? — a UFO podcast

Rogue Planet

154

The Death Studies Podcast

The Death Studies Podcast

155

Behavioral Scientist Reads

Behavioral Scientist

156

The Pie: An Economics Podcast

Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago

157

学非所用AfricaLounge

学非所用AfricaLounge

158

Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone Podcast

Policy Press

159

AI and Assistive Technologies for the Visually Impaired

The University of Edinburgh

160

Inquiry with Kelly Chase

Kelly Chase

161

Why Are We Here On Earth?

TA

162

The Marginal Revolution Podcast

Mercatus Center at George Mason University

163

Bent Not Broken: Starting Over After Divorce | Post Divorce Life

Deborah Griffiths

164

Unequal Worlds; an inequality research podcast

GRIP

165

Two Guys on Your Head

KUT & KUTX Studios, Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke

166

Neuroscience News

Sarah Blossom

167

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The Criminology Academy

Jose Sanchez and Jenn Tostlebe

169

PsyberSpace® - we help you understand your world

Dr. Leslie Poston, Research Psychologist: Applied Psychology, Media Psychology, Organizational Psychology

170

Radio-Masir| رادیو مسیر

علی بیغش

171

Voices: The EISA Podcast

EISA

172

Faithful Economy

Steven McMullen

173

The Leading Voices in Food

Duke World Food Policy Center

174

Educational Psychology for Everyone!

Katja Upadyaya (University of Helsinki)

175

About Learning

Stan Pinsent

176

Influence Anyone

Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company

177

What about us? Cultural Awareness in Clinical Psychology

WhatAboutUs

178

NEU DENKEN

Mission Wertvoll

179

Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity

The Brookings Institution

180

This Anthro Life

Anthrocurious, LLC

181

Naruhodo

Naruhodo, Ken Fujioka, Altay de Souza, B9

182

AVReQ The Podcast

AVReQ

183

StocktonAfterClass

Ronald Stockton

184

PitchSuccess Podcast

The Human Edge: The unique skills that matter for the AI-enabled future

185

EPPP Study Podcast-

Circle Of Insight Productions

186

The Qual Report: Exploring the Depths of Qualitative Research

Adam Rosenthal

187

Sage Sociology

Sage Publications

188

Jung in the World

Patricia Martin

189

Reverse Psychology

Reverse PsychCast

190

The Henry George School Podcast

Henry George School of Social Science

191

Know What You See with Brian Lowery

Brian S. Lowery

192

The Social Work Stories Podcast

The Social Work Stories Team

193

Give Theory A Chance

The Society Pages

194

PRIO's Peace in a Pod

Peace Research Institute Oslo

195

IlimZar

Zarina Urmanbetova

196

The Shrink Is In- The Podcast Voice of Psychology

DrGurr

197

Computational Social Science / Social Complexity

Dino Carpentras

198

The Human Progress Podcast

HumanProgress.org

199

Sociology Sessions

A Sociology Experiment

200

Evolutionary Psychology (the podcast)

Dave Pietraszewski & David Pinsof

201

بودكسات كَيْنونة

ola hashash

202

Escape Forward: Connecting dots beyond the antitrust island

Escape Forward

203

Money & Macro Talks

Money & Macro Talks

204

Bow Down: Spiritual Feminism Unleashed

The Cohere Collective

205

Welt im Ohr

OeAD Österreichs Agentur für Bildung und Internationalisierung

206

Blume & Ince - 2 Stimmen, 4 Kulturen

Prof. Dr. Inan Ince, Dr. Michael Blume

207

State of Mind with Debra Sloss

Debra Sloss

208

Unlimited Realities

Lisa Zimmer

209

Game Theory

Game Theory

210

The Perception & Action Podcast

Rob Gray

211

The TBRI Podcast

Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development TCU

212

Talking Child Development

ccfdau

213

The Emic - Anthropological stories from the field

Roanne van Voorst, PhD. Dr. Anthropologist

214

Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology

Dr. Daniel W Cox

215

ABA on Call

CentralReach

216

Be Reasonable

Merseyside Skeptics Society

217

Exploring Fear

Louis Allan

218

Thinking Well & Why

Awareness to Action

219

Get Social

Brianna O’Brien

220

Meet the Authors: A Neuropsychology Podcast

Society for Clinical Neuropsychology (SCN)

221

THE PSYCHOLOGY WORLD PODCAST

Connor Whiteley

222

The Black Vault Radio w/ John Greenewald, Jr.

John Greenewald, Jr.

223

Self Careapist Therapist Podcast

Lorain Moorehead

224

Blurry Photos

David Flora

225

That Implementation Science Podcast

Mike Pullmann

226

Digging a Hole: The Legal Theory Podcast

Digging a Hole Podcast

227

Homo Deus: Humanity’s Evolution from Social Institutions to World Peace

Brian

228

The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria

Matt Cicoria

229

One in Ten

National Children's Alliance

230

The Kingless Generation

Fergal Schmudlach

231

Tax Conversations Africa

Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA)

232

On Wisdom

Charles Cassidy and Igor Grossmann

233

Intersectionality Lab

Intersectionality Lab

234

The Mother Connection

With Robyn Cunningham and Cally Lilley

235

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Inquiring Minds

Indre Viskontas

237

Reading the Rainbows

Heather Looy

238

For Sociology

Kohli Foundation

239

Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function

Sucheta Kamath

240

Torche de résine

Ëttu Lingeer

241

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar

242

Managing Around

ProfManagement

243

SCEPTICISME SCIENTIFIQUE

Jean-Michel Abrassart

244

Leaders in SHAPE

The British Academy

245

Institute for Futures Studies

Institutet för framtidsstudier

246

So, Tell Me About Your Mother

Immanuel Marsh and Kent Michael

247

Guy Shrink

Bill Roman

248

APA Journals Dialogue

American Psychological Association

249

Misguided: The Podcast

Matthew Facciani

250

The Brain Blown Podcast

The Brain Blown Podcast

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