Top 100 Government podcasts
The top 100 government podcasts on the Apple Podcasts US chart for November 9, 2026, with episode counts and host contacts in Media List.
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#2
The DSR NetworkThe DSR Network
1,000+episodes
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#3
The Chris Plante ShowWMAL | Cumulus Podcast Network | Cumulus Media Washington
1,000+episodes
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#4
The Lawfare PodcastThe Lawfare Institute
1,000+episodes
Key facts
- The top show listed is #1 on the Apple Podcasts US Government chart for November 9, 2026.
- The top five positions shown here are a show (#1), The DSR Network (#2), The Chris Plante Show (#3), The Lawfare Podcast (#4), Strict Scrutiny (#5).
- The typical show here has about 232 episodes (Media List's podcast data as of November 8, 2026).
- 24 of the 100 shows on this page have a host contact in Media List.
- Chart checked .
Top 100 government podcasts, by Apple chart position
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| # | Show | Episodes | Apple | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Top 25 Government podcasts | ||||
| 1 | 5-4 Prologue Projects |
328 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 2 | The DSR Network The DSR Network |
1,000+ | Listen | Similar shows |
| 3 | The Chris Plante Show WMAL | Cumulus Podcast Network | Cumulus Media Washington |
1,000+ | Listen | Similar shows |
| 4 | The Lawfare Podcast The Lawfare Institute |
1,000+ | Listen | Similar shows |
| 5 | Strict Scrutiny Strict Scrutiny |
436 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 6 | America, Actually with Astead Herndon Vox Media |
27 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 7 | What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law Roman Mars |
98 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 8 | Red Eye Radio Cumulus Podcast Network |
1,000+ | Listen | Similar shows |
| 9 | Optimist Economy Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi |
68 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 10 | The John Phillips Show 790 KABC Radio | Cumulus Los Angeles |
100 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 11 | Macroaggressions Charlie Robinson |
903 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 12 | Brief Recess: A Legal Podcast with Michael Foote & Mélissa Malebranche Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts |
43 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 13 | The Oath and The Office Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang |
85 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 14 | Supreme Court Oral Arguments scotusstats.com |
489 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 15 | Sekulow Jay Sekulow |
30 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 16 | American Power Chad Scott, Nat Towsen, Mr. Global |
36 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 17 | Fiasco Pushkin Industries |
40 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 18 | The Find Out Podcast Find Out Media & Studio71 |
143 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 19 | DSR's Words Matter The DSR Network |
466 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 20 | Purplish Colorado Public Radio |
197 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 21 | Congressional Dish Jennifer Briney |
350 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 22 | Capitalisn't University of Chicago Podcast Network |
252 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 23 | Law and Chaos Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez |
262 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 24 | Civics 101 NHPR |
380 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 25 | Show Archives – Armed American Radio | Armed American Radio |
300 | Listen | Similar shows |
Top 50, positions 26 to 50 | ||||
| 26 | The Tara Palmeri Show Tara Palmeri |
308 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 27 | Mundo in the Morning - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM & 710 AM KCMO Talk Radio | Cumulus Media Kansas City |
100 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 28 | Divided Argument Will Baude & Dan Epps |
139 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 29 | Disclosure Bloomberg |
10 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 30 | U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments Oyez |
70 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 31 | The Proceedings Podcast U.S. Naval Institute |
500 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 32 | The Just Security Podcast Just Security |
153 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 33 | America At Night with McGraw Milhaven Cumulus Podcast Network |
909 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 34 | The Merge The Merge |
62 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 35 | The Fascism Barometer Ejeris Dixon |
38 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 36 | Ball of Thread Marcy Wheeler |
60 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 37 | The Cato Weekly Podcast Cato Institute |
1,000+ | Listen | Similar shows |
| 38 | FDX ALPA Podcast FDX ALPA Podcast |
100 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 39 | The Interview BBC World Service |
1,000+ | Listen | Similar shows |
| 40 | The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition The Lawfare Institute |
1,000+ | Listen | Similar shows |
| 41 | Ones Ready Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras |
914 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 42 | Pekingology Center for Strategic and International Studies |
148 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 43 | The DSR Daily The DSR Network |
1,000+ | Listen | Similar shows |
| 44 | NatSec Matters Beacon Global Strategies LLC |
161 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 45 | Big Take, Midterms 2026 Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts |
– | Listen | Similar shows |
| 46 | PreAccident Investigation Podcast Todd Conklin |
600 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 47 | No es el fin del mundo El Orden Mundial |
305 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 48 | Global Security Briefing The Royal United Services Institute |
100 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 49 | The Coming Storm BBC Radio 4 |
24 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 50 | Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Unknown |
– | Listen | Similar shows |
Positions 51 to 100 | ||||
| 51 | Saturday Morning Update with Rick Fowler WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington |
100 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 52 | Donnybrook Nine PBS |
100 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 53 | سقراط مع عمر الجريسي ثمانية/ thmanyah |
209 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 54 | The Debrief with Jon Becker Jon Becker |
100 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 55 | El Orden Mundial OndaCero |
410 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 56 | Audio Arguendo Audio Arguendo |
1,000+ | Listen | Similar shows |
| 57 | MichMash Politics WDET FM |
– | Listen | Similar shows |
| 58 | Politics Friday Minnesota Public Radio |
30 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 59 | The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio |
500 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 60 | Bold American Pod Barstool Sports |
724 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 61 | Snollygoster | Ohio's Politics Podcast Mike Thompson |
236 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 62 | Executive Functions Chat Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith |
63 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 63 | The Benjamin Anthony Show from the MirYam Institute The MirYam Institute |
251 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 64 | The Virginia Press Room VPM & VPAP |
90 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 65 | The Melting Pod Amanda Baran, Doug Rand, and Claire Trickler-McNulty |
15 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 66 | Mexico Matters Center for Strategic and International Studies |
58 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 67 | The Jedburgh Podcast Fran Racioppi |
247 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 68 | The Strong Towns Podcast Strong Towns |
600 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 69 | The Fact Hunter Delmarva Studios |
– | Listen | Similar shows |
| 70 | Stubborn Things AEI Podcasts |
22 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 71 | Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis SuperTalk 99.7 WTN | Cumulus Media Nashville |
100 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 72 | You Might Be Right Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee |
61 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 73 | The Week in Westminster BBC Radio 4 |
0 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 74 | Any Questions? and Any Answers? BBC Radio 4 |
9 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 75 | The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division |
100 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 76 | Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast The Overhead Wire |
822 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 77 | Irregular Warfare Podcast Irregular Warfare Initiative |
167 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 78 | Energy Policy Now Kleinman Center for Energy Policy |
234 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 79 | プチ鹿島 赤坂タイムス TBS RADIO |
124 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 80 | Public Defenseless Hunter Parnell |
525 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 81 | After the Fact The Pew Charitable Trusts |
232 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 82 | Checks & Balances Checks & Balances |
14 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 83 | Politically Speaking St. Louis Public Radio |
999 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 84 | Federal Newscast Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio |
1,000+ | Listen | Similar shows |
| 85 | Ranking U.S. Presidents Bradley Cooper |
57 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 86 | Take 2 KUTV 2News |
326 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 87 | Second Reading Podcast Second Reading Podcast |
263 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 88 | The GOAL Podcast - Official Podcast of Gun Owners' Action League GOAL |
185 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 89 | The Jacob Shapiro Podcast Jacob Shapiro |
350 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 90 | Compass Points Scott Barker |
236 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 91 | Policing Matters Police1.com |
573 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 92 | Better Every Shift FireRescue1 |
321 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 93 | State Week Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III |
20 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 94 | Permission To Speak Freely Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough |
246 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 95 | Philip Teresi KMJ |
– | Listen | Similar shows |
| 96 | Hoosier Health Matters The Good Trouble Coalition |
54 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 97 | The Trade Guys CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies |
368 | Listen | Similar shows |
| 98 | Oral Arguments for the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Unknown |
– | Listen | Similar shows |
| 99 | Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast United States Postal Service |
91 | Listen | Unlock contact |
| 100 | Baby Boom! Lawyered Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy |
315 | Listen | Similar shows |
How this list is made
Chart positions from Apple Podcasts (US), November 9, 2026. Positions follow Apple's chart, and a show removed on request leaves a gap. We check the charts every week. Episode counts come from Media List's podcast data as of November 8, 2026; Podcast Index caps counts at 1,000, so 1,000+ means at least that many. Host contacts unlock in Media List where we hold one for the show.
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What are the top government podcasts right now?
On the Apple Podcasts US Government chart for November 9, 2026, the top five positions shown here are a show (#1), The DSR Network (#2), The Chris Plante Show (#3), The Lawfare Podcast (#4), Strict Scrutiny (#5).
How is this list ranked?
By chart position on the Apple Podcasts US Government chart on November 9, 2026. Positions follow Apple's chart, and a show removed on request leaves a gap. Media List adds episode counts and host contacts.
How often is this list updated?
We check the Apple Podcasts charts every week. The date above is the date of the chart shown on this page.
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How many episodes do these podcasts have?
The typical show on this list has about 232 episodes, based on Media List's podcast data as of November 8, 2026.
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