Podcasts

Skip the search and dive into 17 of the best Australian podcasts for 2025. With a week's worth of listening, you'll be entertained and inspired.

Jump on the true crime bandwagon, hit play, and start bingeing these must-listen podcasts.

When searching for your next podcast binge, turn to Australia’s greatest storytellers—Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices—for a truly enriching listen.

So, whether you want to reminisce about Game of Thrones and The O.C. or find out hot gossip from The Sopranos and The Office–we’ve rounded up the best rewatch podcasts available for listening now.

Whether you’re saving for your first home or just want to get better at budgeting (hey, it’s better late than never), then you’re going to want to listen up—literally—because we’ve uncovered some of the best damn money podcasts on the airwaves. 

Plug in.

Let’s cut to the chase. There’s a big pool of sex podcasts sitting out there (most likely full of lots of banana inflatables) in the world and wading through the underwhelming to get the amazing ones can be kind of, well… hard.

 In case you’ve been out of the podcast loop, wellness is the new true crime.

Bring on the mayhem.

There’s no denying it, times are tough and confusing as hell right now. Physical distancing and the general daily news headlines can play havoc on your mental health. And while we’re spending a lot of time at home, it’s important to take time to look after yourself. 

With International Women’s Day before us, what better way to get yourself prepared than listening to some podcasts that are hosted by women, for women. We’ve put together a list of some of the best podcasts right now that cover a wide variety of topics, both thought-provoking and LOL-worthy. These listens are relatable, entertaining, and are bound to leave you feeling empowered and ready to celebrate International Women’s Day.

Bless your ears with these incredible LGBTQI+ podcasts that will make you laugh and cry with their raw, honest and hilarious storytelling. From celebrity hosts and guest stars to award-winning journalists and activists, these queers podcasts are seriously binge-worthy.

We’ve pulled together our top tips here to get you on your way to being a podcasting pro. Tell nan her bridge partner’s hairdresser better watch out!

In 2020 we consumed a shedload of podcasts, and the one that truly stuck out for us, was The Dropout. Not familiar? The true crime series chronicled the insane life of Elizabeth Holmes, the former billionaire turned fraudster and jail dweller. 

 Enlighten yourself harder than the 1700s.

2020 was the year we needed podcasts more than ever. From giving us the chance to virtually armchair travel around the world, to listening to groundbreaking investigative journalism firsthand—there’s been a shedload of incredible podcasts hitting the airwaves this year. If you’re in need of some solid recommendations for summer, you’re in luck because we’re here to tell you what to plug into as you hide from your extended family this holiday season.

Investigative journalist Rachel Brown returns with season two, this time unpacking the infamous story of Nicola Gobbo (AKA Lawyer X), the criminal lawyer and recently ousted police informer who’s currently in hiding.

These days, it’s almost as if every person and their dog has a podcast. If you really wanted, you could piece one together with the voice recorder on your phone and some shoddy, free-to-download software. 

If 2020 has you thinking new year, new job, then we’ve got good news for you. Instead of trawling through job sites (that will come later) first, get your inner boss inspired by listening to people who know exactly how to land the perfect gig. 

We decided to catch up with the guy behind it and chat all things about the making of Search Engine Sex, how sex is represented in today’s pop culture and the weirdest phrase he knows for “wanking”. 

While we loved binging the craziness that was Netflix’s Tiger King, sometimes we need a hit of wholesomeness, and it doesn’t get much better than having Harry Potter himself serenade us with a reading of the J.K Rowling novel that made him a household name.

If you thought Instagram and YouTube was the only vice to satisfy your travel bug, think again.

Every noteworthy podcast trending hard right now.

If you have a love-hate relationship with Mercury Retrograde, you’re intrigued by equinoxes and solstices and are inexplicably obsessed with everyone and anyone’s rising sign, listen up.

Plus everything you need to binge this week.

​When LA Times reporter Christopher Goffard released a little-known podcast by the name of Dirty John last year, true crime buffs lost their collective minds. The podcast became a smash hit and spawned a Netflix show of the same name, plus a bunch of international speaking events… because who wouldn’t want to hear the dulcet tones of Goffard in person?

It's time to start that second life you've been dreaming of.

If you have moments where you find yourself scrolling through Insta, longing for a life that isn’t yours, you’re going to want to plug in to this epic new podcast stat. The Happiness Lab comes to us from Yale professor Dr Laurie Santos, who’s course, “Psychology and the Good Life,” inspired the podcast and became Yale’s most popular class in over 300 years.

If there’s one thing we can’t get enough of right now, it’s true crime podcasts, so we’re always a little giddy when we uncover one particularly chilling. And it doesn’t get much creepier than having the voice behind one of your favourite cartoons talk you through heinous true crimes in graphic details. 

Dubbed as “a paranormal S-Town”.