9 Of The Best New Podcasts Worth Listening To

Looking for something new to delight your ear holes with? We’ve got just the ticket, with some of the best new podcasts being served up for your listening pleasure in 2025. 

We’ve found some of the best new podcasts across true crime, culture, pop culture and comedy. Whatever your podcast preference might be, there will be something to tickle your fancy. 

Here are the best new podcasts to plug in and listen to.

Good Hang with Amy Poehler

Comedy queen Amy Poehler has gifted the world a podcast, and true to form, it is delightful. Each week she welcomes a guest and just has a chat. She actually promises the podcast is not about giving advice or trying to improve you in any way, “Amy just wants to have a good time”. The guest list has been solid, with everyone from Tina Fey, Jack Black, Renee Rapp and Michelle Obama stopping by. It’s a funny, joyous listen and one for fans of comedy or the human hug that is Amy Poehler.

Scam Factory

Most of us or someone we know have received a scam text. But where do these come from, and who is sending them? That’s what Scam Factory aims to find out. The seven-episode series from Wondery looks into the factories that produce these scams and the people that are often trapped, threatened and forced into trying to scam others. It’s a fascinating and horrifying series that sheds light onto an issue that affects so many of us.

The Mushroom Cook

It’s the case that has gripped Australia since news broke in 2023. The case is still unfolding in 2025, and the details are coming in thick and fast. The Mushroom Cook podcast, a Herald Sun production for True Crime Australia, has been producing daily episodes covering the trial with excellent detail and analysis. The trial can get complicated and the hosts do a great job at running you through everything that’s happening without lengthening things out unnecessarily. If you’re looking for quick-bite episodes of daily coverage for this case, this is one to check out.

Sea Of Lies

This is one for the true crime fans. Sea of Lies is a six-part series from CBC’s Uncover. The podcast starts with the discovery of a body at sea, which sets off an investigation into the person's true identity. Everything spirals from there, with stolen identities, lies, deceit and crime unravelling as the hunt continues. The case is wild, the reporting is excellent, and the suspense will keep you hitting “next episode”.

The Best Idea Yet

Did you ever wonder who came up with the idea of the Super Soaker? What about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, or Monopoly? If you’re curious about the ideas and stories behind the world’s biggest ideas, this is the podcast to listen to. Each episode looks at “the untold stories behind the products you’re obsessed with”, and they are fascinating. The episodes are really well researched and the hosts make each episode playful and entertaining.

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Proxy with Yowei Shaw

This podcast launched in 2024, but it keeps getting bigger and better this year and definitely deserves a spot in this list. Proxy with Yowei Shaw gives its guests what we all wish we could get in this world: closure. It does this in a slightly unusual way, by using a proxy, or stand-in, for emotional situations that the guests need closure in. For example, one episode brought in ‘George’ whose bisexual wife left him for another woman, to get closure by talking with a queer woman who left her own straight relationship. The chats are intriguing and in-depth, and you will love the emotional and sometimes dark places the podcast ventures into.

Skye & Callum

The chaotic and lovable reality TV duo Skye Wheatley and Callum Hole have launched a podcast. The chats have promised to be full of unfiltered conversations about life, love and drama, including influencers, cosmetic surgery and relationships. Fans of the real-life besties or of reality TV will be sure to enjoy these fun eps, which are very candid and entertaining.

No One Saw It Coming

If you want some culture and history in your podcast mix, check out No One Saw It Coming. It’s a new podcast from Radio National and ABC listen, with Walkley award-winning journalist and broadcaster Marc Fennell who takes you through a new history-defining event or moment that at the time, ‘no one saw coming’. The episodes are pretty niche, which makes the details Marc explores in them all the more interesting. Think topics like the hidden origins of chemotherapy or whether Marie Antoinette had a cultural impact on the popularity of French Fries.

Alternate Realities: A Strange Bet

Have you ever heard someone try to convince you about a conspiracy theory? Or have you been the one doing the convincing? It’s tricky being on either side, which forms the basis for this podcast. Reporter Zach Mack kept disagreeing with his father, who believed in a number of conspiracy theories. He believed his father was being brainwashed, while his father believed that about him. So they decided to put the conspiracies to the test and see which ones held out, and which of them was living in a false reality.

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