My Top 10 Podcast Recommendations

It fills in the gaps where women are historically underrepresented. Each episode is a five-minute lesson on a brilliant woman you may not know, but most likely should. 

As its name suggests, the ladies hash out subjects antiquated opinions might consider unrefined, crude, or even vulgar—but today, we just call that female.

Tina Brown—former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and The Daily Beast—hosts a brand-new podcast. She's dished with the likes of Bombshell actress Margot Robbie, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Great interviewer & insights! 

Besties Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark host an R-rated podcast that manages to merge comedy and horror into one crazy-entertaining show honoring rather than exploiting its victims. The pair take turns reading and telling real-world murder stories to each other, both of them injecting their signature humor into the narrative. It’s an upbeat true-crime fix! 

A new project from the feminist frontline at Harper’s Bazaar, the Dare I Say podcast is hosted by Booksmart writer/director Olivia Wilde and shines a spotlight on a wide range of topics facing contemporary women. We’re talking the plastic crisis, white supremacism, body image, and beyond. 

Author Nora McInerny gives new meaning to the phrase “good grief.” Her podcast, the result of a string of tragedies that includes a miscarriage, her father’s passing, and the death of her husband to brain cancer, offers her guests a safe space to talk about their grief and hardships. 

Entrepreneur Nicaila Matthews Okome is here to help you follow your passions all the way to a profitable side hustle. Need inspiration to get over that wall? Okome has the foothold you’re looking for.

A weekly pop culture ’cast that’s been a hit since its launch in 2016. It mixes highbrow topics and lowbrow fodder to highly entertaining effect. 

It’s all about living your best life when it comes to Lady O, and that’s exactly what she’s doing with her SuperSoul podcast. Who doesn’t need a little Oprah in their life! 

Podcast for “long-distance besties everywhere” has gone the distance itself. CYG is a femme-identifying weekly series in which the host best friends call each other to discuss topics from pop culture to politics. They follow each other down whatever chat rabbit hole they find themselves teetering over, and they’re still going strong five years later.