AFTRS Virtual Library

99% Invisible is about all the thought that goes into the things we don’t think about — the unnoticed architecture and design that shape our world. With over 250 million downloads, 99% Invisible is one the world's most popular podcasts.

A podcast about evil and complicated queers in history. From Alexander the Great to J. Edgar Hoover, our history is littered with them. Unlike the easy heroes, however — people like Oscar Wilde, Audre Lorde or Alan Turing — we rarely remember them as queer, or as gay. Profiled are queer people from the past whose lives have been overlooked by queer people on the search for historical icons.

Conversations draws you deeper into the life story of someone you may, or may not, have heard about - someone who has seen and done amazing things. Hosted by Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski.

Death, Sex & Money is a podcast about the big questions and hard choices that are often left out of polite conversation. Host Anna Sale talks to celebrities you've heard of—and to regular people you haven't—about the Big Stuff: relationships, money, family, work and making it all count while we're here.

Fresh Air is a Peabody Award-winning weekday program of contemporary arts and issues. Hosted by Terry Gross, the show features intimate conversations with a diverse array of prominent guests and is one of American public radio's most popular programs.

Unseeable forces control human behavior and shape our ideas, beliefs, and assumptions. Invisibilia fuses narrative storytelling with science that will make you see your own life differently.

The Kitchen Sisters Present: stories from the b-side of history. Lost recordings, hidden worlds, people possessed by a sound, a vision, a mission. The episodes tell deeply layered stories, lush with interviews, field recordings and music.

Radiolab is an investigation told through sounds and stories, and centered around one big idea. In the Radiolab world, information sounds like music and science and culture collide. Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich.

Serial is an investigative journalism podcast from the creators of This American Life, hosted by Sarah Koenig. Serial tells one story — a true story — over the course of a season. Serial has won every major award for broadcasting, including the duPont-Columbia, Scripps Howard, Edward R. Murrow, and the first-ever Peabody awarded to a podcast.

Founded in 2016, Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso is a weekly podcast of intimate, long-form interviews with people from all walks of life: filmmakers, comedians, activists, politicians, actors, and once, my mother. The show is hosted by writer/director Sam Fragoso. New episodes every Sunday morning.

This American Life is a weekly public radio program and podcast. Hosted by Ira Glass, each episode is based around a different theme - telling stories with compelling people at the center of them, funny moments, big feelings, surprising plot twists and interesting ideas.

Comedian Marc Maron is tackles the most complex philosophical question of our day - WTF? He gets to the bottom of it with help from comedian friends, celebrity guests and the voices in his own head.