Year-End Lists

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Economist: The Best Podcasts of 2025

18 December 2025

Heavyweight

The Economist: The Best Podcasts of 2025

Podcast lists in other years: 2025 · 2024 · 2023 · 2022

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Articles of Interest
Final Thoughts: Jerry Springer
Fela Kuti: Fear No Man
Flesh and Code
Heavyweight
Missing in the Amazon
Past Present Future: Politics on Trial
The Protocol
Shell Game
The Wargame

Trending Lists

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The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
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The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times
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The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
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Trending Works

Small Axe: Lovers Rock Steve McQueen
All Square John Hyams
Could Have Done Anything Charlotte Cornfield
Blackstar David Bowie
Incident in a Ghostland Pascal Laugier
Underneath the Pine Toro y Moi
Prima Donna Vince Staples
Pure Comedy Father John Misty
She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She Chelsea Wolfe
Värähtelijä Oranssi Pazuzu
Paradise Slow Club
Stravinsky: Orchestral Works Gustavo Gimeno and Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg
Predators David Osit
Grown Unknown Lia Ices

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