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New Zealand · Apple Podcasts · January 21, 2026

Jan 21, 2026

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#			Podcast	Artist
1	—		The Walkers: The real Salt Path \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer
2	—		The Birth Keepers \| The Guardian Investigates	The Guardian
2	2		Flightless Bird	David Farrier
3	—		Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House
5	—		The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service
6	7		Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher
6	—		World of Secrets	BBC
7	11		Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts
7	—		Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal
8	—		The Slow Newscast	The Observer
8	3		Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network
9	—		This Is Actually Happening	Audible
10	4		Murder in the Masai Mara \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph
10	—		Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media
12	—		What It Was Like	Superreal
13	30		Mind Games	Kaleidoscope
14	5		heretics.	Andrew Gold
15	—		RNZ100: A Century of Stories	RNZ
16	5		Great Lives	BBC Radio 4
16	—		Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts
17	—		Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR
17	5		The Gift	BBC Radio 4
19	5		The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens
20	—		Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media
21	2	T	The Lodge	RNZ
21	6		The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts
21	7		I'm Not a Monster	BBC Radio 5 Live
23	6		Uncanny	BBC Radio 4
25	—		Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale
26	—		Lucky Boy	Tortoise Media
30	2		Noble	Audiochuck
30	4		The Commune	Stuff Audio
30	25		Mysteries at Bedtime	Jack Laurence
30	—		The CRUX: True Survival Stories	Kaycee McIntosh, Julie Henningsen, Bleav
31	50		Seriously...	BBC Radio 4
31	—		The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast
33	—		The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds
33	3		The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller
34	16		Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network
35	17		Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez
35	—	K	Kelly Tarlton's Final Treasure Hunt	RNZ
36	1		Witness: Sex, Lies and Streaming	news.com.au
37	5		The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch
37	1		The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts
38	11		Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media
39	22		Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media
39	—	T	The Stolen Children of Aotearoa	RNZ
40	—		You Look Like Me	Louise McLoughlin
41	—		Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media
43	4		Fat Leonard	Brazen
43	10		Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	The Forbidden Knowledge Network
44	2		The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast
44	—		Sold a Story	APM Reports
45	—		Bed of Lies	The Telegraph
45	73		Prometheus Lens	Justin Brown
46	100		Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton
47	115		The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment
48	—		Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts
48	—		Buckeye Bigfoot	Nance Warren
49	—	T	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey
50	—	歡	歡迎光臨擁抱咖啡 GMAHC Podcast	Raina Ye
51	—		Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify
54	—		搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉
54	4		Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories
56	4		The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions
56	—		Collapse	Stuff Audio
56	53		Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia
57	—		The Agent	Imperative Entertainment
58	11	J	JOURNEY	Ryan Wolf
59	—		Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media
59	24		Hoaxed	Tortoise Media
61	13		The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4
62	—		The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg
63	—		A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4
63	10		Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts
64	20		28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4
64	—		Coining It	Global
65	132		PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit
65	—		Pipeline	Daily Mail
66	12		Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	The Forbidden Knowledge Network
66	—		Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly
67	—	T	The District	Stuff Audio
68	—		Jungle Prince	The New York Times
68	4		Our Common Nature	WNYC
69	10		Child	BBC Radio 4
70	—		给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯
70	16		File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4
71	—	T	The Danish Illusion Podcast	Flemming Blicher
71	106		Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ
72	5		Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord	iHeartPodcasts
73	15		The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media
75	—		5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan
75	42	T	The Invisible Hand	Casefile Presents
76	—		JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast
76	11		Be Amazed	Be Amazed
78	81		Marianna in Conspiracyland	BBC Radio 4
79	78		老高和小茉最新更新	老高与小茉高速更新
80	5		The Banksy Story	BBC Radio 4
80	—		Extreme	BBC
82	—	T	The Nature of Natural	JA Media Productions