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New Zealand · Apple Podcasts · January 1, 2026

Jan 1, 2026

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#			Podcast	Artist
1	—		The Leighton Smith Podcast	Newstalk ZB
2	1		Pivot	New York Magazine
3	2		The Megyn Kelly Show	SiriusXM
3	—		The New Yorker Radio Hour	WNYC Studios and The New Yorker
4	—		Duncan Garner - Editor In Chief	rova
6	2	B	Battle Lines	The Telegraph
6	2		The Tucker Carlson Show	Tucker Carlson Network
7	1	T	The Conversation Weekly	The Conversation
8	5	T	The Inquiry	BBC World Service
10	1	T	The Making of an Autocrat	The Conversation
10	5		Legal AF by MeidasTouch	MeidasTouch Network
10	9		The David Frum Show	The Atlantic
10	9		Embedded	NPR
11	9		The Rubin Report	Dave Rubin
11	3	#	#BHN Big Hairy News	Big Hairy Network
11	1		The Ben Shapiro Show	The Daily Wire
12	7	T	The Hoon	Bernard Hickey
12	5		The Long Game with Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer	Vox Media Podcast Network
13	4		Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words	Victor Davis Hanson \| The Daily Signal
13	2	T	The Fold	The Spinoff
18	3		Plain English with Derek Thompson	The Ringer
18	42	I	Investigating the Post Office Scandal	Investigating the Post Office Scandal
19	5	B	Best of the Spectator	The Spectator
21	111		UNCOVERED	MeidasTouch Network
21	1	Y	Yeah... Nah!	NZ Skeptics
22	22	M	Matt Heath & Tyler Adams Afternoons	Newstalk ZB
23	22		On the Media	WNYC Studios
24	160		Stew Peters LIVE	Stew Peters
24	8	F	From Our Own Correspondent	BBC Radio 4
25	5	S	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies
25	—	T	The Dennis Michael Lynch Show	TeamDML
26	15	I	In The News This Week (the Have I Got News For You podcast)	In The News This Week (the Have I Got News For You podcast)
27	24	I	In the Loop	NZME
27	7		The Michael Knowles Show	The Daily Wire
27	11		The Charlie Kirk Show	Charlie Kirk
27	14	I	In Moscow's Shadows	Mark Galeotti
28	81	K	Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast	Newstalk ZB
29	8		Political Beatdown with Michael Cohen	Michael Cohen
29	1	D	Daniel Davis Deep Dive	Daniel Davis
29	2		The Matt Walsh Show	The Daily Wire
30	103	B	Brownstone Journal	Brownstone Institute
30	13	W	We Used to be Journos	Ette Media
31	29		Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick \| Law, justice, and the courts	Slate Podcasts
33	9		Meet the Press	NBC News
33	7		The Iran Breakdown with Mark Dubowitz	FDD
34	8	T	The Sunday Paper Podcast	The Sunday Paper Podcast
35	7	P	Power Lines with Oliver Darcy and Jon Passantino	Status
36	—	T	The John Lovell Podcast	John Lovell
37	8		To The Contrary with Charlie Sykes	Charlie Sykes
37	—	ک	کنج‌کاو	رادیوفردا
38	101	T	The Grayzone podcast with Max Blumenthal	Max Blumenthal
40	120	R	Rufo & Lomez	Blaze Podcast Network
41	11		Reasonably Optimistic	The Washington Post
41	24	S	Slate News	Slate Podcasts
43	20		Judging Freedom	Judge Napolitano
44	15	T	The Tea with Myriam Francois	The Tea
44	36	T	The Explanation	BBC World Service
45	—	G	Gold Goats 'n Guns Podcast	Tom Luongo
45	13		Call Me Back - with Dan Senor	Ark Media, Ilan Benatar
45	21	P	Pod Save The King - Royal family news, interviews and fashion	Reach Podcasts
46	27	T	Turbulence	Turbulence
47	22		3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary	Jim Geraghty & Greg Corombos – Political Humor Commentary
48	11		Real Coffee with Scott Adams	Scott Adams
48	2		Question Everything	Brian Reed
50	19	T	The Erin Molan Show	The Erin Molan Show
51	17		The Andrew Klavan Show	The Daily Wire
52	5	B	BFBS Sitrep	BFBS Radio
53	26	T	The Charlie Kirk Show	Charlie Kirk
54	26		The Tonight Show	Virgin Media Originals
55	12		Mark Levin Podcast	Cumulus Podcast Network
56	3	U	Ukrainecast	BBC News
57	13	R	Reality Check with Ross Coulthart	Ross Coulthart & Studio71
58	17	C	Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change	Michael Liebreich, Bryony Worthington
59	15		The Adam Mockler Show	MeidasTouch Network
61	20	C	China Insider	Hudson Institute
61	10	T	The Briefing Room	BBC Radio 4
62	19	K	Knights of the Storm	Knights of the Storm
63	15		Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner	Crossover Media Group
66	4	T	The Lance Wallnau Show	Dr. Lance Wallnau
66	12	Q	Quick Smart	ABC
67	21		Sens Public	Public Sénat
68	21	A	ASB Rural Insights Succession Series	NZ Farm Life Media
68	56	O	Off With Their Headlines	Amanda Matta and Meredith Constant
69	26		BBK Network @ Podcast	BBK Network
69	21	L	Le Grand Jury RTL-Le Figaro-Public Sénat-M6	Public Sénat
70	21		Parlement hebdo	Public Sénat
71	21	T	Tales Of Blind Reporters On The Road	Ian Hamilton
71	25		The Dan Bongino Show	Cumulus Podcast Network \| Dan Bongino
72	13	C	Canary Cry News Talk	Basil & Gonz
72	5	S	Sensemaker	The Observer
74	12		The Glenn Beck Program	Mercury Radio Arts
75	2		The Jesse Kelly Show	iHeartPodcasts
75	10	B	Badlands Media	Badlands Media
76	—	S	Scheer Intelligence	Scheerpost
76	25	D	Doom Scrollin' with Sam Tripoli and Midnight Mike	Sam Tripoli \| Midnight Mike
77	4		The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast	Salem Podcast Network
77	23	M	Mixed Signals from Semafor Media	Semafor Podcasts
78	26	T	The Edition	The Spectator
81	1	T	Tomlinson Talks	Connor Tomlinson
83	—	T	The Union of the Unwanted	The Union of the Unwanted