These 11 New Podcasts From September 2020 Are Too Good to Miss

Italian real-estate-mogul-turned-politician Silvio Berlusconi was one of the longest-serving prime ministers in his country's history and one of the most powerful men in the world — that is, until 2010, when women came forward with claims about Berlusconi's questionable parties. Comedian Whitney Cummings hosts this eight-part Wondery podcast that tells the story of Berlusconi's epic rise and fall.

Listen to Bunga Bunga now.

Hosted by author Carvell Wallace and American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Deputy Director Jeffery Robinson, this podcast (which was created by Ben & Jerry's and produced by Vox Creative) looks back on certain tipping points in United States history. The objective: to dissect America's legal, political, and social systems, as well as the white-supremacist foundation on which they were built.

Listen to Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America now.

Hosted by comedian Rory Scovel and Conan producer Ruthie Wyatt, Team Coco's Dads: The Podcast is all about the wild journey that is fatherhood (which Scovel recently embarked on himself). The hosts are joined each episode by celebrity friends, such as Conan O'Brien, to discuss the mysteries of being a parent and share hilarious anecdotes about their own kids.

Listen to Dads: The Podcast now.

Created by C13Originals Studios in association with History, this 10-part documentary podcast series highlights some of the most powerful speeches in American history. Author and historian Jon Meacham hosts the series, offering expert insight into the speeches, such as Martin Luther King Jr.'s final speech and Robert F. Kennedy's eulogy following MLK's assassination.

Listen to It Was Said now.

Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard hosts this HeadGum podcast series with friend and fellow actor Billy Bryk, and it's based on one of their favorite subjects: movies. Together, the besties discuss their favorite movies of all time, as well as movies they wish existed but haven't been made just yet.

Listen to Lackluster Video now.

Mayor of South Bend, IN, and former presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg hosts this series, which questions what the US can do to turn the 2020s around. Though the first year of this decade hasn't set a great tone, Buttigieg believes we're still on the precipice of a new chapter, and in the series, he engages in conversations with activists, politicians, authors, scholars, and entertainers, among others, to confront America's big challenge.

Listen to The Deciding Decade With Pete Buttigieg now.

Hosted by reporters Lisa Hagen and Chris Haxel, NPR's No Compromise is an investigative series that takes listeners deep into a movement for gun-rights advocacy, one that's to the right of the National Rifle Association (NRA) and gaining momentum by the minute. Together, Hagen and Haxel explore how three brothers — Aaron, Chris, and Ben Dorr — began a social media empire with an absolutist gun-rights stance, as well as a tactical playbook that is now being used by other antigovernment figures.

Listen to No Compromise now.

According to an estimate from the Innocence Project, there are currently over 20,000 innocent people locked away in US prisons whose cases remained unsolved. In this investigative podcast from the Obsessed Network, journalist Maggie Freleng takes a deep dive into just one of those cases, telling the story of an inmate's fight for justice and exoneration.

Listen to Unjust & Unsolved now.

Without discomfort, there is no growth — at least, according to Yes Theory cofounders Thomas Brag, Matt Dajer, and Ammar Kandil. In this Headspace Studios podcast, the three cofounders discuss the idea that discomfort may be the key to happiness, sharing behind-the-scenes stories and talks with expert guests.

Listen to The Yes Theory Podcast now.

Most news stories have an explanation. Others . . . are a bit more complicated. Hosted by The Fall Line co-creator Laurah Norton, One Strange Thing searches the nation's news archives for stories that simply don't add up or provide a logical conclusion, and things definitely get strange.

Listen to One Strange Thing now.

Luke Kirby (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) and Lauren Lapkus (Orange Is the New Black) lend their voices to the new scripted series Things We Don't Talk About, available exclusively on Audible. Written by Justin Heimberg, the podcast "is about the love and sex lives of multiple generations of an eccentric nuclear family."

Listen to Things We Don't Talk About now.