Year-End Lists

Nicholas Quah: The Best Podcasts of 2022, as published by New York Magazine’s Vulture

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018]

1. Dead Eyes, "Tom"
2. Normal Gossip
3. The Trojan Horse Affair
4. Mother Country Radicals
5. The 11th, "His Saturn Return"
6. HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
7. The Prince
8. The True Crime of Your Frozen Death, "Imaginary Advice"
9. Sounds Like A Cult

Honorable Mentions (by U.S. release date)

• Frog of the Week
• This Is Dating
• Sorry About The Kid
• Wild Boys
• Authentic: The Story Of Tablo
• Let's Make A Sci-Fi
• Crypto Island
• The Town with Matthew Belloni
• The Superhero Complex
• Truthers: Tiffany Dover Is Dead*
• Ghost Church by Jamie Loftus
• Will Be Wild
• Deliver Us From Ervil
• Not Lost
• Slow Burn: Roe v. Wade
• The Draymond Green Show, "TGame 3"
• Choosing Sides: F1
• My Mother Made Me
• Shameless Acquisition Target
• Crooked City: Youngstown, OH
• The Walk Home
• Death of an Artist: The Ana Mendieta and Carl Andre Story
• We Were Three

The Economist: The Best Podcasts of 2022

[see also 2023]

• Can I tell you a secret?
• Death of an Artist: The Ana Mendieta and Carl Andre Story
• Ghost Church by Jamie Loftus
• How We Survive
• Not Lost
• The Run-Up
• Unreal: A Critical History of Reality TV
• Wild Boys
• Will Be Wild
• We Were Three

Eliana Dockterman: The 10 Best Podcasts of 2022, as published by Time Magazine along with a recommended starter episode for each one.

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020]

1. Normal Gossip
2. The Superhero Complex
3. The Trojan Horse Affair
4. This Is Dating
5. Borderline Salty
6. Scam Goddess
7. The Tennis Podcast
8. Short History Of…
9. Ruined
10. Valley Heat