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These days, it can feel like everyone and their mother has already launched one of the \u201cbest podcasts ever\u201d, meaning that there\u2019s a real deluge of options. Wondering how to care for your succulents? There\u2019s a podcast for that. Want to hear two music nerds do a deep dive on Lorde\u2019s \u201cRibs\u201d? Switched On Pop<\/em><\/a> has you covered. Need to go to sleep, but ideally not to the sound of complete silence? Try giving Nocturne<\/em><\/a> a spin.<\/p>\n The problem, as ever, is knowing exactly what to listen to. There are a gazillion true crime podcasts, for instance, and though some of them are high-calibre, others are, well, terrible. And sometimes even the cadence of someone\u2019s voice, or the production quality of a podcast,\u00a0or the fact its too upbeat, or not upbeat enough, is enough to make you want to switch off.<\/p>\n To that end, we\u2019ve collated a list of only the cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me of the podcast realm \u2013 no matter your interests or preferences. From genuinely gripping true crime pods like Kill List<\/em> and In The Dark<\/em>, to old classics like Esther Perel\u2019s Where Should We Begin?<\/em> and the New York Times<\/em>\u2019s Modern Love<\/em>, read below for Vogue<\/em>\u2019s in-depth guide to the best podcasts to listen to in 2025.<\/p>\n Crimetown<\/p>\n If Martin Scorsese made a podcast, it would probably sound something like Crimetown<\/em><\/a>. Each season is devoted to analysing the history of mafia-related crime in a different American city, starting with Providence, and with the second focussed on Detroit. Hosts Marc Smerling and Zac Stuart-Pontier\u2019s investigation into the mob in Rhode Island\u2019s capital brings to light truly staggering connections between the infamous Patriarca family and a number of high-profile politicians in the state \u2013 including former mayor Buddy Cianci.<\/p>\n Criminal<\/p>\n Vox Media\u2019s Criminal<\/em><\/a> has been running weekly for over a decade \u2013 a testament to its enduring popularity. It\u2019s easy to see why: each week, host Phoebe Judge takes a look at a different crime throughout history and relays it in exceptionally lulling tones (\u201cI\u2019m Phoebe Judge and this is Criminal<\/em>\u201d is enough to relax even the most tightly wound among us). What differentiates Criminal<\/em> from other podcasts is that these aren\u2019t just brutal, salacious murder retellings, but any sort of crime. Sometimes they\u2019re chilling, like the woman who found out her long-term boyfriend was an undercover police officer surveying her, and other times they\u2019re idiosyncratic, like the guy who was the world\u2019s most-wanted butterfly smuggler. One thing they all have in common is that they\u2019re fascinating.<\/p>\n Room 20<\/p>\n In a nursing home in San Diego, a patient known only as Six-Six Garage lies in a vegetative state after a near-fatal car accident, with police labelling him only as an \u201cundocumented\u201d Mexican immigrant. Fifteen years after his initial crash, reporter Joanne Faryon dedicates herself to finding out the truth about his identity and the people he left behind \u2013 the beginning of a shocking investigation into the history of his case. Gripping, timely, and important.<\/p>\n Kill List<\/p>\n If you like being genuinely freaked out and chilled to the bone, then Kill List<\/em><\/a> \u2013\u00a0from Wondery and British tech journalist Carl Miller \u2013 will make for intriguing listening. Here\u2019s the premise: Miller discovers that there\u2019s a murder-for-hire website with hundreds of peoples\u2019 names on the dark web, all of which are completely unaware. When the police are slow to investigate, he then finds himself thrown into a race against time to warn as many people as he can \u2013\u00a0each in various corners of the world \u2013\u00a0about their names being on the list.<\/p>\n In The Dark<\/p>\nThe Best True Crime Podcasts<\/h2>\n