8 podcasts that cover today's hot topics

Carla Hall takes the time on her podcast to connect with people who have found success through adversity. Her guests discuss how they overcame challenges to get to where they are now.

Pineapple Street Studios and BuzzFeed News dissect the most powerful banks in the world to uncover how they've facilitated the worst in humanity - from terrorism and human trafficking to the drug trade.

Hosts Carvell Wallace and ACLU Deputy Director Jeffery Robinson go back into the tipping points of history to examine the white supremacist foundation and how the country's social systems were created.

Kennedy tackles politics, culture, and parenting with the help of guests from authors, politicians, MTV legends, and Fox News compatriots.

Host Stephanie Wittels Wachs confronts massive epidemics with humanity, wit, and a quest for progress. Season 2 gets into the growing suicide rate in the country while talking to experts.

Historian Jon Meacham dissects the most important speeches in history and analyzed them through the lens of the present. He'll get into their origins, the person who spoke, and the context of the times.

In this podcast, dive into how politics become policy and the stuff that shapes our lives. Hosts Matthew Yglesias, Ezra Klein, Dara Lind, Jane Coaston, and other Vox voices go "into the weeds" on important national issues.

Mark Levin, a talk radio host and leading author in conservative politics, talks about all things politics and the state of America.