Podcasts

Podcasts covering the civic technology field that especially seek to raise awareness of the work being done by governments, organizations, and movements.

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Whistleblowing Now and Then Podcast
whistleblowingnetwork.org/Learn/Podcast

Whistleblowing Now and Then Podcast

Whistleblowing Now and Then is hosted by Anna Myers, Executive Director of the Whistleblowing International Network.

Glasgow
Learn about civic tech, Podcasts, Whistleblowing
The Mappyist Hour archives
projectgeospatial.org/partner-content/the-mappyist-hour

The Mappyist Hour archives

Archived podcast on everything geospatial. Original air dates 2017 - 2021.

Virginia
since 2025
Archives, Podcasts, Learn about civic tech
The Functional Government Podcast
youtube.com/@fxgov

The Functional Government Podcast

Government doesn't have to suck.

Canada 🇨🇦
since 2025
Learn about civic tech, Podcasts, Shows and films
Computer Says Maybe
themaybe.org/podcast

Computer Says Maybe

A podcast about the politics of technology

United States of America 🇺🇸
since 2024
Learn about civic tech, Podcasts
podcasts
Demokrasia Bis (the Mobile Citizens Lab)
undp.org/timor-leste/news/empowering-youth-one-stop-time

Demokrasia Bis (the Mobile Citizens Lab)

The Mobile Citizens Lab will travel to various communities across the country, providing young people, who are often excluded from national dialogues, the tools and information they need to engage in...

Timor-Leste (Timór Loro Sa’e) 🇹🇱
since 2024
Podcasts, Listening, Narrative tech
youth, United Nations Development Programme
Democracy Innovators Podcast
democracyinnovators.com

Democracy Innovators Podcast

People behind innovative tools and ideas for the next generation of democracy.

Europe
since 2025
Learn about civic tech, Podcasts
podcasts
Cyborgfeminista
cyborgfeminista.tedic.org

Cyborgfeminista

Una espacio virtual en el que buscamos ocupar y recuperar una internet democrática explorando el cruce entre género y tecnologías.

Padre Cardozo 719 c/ Teniente Ruiz, Las Mercedes, Asunción
Newsletters, Podcasts, Diversity & Inclusion
Gender Equality, women
Caixa-Preta
internetlab.org.br/pt/podcasts/podcast-caixa-preta

Caixa-Preta

Caixa-Preta é um podcast que trata de assuntos ligados ao impacto da tecnologia na sociedade.

São Paulo
Learn about civic tech, Podcasts, Ethical tech and responsible tech
podcasts
Cabo Eleitoral
internetlab.org.br/pt/podcasts/cabo-eleitoral

Cabo Eleitoral

O podcast traça um panorama sobre os impactos e as mudanças que a internet trouxe para as campanhas eleitorais.

São Paulo
since 2025
Organize campaigns, Advocacy tech, Learn about civic tech
podcasts
Antivírus
internetlab.org.br/pt/podcasts/podcast-antivirus

Antivírus

Debates sobre tecnologia, direitos e pandemia

São Paulo
Learn about civic tech, Podcasts, Ethical tech and responsible tech
podcasts
Dadocracia
creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/dadocracia

Dadocracia

Um podcast voltado para as mais diversas discussões entre tecnologia e sociedade. Listen on Spotify

São Paulo
Podcasts, Learn about civic tech
podcasts
Tech for Good podcast
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjjEH_gP2q_ogDagJTOahN40qiRP0Agqz

Tech for Good podcast

Podcast / Youtube series by Bethnal Green Ventures

Podcasts, Shows and films
g0v Underground 零時電台
linktr.ee/g0vpodcast

g0v Underground 零時電台

g0v podcast

Taiwan (T'ai-wan) 🇹🇼
Podcasts, Learn about civic tech
podcasts, g0v
CrossOver
crossover.social

CrossOver

Tracking the role of algorithms on the spread of disinformation

Finland (Suomi) 🇫🇮
Media, Media and social media analysis, Dashboards
Machines Like Us
mediatechdemocracy.com/all-podcasts/category/Machines+Like+Us

Machines Like Us

Machines Like Us is a technology show about people.

Canada 🇨🇦
since 2022
Learn about civic tech, Podcasts
podcasts
Good Standing podcast
goodstanding.app/links

Good Standing podcast

Good Standing is dedicated to exploring how individuals and organizations are driving real-world impact.

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
since 2025
Podcasts, Learn about civic tech
podcasts
The Great Battlefield Podcast
greatbattlefield.com

The Great Battlefield Podcast

A podcast about the political entrepreneurs and other progressive leaders who are finding new and improved ways to fight.

United States of America 🇺🇸
Podcasts, Advocacy tech
podcasts, Project 2025
Nonviolent Action Lab Podcast
nonviolent-action-lab-podcast.simplecast.com

Nonviolent Action Lab Podcast

The Nonviolent Action Lab Podcast brings you the latest research, insights, and ideas on how nonviolent action can — or sometimes fails — to transform injustice.

Harvard Kennedy School, John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA
since 2024
Podcasts, Learn about civic tech, Advocacy tech
podcasts
NGI0: Next Generation Internet podcast
podcast.nlnet.nl/@NGIZero

NGI0: Next Generation Internet podcast

Conversations with the people building the Next Generation Internet (NGI). They’re working on free and open source technologies to make the internet more resilient, secure, trustworthy, accessible and...

Netherlands (Nederland, Holland) 🇳🇱
Podcasts, Open internet, Learn about civic tech
podcasts
Google Daily Listen
theverge.com/2025/1/9/24339765/google-labs-daily-listen-ai-generated-podcast-overviews

Google Daily Listen

"Google can turn your Discover feed into an AI-generated podcast" - The Verge

Mountain View, CA
Media, Journalism, Civic features
Google
OpenCouncil
opencouncil.gr

OpenCouncil

Demystify local government and enable citizen participation

Greece (Ellas, Ellada) 🇬🇷
Engagement tech, Podcasts, Civic data APIs
local, city, TikTok
mySociety's podcast
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMbWpADzhTC5euGdcWRX_nJ2UYF2NVp-X

mySociety's podcast

Tune in to learn the latest on our work in Democracy, Transparency, Community and Climate.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
since 2024
Podcasts, Learn about civic tech
podcasts
The Sunday Show
techpolicy.press/podcast

The Sunday Show

The Sunday Show is the weekly (and sometimes more often) podcast from Tech Policy Press.

since 2021
Learn about civic tech, Podcasts, Tech or Digital Policy
Chit-Chat Japan
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chitchatcode

Chit-Chat Japan

In this podcast, we (Hal and Saya) will explore civictech in Japan and across the world.

Japan (Nihon or Nippon) 🇯🇵
since 2024
Learn about civic tech, Podcasts
podcasts
Civic Tech in Africa podcast
civictech.africa/category/podcasts

Civic Tech in Africa podcast

Civic Tech in Africa with Nathi Mcetywa is a podcast by the Civic Tech Innovation Network. The podcast focuses on the profiling of civic tech initiatives, civic innovators, activists, researchers, soc...

Johannesburg, South Africa
since 2023
Learn about civic tech, Podcasts
Community Broadband Bits Podcast
communitynets.org/broadbandbits

Community Broadband Bits Podcast

Community Broadband Bits is a weekly audio show hosted by Community Broadband Networks Initiative Director Christopher Mitchell featuring interviews with people building community networks or otherwis...

Podcasts, Community wifi, Internet governance
Samara Centre for Democracy
samaracentre.ca/podcasts/humans-of-the-house-podcast

Samara Centre for Democracy

Humans of the House has received national media coverage and has been the #1 show in the Government category for several weeks on Apple Podcasts where it has also been featured as a New & Noteworthy S...

Canada 🇨🇦
Podcasts, Govtech, Supporting public sector from outside government
Six Degrees Podcast with Kevin Bacon
sixdegrees.org/podcasts

Six Degrees Podcast with Kevin Bacon

A podcast bringing you one degree closer to nonprofits making an impact in the world.

since 2024
Podcasts
2024 Webby Awards, Occupy
Public Square (podcast)
open.spotify.com/show/4emzN5ogigaKfRsyTUMCzV?si=6Ii9Rg0LQQuIqE2xXuo5hg

Public Square (podcast)

Podcast by CitizenLab

Learn about civic tech, Podcasts, Engagement tech
The Great Battlefield
resistancedashboard.com/the-great-battlefield

The Great Battlefield

How the Resistance is Mobilizing

United States of America 🇺🇸
Podcasts, Advocacy tech, Organize campaigns
podcasts, partisan
Future of Journalism
open.spotify.com/show/13LOjCqk1CIbHcsuRuNOXr

Future of Journalism

Podcast from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

University of Oxford, 1 St Giles', Oxford OX1 3JS, UK
Podcasts, Media, Journalism
podcasts
JAAKLAC iniciativa podcast
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jaaklac

JAAKLAC iniciativa podcast

JAAKLAC iniciativa promueve la educación digital crítica para desarrollar el conocimiento sobre cómo las tecnologías digitales afectan a sociedades, al medioambiente y para ampliar la partcipación col...

Finland (Suomi) 🇫🇮
Digital rights, Digital security and privacy, Digital literacy
podcasts
Ampliando Democracia (podcast)
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ampliando-democracia

Ampliando Democracia (podcast)

Ampliando Democracia, un podcast para los que el voto les sabe a poco.

Madrid (Spain)
since 2023
Podcasts, Learn about civic tech
podcasts
Trait d'Union Podcast
traitdunionpodcast.com

Trait d'Union Podcast

Vous ne comprenez rien à l’Europe ou à l’Union européenne ?

France 🇫🇷
Civic literacy, Podcasts
podcasts
Humanitarian AI Today
humanitarianai.org/podcasts.html

Humanitarian AI Today

Humanitarian AI Today is podcast series produced by the Humanitarian AI meetup groups.

Artificial Intelligence, Podcasts, Disaster response and humanitarian tech
podcasts
Digitally Yours Podcast
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/digitallyyourspodcast

Digitally Yours Podcast

Technoloxia's podcast series that brings you an in-depth look into the digital landscape in North Africa. Latest debates at the intersection of technology, policy and Society.

Tunisia (Tunis) 🇹🇳
Podcasts, Learn about civic tech
podcasts
En Garde!
guardianproject.info/podcast

En Garde!

The Guardian Project Podcast

Podcasts, Digital security and privacy
podcasts
Democracy Decoded
campaignlegal.org/democracy-decoded

Democracy Decoded

Podcast of the Campaign Legal Center

Washington, DC
Podcasts, Civic literacy
2023 Webby Awards
In Case You Missed It
govtech.com/icymi

In Case You Missed It

Join us weekly for government technology news, trends and interviews. Tune in live each Friday at 12:00 PM PT.

100 Blue Ravine Road, Folsom, CA 95630
Shows and films, Podcasts, Learn about civic tech
Audible reckoning: How top political podcasters spread unsubstantiated and false claims
brookings.edu/essay/audible-reckoning-how-top-political-podcasters-spread-unsubstantiated-and-false-claims

Audible reckoning: How top political podcasters spread unsubstantiated and false claims

Brookings report: Using a combination of analytical methods – including natural language processing, machine learning, and manual classifying – this research provided the first overarching assessment...

Washington, DC
since 2023
Podcasts, Media, Fight disinformation
reports
The Voices of Public Interest Technology podcast
anchor.fm/vopit-podcast

The Voices of Public Interest Technology podcast

In just 30 minutes, we bring you insightful interviews with public interest technologists and guest experts on such pressing public interest issues as social justice, inequality and internet rights, t...

Learn about civic tech, Podcasts
Bedrock, USA Podcast
bloomberg.com/bedrock-usa?sref=0IejgNtz

Bedrock, USA Podcast

Our “Bedrock, USA” podcast explored the rise of far-right extremism in two local governments.

Podcasts, Govtech
local, towns
The Local Authority Podcast
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-local-authority-podcast/id1567923043

The Local Authority Podcast

The Local Authority is the podcast from LGC and TPXimpact. Each month we will bring together leading figures from within and around local government to discuss one aspect of the sector’s future.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Govtech, Podcasts
All Tech Is Human Library Podcast Series
alltechishuman.org/all-tech-is-human-library-podcast

All Tech Is Human Library Podcast Series

The All Tech Is Human Library Podcast is a special 16-part series featuring a series of rapid-fire intimate conversations with academics, AI ethicists, activists, entrepreneurs, public interest techno...

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
Podcasts, Ethical tech and responsible tech
Conversations with Volunteers
esahub.podbean.com

Conversations with Volunteers

Open Mapping Hub Eastern & South Africa's podcast

Southern and East Africa
Podcasts, Mapping
No Minor Futures
jaaklac.org/nominorfutures

No Minor Futures

No Minor Futures is a public education campaign amplifying children's hopes and fears about AI technology. It uses animations, podcasts, workshops, and social media.

Digital literacy, Artificial Intelligence, Podcasts
youth
Startups for Good Podcast
startupsforgood.com

Startups for Good Podcast

High-Growth High-Values Ventures

Podcasts
Disinformation and its discontents
oecd-ilibrary.org/education/disinformation-and-its-discontents_b8856732-en

Disinformation and its discontents

OECD podcast episode

OECD, Rue André Pascal, Paris, France
Podcasts, Fight disinformation
What’s Crap on WhatsApp?
whatscrap.africa

What’s Crap on WhatsApp?

Podcast dedicated to unpacking the disinfo spreading on Whatsapp

South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika) 🇿🇦
Media, Fight disinformation, Podcasts
WhatsApp, YouTube
Media Matters for Pakistan
mediamatters.pk

Media Matters for Pakistan

Media Matters for Pakistan is a web based initiative, designed to act as an informal watchdog over the mainstream media in Pakistan.

Pakistan 🇵🇰
Media, Fight disinformation, Watchdogging and transparency
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