Here you will find episodes relating to coronavirus from a variety of podcasts covering everything from economics to practical advice. You can find podcasts with up-to-date coverage dedicated solely to the outbreak on our Discover List: Coronavirus Updates.
You can also find official coronavirus guidelines from the CDC and from the World Health Organization. Stay safe and stay healthy!

News & Updates
Today Explained
The loneliness pandemic | April 10th |
Six feet away from God | April 9th |
Vote and die | April 8th |
"The Great Equalizer" | April 7th |
The immunity test | April 6th |
Mask on? Mask off? | April 3rd |
6.6 million more unemployed | April 2nd |
Lockdown while locked up | April 1st |
The trouble with Trump’s daily briefings | March 31st |
How Covid-19 attacks your body | March 30th |
Your coronavirus questions, answered (Part II) | March 27th |
The emergency room emergency | March 26th |
The two trillion dollar question | March 25th |
Asia’s second wave | March 23rd |
Giving birth in a pandemic | March 23rd |
Your coronavirus questions, answered | March 20th |
Six feet away | March 19th |
TFW your dad gives you Covid-19 | March 18th |
Can President Trump fix this? | March 17th |
School’s out for Covid | March 16th |
Living in lockdown | March 13th |
How to slow down coronavirus | March 12th |
Coronavirus hits the markets | March 10th |
So you think you have Covid-19 | March 6th |
Covid-19, explained by Carl (who has it) | March 3rd |
Pandemic? | February 26th |
The Daily
The Journal
On The Media
Blindsided | April 10th |
How Hydroxychloroquine Became A Thing | April 8th |
War, What Is It Good For? | April 3rd |
We Live On Zoom Now – And That Might Be a Problem | April 2nd |
Playing The Hero | March 27th |
When Coronavirus Isn’t The Only Crisis | March 25th |
Bracing for Impact | March 20th |
Can Eviction Moratoriums Stop The Bleeding | March 18th |
Civilization, Interrupted | March 13th |
A Unique Petri Dish | March 12th |
Our Bodies, Ourselves | March 6th |
Covering a Pandemic When Institutions Go Dark | March 4th |
Stories of our times
What to read in lockdown | April 12th |
ICU: A doctor’s story | April 9th |
President Trump and the virus | April 8th |
Voices from New York | April 7th |
Brazil: a country divided | April 6th |
Keir Starmer: the man, the party, the crisis | April 5th |
WHO knows best? How to beat the virus | April 2nd |
Fighting the lockdown with a new volunteer army | April 1st |
Lessons in isolation (from Antarctica) | March 30th |
What does the coronavirus mean for jobs? | March 29th |
Love (and divorce) in the time of corona | March 27th |
Lessons from a past pandemic | March 26th |
Living with the lockdown: Meet Norman and Jorge | March 25th |
Bonus episode: You must stay at home | March 24th |
Has the government done enough? | March 23rd |
The Virus: An Olympic sized problem | March 20th |
The Virus: A world shut down | March 19th |
The Virus: Splendid isolation with Jon Ronson | March 18th |
The Virus: When the doctors get sick | March 16th |
The Latest
Why President Trump Changed His Tone on the Coronavirus | March 17th |
Ted Talks Daily
Life Kit

The Science
Short Wave
How To Talk About The Coronavirus With Friends And Family | April 13th |
The "7 Day COVID-19 Crash" | April 10th |
Puerto Ricans Are At Risk From The Coronavirus And A Lack Of Information | April 7th |
How The Coronavirus Could Hurt Our Ability To Fight Wildfires | April 3rd |
Is This Real? Loss of Smell And The Coronavirus | April 1st |
Lessons In Being Alone, From A Woodland Snail | March 30th |
No, The Coronavirus Isn’t Another Flu | March 27th |
Stay Home And Skype A Scientist | March 26th |
Why Is The Coronavirus So Good At Spreading? | March 24th |
Keep Your Distance | March 20th |
Coronavirus Can Live On Surfaces For Days. What That Really Means | March 18th |
Coronavirus Latest: Testing Challenges And Protecting At-Risk Elderly | March 13th |
Coronavirus Is Here. Will Quarantines Help? | March 4th |
A Coronavirus Listener Q&A Episode | February 7th |
Science Vs
Coronavirus: When Will It End? | April 7th |
Coronavirus: Should I Disinfect EVERYTHING? | April 7th |
Coronavirus: Is It Airborne? | April 3rd |
Coronavirus: Are Young People Safe? | March 31st |
Coronavirus: Will Chloroquine Save Us? | March 26th |
Coronavirus: Unmasking the Facts | March 23rd |
Coronavirus: A Story From the Front Lines | March 19th |
Coronavirus: What Should You Do Now? | March 16th |
Coronavirus: Fears and Facts | March 4th |
Ologies
All (Washed) Hands on Deck: How to Help Yourself & Others Right Now with Dr. Michael F. Wells | March 22th |
Virology (COVID-19) with Dr. Shannon Bennett + various ologists | March 10th |
Science Rules! with Bill Nye
Coronavirus: Is Six Feet Enough? | April 10th |
Coronavirus: A Vaccine, Then What? | April 7th |
Coronavirus: Shopping Safely | April 4th |
Coronavirus: The Economics of COVID-19 | April 3rd |
Coronavirus: Your Questions Answered | March 31st |
Coronavirus: What The Numbers Tell Us | March 27th |
Coronavirus: Where Are The Tests? | March 24th |
Coronavirus: How Afraid Should You Be? | March 12th |
Sawbones
Sawbones: Hydroxychloroquine | April 12th |
Sawbones: Ignaz Semmelweis | April 3rd |
Sawbones: Masks | March 30th |
Sawbones: Coronavirus Part 2 | March 22nd |
Sawbones: Revenge of the Weird Medical Questions | March 13th |
Sawbones: Quarantine | March 2nd |
Sawbones: Coronavirus | February 2nd |
This Podcast Will Kill You
COVID-19 Chapter 8: Disparities0 | April 9th |
COVID-19 Chapter 7: Spillover | April 6th |
COVID-19 Chapter 1: Virology | March 23rd |
COVID-19 Chapter 2: Disease | March 23rd |
COVID-19 Chapter 3: Control | March 23rd |
COVID-19 Chapter 4: Epidemiology | March 23rd |
COVID-19 Chapter 5: Vaccines | March 23rd |
COVID-19 Chapter 6: Mental Health | March 23rd |
M-m-m-my Coronaviruses | February 18 |
Reset
The two types of tests we need to end this | April 5th |
Airborne, Explained | March 29th |
What this coronavirus does to your body | March 26th |

The Economics
Freakonomics Radio
This Is Uncomfortable
Zoom therapy in a pandemic | April 9th |
Love in the time of coronavirus | April 2nd |
Hard choices | March 26th |
COVID-19 comforts | March 19th |
The Latest
Why Markets Crashed on Monday | March 9th |
An Arm and A Leg
Makers unite: Speeding PPE to a COVID hospital | April 7th |
Trillions
Takeaways From the Carnage | April 2nd |
What the Actual ETF Is Going on Right Now | March 19th |
Biotech ETFs Vs. The Coronavirus | March 5th |
Planet Money
#990: The Big Small Business Rescue | April 8th |
#989: What If No One Pays Rent? | April 8th |
#988: The Economics Of Hospital Beds | April 3rd |
#987: The Race To Make Ventilators | March 31st |
#986: America Unemployed | March 28th |
#985: Where Do We Get $2,000,000,000,000? | March 26th |
#983: You Asked About The Virus Economy | March 23rd |
#981: How To Test A Counrty | March 18th |
#980: The Fed Fights The Virus | March 16th |
#979: Medicine For The Economy | March 13th |
#978: Coronavirus, Oil, and Kansas | March 11th |
#977: Where’s The Vaccine? | March 6th |
The Indicator from Planet Money

Isolation
Short Wave
Coronavirus Is Closing Schools: Here’s How Families Can Cope. | March 17th |
Life kit
The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
The Science of Happiness
Remembering to Breathe | April 9th |
Staying Close While Physical Distancing | March 26th |
It’s Been a Minute with Sam Sanders
Death, Sex & Money
A Weekend Homework Assignment From Tayari Jones | April 10th |
"We Are The Glue": Stories From Essential Workers | April 1st |
A Surgical Nurse On Being Essential | March 30th |
What Rockstars And Sober People Already Know About Quarantine | March 25th |
We Made A Pandemic Tool Kit | March 20th |
Alone Together: A COVID-19 Call-In | March 13th |
The Indicator from Planet Money
Working From Home | March 17th |
Hysteria
"The Good Hysteria" | March 19th |
Call Your Girlfriend
Homebodies | March 20th |
Corona Community | March 13th |
Happier with Gretchen Rubin
Bonus: Coping During COVID-19: How to Stay Happier and Calmer in Difficult Times | March 14 |

Other related episodes
Reset
The Internet Has a Crush on Dr. Fauci | April 12th |
Will your favorite restaurant survive? | April 9th |
Your phone knows if you’re staying at home | April 7th |
The race to make more ventilators | April 2nd |
There’s no social distancing in Animal Crossing | March 31st |
Is Amazon primed for coronavirus? | March 24th |
How quickly can we treat covid-19? | March 19th |
Does stopping coronavirus require more surveillance? | March 10th |
The coronavirus rumor mill | March 5th |
Over the Road
Another Update From the Road | March 31st |
Brief Update From the Road | March 18th |
Code Switch
Why The Coronavirus Is Hitting Black Communities Hardest | April 11th |
A Treacherous Choice And A Treaty Right | April 8th |
When Fear Of The Coronavirus Turns Into Racism And Xenophobia | March 4th |
Eater’s Digest
Hidden Brain
Playing Tight And Loose | April 6th |
Close Enough: Living Through Others | March 30th |
An Unfinished Lesson | March 23rd |
Panic in the Streets | March 16th |
Short Wave
The Surprising Origin of Some Timely Advice: Wash Your Hands | January 31st |
The Daily
Special Episode: Jody’s Playlist | March 27th |
Special Episode: This Tom Hanks Story Will Make You Feel Less Bad | March 15th |
Worst Year Ever
The Reasonable Person’s Guide To Prepping | March 17th |
99% Invisible
397- Wipe Out | April 7th |
394- Roman Mars Describes Things As They Are | March 17th |

Other Great Resources
28 Podcasts for Social Distancing During the Coronavirus Outbreak
Some excellent coronavirus podcast episodes, videos, and links
Reply All Call-Ins over twitch “We want to connect with you. We are going to be taking calls several days in the coming weeks.”
Check twitter to find when they are streaming live.
Avery Trufelman, a producer of 99% Invisible, has a nightly poetry series.
Wow in the World will be releasing shows daily and have a worksheet to go along with episodes to get your kids thinking and learning.
Some Good News with John Krasinski highlights good news from around the world with some very special guests.