Apple Picks Its Favorite Podcasts For 2019, Lists Most Popular

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APPLE has selected its picks for best podcasts of 2019 in three genres and has released lists of the year's most popular shows and new shows as well as the company's "2019 Favorites.".

NPR's "WHITE LIES" was named "Best True Crime Show," QCODE's "CARRIER" was tabbed "Best Fiction Show," and THE NEW YORK TIMES' "1619" was honored as "Best History Show."

The list of "Most Popular Shows Overall" for 2019 included:

• "THE JOE ROGAN EXPERIENCE"
• iHEARTRADIO/HOWSTUFFWORKS' "STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW"
• RAMSEY SOLUTIONS' "THE DAVE RAMSEY SHOW"
• THE DAILY WIRE's "THE BEN SHAPIRO SHOW"
• "TED TALKS DAILY"
• EXACTLY RIGHT's "MY FAVORITE MURDER WITH KAREN KILGARIFF AND GEORGIA HARDSTARK"
• NPR and WHYY INC. News-Talk WHYY/PHILADELPHIA's "FRESH AIR"
• NPR's "PLANET MONEY"
• NPR's "UP FIRST"
• BARSTOOL SPORTS' "PARDON MY TAKE"
• CROOKED MEDIA's "POD SAVE AMERICA"
• NPR's "TED RADIO HOUR"
• NPR's "HOW I BUILT THIS WITH GUY RAZ"
• AUDIOCHUCK's "CRIME JUNKIE"
• "THIS AMERICAN LIFE"
• ARMCHAIR UMBRELLA's "ARMCHAIR EXPERT WITH DAX SHEPARD"
• OWN's "OPRAH'S SUPERSOUL CONVERSATIONS"
• ESPN RADIO's "THE DAN LE BATARD SHOW WITH STUGOTZ"
• NPR's "THE NPR POLITICS PODCAST"
• NPR's "HIDDEN BRAIN"
• FOX SPORTS RADIO's "THE HERD WITH COLIN COWHERD"
• THE RINGER's "THE BILL SIMMONS PODCAST"
• GARY VAYNERCHUK's "THE GARYVEE AUDIO EXPERIENCE"
• iHEARTRADIO/HOWSTUFFWORKS' "STUFF YOU MISSED IN HISTORY CLASS"

On the list of the year's "Most Popular New Shows" were:

• ABC NEWS' "THE DROPOUT"
• WONDERY's "OVER MY DEAD BODY"
• WONDERY's "THE SHRINK NEXT DOOR"
• TENDERFOOTTV and CADENCE13's "TO LIVE AND DIE IN LA"
• TNT and CADENCE13's "ROOT OF EVIL"
• WONDERY and the LOS ANGELES TIMES' "MAN IN THE WINDOW"
• iHEARTRADIO's "THE RON BURGUNDY PODCAST"
• PINEAPPLE STREET MEDIA's "THE CLEARING"
• DR. PHIL MCGRAW's "PHIL IN THE BLANKS"
• TENDERFOOTTV's "CULPABLE"
• ENDEAVOR AUDIO's "BLACKOUT"
• RAMBLE's "STUPID GENIUS WITH EMMA CHAMBERLAIN"
• NPR's "WHITE LIES"
• THE NEW YORK TIMES' "1619"
• CBS NEWS' "MOBITUARIES WITH MO ROCCA"
• NBC NEWS' "THE THING ABOUT PAM"
• EXACTLY RIGHT's "JENSEN AND HOLES: THE MURDER SQUAD"
• HBO's "THE CHERNOBYL PODCAST"
• PUSHKIN INDUSTRIES' "AGAINST THE RULES WITH MICHAEL LEWIS"
• JAY SHETTY's "ON PURPOSE"
• NPR's "THROUGHLINE"
• LOS ANGELES TIMES' "ROOM 20"
• HUBBARD News WTOP/WASHINGTON and PODCASTONE's "22 HOURS: AN AMERICAN NIGHTMARE"
• iHEARTRADIO's "CHELSEA HANDLER: LIFE WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME"
• NICK VIALL's "THE VIALL FILES"

APPLE's list of its favorites included:

• ABC NEWS' "THE DROPOUT"
• TNT and CADENCE13's "ROOT OF EVIL"
• EARWOLF and TEAM COCO's "CONAN O'BRIEN NEEDS A FRIEND"
• WNYC STUDIOS' "DOLLY PARTON'S AMERICA"
• CRIMETOWN PRESENTS' "THE BALLAD OF BILLY BALLS"
• ENDEAVOR AUDIO's "BLACKOUT"
• PUSHKIN INDUSTRIES' "AGAINST THE RULES WITH MICHAEL LEWIS"
• TENDERFOOTTV and CADENCE13's "TO LIVE AND DIE IN LA"
• BBC WORLD SERVICE's "13 MINUTES TO THE MOON"
• THE NEW YORK TIMES' "1619"
• THE NEW YORK TIMES' "THE DAILY"
• NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC's "OVERHEARD"

And getting a shout from APPLE as "More Shows We Loved" were:

• QCODE's "CARRIER"
• WONDERY and THE ATHLETIC's "THE LEAD"
• CBS NEWS' "MOBITUARIES WITH MO ROCCA"
• ESPN AUDIO's "30 FOR 30 PODCASTS"
• THE WASHINGTON POST's "MOONRISE"
• SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO News-Talk KPCC/PASADENA-LOS ANGELES' "THE BIG ONE"
• NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC RADIO's "PATIENT ZERO: LYME DISEASE"
• iHEARTRADIO and JAKE BRENNAN's "DISGRACELAND"
• NPR's "WHITE LIES"
• CURBED's "NICE TRY!"

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