Podcasts about Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Phillies' season ended at the hands of the Braves. On October 2, Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast posted The Philadelphia Phillies 2026 Season Ends at the Hands of the Braves, and Kincade & Salciunas posted Initial Thoughts From The End Of The Phillies Season (Hour 1). By October 16, Broad Street Hockey: A Philadelphia Flyers Podcast was asking Is This The Worst Flyers' Start Ever? Flyers Fall To 0-6-3. Sports talk dominates this Philadelphia selection, and a listener arriving this autumn hears mourning first.

Stay longer and one argument turns up in rooms that otherwise share nothing: who gets to ask the public for patience, and what they owe in return. On Brotherly Pod, a voice answering Danny Briere's request for time puts it flatly: "Show the fans. Otherwise, it's just words." The city's civic arguments also rest on promises about the future. In August 2026, Chalkbeat reported a school facilities plan involving 17 closures over a decade. Mayor Cherelle Parker supported it, and some councilmembers wanted schools taken off the list. In September 2026, SEPTA announced Accelerate, which it presented as a plan for safer, more reliable and accessible service.

The news shows are quieter than the sports feeds, and the history and food shows add a longer memory.

What Philadelphia is

Philadelphia is in the northeastern United States. Pew's April 2026 report put the city's population at 1,574,281 in 2025, a figure for the city, not the metropolitan area. Its economy includes health care, biotechnology, information technology, trade and transportation. Its history includes the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

The week, the budget and the block

The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio is the plainest route into civic Philadelphia. Host Matt Leon and station reporters take the week one story at a time. Storms, PHL security lines, and rail delays make for messy week in the City of Brotherly Love moves from unpaid TSA officers to storm cleanup to SEPTA's regional rail. Asked whether the breakdowns point back to funding, Mike DiNardo's segment answers in two words: "It does."

A week later, Could PHL's TSA disaster soon be over? follows the money. Pat Loeb reports on City Council's hearings over Parker's $7 billion budget proposal, where the dollar-a-trip rideshare tax took the biggest hit. Raquel Williams discusses a projection that about 248,000 Philadelphia County households could lose some or all of their SNAP benefits by 2034. The same feed also carries "White glove" treatment for students impacted by facilities plan | After School with Dr. Tony Watlington Sr.

Geography does real work on The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio. In CHOP garage collapse, and America 250 may draw less tourism than we thought, the Grays Ferry collapse is set beside neighbors who had opposed the garage. They had worried about traffic and air quality after the nearby refinery explosion in 2019.

Bridging Philly, also from KYW, slows down. Racquel Williams gives guests room, from a period-products shed modeled on South Philly's community fridges to the Share Food Program. Shara Dae Howard brings back Jill Scott at Girls High, recalling her early jobs and block-party gigs: "I'm all over this city."

CitizenCast, from the Philadelphia Citizen, carries How to Really Run a City. Larry Platt hosts former mayors Michael Nutter of Philadelphia and Kasim Reed of Atlanta. Much of it concerns cities in general, a bridge to the United States page. But Nutter's memory in The cities doing transportation right is pure Philadelphia: a City Hall open house pushed back for a colleague's family funeral, and 4,000 people still in line.

Gone Cold: Philadelphia Unsolved Murders handles gun violence soberly, and it includes a shooting survivor's account. In Ricochet, Part 3: The Wound, Lou Berrios, shot after his first Eagles game, describes the moment: "When I think about gunshots, I think about pain. I felt nothing."

The Flyers, argued from every seat

April's playoff run gave the Flyers shows their best hours. Philadelphia Flyers vs. Carolina Hurricanes (4/13/26) - The Press Row Show Postgame, from Snow the Goalie: A Flyers Podcast, catches the shootout that clinched a spot. The hosts link it to Briere's own 2010 shootout as a player. "There was a feeling, a release of years of pain," one says.

Locked On Flyers - Daily Podcast On The Philadelphia Flyers, with Rachel Donner and Russ Cohen, is the steadier daily. In Porter Martone Debut Timing & The Philadelphia Flyers playoff race; Plus, our Lehigh Valley Phantoms Prospect Report! they work through tiebreakers, warning that "it's not real math."

The rest cover the full range of mood. In its playoff preview, a host on Broad Street Hockey: A Philadelphia Flyers Podcast apologizes to Rick Tocchet for doubting him. Brotherly Pod's Frequent Flyer #313 "Breakfast at Denny's" makes the case for firing him. In Flyers Are Playoff Bound! with Bill Meltzer, from O&B Puckcast - A Philadelphia Flyers Podcast, one voice keeps season tickets without living in Philadelphia because it "makes my soul feel better."

Baseball, and the morning drive

Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast is a Phillies roundtable with Liz Roescher, editor of the Baseball Research Journal. Phillies Win Rockies Series, Prepare For San Francisco House of Horrors offers a neat paradox: there is no way to win a series against the Rockies, because a sweep proves nothing and anything less looks bad. The show counsels against "hyperventilating" over a slow start, and its patient analysis delivers.

Kincade & Salciunas, weekday mornings on 97.5 The Fanatic, is the city's sports mood in real time. In It's Go Time (Hour 1), with Flyers and Sixers playoff series about to start, one host describes a chance conversation at a Wawa and predicts that people "rolling out of Mass" will be talking about the teams. Mike Sielski and Rob Ellis brings in the Inquirer's Scott Lauber to weigh the Phillies' relief options.

Birds and Sixers

4th and JAWN, a weekly Eagles show, sounds like a crowded room. In 4th and Jawn Episode 509: Eagles vs Cowboys Preview, a host lists the "go birds" traded with strangers, starting with a grandmother in an Acme parking lot. Birds 365: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast, with John McMullen and Zander Krause, leans analytical.

For the Sixers, 76ers Insiders includes Matt Murphy's postgame radio, with Tom McGinnis on the call. Sixers Punch Ticket Past Magic, Set Up Celtics Series replays a deep Tyrese Maxey three, and the crowd's eruption, on the way to a 109-97 play-in win. Philly Take with RB: A Philadelphia 76ers (Sixers) Podcast is fan media at full volume. In PHILADELPHIA 76ERS SIGN LEBRON JAMES!!!!!!!!!! (BREAKING NEWS), the host says "My hands are shaking, bro" and takes calls from New Jersey and the Bronx.

History read aloud

Art and History Guide to Pennsylvania reads aloud a guide compiled in 1917 and published in 1924. 002 - Philadelphia Historic Firsts runs from William Rittenhouse's paper mill on Wissahickon Creek in 1690 to the Automat that Horn and Hardart opened at 818 Chestnut Street on June 9, 1902. The narration is flat, but the details accumulate. Its county episodes lead to the Pennsylvania page.

Other shows go deeper:

• All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories: Samuel Perkins and the City Hall Cats profiles the president of the Public Buildings Commission, who kept 30 scrapbooks of its controversies.
• Found in Philadelphia: Episode No. 13 – Steam, Steam (kind of) Revolution: Philly Streets in the 1830s and 40s shows an 1838 rail line colliding with the open-air market that named Market Street.

At the table

What's Cooking, KYW's food show with Hadas Kuznits, has episodes from 2023. In Celebrity Chef Nick Liberato opens new Jewish deli in Newtown, Bucks County, co-owner Mike Dalowitz explains the "be a mensch" mantra on the neon sign.

Where to start

• For the civic-minded newcomer: The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio, Storms, PHL security lines, and rail delays make for messy week in the City of Brotherly Love. It covers airport, weather, transit and the funding question underneath.
• If you want joy with a lump in the throat: Snow the Goalie: A Flyers Podcast, Philadelphia Flyers vs. Carolina Hurricanes (4/13/26) - The Press Row Show Postgame. Hear it for the joy.
• For thoughtful baseball: Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast, Phillies Win Rockies Series, Prepare For San Francisco House of Horrors. It is calm, clever and easy to join.
• For a gentler listen: Bridging Philly, Pads, tampons, and breast pumps for all | Jill Scott comes home to Philly. It pairs mutual aid with a homecoming.
• For the long memory: Art and History Guide to Pennsylvania, 002 - Philadelphia Historic Firsts. Notice how the firsts accumulate.

The Philadelphia feed on this page plays clips from these shows.