NPR Podcasts Now Available On Spotify

From classic NPR favorites like Fresh Air to TED Radio Hour, to the media giant's latest viral titles like Invisibilia, Hidden Brain, and How I Built This, all of NPR's podcasts have a home on Spotify.

Fans new and old are part of the one-third of Americans who listen to podcasts, with 12 percent streaming 10 hours or more each week. As podcasts bleed ever more into office talk and dinner conversation ("You have to listen to this episode of NPR's How I Built This!"; "I'm obsessed with NPR's Hidden Brain podcast - it's like they know me!") they're increasingly a way to stay culturally relevant and on top of the latest trends. We listen to them at home as we unwind, on the road or rails as we commute, and while we work—and we're listening to them on Spotify like never before.

To date, people have spent hundreds of millions of hours listening to podcasts on Spotify, the number two podcast listening destination in the world. With the addition of NPR's colossal catalogue, Spotify's platform is expected to be an even bigger magnet for podcast junkies across the globe.

"For both Spotify and NPR, joining forces just makes sense, and we're delighted to bring NPR podcasts to Spotify users," said Dossie McCraw, Global Head of Podcast Partnerships at Spotify. "Podcasts are gifts you give yourself in moments of the day when you want to catch up on the news or hear thoughtful commentary on issues affecting us all or just have some fun with a game show like Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!"

"This collaboration is a huge step towards greater discoverability," said Goldthwaite. "Be it science or music or news or conversation, NPR podcasts on Spotify are another place for audio-hungry ears to feast."

To listen to NPR's robust podcast library on Spotify, check out the Podcast Hub under Browse.