United Nations Podcasts

As podcasts continue to grow in popularity around the world, we are featuring over 70 series and standalone podcasts produced by the United Nations, its agencies, funds and programmes. Search through our A-Z list or check-out our one-stop shop below to start listening now. United Nations podcasts are available on most mainstream platforms, including; Spotify, Apple, Google or Soundcloud.

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UN: Science Forward

Welcome to Science Forward, the podcast of the UN Secretary-General’s Scientific...
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UN: Climate, Crisis and Courage

The Climate Security Mechanism at the United Nations and the UN System Staff College,...
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OHCHR: Economies that Work for All

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk asked a powerful question that...

United Nations Podcasts (A-Z)

UN ECA: Sustainable Africa

Podcast series produced by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.

UN Geneva: Catch-Up Dateline Geneva

15-minute news podcast from the UN News team, covering the week’s headlines from UN agencies and their partners in the Swiss city and beyond.

UN Geneva: It Takes a Global Crisis

'It Takes a Global Crisis', a series of four special episodes produced by the UN Library & Archives Geneva in collaboration with the SDG Lab.

UN Geneva: ONU Info Genève

L’essentiel de l’actualité de la semaine du Palais des Nations et de la Genève internationale alimentée par les journalistes du Service de l’information des Nations Unies à Genève.

UN Geneva: The Next Page

Conversations with experts, recordings of events at the UN Library in Geneva and insights into the UN.

UN Geneva: UN Roundup

Learn about the events that are on each week at the United Nations with Daniel Johnson and Katt Cullen.

UN Women: Holosy (‘voices’ in Ukrainian)

New podcast series to look at the Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent war through a gender lens.

UN: Climate, Crisis and Courage

The Climate Security Mechanism at the United Nations and the UN System Staff College, with the support of Berghof Foundation, are launching Climate, Crisis,...

UN: Science Forward

Welcome to Science Forward, the podcast of the UN Secretary-General’s Scientific Advisory Board. Featuring world-leading scientists, it explores today’s...

UNAIDS: ‘Against the Odds’

asks some extraordinary people what made them winners when all the odds were stacked against them.

UNCDF: Capital Musings

economic development experts, thought-leaders and private sector leaders discussing critical issues at the intersection of development finance.

UNCTAD: Weekly Tradecast

podcasts explore how major economic events affect developing countries and the lives of billions of people around the globe.

UNDP: Digital What!?

a podcast series that explores the digital landscape from the perspective of various experts, taking you from Digital..What!? To Digitally Savvy!

UNDP: Disengaged ft Camilla Brückner

Camilla Brückner is the Director of the United Nations office in Brussels and the representative of the UN system...

UNDP: Humans of UNDP

hear firsthand stories from your colleagues around the world about how digital comms transformed their work and their communities.

UNDP: The Insider podcast

The podcast ‘The Insider: Stories of Building Peace’, developed by the EU and UNDP, celebrates the unsung heroes who, through insider mediation, contribute to building peace and stability from within their communities.

UNDRR: Voices in Resilience

In each episode, UNDRR tells you how environmental disasters can be prevented. In addition to sharing stories of resilience (in Spanish).

UNDRR: Water Management

Managing water resources, such as rivers and groundwater, can play a key role in reducing the death and destruction from future disasters.

UNECE: Innovation Matters

explores how innovation, or experimentation with ideas to create value, is changing our world and could drive progress toward the SDGs.

UNECE: One World, Zero Waste? The Circular Economy Explained

Explores some of the key challenges and opportunities from a circular economy, with insights from a diverse range of expert guests.

UNECE: UN Forest Podcast

Each episode of The UN Forest Podcast features special guests and speakers who bring you insights on forests as our strongest allies in fighting climate change and creating a sustainable future for ourselves and generations to come.

UNECE: URBAN Matters

series asks mayors and urban experts how they can join forces to share ideas and address city challenges related to the pandemic.

UNEP: Financing Nature (Special COP27)

the five-episode series builds awareness of the need for private finance in delivering the nature-positive outcomes we urgently need for climate mitigation and adaptation.

UNEP: Resilience – The Global Adaptation Podcast

The podcast that brings you inspiring stories from people all over the world who are adapting to climate change in practical, creative and innovative ways.

UNEP: State of the Planet

This podcast brings together scientists, UN experts, civil society, governments, businesses and others to discuss the world’s most pressing environmental challenges.

UNESCO Arab Latinos !

"Arab Latinos!" celebrates Arabic cultural influences within the diverse social fabric of Latin America and the Caribbean.   Additional links: Listen...

UNESCO Green Citizens podcast

New UNESCO Green Citizens podcast series brings you to the frontlines of citizen-led climate action from the comfort of wherever you are.

UNESCO: “Great Voices of UNESCO”

Five new "Great Voices" podcasts are now available, featuring the timeless words of major thinkers and personalities (French)

UNESCO: “Think Critically, Click Wisely”

The podcast series is a condensed version of UNESCO's Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Think Critically, Click wisely: Media and Information Literacy in the next normal.

UNESCO: “Your Heritage, Your Story”

UNESCO has launched “Your Heritage, Your Story”, a new podcast series that brings World Heritage sites of Latin America and the Caribbean to life through powerful stories, expert voices and memories.

UNESCO: Art-Lab

Artivists! The Art-Lab program programmed by UNESCO's Human and Social Sciences Sector, which gives a voice to artists committed...

UNESCO: Leadership for Equality

“Leadership for Equality”, a unique podcast series to build new momentum for gender equality. The series features fantastic women leaders joining their voices to celebrate women’s successes.

UNESCO: Leading SDG4 conversations

Curated by the SDG 4 High-Level Steering Committee's Inter-Agency Secretariat, based at UNESCO. Join thought leaders and experts in transformative education as they engage in insightful discussions, sharing valuable knowledge and best practices to propel us towards achieving the Education goal by 2030.

UNESCO: Media and Information Literacy

Media and information literacy are like glasses to see facts and truth:   Additional links: Listen to all episodes More UNESCO...

UNESCO: Ocean

The Ocean We Need for the Future We Want Join a blue adventure to discover how UNESCO programmes are delivering...

UNESCO: The Policy Nerd Podcast Channel

The place where top thinkers come to talk concrete data and debate policy solutions that would reset us along a more equitable and smarter path.

UNESCO: The UNESCO Courier

In its podcast series, The UNESCO Courier, the flagship magazine of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, deals...

UNESCO: The Wave

This platform, “The Wave”, is a podcast series that will endeavour to challenge leaders of the African and Afro-Descent...

UNFCCC: It’s Possible

UNFCCC series that aims to inspire positive change, unpack the climate emergency, and connect science and action.

UNHCR: Forced To Flee

Seven-part series revisits major upheavals that shaped the past 70 years through the eyes of displaced people and others caught up in events.
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