Best Celebrity Interview Podcasts (2026): 10 Top Shows
Last updated August 2026.
Celebrity interviews are everywhere, but most of them are terrible. The best celebrity podcasts work because the host actually knows how to have a conversation — not just read a press kit. These 10 celebrity interview podcasts get genuine, surprising, often very funny moments out of famous people, whether it's an A-lister plugging a film or an athlete finally speaking freely.
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What's new for 2026
We've refreshed this guide for 2026 and checked every show below is still releasing new episodes. The big addition this year is Good Hang with Amy Poehler, one of 2025's breakout celebrity interview podcasts — it goes straight in at number 7. Want more? Line up our best comedy podcasts and the wider best podcasts of 2026.
1. SmartLess
Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett take turns surprising each other with a mystery guest. The chemistry between the three hosts is the real draw — the A-list guests are almost a bonus. Consistently one of the funniest interview shows going.
2. Armchair Expert
Dax Shepard is disarmingly honest about his own flaws, which makes his guests open up in ways they rarely do elsewhere. Conversations go deep on psychology, addiction, relationships and ego. Monica Padman's fact checks at the end are half the fun.
3. Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend
Conan is funnier without a desk and a studio audience. His interviews spiral into absurd tangents, bits with his assistant Sona and producer Matt, and genuine warmth. The best episodes feel like eavesdropping on two friends who happen to be famous.
4. Call Her Daddy
Alex Cooper turned a college dorm show into one of the biggest interview podcasts in the world. She gets huge guests — athletes, musicians, actors, even presidential candidates — and pushes conversations into places other interviewers avoid. Blunt, entertaining and massively popular for a reason.
5. Table Manners
Jessie Ware and her mum Lennie cook dinner for a celebrity guest, and the result is always warmer and more revealing than a studio interview. The food chat alone is worth it. A uniquely British take on the celebrity podcast.
6. Hot Ones: The Podcast
Sean Evans is one of the best celebrity interviewers alive — his research is legendary. The podcast extends those conversations beyond the hot wings. Guests consistently say it's the best interview they've ever done, and they're usually right.
7. Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Amy Poehler's 2025 debut is exactly what the title promises — a genuinely good hang. She brings famous friends like Tina Fey, Ike Barinholtz and Natasha Lyonne on for loose, warm, very funny conversations. The comic timing you'd expect, plus a real curiosity about how people actually work.
8. WTF with Marc Maron
Marc Maron basically invented the celebrity podcast interview from his garage. Over a thousand episodes in, he still gets raw, unfiltered conversations out of actors, comedians and musicians. The Obama episode is famous, but the lesser-known ones are often better.
9. The Diary of a CEO
Steven Bartlett interviews everyone from neuroscientists to pop stars, and the conversations are long, detailed and rarely surface-level. He asks the questions most hosts avoid. It's become one of the UK's biggest podcasts for good reason.
10. Club Shay Shay
Shannon Sharpe brings the same energy from his sports broadcasting career into long-form interviews with athletes, entertainers and cultural figures. He's not afraid to ask uncomfortable questions, and his guests clearly respect him for it.
Keep listening
If it's the laughs you're after, most of these hosts turn up in our best comedy podcasts guide too. Club Shay Shay and Hot Ones fans should check the best sports podcasts, and for a full spread across every genre see the best podcasts of 2026.
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Podcast Alarm is a fully featured podcast player and alarm. You can set up queues of your favourite episodes and listen to them whenever you like. Why not subscribe to your favourite podcast and have the latest episode wake you up every weekday morning. There are lots of screenshots and videos in our "How to set a podcast as an alarm on iphone?" blog post.
