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How to Get Booked on Overheard at National Geographic

Overheard at National Geographic is a science podcast with 160 episodes. Your strongest route into Overheard at National Geographic starts with evidence from its feed and the contact path this show publishes.

Topics this show lists for itself

  • Society & Culture

Read from the show’s own feed on September 12, 2026. These are the words the show uses about itself, not our classification. Pitch in them.

Overheard at National Geographic is not affiliated with Let's Make A Podcast. We cannot book its guests.

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What Overheard at National Geographic is about

Come dive into one of the curiously delightful conversations overheard at National Geographic’s headquarters, as we follow explorers, photographers, and scientists to the edges of our big, weird, beautiful world. Hosted by Peter Gwin and Amy Briggs.

In the show’s own words, from its public feed.

Published
weekly
Latest episode
Jul 11, 2023
Catalogue
160 episodes

Heads up: Overheard at National Geographic has not published a new episode since July 2023 (over 3 years), as of our feed read on Aug 23, 2026. Check the feed before you spend time on a pitch.

Recent episodes

Listen to a few of these before you pitch, then reference one by name.

  • Trapped in the icy waters of the Northwest Passage
  • Playback: Modern Lives, Ancient Caves
  • Playback: This Indigenous Practice Fights Fire with Fire
  • Playback: Rooting, from Into the Depths
  • Playback: Ancient Orchestra

Episode list read from the show’s public RSS feed on 2026-08-23.

3 show-specific steps to pitch Overheard at National Geographic

  1. 1

    Listen before you pitch

    Start with the latest episode of Overheard at National Geographic currently “Trapped in the icy waters of the Northwest Passage”. Listen for how National frames the conversation, then make your angle fit Overheard at National Geographic.

  2. 2

    Send it to the address Overheard at National Geographic publishes

    Overheard at National Geographic's feed publishes a contact address. We do not print Overheard at National Geographic's address on public pages. A free account opens a pre-addressed draft for Overheard at National Geographic in your mail app; we never send it. Overheard at National Geographic's own site is nationalgeographic.com, so a booking or about link would be there, and that route needs no account. Get the address for Overheard at National Geographic. Open nationalgeographic.com.

  3. 3

    Lead with a specific, relevant angle

    Hosts want a researcher or communicator who can make a complex finding clear and vivid. Open with one sentence on why you fit Overheard at National Geographic and the exact topic you would bring to an episode. See our pitch template, or write it now, prefilled for Overheard at National Geographic, then grade the draft against Overheard at National Geographic.

Pitch basics: read the complete guide. Overheard at National Geographic is listed from Apple Podcasts (iTunes Search API), public directory data; its host can manage it below.

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