6 Best UBI (Universal Basic Income) Podcasts to Listen to (2026)

Author, public speaker, and Unconditional Basic Income advocate. Explorer of all things UBI. Here you will find audio versions of my many articles and blog posts, narrated by me. more

Work and Values in the Age of AI.This series explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping the way we think about Universal Basic Income (UBI), work, and inequality. As UBI is increasingly touted as a response to the economic impacts of automation and technological change, the podcast unpacks the narratives around UBI, shedding light on whose interests they serve and what they leave out. Bringing together economic analysis, critical perspectives on AI discourse, and philosophical reflections on the meaning of work, the series aims to help listeners engage more thoughtfully with UBI as a broader social and ethical question about how we organize work, value, and human life. more

Entrepreneur, best-selling author, nonprofit founder, philanthropist, and former Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang hosts conversations about the biggest issues facing America today. more

The latest podcast from writer and activist Mia Birdsong and The Nation explores how a Guaranteed Income might actually transform people's lives.Mia Birdsong first heard about the concept of Guaranteed Income in the mid-90s through the 1967 writings of Martin Luther King Jr. King. He asserted that 'the time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty' by providing a basic level of material well-being to allow all Americans to truly flourish. Birdsong thought it sounded 'absurd.' As Birdsong notes, 'Free money went against everything I'd learned about being a respectable citizen. But people change and our ideas evolve. I no longer think guaranteed income is absurd.'After years of political education and activism, Birdsong came to reject some ideas that most of us believe: that having a job makes you a whole person, and that you have to earn the things we all deserve to live a good life.From The Nation, More Than Enough is a four-episode podcast that explores the concept of guaranteed income, or 'universal basic income,' through conversations with the experts, people who experience poverty in America.We invite you to listen to these under-explored conversations with Americans about Universal Basic Income: what it is, what it means, and what it says about a culture that so closely correlates deservedness with work. Join Birdsong as she explores the idea of the meaning of work, of inequality, and most importantly, of what America is and what it can be. More Than Enough launches January 15. Sign up for updates at thenation.com/morethanenough (https://www.thenation.com/content/more-than-enough/) . more

A podcast exploring the politics, implications and challenges of the basic income--a policy in which every person would receive a monthly check to cover basic expenses. more

Lucas and Luna examine the structural forces behind global wealth inequality, from inherited advantage to policy-driven income stratification. Each episode centers on a concrete data point — a Gini coefficient shift, a tax reform's real-world impact, a country's UBI experiment — and traces its implications for economic justice. Lucas brings historical context and statistical rigor; Luna presses on human outcomes, asking whose livelihoods are measured and whose are left out. They discuss Thomas Piketty's capital dynamics, Branko Milanovic's elephant curve, and contemporary debates around wealth taxes, minimum basic income, and intergenerational mobility. The show serves listeners who want more than slogans: economists, policy analysts, engaged citizens, and anyone who suspects that 'the wealth gap' is not a single problem but a web of trade-offs. No moralizing, no easy fixes — just clear-eyed conversation about what redistribution actually means, where markets fail, and what a fairer system might cost. Can inequality ever be 'solved', or only managed?#WealthGap #IncomeDistribution #EconomicJustice #Inequality #Piketty #Milanovic #GiniCoefficient #UBI #WealthTax #TaxReform #IntergenerationalMobility #SocialMobility #Economics #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Podcast #DataDriven #PolicyDebateKeep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo more