This is not a list of Deaf podcasts but rather a page to highlight the inherit inaccessibility of podcasts. Without transcripts for Deaf people to read, they are cut off from this source of media. Much like they were Podcast’s precursor: radio. Back in 2021, the National Association for the Deaf has a lawsuit against some of the major players. It’s still ongoing. Here’s the running list of updates.

That said, in January of 2024, Apple started pushing transcriptions for their platform: https://podcasters.apple.com/support/5316-transcripts-on-apple-podcasts. Interestingly enough, Apple was not named in the NAD lawsuit.

It will be interesting to see if Apple sets a trend that forces the plaintiffs to invest in transcriptions too.