Most credit union podcasts didn't exist five years ago. Now there are enough that the problem has flipped — it's not finding one, it's filtering. Leadership shows, regulatory deep dives, trade-group messaging, lending strategy, even individual CUs launching their own — the credit union podcasts worth following in 2026 depend entirely on what's keeping you up at night.
Credit Union Podcasts on Leadership and Strategy
The CUInsight Experience
The CUInsight Experience, with Randy Smith and Jill Nowacki of Humanidei, leans hard into the people side of running a credit union — leadership philosophy, personal development, the cultural questions that don't show up on a balance sheet. It's not trying to break news and doesn't pretend to. That's exactly why it works. If you're a CEO who spends all day in the numbers and needs something that pulls you back to the management side, this is a consistent pick.
The CU2.0 Podcast
Robert McGarvey's CU2.0 Podcast is one of the few shows in the space willing to be blunt. The conversations hit fintech, digital strategy, competitive pressure, and the structural questions that polite industry panels tend to skip over. When you need something sharper than the conference keynote version of a topic, McGarvey usually delivers.
The Credit Union Leadership Podcast
Mike Neill, Taylor Murray, and Scott Albrecht run The Credit Union Leadership Podcast out of ServiStar Consulting, and it stays closer to the ground than most leadership shows. Culture, service execution, employee engagement, succession — the operational realities of actually managing people inside a credit union. Less vision-casting, more "here's what's breaking in your org chart."
News and Trade-Group Voices
Shared Accounts with CU Times
Shared Accounts, hosted by Michael Ogden and Natasha Chilingerian, has the advantage of sitting inside an actual newsroom. The format is one topic per episode, explored through longer conversations with practitioners and industry figures. It lands somewhere between news recap and long-form analysis — useful if you want more depth than a headline but don't need a 90-minute lecture.
A CU Seat at the Table
A CU Seat at the Table is America's Credit Unions' podcast, hosted by Anthony Demangone. It covers policy, advocacy, compliance, and whatever the national association is focused on at the moment. For executives, it's a useful direct line into what the association is prioritizing and how they're framing it — the kind of context that helps you read between the lines on the regulatory and legislative side.
Regulatory and Exam-Focused
With Flying Colors
If you only add one niche credit union podcast this year, With Flying Colors is the one. Mark Treichel spent 33 years at NCUA, including time as Executive Director, and his show through Credit Union Exam Solutions gets into examination frameworks, supervisory expectations, and the regulatory documents that actually drive how your institution gets graded. Compliance officers and risk leaders already know about it. CEOs who don't should.
Credit Union Podcasts on Lending and Operations
Credit Union Conversations
Mark Ritter's Credit Union Conversations through MBFS focuses on the lending and business strategy side — commercial credit, rate environment, portfolio decisions, the practical math of growing in a tighter market. It's built for CFOs and lending executives more than generalists, and that's what makes it useful. Narrow beats broad when you're trying to solve a specific problem.
When Credit Unions Build Their Own Shows
On the Money with Kaylee Greene
A different category worth watching: credit unions producing their own podcasts. Orlando Credit Union's On the Money with Kaylee Greene is a solid example. These aren't aimed at the C-suite — they're member-facing, built to educate, build trust, and extend the institution's voice beyond the branch and the app. It's a smart play, and the credit unions doing it well are turning content into a real channel for member engagement.
Where the Gaps Are
The pattern is obvious once you look at it. Leadership? Covered. Lending? Covered. Trade-group messaging and regulatory commentary? Well represented. What's still underserved: technology operations, cybersecurity, vendor and third-party risk management, AI governance, and board-level strategic content that goes beyond the motivational.
That's a problem, because those are exactly the areas where credit union complexity is accelerating fastest. The institutions dealing with core conversions, fraud rings, digital banking platform decisions, and NCUA's increasing scrutiny of third-party relationships need operating-level conversations from people who've done the work. Whoever builds that show next will find an audience that's been waiting.
In the meantime, pick two or three credit union podcasts that match your actual job — not your aspirational reading list — and stick with them. A CEO might pair a leadership show with a regulatory one. A CLO might skip the soft stuff entirely and go straight to Ritter. A compliance officer puts Treichel at the top and works down from there. The value isn't breadth. It's relevance.