40 Best Academic Podcasts

1. The Academic Life

A podcast for your academic journey and beyond! Created and produced by Dr. Christina Gessler, the Academic Life podcast is inspired by today's knowledge-producers around the world, working inside and outside the academy.
Podcast newbooksnetwork.com
Producer/Network Christina Gessler
Email ****@newbooksnetwork.com
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 7.3KTwitter Followers 3K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 61 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. Academic Life in Emergency Medicine

Educational podcasts about academics, life, and clinical emergency medicine
Podcast aliem.com
Producer/Network Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
Email ****@aliem.com
Apple Rating 4.2 / 5Facebook Followers 25.3KTwitter Followers 24.7KInstagram Followers 7.2K Frequency 1 episode/month Avg Length 30 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

3. The Academic Imperfectionist

The Academic Imperfectionist combines philosophical analysis and coaching insights to help you dump perfectionism and flourish on your own terms. Your host is Dr Rebecca Roache, a coach and Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of London.
Podcast academicimperfectionist.com
Producer/Network Rebecca Roache
Email ****@academicimperfectionist.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 464Twitter Followers 1K Frequency 2 episodes/month Avg Length 26 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

4. Association of Academic Physiatrists

The AAP is a professional society for today's and tomorrow's leaders in academic physiatry - from medical students to department chairs to scientists. We offer a range of podcasts to support your mentorship, leadership and discovery.
Podcast soundcloud.com
Producer/Network Physiatry News
Email ****@physiatry.org
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 1.9KTwitter Followers 6.8KInstagram Followers 5.9K Frequency 2 episodes/week Avg Length 26 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

5. This Academic Life

This is an academic podcast for everyone who inspires to be a successful STEM educator and researcher. In each show, we share stories and look into the incredible journey that impacts STEM education and research. Our goal is to encourage, inspire, and support each other as we all explore and thrive in This Academic Life.
Podcast rss.com
Producer/Network STEM Talent LLC
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 14 Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 27 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

6. The Semi-Professional Academic Podcast

Academia and education consists of many different types of people and personalities. Join me every Friday as I interview a new guest to discover more about the lives, tales, stories, heartbreaks, and triumphs of academics from all walks and stages of life. We will keep it respectful, tell our stories, give good advice, and also laugh because we don't take ourselves TOO seriously around here haha.
Podcast thesemiprofessionalacademicpodcast.buzzsprout.com
Producer/Network Jakeb Watts
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.2 / 5Twitter Followers 13Instagram Followers 209 Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 69 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

7. Fookn Conversation

How are we talking about the 'academicky' stuff that informs our lived experiences? In response to such questions, Dr. Nicholas Ng-A-Fook invites you to delve deeper into the lives and thinking of different public intellectuals, writers, artists, community activists, politicians, school administrators, and teachers.
Podcast fooknconversation.com
Producer/Network Nicholas Ng-A-Fook
Email ****@uottawa.ca
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 3.1K Frequency 2 episodes/quarter Avg Length 62 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

8. Academic Conversation with Merten & Morgan

Our mission is to provide effective educational services that produce high-quality outcomes for learners of all ages.
Podcast soundcloud.com
Hosts Alicia Merten, Mary Morgan
Producer/Network Merten & Morgan Educational Services
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 102Twitter Followers 1KInstagram Followers 56 Frequency 1 episode/quarter Avg Length 35 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

9. AcademicCME Podcast

Enjoy Jointly Accredited Continuing Medical Education podcasts developed by AcademicCME in several advancing disease states. These programs are developed to bring the practicing clinician current with the latest science and provide optimal strategies on applying this science to practice
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Producer/Network Patrick Hayes
Email ****@academiccme.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 601 Frequency 2 episodes/quarter Avg Length 32 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

10. Mrs Mummy PhD

This podcast is for Mamas on scholarly journeys who want more than degrees, titles, and accolades out of life because we're not just PhD mothers... we are purposeful Scholarly Mamas!This podcast aims to help Mamas like you, who are pursuing PhDs, to navigate your scholarly journeys with purpose, so you can achieve your life and academic goals, without sacrificing what matters!As a Mama of three boys, juggling scholarly life with marriage and motherhood for many years, host Dr. Michelle Gibbs, fully understands how challenging this journey can be. 
Podcast feeds.buzzsprout.com
Host Host Dr. Michelle Gibbs
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 85Twitter Followers 115Instagram Followers 1.4K Frequency 3 episodes/month Avg Length 35 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

11. Uncharted

For ambitious young people, university life presents remarkable opportunities and challenges - the most fundamental of which is how to carve out their own path. Welcome to 'Uncharted', a podcast where Pioneer alumni share how they have navigated making some of the most important decisions every university student faces. Uncharted is hosted and produced by alumni of the Pioneer Research Program. Widely respected for its high standards in selectivity and academic rigor, it is the only fully-accredited and college-credit bearing online research program for high school students.
Podcast podcasts.apple.com
Producer/Network Pioneer Academics Alumni
Email ****@pioneeracademics.com
Facebook Followers 1.2KTwitter Followers 96Instagram Followers 18.6K Frequency 11 episodes/year Avg Length 45 min Listen on Spotify Play Get Email Contact

12. Academic Innovations

Academic Innovations highlights the scholarly and teaching accomplishments of High Point University faculty.
Podcast academicinnovations.buzzsprout.com
Email ****@highpoint.edu
Frequency 4 episodes/year Avg Length 34 min Listen on Spotify Play Get Email Contact

13. Academically Speaking

Academically Speaking, a UCF College of Undergraduate Studies Podcast . The College of Undergraduate Studies provides students with a robust and individualized course of study
Podcast undergrad.ucf.edu
Producer/Network Academically Speaking, a UCF College of Undergraduate Studies Podcast
Email ****@ucf.edu
Facebook Followers 644Twitter Followers 151Instagram Followers 2.2K Frequency 10 episodes/year Avg Length 33 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

14. AcademicTransfer Career Advice Podcast

A bi-weekly podcast covering all tips and tricks for starting or pursuing a research career in The Netherlands. Hosted by Jeroen Sparla, the managing director of AcademicTransfer. AcademicTransfer is since 1997 been the leading career platform for researchers worldwide with research- and scientific job openings in The Netherlands.
Podcast academictransfer.com
Email ****@academictransfer.com
Facebook Followers 4.4KTwitter Followers 13.7KInstagram Followers 519 Frequency 2 episodes/quarter Avg Length 11 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

15. The Academic Revolution

Welcome to The Academic Revolution Podcast, hosted by Inga Hofmann, MD, a Harvard-trained Pediatric Oncologist, Physician Leadership Coach, and Founder of the Physician Scientists Coaching Program. If you are like most academic physicians, you want to know the secret to creating a highly successful academic career, without sacrificing your personal life. But the truth is that the traditional academic system is broken, leaving more and more professionals like you wanting to give up.
Podcast theacademicrevolution.buzzsprout.com
Producer/Network Inga Hofmann, MD
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 140Twitter Followers 164Instagram Followers 475 Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 21 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

16. The Academic Citizen

An independent podcast about critical issues in higher education. An academic citizen is anyone who is part of the higher education community. They are engaged in pedagogy or research or both, and are committed to furthering knowledge, education and the advancement of society from their disciplinary position. An academic citizen sees their work in higher education as a public project, both in terms of being partially funded by taxpayer money, and in terms of the contributions they wish to make to the world around them.
Podcast the-academic-citizen.org
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 551Twitter Followers 221Instagram Followers 257 Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 28 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

17. Mission & Academics

This podcast showcases the thinking, inspiration, goals, and dreams of Brookfield Academy teachers, staff, and parents as they guide young people on their educational journey - always striving for academic excellence and good character.
Podcast brookfieldacademy.org
Email ****@brookfieldacademy.org
Facebook Followers 2.2KTwitter Followers 343Instagram Followers 1.3K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 17 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

18. Academics of PA

Academics of PA focuses on the individuals and research that comprise the field of public administration.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Producer/Network Bruce McDonald, Josie Schafer, and William Hatcher
Email ****@ncsu.edu
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 316Twitter Followers 1.4K Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

19. The Academic Freedom Podcast

The official podcast of the Academic Freedom Alliance, a nonpartisan and ideologically diverse coalition of faculty members committed to defending free speech in academia. We interview a diverse array of scholars about the latest developments in the academic freedom movement, from breaking news, to precedent-setting court cases, to modern takes on the timeless principles that underlie professorial free speech.
Podcast academicfreedom.org
Email ****@academicfreedom.org
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 636Twitter Followers 3.9K Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

20. Academics and Amigos

Academics and Amigos is a podcast where Anthony sits down and talks with various friends in and out of academia. This is a podcast for scholars and non-scholars to discuss their research and/or topics they are passionate about.
Podcast podcasts.apple.com
Producer/Network Academics and Amigos
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 412Instagram Followers 249 Listen on Spotify Play Get Email Contact

21. Academic Survival

Thirty percent of students drop out of college during the 1st year. The transition from high school to college is a struggle for many students. I interview current and former college students about their freshman year experience and I invite guests who share topics relevant to college life.
Podcast podcasts.apple.com
Producer/Network Shandra L. McDonald
Email ****@shandralmcdonald.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Frequency 1 episode/year Avg Length 44 min Listen on Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

22. Asatru Academics

Ásatrú is the belief in the Norse gods. It is an indigenous, European religion. Think Vikings, Thor, Odin, etc. The etc. is what I talk about. There's a ton of irresponsible bozos spitting out their opinions as facts online about the people, practices, beliefs, and history just for virtual likes and subscribers.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Producer/Network Asatru Academics
Email ****@outlook.com
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 346Twitter Followers 56Instagram Followers 763 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

23. The Academic Operations Podcast

Hear inside stories from the people that make higher ed work and explore what it means to successfully deliver on the academic experience.
Podcast podcasts.apple.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Listen on Spotify Play Get Email Contact

24. the agile academic

A Podcast for Women in Higher Education
Podcast theagileacademic.com
Producer/Network Rebecca Pope-Ruark
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 2.5K Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

25. An Academic's Life

This podcast isn't about the theory and research we do--it's about our real lives. Join Genesea Carter, PhD in rhetoric and composition, as she shares her personal journey through academia. This podcast is for academics (and the academic curious) who want to have real conversations about academic life--the system, the work, the students, the compensation, the stress, the happiness. If you feel alone in academia, this podcast is for you.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

26. Thriving Academics

Thriving Academics is a podcast for professors and academics who want practical tools for thriving in academia. Professor and Master Certified Coach Ulya Tsolmon, Ph.D., combines her academic experience and coaching insights to focus on physical and mental wellness so that academics can create their best work and live their best life.
Podcast buzzsprout.com
Email ****@womenfaculty.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Instagram Followers 65 Frequency 2 episodes/year Avg Length 20 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

27. The RCR CRASH!

The RCR CRASH! The podcast series is all about Clinical Radiology Academics Speaking Honestly. Join Tom Turmezei, the 2020 RCR Roentgen Professor in a series of discussions with radiologists from across the UK who are all passionate about research. Exploring the motivations, challenges, and rewards of a career in academic radiology there promises to be rich discussion from people at all stages of their research journey.
Podcast rcrcrash.podbean.com
Producer/Network rcrcrash
Email ****@gmail.com
Twitter Followers 527 Since Oct 2020 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

28. Academic Defectors

Author, educator, musician, and Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology, host Jillian Marshall chats with fellow PhDs who left the academy behind. Episodes feature first-hand accounts of PhDs across disciplines who share what drew them to academia, why they chose to leave, and what they've been up to since. Academic Defectors offers fascinating insight into the notoriously opaque academic world, while archiving the increasingly important stories of PhDs forging a new path.
Podcast zencastr.com
Producer/Network Jillian Marshall
Email ****@protonmail.com
Twitter Followers 170 Frequency 1 episode/year Avg Length 65 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

29. Demystifying Academic Freedom

Join Dr. Marc Spooner (University of Regina) and Stephen Hurley (voicEd Radio Canada) for an in-depth exploration of Academic Freedom on Canada's post-secondary landscape. Insightful guests and powerful case studies highlighting current tensions, new opportunities and ongoing challenges in protecting this important dimension of Canada's colleges and universities.
Podcast voiced.ca
Hosts Stephen Hurley, Dr. Marc Spooner
Producer/Network Dr. Marc Spooner and Stephen Hurley
Email ****@voiced.ca
Facebook Followers 138Twitter Followers 5KInstagram Followers 207 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

30. VIEW to the U

We are based at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) campus. Telling one UTM story at a time.Interviews are conducted and edited by Carla DeMarco. Original music by Tim Lane.I wish to acknowledge this land on which the University of Toronto Mississauga operates. For thousands of years it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit.
Podcast soundcloud.com
Producer/Network Carla DeMarco
Email ****@utoronto.ca
Twitter Followers 2.3K Frequency 6 episodes/year Avg Length 32 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact