40 Best NPR Science Podcasts

1. Invisibilia

Unseeable forces control human behavior and shape our ideas, beliefs, and assumptions. Invisibilia Latin for invisible things fuses narrative storytelling with science that will make you see your own life differently.
Podcast npr.org
Hosts Kia Miakka Natisse, Yowei Shaw
Producer/Network NPR
Email ****@npr.org
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 6.8MTwitter Followers 8.7MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 1 episode/month Avg Length 38 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube 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. Short Wave

New discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines - all in about 10 minutes, every weekday. It's science for everyone, using a lot of creativity and a little humor. Join host Maddie Sofia for science on a different wavelength.
Podcast npr.org
Producer/Network NPR
Email ****@npr.org
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 6.8MTwitter Followers 8.7MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 3 episodes/week Avg Length 14 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

3. Science Friday

Brain fun for curious people.
Podcast wnycstudios.org
Producer/Network Science Friday and WNYC Studios
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.3 / 5Facebook Followers 6.8MTwitter Followers 8.7MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 21 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

4. Living on Earth

As the planet we call home faces a climate emergency, Living on Earth is your go-to source for the latest coverage of climate change, ecology, and human health. Hosted by Steve Curwood.
Podcast loe.org
Producer/Network World Media Foundation
Email ****@loe.org
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 7.6MTwitter Followers 8.7MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 3 episodes/month Avg Length 53 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

5. Cool Science Radio

From the discovery of new dinosaurs to the science of an avalanche. From the secret technology behind Facebook, to nanotechnology. Deciphering science and technology in an entertaining, amusing and accessible way. If we can understand it, so can you. Hosted by Lynn Ware Peek and John Wells.
Podcast npr.org
Producer/Network Lynn Ware Peek, Katie Mullaly
Email ****@kpcw.org
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 6.8MTwitter Followers 8.7MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 53 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

6. Blue Dot

Blue Dot, named after Carl Sagan's famous speech about our place in the universe, features interviews with guests from all over the regional, national and worldwide scientific communities. Host Dave Schlom leads discussions about the issues science is helping us address with experts who shed light on climate change, space exploration, astronomy, technology and much more. Dave asks us to remember: from deep space, we all live on a pale, blue dot.
Podcast npr.org
Producer/Network Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 6.8MTwitter Followers 8.7MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 52 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

7. This Green Earth

This Green Earth is a weekly, hour-long program that focuses on the environment and environmentalism. Co-hosts Christopher Cherniak and Nell Larson explore the science, politics, economics and ethics behind the environment, natural resources and sustainability. The program includes interviews with local and national experts in the fields of water resources, air quality, environmental policy, fossil and renewable fuels, climate, conservation, ecosystems, agriculture, aquaculture and sustainability.
Podcast npr.org
Producer/Network Chris Cherniak, Claire Wiley
Email ****@kpcw.org
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 6.8MTwitter Followers 8.7MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 46 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

8. Creature Comforts

Each week, Libby Hartfield, Retired Director of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, brings a specialist into the studio to answer your questions about various animals we see in Mississippi. And of course, Dr. Troy Majure, Veterinarian at the Animal Medical Center of Jackson answers your pet questions. Each week, you'll learn more about the animals that live in our homes and the animals who live in the world around us. You'll also find out more about family-friendly exhibits and events at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science in Jackson.Email your pet and animal questions to animals@mpbonline.org and listen to Creature Comforts Thursday mornings at 9 a.m. CST on MPB Think Radio.
Podcast play.acast.com
Producer/Network Jason Klein
Email ****@mpbonline.org
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 6.8MTwitter Followers 8.7MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 45 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

9. Outside/In

A show about the natural world and how we use it. We explore science, energy, environmentalism, and reflections on how we think about and depict nature, and always leave time for plenty of goofing off.
Podcast npr.org
Producer/Network NHPR
Email ****@nhpr.org
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 6.8MTwitter Followers 8.7MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 3 episodes/month Avg Length 32 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

10. The Point

WCAI's award-winning public affairs program. Tuesday through Thursday, Mindy Todd hosts a lively and informative discussion on critical issues for Cape Cod, the Islands and the South Coast. Every Friday is the News Roundup, as CAI News Director Steve Junker speaks with news editors and reporters from around the region.
Podcast npr.org
Producer/Network Mindy Todd , Steve Junker
Email ****@capeandislands.org
Facebook Followers 7.6MTwitter Followers 8.7MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 4 episodes/week Avg Length 47 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

11. Radiolab

Radiolab is on a curiosity bender. We ask deep questions and use investigative journalism to get the answers. A given episode might whirl you through science, legal history, and into the home of someone halfway across the world. The show is known for innovative sound design, smashing information into music. It is hosted by Jad Abumrad, Lulu Miller, and Latif Nasser.
Podcast npr.org
Producer/Network Radiolab
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5 Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 42 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

12. Living Permaculture

Permaculture is a design system for ecological and sustainable living, integrating plants, animals, buildings, people and communities. Living Permaculture airs on KDNK on the 4th Wednesday of every month.
Podcast npr.org
Producer/Network Jerome Osentowski, Vanessa Harmony
Email ****@kdnk.org
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 6.8MTwitter Followers 8.7MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 1 episode/month Avg Length 28 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

13. The Pulse

Go on an adventure into unexpected corners of the health and science world each week with award-winning host Maiken Scott. The Pulse will take you behind the doors of operating rooms, into the lab with some of the world's foremost scientists, and back in time to explore life-changing innovations. It explores the questions that make people go, 'Yeah, why is that?' It tells stories from ground level, where illness, healing and discovery are personal. The Pulse celebrates science, and covers breakthroughs with healthy skepticism.
Podcast whyy.org
Host Maiken Scott.
Producer/Network NPR
Email ****@whyy.org
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 7KTwitter Followers 7.8KInstagram Followers 55.8K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 49 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

14. Looking Up

Hosted by Cincinnati Observatory's Dean Regas and Anna Hehman, Looking Up brings you the latest astronomical discoveries in a fun, quick-paced conversation.
Podcast npr.org
Producer/Network Dean Regas
Email ****@cinradio.org
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 6.8MTwitter Followers 8.7MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 2 episodes/month Avg Length 19 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

15. Attribution with Bob McKinnon

Why do some people make it, while others don't? How do the facts of our lives differ from our perception of it? And how does our psychology shape how we view ourselves and others? Attribution is, where people from all walks of life, reflect on who and what has contributed to where they ended up. Our hope is after each episode, you feel a little more inspired, grateful, or supported, than when you first hit play.
Podcast wliw.org
Producer/Network Bob McKinnon
Email ****@wliw.org
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 3.5KTwitter Followers 316 Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 55 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

16. Science on the Radio

'Science on the Radio' is a 90-second science information segment featuring Marvin Druger, retired chair of the Department of Science Teaching and professor of biology and science education at Syracuse University.
Podcast npr.org
Producer/Network Unknown
Email ****@syr.edu
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 6.8MTwitter Followers 8.7MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 2 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

17. Petrie Dish

A weekly explainer on the coronavirus and its ripple effects with science journalist Bonnie Petrie from Texas Public Radio.
Podcast tpr.org
Producer/Network Bonnie Petrie
Email ****@tpr.org
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 34.4KTwitter Followers 21.6KInstagram Followers 20K Frequency 4 episodes/month Avg Length 9 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

18. Are We There Yet?

There's a lot going on up there. Join space reporter Brendan Byrne each week as he explores space exploration. From efforts to launch humans into deep space, to the probes exploring our solar system, Are We There Yet? brings you the latest in news from the space beat. Listen to interviews with astronauts, engineers and visionaries as humanity takes its next giant leap exploring our universe.
Podcast cfpublic.org
Hosts Ryan Ellison, Marian Summerall, Brendan Byrne
Producer/Network Central Florida Public Media
Email ****@wmfe.org
Apple Rating 4.4 / 5Facebook Followers 11.9KTwitter Followers 6.5KInstagram Followers 2.7K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 28 min Listen on Apple Spotify Video Podcast YouTube
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19. Arizona Science

Arizona Science explores the latest scientific research and technological innovations taking place in Southern Arizona and at the University of Arizona. Catch Arizona Science each Friday during Science Friday on NPR 89.1.
Podcast podcasts.apple.com
Producer/Network AZPM
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 3.5 / 5Facebook Followers 25KTwitter Followers 13.6KInstagram Followers 6K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 6 min Listen on Spotify Play Get Email Contact

20. Manu Minute

Need a break in your day? Whether you're in your car or your kitchen, or still in bed, Manu Minute brings you the rich sounds from Hawai'i's native forests and shorelines. Each week, we feature a different Hawai'i bird and its unique song and talk about its environment and conservation.
Podcast npr.org
Producer/Network Hawai?i Public Radio
Email ****@hawaiipublicradio.org
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 24.3KTwitter Followers 8.7KInstagram Followers 12K Frequency 4 episodes/year Avg Length 2 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

21. Teen Scientist

Teen Scientist with host Rayna Malhotra brings you groundbreaking innovation in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines entirely from a teenage perspective. The program highlights local, regional, and national STEM stories with young people and respected experts in their fields.
Podcast npr.org
Producer/Network WDIY 88.1 FM
Email ****@wdiy.org
Facebook Followers 6.8MTwitter Followers 8.7MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 1 episode/month Avg Length 31 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

22. The Loh Down on Science

The Loh Down on Science is the fun way to get your daily dose of science -- in less than two minutes! Writer/performer and Caltech alumna Sandra Tsing Loh explains the world of science with a dash of humor. It's a program for those who love science as well as for those who avoid it!
Podcast omny.fm
Producer/Network LAist 89.3
Email ****@scpr.org
Facebook Followers 91.1KTwitter Followers 117KInstagram Followers 26K Frequency 4 episodes/week Avg Length 1 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

23. WXPR All Things Outdoors

From hunting to hiking and snowmobiling to water skiing, there's no shortage of outdoor recreation opportunities in the Northwoods.In WXPR's All Things Outdoors, we talk with DNR Conservation Warden Tim Otto about what you need to know to stay safe and have fun while out in the woods.
Podcast npr.org
Producer/Network WXPR Public Radio
Email ****@wxpr.org
Facebook Followers 6.8MTwitter Followers 8.7MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 2 episodes/month Avg Length 6 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

24. A Moment of Science

A Moment of Science is a daily audio podcast, public radio program and video series providing the scientific story behind some of life's most perplexing mysteries.
Podcast indianapublicmedia.org
Producer/Network Indiana Public Media
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 8.9KTwitter Followers 16.5KInstagram Followers 1.8K Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 3 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

25. Western Slope Skies

A bi-weekly short feature on astronomy, produced by members of the Black Canyon Astronomical Society.
Podcast npr.org
Producer/Network Unknown
Email ****@kvnf.org
Facebook Followers 6.8MTwitter Followers 8.7MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 4 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

26. WXPR Field Notes

On the second Tuesday of every month, we hear from our contributors in the field. Susan Knight and Gretchen Gerrish both work for the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for Limnology at Trout Lake Station. Scott Bowe is the Director of Kemp Natural Resources Station.
Podcast npr.org
Producer/Network WXPR Public Radio
Email ****@wxpr.org
Facebook Followers 7.6MTwitter Followers 8.7MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 5 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

27. Living Downstream

Living Downstream
Podcast npr.org
Host Steve Mencher
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 7.6MTwitter Followers 8.7MInstagram Followers 7M Frequency 1 episode/quarter Listen on Spotify Play Get Email Contact

28. WXPR The Stream

Water in Wisconsin's Northwoods and Michigan's Upper Peninsula serves as the basis of life and health. With countless lakes, rivers, springs, and aquifers, water is also linked with the very identity of this region.
Podcast npr.org
Producer/Network WXPR Public Radio
Email ****@wxpr.org
Facebook Followers 4.8KTwitter Followers 1KInstagram Followers 1.6K Frequency 2 episodes/quarter Avg Length 5 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

29. ADAPT

In the ADAPT podcast, host Brendan Rivers talks with six people who are working to help Northeast Florida adapt to sea-level rise and climate change. Guests include Florida's first-ever Chief Resilience Officer and an environmental psychologist who teaches people how to talk about climate change.
Podcast npr.org
Producer/Network WJCT Public Media
Email ****@wjct.org
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 7.6MTwitter Followers 8.7MInstagram Followers 7M Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

30. Science Diction

What does the word 'meme' have to do with evolutionary biology? And why do we call it 'Spanish flu' when it was never Spanish? Science Diction is a podcast about words and the science stories within them. If you like your language with a side of science, Science Diction has you covered.
Podcast npr.org
Producer/Network Science Friday and WNYC Studios
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 6.8MTwitter Followers 8.7MInstagram Followers 7M Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact