40 Best Skeptic Podcasts

1. The Skeptics Guide

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is a weekly science podcast discussing the latest science news, critical thinking, bad science, conspiracies and controversies.
Podcast theskepticsguide.org
Host Dr. Steven Novella
Email ****@theskepticsguide.org
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 1MTwitter Followers 87.9KInstagram Followers 16.5K Frequency 1 episode / week Since Sep 2005 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. The Michael Shermer Show

The Michael Shermer Show (formerly Science Salon) is a series of long-form conversations between Dr. Michael Shermer and leading scientists, philosophers, historians, scholars, writers, and thinkers about the most important issues of our time. The podcast is hosted by Dr. Michael Shermer: Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the Executive Director of the Skeptics Society, and a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University where he teaches Skepticism 101.
Podcast skeptic.com
Email ****@skeptic.com
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 179.1KTwitter Followers 195.3K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 86 min Since Nov 2015 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

3. Skeptics and Seekers

A Skeptic and a Seeker in conversation about matters of God, religion, morality, and other things that matter.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5 Frequency 3 episodes / week Avg Length 20 min Since Jul 2018 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

4. Skeptoid

Skeptoid is a weekly science podcast dedicated to furthering knowledge by blasting away the widespread pseudosciences that infect popular culture and replacing them with way cooler reality. Each weekly episode focuses on a single phenomenon - an urban legend, a paranormal claim, alternative therapy, or something just plain stupid - that you've heard of, and that you probably believe in.
Podcast skeptoid.com
Email ****@briandunning.com
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 35KTwitter Followers 5.6KInstagram Followers 1.1K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 16 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

5. Big Picture Science

The surprising connections in science and technology that give you the Big Picture. Astronomer Seth Shostak and science journalist Molly Bentley are joined each week by leading researchers, techies, and journalists to provide a smart and humorous take on science. Our regular 'Skeptic Check' episodes cast a critical eye on pseudoscience.
Podcast bigpicturescience.org
Email ****@seti.org
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 5.6KTwitter Followers 6.1K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 56 min Since Jul 2015 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

6. The Skeptic Metaphysician

Like Mulder from the X-Files, I want to believe. So I've embarked on a journey of discovery. I've talked to people deeply entrenched in the spiritual, metaphysical, mental health, and self-help worlds. I've thrown myself into weird and wonderful experiences, and I'm sharing them with you in an effort to find the trick to self-growth. Whether your interests lie in the metaphysical or the spiritual or even grounded in the three-dimensional world, this show will help you explore the endless possibilities of self-growth....tinged with a hint of the supernatural. New episodes every Wednesday
Podcast skepticmetaphysician.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 862Twitter Followers 1.2KInstagram Followers 5.8K Frequency 2 episodes / week Avg Length 45 min Since Feb 2021 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

7. MonsterTalk

MonsterTalk: The Science Show About Monsters is a free audio podcast that critically examines the science behind cryptozoological (and legendary) creatures, such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, or werewolves.
Podcast cms.megaphone.fm
Email ****@monstertalk.org
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Twitter Followers 4.9K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 44 min Since Jul 2009 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact

8. WE DON'T DIE Radio Show

Want proof of life after death? Your loved ones may be physically gone but they still exist and you will see them again...your pets don't die either. In each episode of We Don't Die you'll hear the experiences of men and women, and why they believe life after death is REAL and why your life on earth is important. Join your host, Sandra Champlain, author of the #1 international bestseller, We Don't Die - A Skeptic's Discovery of Life After Death, for podcast episodes that aim to give you goosebumps!
Podcast wedontdie.libsyn.com
Email ****@sandrachamplain.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 6KTwitter Followers 10KInstagram Followers 1.8K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 63 min Since Jul 2014 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

9. The European Skeptics Podcast

The European Skeptics Podcast is an independent, weekly show hosted by three skeptics from different countries, representing several organisations and projects. The main focus of the podcast is to support European level actions within the skeptical movement and build bridges among skeptics all over this massively diverse continent.
Podcast theesp.eu
Email ****@theesp.eu
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 1.9KTwitter Followers 686 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 48 min Since Nov 2015 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

10. The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine Podcast

Welcome to the Skeptics' Guide to Emergency Medicine (SGEM) - Meet 'em, greet 'em, treat 'em, and street 'em. My name is Ken Milne. The goal of the SGEM is to cut the knowledge translation window from over 10 years down to less than 1 year. It does this by using social media to provide you with high quality, clinically relevant, critically appraised, evidence-based information. Much of the content is a result of the Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine (BEEM) process.
Podcast thesgem.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Twitter Followers 22.3K Frequency 3 episodes / month Avg Length 32 min Since Sep 2012 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

11. Left of Skeptic

A weekly paranormal podcast hosted by Brittany Lind and Kala Moria. Join us every #SpookyWednesday as we discuss haunted locations, paranormal encounters, and creepy objects!
Podcast leftofskeptic.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 442Twitter Followers 53Instagram Followers 476 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 79 min Since Jan 2021 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

12. Sosnoff / Ratigan

Tom Sosnoff and Dylan Ratigan reunite for a weekly podcast, ranting on everything from sports and investing to politics and monetary policy.
Podcast tastytradeloud.libsyn.com
Email ****@tastytrade.com
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 52.5KTwitter Followers 68.4KInstagram Followers 3.5K Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 44 min Since Jan 2020 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

13. Data Skeptic

Data Skeptic is your source for a perspective of scientific skepticism on topics in statistics, machine learning, big data, artificial intelligence, and data science. Our weekly podcast and blog bring you stories and tutorials to help understand our data-driven world.
Podcast dataskeptic.libsyn.com
Host Data Skeptic
Email ****@dataskeptic.com
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 1.6KTwitter Followers 8.4K Frequency 5 episodes / month Avg Length 43 min Since May 2014 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

14. Squaring the Strange

Not just another 'skeptical' podcast, it's a show about critical thinking and evidence-based analysis, using science and critical thinking to examine the world around us, from the mysterious and paranormal to the mundane.
Podcast squaringthestrange.libsyn.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 786Twitter Followers 162 Frequency 2 episodes / month Avg Length 89 min Since Apr 2017 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

15. Mystic-Skeptic Radio Podcast with David Daniel Gonzalez

The Mystic-Skeptic Radio Show/Podcast asks the tough questions and explores different alternatives to today's pressing issues, theories, or enigmas. The podcast is devoted to the exploration of all things mystical, philosophical, scientific, political conspiratorial, and cosmic. Join us in an exploration of the mystic-skeptic mind-space.
Podcast buzzsprout.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 277 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 60 min Since Oct 2015 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

16. A Skeptic's Path to Enlightenment

A Skeptic's Path to Enlightenment brings the inner science of Buddhist meditation to twenty-first-century people hungry for happy, meaningful lives. It is a secular approach to meditation that requires no belief beyond our current understanding of science and psychology. Skeptic's Path meditations are based on powerful analytical meditation techniques that use imagination, emotions, and critical inquiry to probe our inner and outer realities and expand our compassion.
Podcast skepticspath.org
Email ****@skepticspath.org
Apple Rating 4.8 / 5Facebook Followers 2.1KTwitter Followers 112Instagram Followers 1.6K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 32 min Since Jan 2020 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

17. Paranoid Planet

Paranoid Planet is a podcast about conspiracy theories, paradigm shifts, and critical thinking that offers serious and lighthearted conversations with people who believe in conspiracy theories, and with the skeptics who critique them. We will also explore several historical, philosophical, artistic, psychological, and scientific themes related to conspiracies and the study of knowledge. Whether you are an avid conspiracy follower or a hardened skeptic, our aim is to help you become a better critical thinker and a proponent of healthy public discourse.
Podcast paranoidplanet.ca
Host Michel Jacques Gagné
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4 / 5Twitter Followers 8 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 80 min Since Jun 2020 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

18. The Cosmic Skeptic Podcast

Host Alex J O'Connor (from the YouTube channel 'CosmicSkeptic') discusses and debates deep and important issues with experts from a variety of philosophical, scientific, and theological disciplines. Departing from Alex's snappier style on YouTube, this podcast presents more thorough analyses of the topics at hand, with help from a wide range of well-known professionals.
Podcast cosmicskeptic.libsyn.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 28.5KTwitter Followers 48.6KInstagram Followers 108.1K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 90 min Since Apr 2019 Play Get Email Contact

19. Skeptiko

Explore controversial science with leading researchers and their critics who are the leading source for intelligent skeptic-versus-believer debate. This podcast is hosted by Alex Tsakiris.
Podcast skeptiko.com
Email ****@skeptiko.com
Facebook Followers 4.6KTwitter Followers 2.9K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 61 min Since Dec 2014 Play Get Email Contact

20. The Skeptic Zone

The Podcast from Australia for Science and Reason. Join Richard Saunders and his team of reporters for your weekly dose of skeptical news and interviews, reports, and comments. Featuring Australian radio legend Maynard with his Spooky Action, Jo Alabaster from the 'Evidence Please' blog, Eran Segev's Grain of Salt, Dr. Rachael Dunlop with 'Dr. Rachie Reports' and Heidi Robertson aka 'The Raw Skeptic'.
Podcast skepticzone.tv
Email ****@skepticzone.tv
Facebook Followers 1.5KTwitter Followers 11.1KInstagram Followers 1.1K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 59 min Since Sep 2008 Play Get Email Contact

21. Cognitive Dissonance

Every episode we blast anyone who gets in our way. We bring critical thinking, skepticism, and irreverence to any topic that makes the news, makes it big, or makes us mad. It's skeptical, it's political and there is no welcome mat.
Podcast dissonancepod.libsyn.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 29.3KTwitter Followers 16.8KInstagram Followers 3.9K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 61 min Since Apr 2011 Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

22. Life, the Universe & Everything Else

Life, the Universe, & Everything Else is a monthly show that delves into issues of science, critical thinking, and secular humanism. We try not to take ourselves too seriously.
Podcast winnipegskeptics.com
Email ****@winnipegskeptics.com
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 438Twitter Followers 202 Frequency 1 episode / week Since Dec 2016 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

23. The Reality Check

Canada's weekly podcast explores a wide range of controversies and curiosities by probing popular myths and exposing the surprising truth behind them. In a world awash with information, The Reality Check helps listeners differentiate fact from fiction, yet tries to strike a balance between providing entertainment and information.
Podcast trcpodcast.com
Email ****@trcpodcast.com
Facebook Followers 3.9KTwitter Followers 746 Frequency 2 episodes / quarter Avg Length 31 min Since Aug 2008 Play Get Email Contact

24. Point of Inquiry

Launched in 2005, Point of Inquiry is the premier podcast of the Center for Inquiry. Point of Inquiry critically examines topics in science, religion, philosophy, and politics. Hosted by Chris Mooney and Indre Viskontas, each episode takes on a specific issue and features lively discussion with leading scientists, researchers, and writers. Point of Inquiry is produced by Adam Isaak at the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, N.Y.
Podcast pointofinquiry.org
Email ****@pointofinquiry.org
Facebook Followers 24.5KTwitter Followers 2.6K Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 55 min Since Dec 2005 Listen on Spotify Play Get Email Contact

25. The Christian Skeptic

You're listening to the Christian Skeptic, a podcast determined to ask the hard questions about God. Also on Spotify! For inquiries and to continue our conversation you can email me.
Podcast thechristianskeptic.podbean.com
Host Sean Kerwin
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook Followers 8 Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 28 min Since Jun 2020 Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

26. Occult Knowledge

The name says it all. We explore information that is hidden from the general public view but without deviating from critical scientific skepticism.
Podcast blogtalkradio.com
Twitter Followers 31 Frequency 1 episode / day Since Jul 2011 Play Get Email Contact

27. The Conspiracy Skeptic

A skeptical look at conspiracy theories.
Podcast yrad.com/cs
Host Karl Mamer
Email ****@yahoo.com
Facebook Followers 320 Frequency 1 episode / quarter Since Oct 2007 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

28. Rationally Speaking Podcast

Rationally Speaking is the bi-weekly podcast of New York City Skeptics. Join host Julia Galef and guests as they explore the borderlands between reason and nonsense, likely from unlikely, and science from pseudoscience. Any topic is fair game as long as we can bring reason to bear upon it, with both a skeptical eye and a good dose of humor!
Podcast rationallyspeakingpodcast.org
Email ****@nycskeptics.org
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 7KTwitter Followers 14.7K Since Jan 2010 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

29. Skeptic Disciple

Two nerds who love the Bible, yet struggle to reconcile it with real life. This isn't the typical Christian podcast. We are believers who welcome theological challenges because we believe they strengthen our faith. We like to think of the Bible and the Good News of Jesus in a way that brings out its validity in our daily lives. You don't have to be a believer to listen. We welcome everyone !
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 19Instagram Followers 122 Since Jun 2020 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

30. Skeptics Podcast

Here at Skeptics, we discuss everything from theology, heresy, to life in general - while filtering it through the lens of Scripture. We encourage our listeners to have a healthy biblical skepticism and to pursue sound doctrine.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 165 Since Jul 2019 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact