15 Best Science Comedy Podcasts
Science Comedy Podcasts
Here are 15 Best Science Comedy Podcasts worth listening to in 2025. Subscribe in one place on FeedSpot Reader.
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Science, pop culture, and comedy collide on StarTalk Radio! Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and Director of New York's Hayden Planetarium, and his comic co-hosts, guest celebrities, and scientific experts explore astronomy, physics, and everything else there is to know about life in the universe. New episodes premiere Tuesdays. Keep Looking Up! Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts to listen to new episodes of StarTalk Radio ad-free and a whole week early.Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.MORE Hosts Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, Gary O’Reilly
Producer/Network SiriusXM Podcasts
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Apple Rating 4.6/5 Avg Length 52 min 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 . We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us
2. Probably Science
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Professional comedians with so-so STEM pedigrees take you through this week in science. Incompetently. Featuring hosts Matt Kirshen, Andy Wood (and sometimes Jesse Case or Brooks Wheelan) along with a rotating cast of special guests from the worlds of comedy and science.MORE Hosts Matt Kirshen, Andy Wood
Producer/Network Andy Wood, Matt Kirshen
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 11.8KTwitter 4.5K Avg Length 72 min Since Jan 2012 Get Email Contact
3. Smart Enough to Know Better
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Smart Enough to Know Better is a podcast of science, comedy and ignorance. Twice a month two professional performers chat about science stuff that excites them in a fun and accessible manner.MORE Hosts Dan Beeston, Greg Wah
Producer/Network Dan Beeston & Greg Wah
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 425Twitter 488 Avg Length 75 min Get Email Contact
4. Well... That's Interesting
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Welcome to Well… That's Interesting, a comedy sciencey podcast for weird people who like learning about weird sh*t, like can hair grow between your teeth or could we ever lose our moon? (Sadly, yes to both.)WTI tells the story behind the facts and, turns out, those stories are funny. Join Jill ChaCha every week as they take The Flock on a journalistic, storytelling adventure into new, bizarre, often unexpected findings. The tales are epic and the laughter is plentiful.--WTI is a part of the Airwave Media podcast network! Visit AirwaveMedia...MORE Host Jillian Ciaccia
Producer/Network Jill ChaCha
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Twitter 2.9KInstagram 3.1K Avg Length 32 min Get Email Contact
5. A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail
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Looking for a science comedy podcast that doesn't skimp on the details? We've got you. Join us once a month as three different science stories are dissected every month by the trio behind comedy phenomenon Festival of the Spoken Nerd. Stand-up mathematician Matt Parker, experiments maestro Steve Mould and geek songstress Helen Arney are experts at investigating things that might not seem particularly interesting on the surface, but become fascinating when you get down to the nitty and / or gritty.Check out festivalofthespokennerd...MORE Hosts Helen Arney, Steve Mould, Matt Parker
Producer/Network Festival of the Spoken Nerd
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 48 min Get Email Contact
6. Better Than Human
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Better Than Human the Podcast: Your favorite science biology podcast, where each week we pick an animal or topic to illuminate how fascinating our subject is and prove, once and for all, humans are not the epitome of the evolutionary chain.MORE Producer/Network Jennifer and Amber
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 52Twitter 1KInstagram 836 Avg Length 55 min Get Email Contact
7. The Mad Scientist Podcast
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The Mad Scientist Podcast is a comedy show about the history and philosophy of science and pseudoscience. Hosted by Chris and Marie, join our intrepid hosts as they talk about all the weird stuff your science textbook left out. Because sometimes, the best way to learn how to think like a scientist is to talk about all the bad science floating around out there!MORE Host Marie Mayhew
Producer/Network Evergreen Podcasts | Killer Podcasts
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 1.7KTwitter 6.5KInstagram 1.1K Avg Length 53 min Get Email Contact
8. Learn Real Good
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Learn Real Good is a podcast that brings science to the masses by combining comedy and cutting-edge science. We create a friendly and casual atmosphere to discuss STEM research with grad students. We want to peel back the curtain on how science is done and what it means to be a scientist while improving scientific literacy in the general public. We also want our audience to laugh their butts off.MORE Producer/Network Learn Real Good
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 149Twitter 187 Avg Length 49 min Get Email Contact
9. Daddy Daughter Talk Show
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This is the Daddy Daughter Talkshow podcast. Despite the title, this is an innocent podcast, by which we mean we swear a lot, make poop jokes, discuss childhood trauma, and talk about science! It's a podcast where we explore our curiosity together and make sense of the world. It's a comedy podcast, a science podcast, and sometimes a foley work podcast.MORE Producer/Network Anwyn Diakuw and Mike Diakuw
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10. The Pop Test A comedy science quiz
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What is love? Who invented dinosaurs? How did life begin? What's the best lighting system for a football game played by snakes? Science asks big questions but only The Pop Test answers them in a comedy quiz format. Andy and Al ask some frankly impossible questions. It's up to a panel of scientists and comedians to give their funniest or most enlightening answer for Team Science.MORE Producer/Network ABC listen
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 325.9KTwitter 92.3KInstagram 68K Avg Length 26 min Get Email Contact
11. The Uncertainty Principle
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A science-comedy podcast, for adults!We'll cover fascinating concepts, interesting elements of science history, and explore politics and culture through the lens of science. Don't worry, we won't get bogged down in technical jargon, it's suitable for the general public, there might even be a few swears.Your two hosts and guides on this journey of discovery are the good Doctors Ben McAllister and Taryn Laubenstein, both scientists, and science communicators. Ben's a physicist working on dark matter detection. Taryn's a marine biologist who studied how climate change affects fish...MORE Producer/Network Curio Network
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Twitter 190 Avg Length 57 min Get Email Contact
Science Comedy shows hosts and producers
Podcaster Name | Role | Podcast Link | Total Episodes | Twitter Handle | Twitter Followers | |
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Neil deGrasse Tyson | Co Host | startalk-all-stars.simplecast.com | 1 | @neiltyson | 14.5M | |
Chuck Nice | Co Host | startalk-all-stars.simplecast.com | 1 | @chucknicecomic | 44.7K | |
Gary O’Reilly | Co Host | startalk-all-stars.simplecast.com | 1 | @mythreeleftfeet | 1.6K | |
Matt Kirshen | Co Host | probablyscience.com | 1 | @mattkirshen | 13.5K | |
Andy Wood | Co Host | probablyscience.com | 1 | @andytwood | 7.3K | |
Dan Beeston | Co Host | smartenough.org | 12 | |||
Greg Wah | Co Host | smartenough.org | 12 | @thewah | 828 | |
Jillian Ciaccia | Host | cms.megaphone.fm/channel/ARML8460025943 | ||||
Helen Arney | Co Host | festivalofthespokennerd.com/podcast | 2 | @helenarney | 15.4K | |
Steve Mould | Co Host | festivalofthespokennerd.com/podcast | 2 | @moulds | 31.5K | |
Matt Parker | Co Host | festivalofthespokennerd.com/podcast | 2 | @standupmaths | 133.9K | |
Marie Mayhew | Co-host | themadscientistpodcast.com | @teamgiantsquid | 621 | ||
Jill ChaCha | podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/well-thats-interesting/id1523089512 | 81 |
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