14 Best Ska Podcasts

1. In Defense of Ska

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Ska no longer needs to be the butt of every joke. IDOS is flipping the narrative on this style of music that they love dearly.Hosts Aaron Carnes (author of 'In Defense of Ska') and Adam Davis (Link 80, Omingone) chat with people in and outside of the ska scene to tell its stories, show its pervasiveness in culture, and defend it to their last dying breath.MORE Producer/Network Aaron Carnes
Email ****@consequence.net
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 90 Avg Length 63 min Format Long form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. 23min of Ska

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A modern ska podcast that updates new episodes on Thursdays.
Host Radly Jose Pheonix
Email ****@23ska.com
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 64Facebook 2.8KTwitter 1.2KInstagram 1.4K Avg Length 49 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. On The Upbeat

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A podcast all about ska music, talking about ska, interviewing bands, and keeping you up to date on new music & events in the ska community!
Hosts Matt Vest, Anthony Rondina, Gary Mastriano
Producer/Network On The Upbeat
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 35 Avg Length 75 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. The Ska Geek Podcast

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Please donate so I can keep this podcast available! I have reached my bandwidth Consistently each month. If you want to listen to my podcast go to: https://jamesvolpe.wixsite.com/theskageek The Ska Geek plays ska music. Monthly podcast by the Ska Geek, James Volpe. I play 1st, 2nd and 3rd wave ska - new and old. Looking for up and coming bands to feature on the podcast. Send me your song and I'll feature your band on an upcoming episode! ****@gmail.comMORE Host James Volpe
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 41Facebook 1.6KTwitter 3.1KInstagram 1.3K Avg Length 46 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. The Ska Dads Podcast

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A podcast hosted by dads that have a love of ska/reggae music. We will be digging deep into the music we love. This show will focus on the music, history, style, and everything about the music and people we love.MORE Producer/Network The Ska Dads Podcast
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5 Avg Length 65 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

6. Beefy's Ska Club

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Beefy's Ska Club is the new name for Ska Nation Radio which has been the World's #1 Ska Radio Show for many years now. Broadcast live and then split into 2 podcasts a week all the way from Melbourne, Australia. Nobody does ska quite like Beefy!!! The global ska world needed a new voice to bridge the gap between early Jamaican traditional ska through the 2Tone and Ska Expolosion years into the third wave and beyond into NewTone. Ska Nation Radio with Beefy gives you The Beefy Guarantee - 'If it's good, it's on the show!'MORE Host Kieren Beefy Blake
Producer/Network Beefy
Email ****@365daysofsport.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 10Facebook 4.5KTwitter 1.2KInstagram 1.9K Avg Length 60 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

7. This is SKA

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This is Ska with your host Middagh Goodwin, coming to you every week with new tracks from great new artists and classics from Jamaica, 2 Tone, and 3rd Wave artists. www.thisisska.com
Producer/Network Middagh Goodwin
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 120 min Format Extended Get Email Contact

8. History of L.A. Ska: One On One Sessions

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Hosted by veteran radio DJ/emcee/promoter Junor Francis, we celebrate Southern California's ska, rocksteady and vintage reggae scene through insightful conversations with the legends and modern-day players, including those behind-the-scenes. Produced by Eric Kohler for Rockery Radio. Follow us @HistoryofLASka and @Rockery_Radio on Instagram.Subscribe to our History of L.A. Ska channel on YouTube.Join our History of L.A. Ska group on Facebook.MORE Producer/Network Junor Francis and Eric Kohler
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 4Instagram 25.4K Avg Length 84 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

9. 6 Wings Fried Hard

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Two friends discuss ska music and life. Academics have called this podcast a biting comentary on the lifestyle of the modern rude boy, while other listeners are only here for the drinking games.MORE Producer/Network Kyle Polich and Anthony Johnson
Email ****@dataskeptic.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

10. The Ska Mailman Podcast

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The Internet's highest authority on Ska now has a podcast! Join me as I interview musicians, comedians, and friends about their personal history, interests, and if they've ever seen a ghost... It's whatever I want it to be, you know why? 'Cause it's The Ska Mailman Podcast!neveraphasenetwork.com@TheSkaMailman@NeverAPhaseNetworkMORE Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 66 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

11. Ska Boom - An American Ska & Reggae Podcast

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Ska Boom - An American Ska & Reggae Podcast is hosted by Marc Wasserman, author of Soul Salvation: A Gen-X Love Letter To The English Beat and Ska Boom: An American Ska & Reggae Oral History published by DiWulf Publishing. Wasserman helped to found Bigger Thomas -- the first ska band from New Jersey -- in 1988 and had a front row seat to watch the growth of American ska...MORE Host Marc Wasserman
Producer/Network Marc Wasserman
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 30 Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

12. Talk The Ska

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Ska radio podcast started in September of 2017. I've loved ska my entire adult life. I just want to do my part by showing ska is very much alive all around the world, introducing new bands to people in the process.MORE Host Mattie J Eaton
Producer/Network Talk The Ska Radio Podcast
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 21Facebook 1.7KTwitter 97Instagram 2.7K Avg Length 67 min Format Long form Since Sep 2017 Get Email Contact

13. 100% Ska Podcast

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DJ Ryan Midnight hosts the weekly all-vinyl podcast 100% Ska, playing a selection of cuts across the genre's spectrum and history. You'll hear an emphasis on current ska bands carrying the checkered banner including plenty of new releases, along with 2-Tone era and 3rd Wave classics and rarities, original Jamaican 60s and everything in between. Some episodes will feature interviews with bands, with the rare episode segueing into Ryan's non-ska guilty pleasures...MORE Host Ryan Miller
Producer/Network DJ Ryan Midnight
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 29Twitter 411 Avg Length 70 min Format Long form Since Jan 2018 Get Email Contact

14. Ska Radio

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Ska Radio is an online music radio show, focused on ska/reggae music. Our aim is to share the music we love and promote the amazing artists/labels involved. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.MORE Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 57 min Format Long form Get Email Contact