35 Best Skeptic Podcasts
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Here are 35 Best Skeptic Podcasts worth listening to in 2025. Subscribe in one place on FeedSpot Reader.
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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.MORE Hosts Cecil, Tom
Producer/Network Atheist and Skeptical News
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2. The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is a weekly science podcast discussing the latest science news, critical thinking, bad science, conspiracies and controversies. -The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: Your escape to reality - Produced by SGU Productions, LLC: https://www.theskepticsguide.orgMORE Hosts Dr. Steven Novella, Jay Novella, Bob Novella, Cara Santa Maria, Evan Bernstein
Producer/Network Dr. Steven Novella
Email ****@theskepticsguide.org
Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 975KTwitter 76.3KInstagram 17.1K Since Sep 2005 Get Email Contact
3. The Michael Shermer Show
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The Michael Shermer Show 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.MORE Host Michael Shermer
Producer/Network Michael Shermer
Email ****@skeptic.com
Apple Rating 4.4/5Facebook 158.9KTwitter 244.1K Avg Length 82 min Since Nov 2015 Get Email Contact
4. Skeptics and Seekers Sunday Sermon (4S)
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We listen to and take apart a random internet sermon every Sunday and see what is worth keeping.
Host David Johnson
Producer/Network David Johnson
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Apple Rating 4.6/5 Avg Length 27 min Since Jul 2018 Get Email Contact
5. Skeptoid
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The true science behind our most popular urban legends. Historical mysteries, paranormal claims, popular science myths, aliens and UFO reports, conspiracy theories, and worthless alternative medicine schemes... Skeptoid has you covered. From the sublime to the startling, no topic is sacred. Weekly since 2006.MORE Host Brian Dunning
Producer/Network Brian Dunning
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 34.3KTwitter 5.7KInstagram 2.3K Avg Length 15 min Get Email Contact
6. The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine
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Meet 'em, greet 'em, treat 'em and street 'em
Host Dr. Ken Milne
Producer/Network Dr. Ken Milne
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 15.2KTwitter 27.9K Avg Length 33 min Get Email Contact
7. MonsterTalk
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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.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/monstertalk--6267523/support.MORE Hosts Blake Smith, Karen Stollznow
Producer/Network Airwave Media
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Twitter 38 Avg Length 46 min Since Jul 2009 Get Email Contact
8. Big Picture Science
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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.MORE Hosts Molly Bentley, Seth Shostak
Producer/Network Big Picture Science
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 5.7KTwitter 5.9KInstagram 246 Avg Length 55 min Get Email Contact
9. Mystic-Skeptic Radio: Uncensored/Raiders of the Unknown
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Mystic-Skeptic Media presents our audio documentaries, books and radio shows that address important subjects that affect us all.Our programs Raiders of the Unknown/Uncensored (also available as podcasts) are presented by Mystic-Skeptic Radio which broadcast on Radio Free Nashville Wednesdays at noon central time.Uncensored is devoted to addressing politics and current events expressing openly the opinions of our guests that may shock or offend individuals ...MORE Producer/Network Mystic N Skeptic
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 277 Avg Length 49 min Since Oct 2015 Get Email Contact
10. Squaring the Strange
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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.MORE Hosts Celestia Ward, Ben Radford, Pascual Romero
Producer/Network Ben Radford, Celestia Ward and Pascual Romero
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 922Twitter 141 Avg Length 85 min Since Apr 2017 Get Email Contact
11. Sosnoff / Ratigan - Truth or Skepticism from tastylive
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Tom Sosnoff and Dylan Ratigan reunite for a weekly podcast, ranting on everything from sports and investing to politics and monetary policy.
Hosts Tom Sosnoff, Dylan Ratigan
Producer/Network tastylive
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Facebook 41.9KTwitter 32.5KInstagram 7.7K Avg Length 44 min Since Jan 2020 Get Email Contact
12. Data Skeptic
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The Data Skeptic Podcast features interviews and discussion of topics related to data science, statistics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and the like, all from the perspective of applying critical thinking and the scientific method to evaluate the veracity of claims and efficacy of approaches.MORE Host Kyle Polich
Producer/Network Kyle Polich
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Facebook 1.6KTwitter 8K Avg Length 39 min Since May 2014 Video Podcast YouTube
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13. Skeptiko Science at the Tipping Point
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About the ShowSkeptiko.com is an interview-centered podcast covering the science of human consciousness. We cover six main categories: Near-death experience science and the ever growing body of peer-reviewed research surrounding it. Parapsychology and science that defies our current understanding of consciousness. Consciousness research and the ever expanding scientific understanding of who we are. Spirituality and the implications of new scientific discoveries to our understanding of it. Others and the strangeness of close encounters...MORE Host Alex Tsakiris
Producer/Network Alex Tsakiris
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Apple Rating 3.2/5Facebook 4.5KTwitter 3.2K Avg Length 65 min Since Dec 2014 Get Email Contact
14. How to Train a Happy Mind
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The How to Train a Happy Mind podcast brings meditation to modern people hungry for happy, meaningful lives. Each week, host Scott Snibbe and his guests share powerful mind training techniques that go beyond mindfulness to harness our intelligence, emotions, and imagination. Learn how to build a happy mind, fulfilling relationships, and a better world through a secular approach to meditation that is based on modern science and psychology, yet grounded in the authentic thousand-year old Tibetan Buddhist tradition of analytical meditation...MORE Host Scott Snibbe
Producer/Network Scott Snibbe
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 2.1KTwitter 188Instagram 1.7K Avg Length 36 min Since Jan 2020 Get Email Contact
15. Within Reason
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For the curious.A philosophy podcast that sometimes flirts with other disciplines, Within Reason has featured guests including Richard Dawkins, Douglas Murray, William Lane Craig, Peter Singer, Konstantin Kisin, and Neil deGrasse Tyson.MORE Host Alex J. O'Connor
Producer/Network Alex J O'Connor
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 30.9KTwitter 88KInstagram 367K Avg Length 100 min Since Apr 2019 Get Email Contact
16. The Skeptic Zone
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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. Past guests have included, James Randi, Stephen Fry, Tim Minchin, Eugenie Scott, Dr Phil Plait, Michael Marshall, Dr Steve Novella, Dr Pamela Gay, Jon Ronson, Dr Ben Goldacre, Simon Singh, Prof. Richard Wiseman, Dick Smith, Banachek, Prof. Chris French, George Hrab, Tim Ferguson, Dr Paul Willis and many, many more...MORE Host Richard Saunders
Producer/Network Richard Saunders
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 1.6KTwitter 9.6KInstagram 1.1K Avg Length 63 min Since Sep 2008 Get Email Contact
17. Life, the Universe & Everything Else
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Life, the Universe & Everything Else explores the intersection of science and society.
Producer/Network Gem Newman, Ashlyn Noble
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 424Twitter 195 Since Dec 2016 Get Email Contact
18. The Conspiracy Skeptic
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A skeptical look at conspiracy theories. Site: www.yrad.com/cs
Host Karl Mamer
Producer/Network The HiveMind Group
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Apple Rating 3.4/5Facebook 304 Since Oct 2007 Get Email Contact
19. The Reality Check
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Canada's weekly podcast that explores a wide range of controversies and curiosities using science and critical thinking.
Hosts Darren McKee, Adam Gardner, Cristina Roach, Pat Roach
Producer/Network The Reality Check
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Apple Rating 4.6/5 Avg Length 45 min Since Aug 2008 Get Email Contact
20. The Christian Skeptic
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You're listening to the Christian Skeptic, a podcast determined to ask the hard questions about God. For inquiries and to continue our conversation, please e-mail me at christianskepticshow@gmail.comMORE Host Sean Kerwin
Producer/Network Sean Kerwin
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 11 Avg Length 24 min Since Jun 2020 Get Email Contact
21. Technoskeptic Podcast
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The Technoskeptic examines the use and misuse of technology and technology's long-term effects on culture and society. technoskeptic.substack.com
Producer/Network Mo Lotman, Art Keller, Elizabeth Brunner
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Avg Length 40 min Since Jul 2015 Get Email Contact
22. Point of Inquiry
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Point of Inquiry is the Center for Inquiry's flagship podcast, where the brightest minds of our time sound off on all the things you're not supposed to talk about at the dinner table: science, religion, and politics.Guests have included Brian Greene, Susan Jacoby, Richard Dawkins, Ann Druyan, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Eugenie Scott, Adam Savage, Bill Nye, and Francis Collins.Point of Inquiry is produced at the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, N.Y.MORE Host James Underdown
Producer/Network Center for Inquiry
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 53 min Get Email Contact
23. Ari Shaffir's Skeptic Tank
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A comedy podcast to help better understand humanity and also to make fart jokes.
Host Ari Shaffir
Producer/Network Ari Shaffir
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 109.1KTwitter 570Instagram 727K Avg Length 130 min Get Email Contact
24. Rationally Speaking Podcast
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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!We agree with the Marquis de Condorcet, who said that in an open society we ought to devote ourselves to 'the tracking down of prejudices in the hiding places where priests, the schools, the government, and all long-established institutions had gathered an..MORE Producer/Network New York City Skeptics
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 6.9KTwitter 13.9K Avg Length 65 min Since Jan 2010 Get Email Contact
25. Skeptics Podcast
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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.MORE Producer/Network Peter Stone
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 168 Avg Length 37 min Since Jul 2019 Get Email Contact
26. BSP: Believer Skeptic Podcast
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BSP: Believer Skeptic Podcast is a podcast that delves into strange and humorous phenomena including simulacra (seeing Jesus on your toast), supernatural sightings, crypto-zoology, and so much more. Cody and Chris have created a platform on which they discuss both sides of the phenomena (real or bulls**t) while sipping on booze and spirits that represent their chosen topic. They hope to entertain, enlighten, and maybe even educate you on all things fun and weird. Whose side will you be on? Are you a believer or a skeptic?MORE Producer/Network BSP: Believer Skeptic Podcast
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 379Twitter 4.9KInstagram 867 Avg Length 34 min Since Aug 2017 Get Email Contact
27. Be Reasonable
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Be Reasonable is a podcast which examines beliefs from outside of the mainstream, exploring how those views are constructed and what evidence people feel supports their case. We believe in approaching subjects with respect and an open mind, engaging with people of differing viewpoints in an environment where debate is polite and good-natured, yet robust and intellectually rigorous.MORE Producer/Network Merseyside Skeptics Society
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 2.8KTwitter 6.6K Since Jan 2013 Get Email Contact
28. Skeptical Skeptics
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This show is for people that approach the strange with an eye on the middleground and skepticism for both true believers and non-believers. Go to skepticalskeptics.com for more!
Producer/Network RJ and Rachel Metzger
Apple Rating 4.8/5 Avg Length 56 min Get Email Contact
29. Amateur Skeptics
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We here at AmateurSkeptics are not scientists. We are normal people who are trying to look at the world with an evidence-based approach. We strive to have open minds and change our opinions with new evidence.MORE Email ****@amateurskeptics.com
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30. Occult Knowledge
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The name says it all. We explore information that is hidden from the general public view but without deviating from critical scientific skepticism.
Host Logan
Producer/Network occultknowledge
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Apple Rating 3.8/5Twitter 39 Since Jul 2011 Get Email Contact
31. The Sordid Skeptics
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We believe Western Civilization is worth preserving. In order to do that, we will need to explore the philosophical and psychological underpinnings of our culture's structure. Are we qualified to undertake this mammoth task? Probably not, but we're going to try our best. With educational backgrounds in the material, and a strong desire to sort ourselves out; we endeavor to humbly make the case for western values.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
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32. Skeptics & Believers - A Paranormal Podcast
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Join 4 friends as they take a light-hearted look at the world of the paranormal to decide whether they are skeptics or believers.
Hosts Mike, Lisa, Matt
Producer/Network Obsidian Shark Productions
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Avg Length 32 min Since Jan 2019 Get Email Contact
33. Spectral Skull Session
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We explore claims about the occult, supernatural, and paranormal from an analytic standpoint. We're open to the existence of a world beyond the five senses, and we dismiss that dogmatic skepticism that insists that any story about the unexplained has to reduce to hallucination or swamp gas, but we're not committed to any particular theory or philosophy about what the paranormal is. And we realize that, whatever is out there, the answer is likely to be more complicated than any existing model or theory. What we bring to the table is small 's' skepticism.MORE Facebook 16Twitter 281 Avg Length 44 min Since Sep 2020 Get Email Contact
Skeptic shows hosts and producers
Podcaster Name | Role | Podcast Link | Total Episodes | Twitter Handle | Twitter Followers | |
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Cecil | Co Host | dissonancepod.com | @cecilxx | |||
Tom | Co Host | dissonancepod.com | ||||
Dr. Steven Novella | Co Host | theskepticsguide.org/podcasts | 35 | @stevennovella | 17.7K | |
Jay Novella | Co Host | theskepticsguide.org/podcasts | 35 | |||
Bob Novella | Co Host | theskepticsguide.org/podcasts | 35 | @bobnovella | ||
Cara Santa Maria | Co Host | theskepticsguide.org/podcasts | 35 | @carasantamaria | ||
Evan Bernstein | Co Host | theskepticsguide.org/podcasts | 35 | @evansgu | ||
Michael Shermer | Host | skeptic.com/michael-shermer-show | 2 | @michaelshermer | ||
David Johnson | Host | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/skeptics-and-seekers | 135 | @dandbj13 | 32 | |
Brian Dunning | Host | skeptoid.com | @briandunning | |||
Dr. Ken Milne | Host | thesgem.com/category/podcast | @thesgem | 27.9K | ||
Blake Smith | Co Host | cms.megaphone.fm/channel/monstertalk | 35 | @monstertalkers | 40 | |
Karen Stollznow | Co Host | cms.megaphone.fm/channel/monstertalk | 35 | @karenstollznow | 8.7K | |
Molly Bentley | Co Host | bigpicturescience.org/episodes | @mollycbentley | 417 | ||
Seth Shostak | Co Host | bigpicturescience.org/episodes | @sethshostak | 24K | ||
Celestia Ward | Co Host | squaringthestrange.libsyn.com/website | 9 | @celestiaward | ||
Ben Radford | Co Host | squaringthestrange.libsyn.com/website | 9 | @btradford | ||
Pascual Romero | Co Host | squaringthestrange.libsyn.com/website | 9 | |||
Tom Sosnoff | Co Host | tastytradeloud.libsyn.com | 1 | @tomunderwater | 9.8K | |
Dylan Ratigan | Co Host | tastytradeloud.libsyn.com | 1 | @dylanratigan | 74.6K | |
Kyle Polich | Host | dataskeptic.libsyn.com | 30 | @kpolich | 385 | |
Alex Tsakiris | Host | skeptiko.com | 24 | |||
Scott Snibbe | Host | skepticspath.org/podcast | 1 | @snibbe | 3K | |
Alex J. O'Connor | Host | cosmicskeptic.libsyn.com | 23 | @cosmicskeptic | 88K | |
Richard Saunders | Host | skepticzone.tv | 30 | @skepticzone | ||
Karl Mamer | Host | yrad.com/cs | 2 | @kstartsthiskarl | 552 | |
Darren McKee | Co Host | trcpodcast.com | @dbcmckee | |||
Adam Gardner | Co Host | trcpodcast.com | @adamrulz | |||
Cristina Roach | Co Host | trcpodcast.com | @shteenaroach | |||
Pat Roach | Co Host | trcpodcast.com | @roachtrap | |||
Sean Kerwin | Host | thechristianskeptic.podbean.com | 7 | |||
James Underdown | Host | |||||
Ari Shaffir | Host | arishaffir.com/category/podcast | @arishaffir | |||
Logan | Host | blogtalkradio.com/occultknowledge | 5 | @loganwadeseixx | ||
Mike | Co Host | podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/skeptics-believers-a-paranormal-podcast/id1450211319 | ||||
Lisa | Co Host | podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/skeptics-believers-a-paranormal-podcast/id1450211319 | ||||
Matt | Co Host | podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/skeptics-believers-a-paranormal-podcast/id1450211319 | ||||
Atheist and Skeptical News | dissonancepod.libsyn.com | 109 | ||||
Mystic N Skeptic | buzzsprout.com/84561 | 64 | ||||
Burden Of Proof Media | paranoidplanet.ca/podcast | 63 | @paranoidplanet1 | 20 | ||
Merseyside Skeptics Society | merseysideskeptics.org.uk/category/podcast/inkredulous-podcast | 51 | @merseyskeptics | 6.6K | ||
TheESP.eu | theesp.eu | 35 | ||||
Brian Dunning | skeptoid.com | 33 | ||||
Kala Moria & Brittany Lind | leftofskeptic.com/episodes-1 | 33 | ||||
Sandra Champlain | wedontdie.libsyn.com | 28 | @SandraChamplain | |||
The Reality Check | trcpodcast.com | 15 | ||||
Dennis Ren | thesgem.com/category/podcast | 15 | ||||
Gem Newman | winnipegskeptics.com/blog | 7 | @WinnipegSkeptic | |||
Center for Inquiry | pointofinquiry.org/all-episodes | 2 | ||||
Point of Inquiry | pointofinquiry.org/all-episodes | 1 | ||||
Trump abortions for everyone george santos? gun | dissonancepod.libsyn.com | 1 | ||||
timothygcameron | timothygcameron.podbean.com | 1 | @Timothygcameron | |||
Rabbi David J. Zucker | buzzsprout.com/84561 | 1 |
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