35 Best Skeptic Podcasts

1. The Skeptics Guide

Follow Play Watch Video
Website Apple Spotify
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe is a weekly science podcast discussing the latest science news, critical thinking, bad science, conspiracies and controversies.
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 982.8KTwitter 76.3KInstagram 17K Since Sep 2005 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. Cognitive Dissonance

Follow Play
Website Apple Spotify YouTube
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 Producer/Network Atheist and Skeptical News
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 37.8KTwitter 16.9K Avg Length 59 min Get Email Contact

3. The Michael Shermer Show

Follow Play Watch Video
Website Apple Spotify
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.MORE Producer/Network Michael Shermer
Email ****@skeptic.com
Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 178.9KTwitter 243.8K Avg Length 81 min Since Nov 2015 Get Email Contact

4. Skeptics and Seekers

Follow Play
Website Apple Spotify
A Skeptic and a Seeker in conversation about matters of God, religion, morality, and other things that matter.
Host David Johnson
Producer/Network David Johnson
Email ****@mac.com
Apple Rating 4.6/5 Avg Length 26 min Since Jul 2018 Get Email Contact

5. Skeptoid

Follow Play
Website Apple Spotify
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.MORE Host Brian Dunning
Producer/Network Brian Dunning
Email ****@briandunning.com
Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 34.7KTwitter 5.7KInstagram 1.1K Avg Length 14 min Get Email Contact

6. MonsterTalk

Follow Play
Website Apple Spotify
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.MORE Hosts Blake Smith, Karen Stollznow
Producer/Network Blake Smith
Email ****@monstertalk.org
Apple Rating 4.6/5Twitter 5K Avg Length 41 min Since Jul 2009 Get Email Contact

7. The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine

Follow Play
Website Apple Spotify YouTube
The Skeptics' Guide to Emergency Medicine (SGEM) is a knowledge translation (KT) project. The goal of the SGEM is to shorten the KT window from over ten years down to less than one year. It does this by turning traditional medical education on its head.MORE Host Dr. Ken Milne
Producer/Network Dr. Ken Milne
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 14.4KTwitter 27.9K Get Email Contact

8. Big Picture Science

Follow Play Watch Video
Website Apple Spotify
The surprising connections in science and technology 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 SETI Institute
Email ****@seti.org
Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 5.7KTwitter 5.9KInstagram 228 Avg Length 52 min Get Email Contact

9. Skeptiko

Follow Play
Website Apple Spotify
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.
Host Alex Tsakiris
Producer/Network Alex Tsakiris
Email ****@skeptiko.com
Apple Rating 3.1/5Facebook 4.6KTwitter 3.2K Avg Length 65 min Since Dec 2014 Get Email Contact

10. Squaring the Strange

Follow Play
Website Apple Spotify
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 Producer/Network Ben Radford, Celestia Ward and Pascual Romero
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 921Twitter 148 Avg Length 86 min Since Apr 2017 Get Email Contact

11. Raiders of the Unknown (Mystic-Skeptic Radio)

Follow Play
Website Apple Spotify
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.MORE Producer/Network Mystic N Skeptic
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 277 Avg Length 51 min Since Oct 2015 Get Email Contact

12. Sosnoff / Ratigan

Follow Play
Website Apple Spotify
Tom Sosnoff and Dylan Ratigan reunite for a weekly podcast, ranting on everything from sports and investing to politics and monetary policy.
Producer/Network tastylive
Email ****@tastytrade.com
Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 41.6KTwitter 32.5KInstagram 5.7K Avg Length 43 min Since Jan 2020 Get Email Contact

13. Data Skeptic

Follow Play
Website Apple Spotify
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.MORE Host Kyle Polich
Producer/Network Kyle Polich
Email ****@dataskeptic.com
Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 1.7KTwitter 8K Avg Length 38 min Since May 2014 Video Podcast YouTube
Get Email Contact

14. A Skeptic's Path to Enlightenment

Follow Play
Website Apple Spotify
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.MORE Host Scott Snibbe
Producer/Network Scott Snibbe
Email ****@snibbe.com
Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 2.1KTwitter 188Instagram 1.7K Avg Length 35 min Since Jan 2020 Get Email Contact

15. The Skeptic Zone

Follow Play
Website Apple
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'.MORE Producer/Network Richard Saunders
Email ****@skepticzone.tv
Facebook 1.6KTwitter 10.6KInstagram 1.1K Avg Length 60 min Since Sep 2008 Get Email Contact

16. Occult Knowledge

Follow Play
Website Apple
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
Email ****@yahoo.com
Apple Rating 3.7/5Twitter 39 Since Jul 2011 Get Email Contact

17. The Cosmic Skeptic Podcast

Follow Play
Website Apple Spotify
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.MORE Host Alex J. O'Connor
Producer/Network Alex J O'Connor
Email ****@alexoconnor.com
Facebook 30.1KTwitter 88KInstagram 321.4K Avg Length 88 min Since Apr 2019 Get Email Contact

18. Life, the Universe & Everything Else

Follow Play
Website Apple Spotify
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.
Producer/Network Gem Newman, Ashlyn Noble
Email ****@winnipegskeptics.com
Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 429Twitter 195 Since Dec 2016 Get Email Contact

19. The Conspiracy Skeptic

Follow Play
Website Apple
A skeptical look at conspiracy theories.
Host Karl Mamer
Producer/Network The HiveMind Group
Email ****@yahoo.com
Apple Rating 3.3/5Facebook 306 Since Oct 2007 Get Email Contact

20. The Reality Check

Follow Play
Website Apple Spotify YouTube
Canada's weekly podcast that explores a wide range of controversies and curiosities using science and critical thinking.
Producer/Network The Reality Check
Email ****@trcpodcast.com
Facebook 4KTwitter 648 Avg Length 34 min Since Aug 2008 Get Email Contact

21. The Christian Skeptic

Follow Play
Website Apple Spotify YouTube
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.
Host Sean Kerwin
Producer/Network Sean Kerwin
Email ****@gmail.com
Facebook 11 Avg Length 25 min Since Jun 2020 Get Email Contact

22. Point of Inquiry

Follow Play
Website Apple
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 Producer/Network Center for Inquiry
Avg Length 54 min Get Email Contact

23. Rationally Speaking Podcast

Follow Play
Website Apple Spotify
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!MORE Producer/Network New York City Skeptics
Email ****@nycskeptics.org
Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 7KTwitter 13.9K Avg Length 65 min Since Jan 2010 Get Email Contact

24. Skeptics Podcast

Follow Play
Website Apple Spotify
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
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 165 Avg Length 37 min Since Jul 2019 Get Email Contact

25. BSP: Believer Skeptic Podcast

Follow Play
Website Apple Spotify
BSP: Believer Skeptic Podcast is a podcast where two idiots debate the Belief and Skepticism of different phenomena. They will cover topics that fall under different categories such as cryptozoology, the supernatural, spiritualism, and more. While sipping Booze or Spirits one host will state the reason he or other people Believe in the chosen topic and the other host will state the reason he or other people are Skeptics. There will be a lot of fun, humor, and sometimes some insightful information (as much as two idiots can provide).MORE Producer/Network BSP: Believer Skeptic Podcast
Email ****@yahoo.com
Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 315Twitter 4.9KInstagram 878 Avg Length 34 min Since Aug 2017 Get Email Contact

26. Be Reasonable

Follow Play
Website Apple Spotify
Be Reasonable is a podcast from the Merseyside Skeptics Society, with Hayley Stevens and Michael Marshall. Each monthly interview will examine 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
Email ****@merseysideskeptics.org.uk
Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 2.8KTwitter 6.6K Since Jan 2013 Get Email Contact

27. Amateur Skeptics

Follow Play
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
Facebook 146Twitter 500 Avg Length 136 min Since Jan 2010 Get Email Contact

28. The Sordid Skeptics

Follow Play
Website Apple Spotify
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
Facebook 95 Avg Length 74 min Since Mar 2018 Get Email Contact

29. Skeptics & Believers - A Paranormal Podcast

Follow Play
Website Spotify
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
Email ****@gmail.com
Avg Length 32 min Since Jan 2019 Get Email Contact

30. The Happy Skeptic Podcast

Follow Play
Website Apple Spotify
Whether you have been a skeptic for a long time or just came out of Christianity, this show is for all my skeptics out there. We touch on Philosophy, religion, motivation, and overall life success. Join me on this ironic, yet funny ass journey.MORE Email ****@live.com
Avg Length 25 min Since Oct 2019 Get Email Contact

31. Spectral Skull Session

Follow Play
Website Spotify
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

32. The Technoskeptic Podcast

Follow Play
Website Apple
The mission of The Technoskeptic is to promote awareness, critical thinking, and social change around the use and impact of technology on society and the environment. Join in and have a listen to the podcast.MORE Producer/Network Mo Lotman, Art Keller, Elizabeth Brunner
Email ****@thetechnoskeptic.com
Since Jul 2015 Get Email Contact