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This is a list of notable podcasts that promote or practice scientific skepticism.

Active

Podcast Host(s) Started Language Affiliation
Archaeological Fantasies[1] Sara Head, Kenneth Feder January 5, 2015 English The Archaeology Podcast Network[2]
Be Reasonable[3][4] Michael Marshall (with Hayley M. Stevens[5] until June 2014) January 28, 2013 English Merseyside Skeptics Society
Big Picture Science[6] Seth Shostak and Molly Bentley English SETI Institute
Dr Karl's Great Moments in Science[7] Karl Kruszelnicki April 24, 2012 English Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC Science
Friendly Atheist, The[8] Hemant Mehta, Jessica Bluemke June 15, 2014 English Independent
Geologic Podcast[9] George Hrab January 23, 2007 English Independent
InKredulous[3] Andy Wilson February 8, 2010 English Merseyside Skeptics Society
Little Atoms[10] Neil Denny, Padraig Reidy, Richard Sanderson, Becky Hogge July 21, 2006 English The Skeptic until 2011, now independent
MonsterTalk[11] Blake Smith, Ben Radford and Karen Stollznow July 2, 2009 English The Skeptics Society's Skeptic magazine (previously)
independent, Monster House LLC (currently)
Ockham's Razor[12] Robyn Williams January 23, 2016 English Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio National
Oh No, Ross and Carrie![13] Ross Blocher, Carrie Poppy March 10, 2011 English Maximum Fun
Pod Delusion, The[14] James O'Malley September 18, 2009 English British Humanist Association
Point of Inquiry[15] Leighann Lord, James Underdown December 11, 2005 English Center for Inquiry
Raising Freethinkers[16] Dale McGowan December 7, 2018 English Independent
Rationally Speaking[17][18] Massimo Pigliucci, Julia Galef February 1, 2010 English New York City Skeptics
Reality Check, The Darren McKee, Adam Gardner, Elan Dubrofsky, Pat Roach, Christina Roach August 14, 2008 English Ottawa Skeptics
Saltklypa[19] Gunnar Tjomlid, Marit Simonsen, Kristin Carlsson October 11, 2010 Norwegian Independent[20]
Science for the People[21] Desiree Schell March 20, 2009 English Independent
Skeptic Zone, The Richard Saunders September 26, 2008 English Independent[22]
Skepticality Derek Colanduno, "Swoopy" Robynn McCarthy April 1, 2005 English The Skeptics Society's Skeptic magazine
Skeptically Yours[23] Emery Emery, Heather Henderson July 29, 2012 English Independent
Skeptics with a K[3] Mike Hall, Michael Marshall, Alice Howarth, Colin Harris September 1, 2009 English Merseyside Skeptics Society
Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, The Steven Novella, Jay Novella, Robert Novella, Perry DeAngelis, Evan Bernstein, Rebecca Watson, Cara Santa Maria May 4, 2005 English New England Skeptical Society
Skeptoid[24] Brian Dunning October 3, 2006 English Skeptoid Media, Inc.
Squaring the Strange[25] Ben Radford, Pascual Romero, Celestia Ward April 13, 2017 English Independent
TheESP – European Skeptics Podcast[26] Pontus Böckman (SE), Annika Harrison (DE), András G. Pintér (HU)[27][28] November 18, 2015 English Independent
Token Skeptic[29] Kylie Sturgess December 25, 2009 English Independent
Скептик (Skeptik)[30] Kirill Alferov, Levon Gulnazaryan, Ilya Makarov, Ekaterina Zvereva, Laida Kushnareva, Valery Sobolev June 20, 2013 Russian Skeptic Society (Общество скептиков)

Inactive

These podcasts are either officially on hiatus, have ceased production, or have not produced an episode in over a year.

Podcast Host(s) Started Ended Language Affiliation
15 Credibility Street[31] Sharon Hill October 17, 2016 July 15, 2018[32] English Doubtful News
Adam Ruins Everything[33] Adam Conover May 24, 2016 March 7, 2018 English Maximum Fun
Edinburgh Skeptics Presents...[34] Mark Pentler, Claudia Schaffner, David Frank + Other Guests April 20, 2015 October 20, 2018 English Edinburgh Skeptics
For Good Reason[35] D. J. Grothe January 23, 2010 December 15, 2011 English James Randi Educational Foundation
Hagtivist[36] Malik, Ros, Justice, Ato January 19, 2020 February 20, 2020 English Humanist Association of Ghana
Pseudoscientists, The Jack Scanlan, Rachael Skerritt, Sarah McBride, Tom Lang, Belinda Nicholson December 23, 2008 July 15, 2015 English Young Australian Skeptics
Quackcast[37][38] Mark Crislip May 5, 2006 April 8, 2017 English Independent
Science Watch[39] Dave Thomas, M. Kim Johnson August 13, 2005 March 7, 2010 English New Mexicans for Science and Reason (NMSR)
Sisyphus Speaks: Reflections on Pseudo-Medicine[40] Mark Crislip September 24, 2016 May 30, 2017 English Society for Science-Based Medicine
Unfiltered Thoughts[41][42] Jack Scanlan September 26, 2013 March 30, 2015 English Young Australian Skeptics
VoFcast[43] Joacim Jonsson April 6, 2011 January 21, 2012 Swedish Vetenskap och Folkbildning

See also

References

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  2. ^ Chris Webster. "The Archaeology Podcast Network". archaeologypodcastnetwork.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "The Merseyside Skeptics Society. Podcasts". Merseyside Skeptics Society podcasts. Archived from the original on November 22, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  4. ^ Naughton, Pete (March 23, 2013). "Podcast and internet radio previews". Telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on January 9, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  5. ^ Michael Marshall (host) (June 30, 2014). "Rafael Dellal" (Podcast). Be Reasonable. No. 018. MSS. Archived from the original on September 18, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  6. ^ "About Big Picture Science". SETI Institute. 2014. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Great Moments In Science". abc.net.au. ABC RN. Archived from the original on January 9, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  8. ^ "Friendly Atheist Podcast homepage". Retrieved 12 June 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Geologic Podcast homepage".
  10. ^ "About the podcast". Littleatoms.com. Archived from the original on January 9, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  11. ^ "About the Hosts of Monstertalk". Skeptic.com. Archived from the original on January 20, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  12. ^ "Ockham's Razor". abc.net.au. ABC RN. Archived from the original on January 19, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  13. ^ "Oh No Ross and Carrie". feeds.feedburner.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  14. ^ O'Malley, James (January 8, 2010). "Episode 16 – 8th January 2010" (podcast). The Pod Delusion. Episode 16. British Humanist Association. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  15. ^ "Point of Inquiry homepage". 2018-12-21.
  16. ^ "Dale McGowan homepage". Retrieved 12 June 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ "RS128 – 5th Anniversary Live Show". Rationallyspeakingpodcast.org. Archived from the original on August 9, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  18. ^ "Welcome, everyone!". Rationallyspeaking.blogspot.nl. August 2005. Archived from the original on November 10, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  19. ^ "Saltklypa". Skepsis Norge (in Norwegian). Podbean. Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
  20. ^ Salklypa was launched to interview speakers for Kritisk masse 2010, the Skepsis Norge conference. It has remained formally independent of Skepsis, but often features members of the society.
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  22. ^ Contrary to impressions, The Skeptic Zone is not affiliated with the Australian Skeptics. Richard Saunders happens to be host of the one as well as president of the other, but formally they are independent, see "Skeptically Challenged 2014/08/15 Richard Saunders". Skeptically Challenged. August 15, 2014. Archived from the original on August 20, 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2014.: 15:51 
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  25. ^ "Squaring the Strange". squaringthestrange.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
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  27. ^ "The Hosts". TheESP.eu. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  28. ^ "THE ESP – Ep. #233 – Homeomathematics (1h21m)". The European Skeptics Podcast. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  29. ^ Kylie Sturgess (March 31, 2010). "The 'Token Skeptic' at the Rise of Atheism—Global Atheist Convention, Melbourne, Australia". CSI website. Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Archived from the original on August 12, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
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  31. ^ "15 Credibility Street by Doubtful News". Skepreview.com. Archived from the original on December 31, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  32. ^ "15 Credibility Street podcast archive". Doubtful News. 2018-12-18. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  33. ^ "Adam Ruins Everything". 23 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  34. ^ "Edinburgh Skeptics. Podcasts". Edinburghskeptics.co.uk. Archived from the original on July 15, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  35. ^ "For Good Reason – Podcast". Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  36. ^ Humanist Association of Ghana. "Hagtivist Podcast". Anchor. Humanist Association of Ghana. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  37. ^ "Mark Crislip homepage".
  38. ^ "Quackcast".
  39. ^ "Science Watch podcasts from NMSR". NCSE.com. Archived from the original on January 9, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  40. ^ "Sisyphus Speaks". Archived from the original on July 10, 2017. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  41. ^ "Official Website". Archived from the original on December 24, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  42. ^ "List of Podcast Episodes". Archived from the original on June 14, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  43. ^ "VoFCast. List of Podcast Episodes". Archived from the original on January 16, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2017.