Favorite Podcasters

Reference Sites

Updated July 9, 2012

I am an audio podcast junkie because I can download these "broadcasts," put them on my pocket recorder and play them back at any time or place. The collection of web sites listed here is oriented toward skeptic and atheistic subjects that has been filter to contain reasonably competent production values and content.

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Site Ratings

★★★★ Not yet rated
★★★★ Highly recommended
★★★★ Recommended
★★★★ Listenable
★★★★ Barely worth mentioning

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Amateur Skeptics ★★: A little on the amateurish side.
Ardent Atheist with Emery Emery ★★★★: Often amusing podcast. Usually once a week.
American Freethought ★★★★: Not rated.
An American Atheist ★★: Group discussion on current events and other topics. Roughly biweekly.
The Angry Atheist ★★★★: An extension of Reap Sow Radio. Interviews by one person.
Ask An Atheist ★★★★: A weekly Call-In Radio Show featuring Atheists from the Tacoma/Seattle Area
The Agnostic Brothers ★: Two guys with a full case format. Poor, weak presendation, grim preparation and overly long (60+ minutes). Very infrequent issue.
American Freethought ★★: Two guys and a 6-pack format---commentator with straight man. News reporting and associated opinion. Not too bad. 60 minute segments every two weeks. Advertises iTunes distrib but I do not listen to very often because of lack of RSS reminder.
Appreciate Your Mind ★★★★: An hour long weekly redio talk show from Fargo, SD, KNDS. "The World From A Clear Atheist Point of View."
Are We Alone/Big Picture Science ★★★★: "Science radio for thinking species." About an hour every couple of weeks. Very slick production values.
The Atheist Experience ★★★★: Radio rebroadcast. Hour+ long. News, comments and interviews. Weekly issue. Audio mp3 archive only goes back to 2009-07-05 and video archive extents to 2004-01-25 Home of the legendary Matt Dillahunty
Atheist News Podcast ★★: Two guy format. Hour long issues every once or twice a month. Some connection with Chariots of Iron. WARNING: you cannot download an mp3---streaming only. RSS does not work.
Atheist Nomads ★★★★: Two guys news and interviews.
The Boston Atheists Report ★★★: Bimonthy group roundtable discussion. Podcasts about 1-hour long. On indefinite hiatus/
Atheist Social Worker ★★★★: Solo presentation that tends to stick to a single topic. Fairly new but seems promising.
Chariots of Iron ★: Maybe 4 or 5 issues per year. Often lasting over an hour. Future in doubt.
Church of Awesome ★★★★: Weekly group discussion.
Comments for Human Tales ★★★: More formal presentations. Mix of positions.
Cognitive Dissonance ★★★★: For someone with a perverse sense of humor, like myself, this podcast is the best of this list---it is really worth five stars. Two guys review the news and foibles of the religious for about an hour once a week.
Common Sense Atheism ★★★: Series of interviews 30 to 60 minutes in length. Generally well done with variety of views; both theistic and atheistic. Closed operation but archive will remain. I will delete this entry in near future.
Critical Eye Podcast ★★: Very much a bunch of guys with a 6 pack. May start on topic but often meanders of into general bull session.
Dogma Debate ★★★★: Group discussions lead by David Smalley on a variety of subjects. Includes audio from alternate sources. Podcasts can be quite long---over two hours. Weekly schedule.
The Dumbasses Guide To Knowledg ★★: One man show that explores issues related to critical thinking and evidence. Monthly at best. Style questionable. Not frequent enough.
Equal Time For Freethought ★★★: Reasonable content consisting of 30 minute broadcasts covering humanist subjects---usually interviews. Biggest problem is with the organization of the archive which is currently segmented.
For Good Reason. ★★★★: D.J Grothe's podcast site after he took on the management of JREF. Unsure of technical connection with JREF because JREF site does not reference this one. Format good quality inverviews on a flexible schedule. Length usually over 30 minutes. Postings infrequemt.
Freethought Radio ★★★: This is the Freedom From Religion Foundation's (FFRF) voice which was broadcast by now defunct Radio America. It is still broadcast on some stations. Usually about 40 minutes long with the first half covering FFRF news and activities and the second half being an interview. The podcast is usually available on Monday but delays can occur.
Geologic Podcast ★★★★: Excellent weekly podcast by musician, songwriter, skeptic. Pocasts are about 30 minutes.

Godless Bitches ★★★★: Excellent weekly podcast. Different perspective.
The Good Atheist ★★: Two person format in hour format from Canada. Roughly 1 week issues. Not every posting has a podcast.
Humanist Network News ★★★: Comments and interviews. Typically 45 to 60 minutes. Interval appears to be once per month. Linked with American Humanist Association.
The Invisible Sky Monster ★★: About once a month. Same dude as dumbasses. Some issues fall into borderline as to skepticism.
The Imaginary Friends Show ★★★: Jake Farr-Wharton's atheist commentary from Australia.
Just Skeptics ★★★: A podcast of The Greater Mancester Skeptics. A weekly look at the news.
Living After Faith ★★★★: Geared to those reccvering from leaving religion. Quite good and interesting.
A Matter of Doubt ★★★★: Co hosts discussing theological issues, interviews and case histories of deconversion. Biweekly, hour long episodes.
Minnesota Atheists ★★★★: This site is a combination of audio and video podcasts. For standard mp[3-4] downloads select the RSS options. The radio podcasts are currently in hiatus but they reportedly will start again soon. Because the video/cable shows are mostly talking heads, there is little loss in down loading the audio versions. This group has its act together.
Monster Talk ★★★★: Another podcast sponsored by Skeptic Magazine with one hour episodes issued about two times a month. Covers things like bigfoot and such. Excellent production values.
The Nonprophets Radio ★★★★: Bimonthly broadcast with comments and interviews. Intelligent show but may be up to 1.5 hours long.
Oh No, Ross and Carrie! ★★★★: Fairly well presented skeptic podcast.
Pat Condell's Godless Comedy ★★★★: Not rated.
Podcast Beyond Belief ★★★★: Scientific, skeptic, secular humanist family orientation. Slick production value. Not many episode.
PodBean.com ★★: A collection of podcasts where some are atheist. There are a couple of repeats of entries on this list. Some of the listed sites are not active.
The Pod Delusion ★★★★: UK podcast with excellent production values and content. Hour long once a week.
Point of Inquiry ★★★: Interview podcasts of the Center for Inquiry (CFI). Usually several weeks between podcasts that typically last 35-45 minutes. Fairly well done but a bit dry at times.
Post Rapture Looting ★★★★: Two host covering recent events, odds and ends and interviews.
Quackcast ★★★★: Podcast by infectious disease medic Mark A Crislip and covers alternative medicine. Crislip has a wonderfully sarcastic style and a delight to listen to as he rips appart woo medicine. About 30 minutes long and maybe once a month.
Reality Check ★★★★: Fairly light heart skeptical from the Ottawa Skeptics. Freqency irregular but roughly weekly.
Reapsow Radio ★★★: Covers a broad range of subjects.
Reasonable Doubts ★★★: Biweekly (approximately) articles with gaps. Commentary and critique of religion.
Secular World ★★★: Podcast for Atheist Alliance International. Often a reading of an article followed by interview of author. Recorded once or twice per month. Length typically around 30 minutes. Previously Secular Nation
Skeptically Speaking ★★★★: Recordings of a Canadian radio show also broadcast online. Interview style with weekly hour long episodes.
Skeptics Guide to the Universe ★★★★: This is an excellent weekly review of claims deserving skeptical analysis along with an interview with various guests. Consistently available on Saturday but recorded several days earlier. Informal but well done. Very consistant in quality. Usually more than an hour long.
The Skeptics' Guide 5x5 ★★★★: Same site as above but these are about 5 minute coverages of a single subject. Frequency of issue sporadic.
Skeptoid ★★★★: Excellent analysis of odd phenomena. Typically about 5-10 minutes long. Every week or two.

The Skeptic Zone ★★★: Australian skeptic group. Issued once a week and about an hour long.
Skepticality ★★★: Podcast of Skeptic magazine. News plus interview(s). Up to an hour length. Over 100 episodes in archive but frequency of episodes unclear. Reasonable production quality and content.
Skeptics with a K ★★★★: the podcast for science, reason and critical thinking from the Merseyside Skeptics Society. Good show but the English is a bit fast paced for American ears.
The Thinking Atheist ★★★: Radio show relying on call ins. Some interviews.
Thomas and the Bible ★★★★: A project to read the entire Bible by an atheist. Some snarky comments. Note: to get downloads key the small title line below the date icon.
Ioken Skeptic ★★★★: Australian podcast with single host. Presentation quite formal.