Natural Sciences Podcasts

Hidden Brain

297 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 hour ago - ★★★★★ - 27.5K ratings
Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships.

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

1,390 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★ - 4.5K ratings
Deep in the back of your mind, you’ve always had the feeling that there’s something strange about reality. There is. Join Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick as they examine neurological quandaries, cosm...

Hillbilly Horror Stories

399 episodes - Latest episode: about 7 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 2.7K ratings
Hillbilly Horror Stories is a mostly paranormal show hosted by stand up comedian Jerry Paulley and his wife Tracy. They touch on all things eerie including true stories behind your favorite horror ...

Astronomy Cast

469 episodes - Latest episode: about 3 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 2.6K ratings
Take a fact-based journey through the cosmos. Tune in to hear weekly discussions on astronomical topics ranging from planets to cosmology. Hosted by Fraser Cain (Universe Today) and Dr. Pamela L. G...

Skeptoid

121 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2.2K ratings
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 medici...

BrainStuff

1,647 episodes - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
Whether the topic is popcorn or particle physics, you can count on BrainStuff to explore -- and explain -- the everyday science in the world around us.

Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe

230 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratings
A fun-filled discussion of the big, mind-blowing, unanswered questions about the Universe. In each episode, Daniel Whiteson (a Physicist who works at CERN) and Jorge Cham (a popular online cartooni...

MonsterTalk

256 episodes - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 966 ratings
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, ...

Bloggingheads.tv: The Glenn Show

77 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 821 ratings
Glenn Loury invites guests from the worlds of academia, journalism and public affairs to share insights on economic, political and social issues.

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

662 episodes - Latest episode: about 16 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 804 ratings
Cara Santa Maria is a science communicator, television host, producer, and journalist. She is excited to present "Talk Nerdy," a place for conversations with interesting people about interesting to...

In Defense of Plants Podcast

156 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 718 ratings
Plants are everything. They are also incredibly interesting. From the smallest duckweed to the tallest redwood, the botanical world is full of wonder. Join my friends and I for a podcast celebratin...

Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo

84 episodes - Latest episode: about 18 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 695 ratings
Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo is a weekly podcast hosted by Cliff Barackman and James "Bobo" Fay of Animal Planet's "Finding Bigfoot".

Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio

130 episodes - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 611 ratings
They're known by many names; Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Yowie, Yeti, Almas and the list goes on. For centuries, eyewitnesses have reported seeing them in forests all over the world. You might wonder w...

Ghost Magnet with Bridget Marquardt

110 episodes - Latest episode: about 20 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 611 ratings
Celebrity paranormal investigator Bridget Marquardt (Star of E!’s The Girls Next Door) embarks on an exploration of self-described ghost magnets and the spirits, poltergeists and pookas they attrac...

Invention

75 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 552 ratings
From agriculture to the X-ray machine, Stuff to Blow Your Mind hosts Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick explore the inventions we created, and how they created us.

STEM-Talk

114 episodes - Latest episode: 26 days ago - ★★★★★ - 524 ratings
The most interesting people in the world of science and technology

Cannabis Cultivation and Science Podcast

73 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 520 ratings
Welcome to the Cannabis Cultivation and Science podcast, I’m your host, Tad Hussey of KIS Organics. This is the podcast where we discuss the cutting edge of organic growing from a science based per...

Rationally Speaking Podcast

247 episodes - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 464 ratings
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 scien...

Ducks Unlimited Podcast

185 episodes - Latest episode: about 13 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 443 ratings
Ducks Unlimited Podcast is a constant discussion of all things waterfowl. From in-depth hunting tips and tactics, to waterfowl biology, research, science, and habitat updates. The DU Podcast is the...

Ask a Spaceman!

146 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 415 ratings
What would happen if you fell into a black hole? How big is the universe? Just what the heck is a quasar, anyway? You've got questions, and astrophysicist Paul M. Sutter has the answers! Submit que...

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast

133 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★ - 409 ratings
The kickass science and technology radio show that delivers an irreverent look at the week in science and technology.

This Week in Microbiology

231 episodes - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★★ - 386 ratings
This Week in Microbiology is a podcast about unseen life on Earth hosted by Vincent Racaniello and friends. Following in the path of his successful shows 'This Week in Virology' (TWiV) and 'This We...

This Week in Parasitism

190 episodes - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 368 ratings
TWiP is a monthly netcast about eukaryotic parasites. Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier, science Professors from Columbia University, deconstruct parasites, how they cause illness, and how ...

Psychedelic Salon

332 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 366 ratings
Quotes, comments, and audio files from Lorenzo's podcasts

Species

179 episodes - Latest episode: about 20 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 345 ratings
Pick an animal.

Kick It Naturally

154 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 342 ratings
Natural Guides to How Your Body Works and How to Work Your Body.

Me & Paranormal You with Ryan Singer

375 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 325 ratings
Stand up comedian Ryan Singer interviews people possessing paranormal abilities or experiences outside the ordinary. He sits down with people from all walks of life to discuss their experiences as ...

Green Dreamer: Sustainability and Regeneration From Ideas to Life

290 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 323 ratings
If we're headed down a path that's leading us to environmental degradation, dehumanization, and disconnection from the things that matter most, simultaneously endangering our earth's clean water, c...

Science Salon

150 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 321 ratings
In the tradition of the Enlightenment salons that helped drive the Age of Reason, Science Salon is a series of conversations between Dr. Michael Shermer and leading scientists, scholars, and thinke...

Podcasts – Weird Things

156 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 320 ratings