Science Podcasts

Sword and Scale

369 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★ - 57.8K ratings
The Sword and Scale true-crime podcast is an immersive audio experience covering the dark side of humanity and human nature. Our stories delve into the worst of the worst and include murder...

Anything Goes with Emma Chamberlain

194 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 30.4K ratings
Emma has a LOT on her mind. Good thing she has a podcast to talk about it all. Appropriately named, anything really does go on this podcast. Thoughts, conversations, and advice on topics from relat...

Science Rules! with Bill Nye

152 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 4.5K ratings
Bill Nye is on a mission to change the world — one voicemail at a time. Bill and science writer Corey S. Powell take your burning questions and put them to the world's leading experts on just abou...

Wild Thing

88 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratings
Wild Thing is a podcast about the strange and unusual things that capture our imaginations. It’s about the relationship between science and society. It’s about wild places, wild people, and wild id...

Hillbilly Horror Stories

573 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 hour ago - ★★★★★ - 3.1K 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 ...

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

193 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3.1K ratings
Ever wanted to know how music affects your brain, what quantum mechanics really is, or how black holes work? Do you wonder why you get emotional each time you see a certain movie, or how on...

TheThinkingAtheist

484 episodes - Latest episode: about 23 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 2.3K ratings
Seth Andrews, a former Christian broadcaster and believer for 30 years, ultimately escaped the bonds of superstitious thinking to embrace the more satisfying explanations that science provides. A ...

This Week in Virology

357 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.7K ratings
This Week in Virology is a netcast about viruses - the kind that make you sick.

Personality Hacker Podcast

470 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.6K ratings
Make better decisions based on how your mind works. Personality Hacker teaches you the coding language of your mind and how to use it to create great relationships - a fulfilling career and happine...

How to Save a Planet

48 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1.5K ratings
Does climate change freak you out? Want to know what we, collectively, can do about it? Us, too. How to Save a Planet is a podcast that asks the big questions: What do we need to do to solve the cl...

Earth Ancients

422 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
Earth Ancients chronicles the growing (and often suppressed) evidence of known and unknown civilizations, their ruined cities, and artifacts developed from advanced science and technology. Erased f...

Physician Assistant Exam Review

113 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings
We review core medical knowledge on a continuous basis for the physician assistant preparing for the PANRE.

TED Health

239 episodes - Latest episode: about 19 hours ago - ★★★★ - 957 ratings
What does exercise do to your brain? Can psychedelics treat depression? From smart daily habits to new medical breakthroughs, welcome to TED Health, with host Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider. TED ...

ADHD Experts Podcast

377 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★ - 761 ratings
Leading ADHD experts give real-life answers to questions submitted by ADD adults and parents raising children with attention deficit disorder across a range of topics covering symptoms, school, wor...

TED Talks Science and Medicine

317 episodes - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★ - 682 ratings
Some of the world's greatest scientists, doctors and medical researchers share their discoveries and visions onstage at the TED conference, TEDx events and partner events around the world. You can ...

Open Minds UFO Radio

354 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★ - 582 ratings
An examination of Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP) and related topics with credible UFO news and information.

Consider Before Consuming

55 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 575 ratings
Think about all of the things you consider every day to help keep yourself, your loved ones, and your community happy, healthy, and hopeful. Now consider this: There is an ever-growing body of re...

Persiflagers Infectious Disease Puscast

344 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 542 ratings
A podcast review of the Infectious Disease literature with commentary.

Deeply Human

13 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 539 ratings
Why you do what you do! Exploring our loves, our fears, our habits and hopes, Dessa takes a deeply personal look at what lies behind our thoughts and behavior. Can a better understanding of human n...

Completely Arbortrary

44 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 527 ratings
Tree zealot Casey Clapp and tree agnostic Alex Crowson review and rate your favorite arboreal friends. A semi-educational, basically pleasant, and fully unnecessary romp through the annals of treed...

Tooth and Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks

50 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 516 ratings
True stories of the most extreme wild animal attacks ever documented, told and explained by Wes Larson, a wildlife biologist and animal behavior expert. Wes is joined by his brother Jeff and their ...

Kosmographia

73 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 448 ratings
All the Randall you can handle

Plenary Session

245 episodes - Latest episode: about 10 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 445 ratings
A podcast on medicine, oncology, & health policy. Host: Vinay Prasad, MD MPH from University of California San Francisco. Tweet your feedback to @Plenary_Session or e-mail [email protected]

Background Briefing with Ian Masters

836 episodes - Latest episode: about 14 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 443 ratings
Background Briefing goes far beyond the headlines and deep under the radar to bring forward truths unheard elsewhere in American media. Background Briefing features international and national news,...

This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast

179 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★ - 432 ratings
The kickass science and technology radio show that delivers an irreverent look at the week in science and technology.

Brave New Planet

11 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★ - 423 ratings
Utopia or dystopia? It’s up to us.In the 21st century, powerful technologies have been appearing at a breathtaking pace—related to the internet, artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, and mo...

UFO Chronicles Podcast

169 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 416 ratings
First-hand witness encounters of the Strange and unexplained.Have you had an unusual experience? And you would like to talk about your experiences on our podcast🎙UFOS, Paranormal, Conspiracies, Cry...

Gravity Assist

81 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 394 ratings
NASA’s interplanetary talk show, hosted by Chief Scientist Jim Green, introduces you to space professionals working to take exploration into the future.

2100

44 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 392 ratings
This podcast series is a time capsule left for the people of 2100 to dissect and find with it what they want. Host Jason Peters is fascinated with the idea of time and the possibilities that come w...

Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod.

110 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 374 ratings
Each Sunday, Brad Shoemaker and Will Smith discuss a new technology topic. Come for the long-form conversations about virtual reality, space travel, electric cars, refresh rates, and a whole lot mo...