55 Best Argument Podcasts to Listen to (2026)

Smash Boom Best is a funny, smart debate show for kids and families from the Brains On Universe. Every episode takes two cool things, smashes them together and lets you decide which is best: Pikachu vs. Mario, Lollipops vs. Popcorn, Flamingos vs. Axolotls, Mermaids vs. Bigfoot, Cats vs. Dogs, Spiderman vs. Batman, Refrigerators vs. Toilets, Minecraft vs. Lego… the list goes on. Our star-studded line-up of debaters use facts and passion to make their case, teaching listeners how to defend their opinions along the way! Past debaters include Tim Platt, cast member of the comedy narrative play podcast Rude Tales of Magic, comedian and writer Jenny Yang, Minneapolis-based rapper NUR-D, comedian and creator of the Story Pirates Peter McNerney, Radio Ambulante's Daniel Alarcón, journalist and host of Into It Sam Sanders, host of Terrible, Thanks for Asking Nora McInerney, food-writer Kenji Lopez-Alt and many, many more. To top it off, our State of Debate segment shows listeners how to identify logical fallacies in the wild. Ad hominem attacks and bandwagon fallacies, be gone! So if you're looking to ignite a funny, feisty debate on your next roadtrip, or just want some amusing arguments for your kids to consider while they fall asleep… tune into Smash Boom Best, where we make debate a blast! Sales and Distribution by Lemonada Media https://lemonadamedia.com/ more

The first draft of our future. Mapping the new world order through interviews and conversations. Every Thursday, from New York Times Opinion. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. more

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

An unscheduled, unpredictable Supreme Court podcast. Hosted by Will Baude and Dan Epps. In partnership with SCOTUSblog. more

A case in which the Court held that the TPS statute's judicial review bar blocks all non-constitutional challenges to the Secretary of Homeland Security's decisions to grant, extend, or terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS). more

We believe debates should be moderated on an equal playing field and host live debates on controversial topics from science, religion, and politics several times a week. more

Reason presents a libertarian-themed debate series recorded monthly before a live audience in New York City. Moderated by former Barron's Economics Editor Gene Epstein, the Soho Forum features Nobel prize winners, radical thinkers, and other public intellectuals facing off over the future of abortion, bitcoin, electric vehicles, government debt, illegal drugs, robotics, sex work, and other controversial topics. more

Jim and Mark use the insane ramblings of a tiny-handed narcissist to explain logical fallacies. Each episode we focus on a single logical fallacy and, using examples from Trump, UK politics and pop culture, explore how and why it fools people, how to avoid committing it yourself, and how to counter it in an argument. more

We debate topics that people get pissed about.

Funny and intense arguments about what is 'the best' in the world of movies, music, sports and everything pop culture from three guys who have known each other our whole lives. A formatted head to head (to head) to settle the score, once and for all on everything ranging from best one-hit wonder to best sports scandal. Formidable Opponents covers a wide array of interesting topics and breaks them down in a round table discussion as each of us defends and debates our individual takes on the topics we all love to hilariously argue about. ****@gmail.comTwitter: @FOpponents Instagram formidable_opponentsFacebook: Formidable Opponents Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/foropponents more

Finding Common Battle Grounds is an attempt by two brothers - one conservative, the other progressive - to have civil conversations about politics, with a little help from their friends. more

Opening Arguments is a law show that helps you make sense of the news! Comedian Thomas Smith brings on legal analysts to help you understand not only current events, but also deeper legal concepts and areas!The typical schedule will be M-W-F with Monday being a deep-dive, Wednesday being Thomas Takes the Bar Exam and patron shoutouts, and Friday being a rapid response to legal issues in the news! more

America is more divided than ever—but it doesn't have to be. Open to Debate offers an antidote to the chaos. We bring multiple perspectives together for real, nonpartisan debates. Debates that are structured, respectful, clever, provocative, and driven by the facts. Open to Debate is on a mission to restore balance to the public square through expert moderation, good-faith arguments, and reasoned analysis. We examine the issues of the day with the world's most influential thinkers spanning science, technology, politics, culture, and global affairs. It's time to build a stronger, more united democracy with the civil exchange of ideas. Be open-minded. Be curious. Be ready to listen. Join us in being Open to Debate. (Formerly Intelligence Squared U.S.) more

A weekly show from the National Constitution Center hosted by Julie Silverbrook and Tom Donnelly where listeners can hear the best arguments on all sides of the constitutional issues at the center of American life. more

Pierre de Vilno reçoit des invités pour deux débats d'actualités. Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations. more

The Munk Debate podcasts is home to two of the most popular Canadian current affairs podcasts: Friday Focus with Janice Gross Stein and Munk Dialogues with Andrew Coyne Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. more

A chronological podcast of oral arguments with improved files and meta data. Hosted by Free Law Project through the CourtListener.com initiative. Not an official podcast. more

P1 Debat er hele Danmarks debatprogram. Her tager vi debatten om de spørgsmål, der fylder ved spisebordet, på de sociale medier og på Christiansborg. Vi giver plads til uenighed, så du kan blive klogere. Du kan blande dig i debatten ved at ringe på 7021 1919 eller send en sms til 1212. more

Professor Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University and one of the nation's leading authorities on the Constitution, offers weekly in-depth discussions on the most urgent and fascinating constitutional issues of our day. He is joined by co-host Andy Lipka and guests drawn from other top experts including Bob Woodward, Nina Totenberg, Neal Katyal, Lawrence Lessig, Michael Gerhardt, and many more. more

A chronological podcast of oral arguments with improved files and meta data. Hosted by Free Law Project through the CourtListener.com initiative. Not an official podcast. more

A chronological podcast of oral arguments with improved files and meta data. Hosted by Free Law Project through the CourtListener.com initiative. Not an official podcast. more

Get three sides to every story & your first look at tomorrow's papers, with James Macpherson, Caleb Bond and Danica De Giorgio. more

This podcast features the debates and lectures of Dr. William Lane Craig.

Welcome to Surrounded, where one brave person faces twenty five. Every Sunday, dive into bold debates as a single guest takes on twenty five people with opposing views. No echo chambers, just raw, unfiltered conversations that challenge assumptions and spark connection.If you're hungry for perspective, ready to wrestle with complexity, and believe in the power of debate, you're in the right place. Subscribe now and join a community built on curiosity, empathy, and conversation that matters. more

A podcast feed of the audio recordings of the oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court. * Podcast adds new arguments automatically and immediately after they become available on supremecourt.gov * Detailed episode descriptions with facts about the case from oyez.org and links to docket and other information.* Convenient chapters to skip to any exchange between a justice and an advocate (available as soon as oyez.org publishes the transcript).Also available in video form at https://www.youtube.com/@SCOTUSOralArgument more

The Frederick Faith Debate is designed to be an open an honest forum for local faith community leaders to share and discuss their views of the truth. Lady Bird Johnson once said, 'the clash of ideas is the sound of freedom'. In that spirit, the show seriously wrestles with important ideas… the participant often disagreeing with one another. The hope is that through this wrestling a better understanding of the truth will develop with regards to the most important issues facing the world. more

Justin and Rob tackle the most controversial topics in herpetoculture. The co-hosts or guests take one side of the issue and try to hold their own in a no-holds-barred contest of intellect. Who will win? You decide. Reptile Fight Club! more

How do you disagree with substance, respect, and a spot of laughter? Is it possible for deep difference to be the uncanny glue of a free society, and not the spark for its conflagration? What does good-faith persuasion look like anymore?Zealots at the Gate from Comment explores these questions through the friendship of two men: Muslim political thinker Shadi Hamid and Christian theologian Matthew Kaemingk. Through frank, unapologetic dialogue interrogating the future of democracy and the role of religion in North American cultural life, this is a conversation bent on charting out a new paradigm for navigating philosophical and even tribal difference with openness, good humour, and convicted humility. more

Welcome to the DebateMath Podcast, the show where we're redefining what it means to debate in mathematics & education, where multiple sides of ideas are explored, evidence matters, and we all grow and learn from hearing each other. We know the world and our classrooms are not binary. So we lean into the gray area in our discussions. We invite on guests with differing viewpoints on the way math is taught, and listen in as they debate with each other. Come dig into any debate, where we listen to learn, not to prove someone wrong, but to deepen our understanding. more

Topical debate in which guests from the worlds of politics and the media answer questions posed by members of the public more

The Number One or Two podcast worldwide on the art of debate, argumentation, and rhetoric. Lively, ridiculous, and intelligent conversation on matters of oratory, debate, argumentation, and rhetoric.Support the podcast! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/inthebinpodcastThanks for any donation you'd like to make; it all goes back into making more episodes!Cover Photo by Siarhei Plashchynski on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/@s_plashchynski more

Presented by the Institute for Free SpeechThe Free Speech Arguments Podcast brings you oral arguments from important First Amendment free political speech cases across the country. more

Interviews and Debates with leaders in Philosophy, Politics, and Science

I'm trying to discuss hot button topics in a reasonable manner. I'm also trying to figure out first principles and how we come by them and decide which are best. I'm speaking with academics, authors, journalists and activists in hopes of trying to find answers. more

A feed from the Slate podcast network featuring episodes with enlightening conversations, opposing views, and plenty of healthy disputes. You'll get a curated selection of episodes from programs like What Next, The Waves, and the Political Gabfest, with deep discussions that go beyond point-counterpoint and shed light on the issues that matter most. more

Bloomberg Law's Cases and Controversies brings you the latest from the Supreme Court. Each week we preview oral arguments at the Court or feature in-depth interviews. We explore critical legal issues with Supreme Court advocates, judges, law professors, lawyers, and legal journalists. more

An informal look at religious apologetics and philosophy from an atheist and naturalist perspective.

Oral Arguments of the Florida Supreme Court and Florida's District Courts of AppealBrought to you by the Florida Sixth District Court of Appeal more

Hear the opinions from the United States Supreme Court presented in their entirety, but with citations omitted. This podcast is not affiliated with the United States Supreme Court or its staff in any way. more

One Clap Speech and Debate is a resource for Speech and Debate coaches and competitors. We interview heroes of the Speech and Debate community about the transformative power of the activity and work to provide free and helpful content for Speech and Debate enthusiasts. Lyle Wiley, an English teacher and Speech and Debate Coach in Thermopolis, Wyoming, hosts the show.  more

Supreme Court Season episodes will include all arguments that occur from October 01st to April/May.You can listen to the sidebar version of each Supreme Court Case https://thesidebar.transistor.fm/ more

Learn how you can use the Abortion Dialogue Academy's '7-minute argument' to persuade a pro-choice person to be pro-life in 7 minutes. On average, 1 in 5 pro-choice people change their mind on abortion after hearing ADA's '7-minute argument.' more

Our world is full of Debate and Controversy... From Mandatory Vaccinations, to Cancel Culture, to the Zombie Apocalypse, sometimes it seems as though we live in a society doomed to argue ourselves into oblivion!Join International Award Winning Debaters turned Educators Josh and Kelly as they explore these arguments from all sides to help you better understand the debates that define your world! more

The Forensics Experience is THE podcast about Speech and Debate. We take the opportunity to interview the world's most influential coaches, students and alumni in the activity and get their insight on topics from simply how to get better to the conversations we should have had about this community YEARS ago! Enjoy and don't forget to subscribe!New Episodes Every Sunday! more

A satirical takedown of cable news archetypes masquerading as a chat show. Part 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 & 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘴, part 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘨—all podcast. DEBATE ME, COWARD! combines left-wing political satire, in-depth interviews, obscure topics and original music to create a truly unique listening experience. Part of the Permanent Revolution Podcasting Network. more

A look at highschool debate

Sports. Pop Culture. Debates. I like trivia and I like talking and those two things usually get me into arguments. I also have friends and family who also do that so instead of doing that for 'free' we will do that here. We'll talk about everything and anything we feel like honestly. @trivialarguments on instagram! more

My buddy Tron and I love to get in arguments about many topics so we decided to turn it into a podcast.Get ready to see both sides of the argument and possibly be offended in Argue This! more

The Freedom of Thought Podcast: An opportunity to explore the people behind the books, articles, arguments, and events that contribute to the law and public discourse. We interview the scholars and attorneys bringing fresh thinking to new challenges and questions, and ask: what makes you different? What are the convictions behind your engagement on controversial questions? How has your work shaped your thinking, and how have your ideas evolved? What have you learned about the value of freedom of thought? more

Tom Cunningham, Joy Stephens, and Jermaine Taylor tackle the issues of the day with no hold barred commentary. Parrying back and forth, each of these critical thinkers helps us hone our arguments as... Steel Sharpens Steel. more

The Steamboat Institute is now offering our Campus Liberty Tour debates in podcast form! For those of you who missed our events, you can listen now. The Campus Liberty Tour is focused on teaching how to think, not what to think. more

Join hosts Jarret and Nikki as they re-argue a real Supreme Court case in front of 3 friends role-playing as 'justices'. Each episode includes an overview of the case, arguments from the hosts, deliberations and opinions issued by our panel of 'justices', and finally a reveal of what the real Supreme Court ruled and how their decision impacts us today.Also, we should mention no one on the show is a lawyer.Our goal is to present the history and decisions of the Supreme Court in an engaging and accessible way. If you're not a lawyer, that's okay, we aren't either! more

This is a podcast focusing on parliamentary and public forum debate from the eyes of a first year debater. I hope you learn along with me! more

The Sam and Derik Show is political debate as you've never heard it before. Two best friends in Juneau Alaska hailing from opposite ends of the political spectrum are doing the impossible: listening to each other.Will we solve any of the issues facing our world? No. It took weeks just to agree on the name of the show. But if two opposite sides can come together to create a podcast, maybe, just maybe, there's hope for our future yet. Get ready for hot takes and outrageous opinions! more

Join us for Politics with Pops , a twice weekly podcast where a Democrat daughter and her Republican father go head-to-head with humor and heart. Each episode, we dive into the week's top political news, breaking down headlines with witty banter and opposing viewpoints. Plus, we tackle a special topic every week, from hot-button issues to quirky policy debates, all while keeping the tone light and the laughs flowing. Expect sharp insights, playful jabs, and the kind of family chemistry that makes even the toughest debates feel like a kitchen-table chat. Tune in for a fresh take on politics that proves you can disagree and still sort of like each other! New episodes every Monday and Friday. Available on all major podcast platforms. more