Best 50 Science Podcasts For Scientists in the US

Here is our list of top Science podcasts For Scientists you can listen to or contact them for your outreach campaign. Find hosts, booking agents and producers info for each podcast for collaboration.

1. Why This Universe?

Why This Universe?
Play

The biggest ideas in physics, broken down. Join theoretical physicist Dan Hooper and co-host Shalma Wegsman

Hosts

Dan Hooper (Male), Shalma Wegsman (Female)

Producer/Network

Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman

Email

****@wisc.edu

Listener Type

Educators, Science Enthusiasts

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.6/5

Reviews

353

Avg Length

38 mins
Podcast Media Contact Database
Streamline Your Podcast Outreach with Ease
Are you a PR professional, marketer, outreach manager, or a business owner looking to get featured on the right podcasts? MillionPodcasts is your go-to solution for finding contacts of podcast hosts, booking agents and producers in your niche for PR pitches and collaborations, saving you hours of research time.

2. Physics World Weekly Podcast

Physics World Weekly Podcast
Play

Physics World Weekly offers a unique insight into the latest news, breakthroughs and innovations from the

Host

Hamish Johnston

Producer/Network

Physics World

Email

****@physicsworld.com

Listener Type

Science Enthusiasts

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.2/5

Reviews

66

Avg Length

39 mins

3. Audio research news

Audio research news
Play
Watch Video

Your latest update from The Transmitter, an essential resource for the neuroscience community, dedicated to

Producer/Network

The Transmitter

Email

****@thetransmitter.org

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.4/5

Reviews

19

Avg Length

8 mins

4. Nature Podcast

Nature Podcast
Play

The Nature Podcast brings you the best stories from the world of science each week. We cover everything from

Hosts

Shamini Bundell (Female), Nick Petric Howe (Male), Benjamin Thompson (Male)

Producer/Network

Springer Nature Limited

Email

****@nature.com

Listener Type

Educators, Students, Policy Makers

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.5/5

Reviews

698

Avg Length

28 mins

5. The Quanta Podcast

The Quanta Podcast
Play

Exploring the distant universe, the insides of cells, the abstractions of math, the complexity of information

Host

Susan Valot (Female)

Producer/Network

Quanta Magazine

Email

****@simonsfoundation.org

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.6/5

Reviews

450

Avg Length

23 mins

6. People Behind the Science Podcast Stories from Scientists about Science, Life, Research, and Science

People Behind the Science Podcast Stories from Scientists about Science, Life, Research, and Science
Play

Are you searching for great stories to ignite your curiosity, teach you to perform better in life and career,

Host

Dr. Marie McNeely

Producer/Network

Dr. Marie McNeely, featuring top scientists speaking about their life and c

Email

****@peoplebehindthescience.com

Listener Type

Policy Makers, Academic Researchers, Healthcare Professionals

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.9/5

Reviews

280

Avg Length

44 mins

7. Blue Dot

Blue Dot
Play

Blue Dot, named after Carl Sagan's famous speech about our place in the universe, features interviews with

Hosts

Dave Schlom (Male), Matt Fidler (Male)

Producer/Network

Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler

Email

****@corninghs.org

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.8/5

Reviews

24

Avg Length

52 mins

8. The eLife Podcast

The eLife Podcast
Play
Watch Video

The eLife Podcast: outstanding research in life science and biomedicine.

Host

Chris Smith (Male)

Producer/Network

Dr Chris Smith

Email

****@thenakedscientists.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.8/5

Reviews

33

Avg Length

36 mins

9. Everything Hertz

Everything Hertz
Play

Methodology, scientific life, and bad language. Co-hosted by Dr. Dan Quintana (University of Oslo) and Dr.

Hosts

Dan Quintana (Male), James Heathers (Male)

Producer/Network

Dan Quintana

Email

****@gmail.com

Listener Type

Students, Academics, Researchers

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.8/5

Reviews

55

Avg Length

51 mins

10. Dr. GPCR Podcast

Dr. GPCR Podcast
Play
Watch Video

We bring you closer to dedicated scientists who work tirelessly to help understand GPCR pathophysiology.

Producer/Network

Dr. Yamina Berchiche

Email

****@drgpcr.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.8/5

Reviews

12

Avg Length

53 mins

11. Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures

Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures
Play

Listen to exciting, non-technical talks on some of the most interesting developments in astronomy and space

Host

Andrew Fraknoi

Producer/Network

Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.6/5

Reviews

11

Avg Length

74 mins

12. Ologies with Alie Ward

Ologies with Alie Ward
Play

Volcanoes. Trees. Drunk butterflies. Mars missions. Slug sex. Death. Beauty standards. Anxiety busters. Beer

Host

Alie Ward (Female)

Producer/Network

Alie Ward

Email

****@gmail.com

Listener Type

Educators, Mental Health Advocates, Environmental Activists

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.9/5

Reviews

22911

Avg Length

72 mins

13. StarTalk Radio

StarTalk Radio
Play
Watch Video

Science, pop culture, and comedy collide on StarTalk Radio! Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and Director

Hosts

Neil deGrasse Tyson (Male), Chuck Nice (Male), Gary Ou2019Reilly

Producer/Network

SiriusXM Podcasts

Email

****@startalkradio.net

Listener Type

Educators, Students, Comedians

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.6/5

Reviews

13493

Avg Length

60 mins

14. Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe

Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe
Play

Scientists Daniel and Kelly cannot stop talking about our amazing, wonderful, weird Universe! Each episode is

Hosts

Kelly Weinersmith (Female), Daniel Whiteson (Male)

Producer/Network

iHeartPodcasts

Email

****@danielandjorge.com

Listener Type

Educators, Environmentalists, Science Enthusiasts

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.7/5

Reviews

2242

Avg Length

56 mins

15. Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
Play
Watch Video

Planetary Radio brings you the human adventure across our Solar System and beyond. We visit each week with

Host

Sarah Al-Ahmed (Female)

Producer/Network

The Planetary Society

Email

****@planetary.org

Listener Type

Educators, Policy Makers

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.8/5

Reviews

1269

Avg Length

63 mins

16. Science Magazine Podcast

Science Magazine Podcast
Play
Watch Video

Weekly podcasts from Science Magazine, the world's leading journal of original scientific research, global

Host

Science Magazine

Producer/Network

Science Magazine

Email

****@aaas.org

Listener Type

Educators, Students, Policy Makers

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.3/5

Reviews

756

Avg Length

35 mins

17. Universe Today

Universe Today
Play
Watch Video

Universe Today is all about Astronomy & space news. If you're a fan of Astronomy, space, sci-fi and pop

Host

Fraser Cain (Male)

Producer/Network

Fraser Cain

Email

****@universetoday.com

Listener Type

Investors, CEOs, Educators

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.7/5

Reviews

507

18. STEM-Talk

STEM-Talk
Play

The most interesting people in the world of science and technology

Hosts

Dawn Kernagis (Female), Ken Ford (Male)

Producer/Network

Dawn Kernagis and Ken Ford

Email

****@ihmc.us

Listener Type

Researchers, Technology Enthusiast, Entrepreneurs

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.7/5

Reviews

647

Avg Length

78 mins

19. About Space Today

About Space Today
Play

AMERICA'S RETURN TO SPACE - News and Information on America's space program - Artemis Return to Moon

Host

David Denault (Male)

Producer/Network

Broadcast Journalist David Denault, former NPR Space Correspondent.

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

4

Avg Length

13 mins

20. The Future of Everything

The Future of Everything
Play

Host Russ Altman, a professor of bioengineering, genetics, and medicine at Stanford, is your guide to the

Host

Russ Altman (Male)

Producer/Network

Stanford Engineering

Email

****@stanford.edu

Listener Type

Investors, Students, Policy Makers

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.8/5

Reviews

125

Avg Length

30 mins

21. Materialism: A Materials Science Podcast

Materialism: A Materials Science Podcast
Play
Watch Video

In this podcast, Taylor and Andrew investigate the past, present, and future of materials science and

Hosts

Taylor D. Sparks (Male), Andrew Falkowski (Male)

Producer/Network

Taylor Sparks and Andrew Falkowski

Email

****@gmail.com

Listener Type

Educators, Students, Researchers

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.9/5

Reviews

133

Avg Length

44 mins

22. The Academic Minute

The Academic Minute
Play

Astronomy to Zoology

Host

Lynn Pasquerella (Female)

Producer/Network

The Academic Minute

Email

****@aacu.org

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.3/5

Reviews

27

Avg Length

3 mins

23. Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast

Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast
Play
Watch Video

Special scientific reports and investigations by the Naked Scientists team

Producer/Network

The Naked Scientists

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.5/5

Reviews

41

Avg Length

24 mins

24. The DemystifySci Podcast

The DemystifySci Podcast
Play
Watch Video

Support Us! https://www.patreon.com/DemystifySciDemystifySci is Dr. Michael Shilo DeLay and Dr. Anastasia

Hosts

Dr. Michael Shilo DeLay (Male), Dr. Anastasia Bendebury (Female)

Producer/Network

DemystifySci

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.6/5

Reviews

44

Avg Length

99 mins

25. Manifold

Manifold
Play

Steve Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at

Host

Steve Hsu (Male)

Producer/Network

Steve Hsu

Email

****@msu.edu

Listener Type

Investors, Educators, Philosophers

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.6/5

Reviews

86

Avg Length

65 mins

26. AMSEcast

AMSEcast
Play

Produced from the American Museum of Science and Energy, AMSEcast invites guests from the world of science,

Producer/Network

American Museum of Science and Energy

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.7/5

Reviews

3

Avg Length

19 mins

27. Starts With A Bang podcast

Starts With A Bang podcast
Play

The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it.There's a cosmic story uniting us.We're determined

Host

Ethan Siegel (Male)

Producer/Network

Ethan Siegel

Email

****@gmail.com

Listener Type

CEOs, Educators, Science Enthusiasts

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.7/5

Reviews

64

Avg Length

98 mins

28. New Species

New Species
Play

Just a fraction of the species on our planet are known to science, but more are described and published every

Host

Zoe Albion (Female)

Producer/Network

New Species Podcast

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.5/5

Reviews

15

Avg Length

35 mins

29. BioScience Talks

BioScience Talks
Play

We hope you enjoy these in-depth discussions of recently published BioScience articles and other science

Host

James Verdier (Male)

Producer/Network

American Institute of Biological Sciences

Email

****@aibs.org

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4/5

Reviews

13

Avg Length

35 mins

30. Ceramic Tech Chat

Ceramic Tech Chat
Play

Members of The American Ceramic Society talk about their personal, professional, and scientific discoveries

Producer/Network

The American Ceramic Society

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

7

Avg Length

29 mins

31. crisscrossing Science

crisscrossing Science
Play

Welcome to crisscrossing Science, the podcast in which we answer the science questions that you never thought

Hosts

Michael Crosser (Male), Chad Tillberg (Male)

Producer/Network

Michael Crosser & Chad Tillberg

Email

****@linfield.edu

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.8/5

Reviews

16

Avg Length

32 mins

32. UC Berkeley (Audio)

UC Berkeley (Audio)
Play

Programs from the University of California, Berkeley.

Producer/Network

UCTV

Email

****@berkeley.edu

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

4

Avg Length

75 mins

33. Let's Talk Chemistry- a science podcast by ChemTalk

Let's Talk Chemistry- a science podcast by ChemTalk
Play

ChemTalk (chemistrytalk.org) is a brand-new non-profit, whose mission is to make chemistry more fun, easier

Hosts

Jasmine Winter, Jason Lu, Elizabeth Li, Erin Suh

Producer/Network

The ChemTalk Team

Email

****@chemistrytalk.org

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.3/5

Reviews

15

Avg Length

26 mins

34. NPP BrainPod

NPP BrainPod
Play

BrainPod is the podcast from the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, produced in association with Nature

Host

Cynthia Graber (Female)

Producer/Network

Springer Nature

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4/5

Reviews

15

Avg Length

10 mins

35. The New England Biolabs Podcast: Lessons from Lab and Life

The New England Biolabs Podcast: Lessons from Lab and Life
Play

The New England Biolabs podcast series, Lessons from Lab and Life, is dedicated to sharing helpful life

Host

Lydia Morrison (Female)

Producer/Network

New England Biolabs

Email

****@neb.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.8/5

Reviews

10

Avg Length

21 mins

36. Origin Stories

Origin Stories
Play
Watch Video

Explore human evolution one story at a time. This award-winning show blends storytelling with science that

Host

Meredith Johnson (Female)

Producer/Network

The Leakey Foundation

Email

****@leakeyfoundation.org

Listener Type

Educators, History Buffs, Environmental Activists

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.9/5

Reviews

457

Avg Length

34 mins

37. The Beautiful Universe: Chandra in HD

The Beautiful Universe: Chandra in HD

High definition views of Chandra's exciting science

Producer/Network

cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu (Chandra webmaster)

Email

****@cfa.harvard.edu

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

3.9/5

Reviews

42

38. ThinkResearch

ThinkResearch
Play

Podcast by Harvard Catalyst

Host

Oby Ukadike (Male)

Producer/Network

Harvard Catalyst

Email

****@wawaproject.org

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

4.9/5

Reviews

15

Avg Length

25 mins

39. Science Night

Science Night
Play
Watch Video

Science! What is it? Who does it? Why does it matter? At the Science Night Podcast, we highlight the

Hosts

Steffi Diem (Female), Jason Organ (Male), James Reed (Male)

Producer/Network

Riverpower Podcast Mill

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

17

Avg Length

49 mins

40. Columbia University Bio Bytes

Columbia University Bio Bytes
Play

Welcome to Bio Bytes! Tune in for interviews with prominent scientists working at the intersection of

Hosts

Sophia Deng (Female), Emma Chen (Female)

Producer/Network

Columbia Sys Bio Initiative

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

4

Avg Length

42 mins

41. Engineering the Future

Engineering the Future
Play
Watch Video

The Engineering the Future podcast features guests from across McKelvey Engineering who join science writer

Producer/Network

McKelvey Engineering

Email

****@wustl.edu

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Rating

5/5

Reviews

10

Avg Length

25 mins