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There is some recent activity on the Atheist News group regarding podcasts, and since I haven't seen one yet (actually, I haven't spent much time looking), I thought I'd share my story and my podcasts:

I have a 1.5 hour commute each way Monday through Thursday, and instead of listening to thrash metal (or whatever's on the satellite), I listen to podcasts. I don't have time to exhaust my list of 'casts every week, so I have some that I let build up and then run through all of the archives over a week's time. Some I get to each week, and some I just don't go out of my way to listen to. This last category will likely get me banned from this site...

Weekly pods:

An American Atheist - http://anamericanatheist.org/?feed=podcast
American Freethought - http://www.americanfreethought.com/wordpress/?
Atheist News (when it's new)
Charoits of Iron (when it's new)
Dogma Free America - http://dogmafreeamerica.com/rss
Freethought Radio - http://ffrf.libsyn.com/rss
irreligiosophy - http://www.irreligiosophy.com/?feed=rss2
The Merseyside Skeptics Society - http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/feed/
Righteous Indignation - http://feeds.feedburner.com/righteousindignation
The Skeptics Guide to the Universe - http://www.theskepticsguide.org/feed/rss.aspx?feed=SGU

Every Other Week Podcasts:

The Atheist Experience - http://www.atheist-experience.com/podcast.php
The Non-Prophets - http://www.nonprophetsradio.com/nonprophets.xml
Reasonable Doubts - http://feeds.feedburner.com/reasonabledoubts/

Rip through the archives every month or so:

Geologic Podcast - http://www.geologicpodcast.com/rss
Humanist Network News - http://feeds.feedburner.com/HNN_Podcast
Monster Talk - http://monstertalk.skeptic.com/rss
The Oklahoma Atheists Godcast - http://aok.taxreligion.org/Podcast/AOK_Godcast.rss
Point of Inquiry - http://pointofinquiry.libsyn.com/rss
Secular Nation/Secular World - http://feeds.feedburner.com/SecularNationPodcast
Skeptic Zone - http://skepticzone.libsyn.com/rss
Skepticality - http://skepticality.libsyn.com/rss/
Skeptics Guide 5X5 - http://www.theskepticsguide.org/feed/rss.aspx?feed=5x5
Skeptoid - http://skeptoid.com/podcast.xml
Young Australian Skeptics - http://www.youngausskeptics.com/category/podcast/feed/

Geologic strays off topic a bit for me - that's understood - that is his signature and style, but I really don't need to listen to his mother or his advice on clothes. Others may, can and should find great mounds of valuable information from those parts of the shows, but it just bores me. I do like the "Religious Moron of the Week" segment, the "Interesting Fauna" and "Geo's Mom sings J. C. Lyrics" segments as well. I end up skipping to the next podcast when the segments that bore me pop. If I did a podcast and I had items you didn't like, I would fully expect that you would skip them as well.

I got hooked on the skeptic movement by Skeptics Guide and Skepticality. Only Skeptics Guide is still on my frequent rotation list. Kick me out now.

Anyone else have a list of podcasts they like?

Tags: atheism, podcasts, skepticism

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Permalink Reply by George on September 3, 2011 at 2:01am

Terrific list.

Also note that Atheist Experience is video streamed live, on Sunday at 4:30 pm Central time.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-atheist-experience

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Permalink Reply by Sentient Biped on September 3, 2011 at 9:01am

This is a great thread. Thank you for posting it.

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Permalink Reply by TheOperative on September 4, 2011 at 7:13am

Great replies, all. Like preparing for a garage sale, now I have to figure out which ones to cut to make room for the others.

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Permalink Reply by Aggiememenon on January 11, 2012 at 6:19pm

Update: Irreligiosophy is no longer podcasting (Chuck & Leighton hung it up over irreconcilable differences & a personal falling out)...but I've replaced it with Church of Awesome....many of them are also ex-Mormons...

(Don't know why, but ex-Mormons are some of the funniest damn atheists out there!)

The spin-off show from Irreligiosophy, "The Second Law" had a good run and is worth listening to (Joe & Emma...especially with Emma's Aussie accent), but they also seem to be on hiatus.

Don't forget the podcast feed for "Ask an Atheist" out of Tacoma, WA...they were a cable-access show in Seattle but have transitioned to an AM radio station show format...but still keep their podcast feed going, I'm pretty sure.

Know most of the main ones on the main list above. Don't listen as often as I should.

I miss D.J. Grothe's podcast that he started when he joined JREF...it seems to have gone away. (D.J. was previously the original host of Point of Inquiry, CFI's podcast...once he stopped being the host I rather lost interest...just couldn't relate to Chris Mooney as well).

Keeping up with podcasts and atheist blogs are my favorite way to stay connected to the atheo-sphere...

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Permalink Reply by Tim Donk on January 20, 2012 at 5:07am

Thanks for starting the thread, saw a few I hadn't heard of and will be adding them to my lineup. I listen to podcasts about ten hours a day so its hard to keep my content fresh. My current favorite is Robert M. Price's Show "The Bible Geek" a podcast on higher biblical criticism, quite heady at times but fascinating and thought provoking.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Fleming on January 20, 2012 at 12:02pm

Thanks for the lists. There are a lot here I didn't know about and will have to check out. I've got a long commute too.. Here are a few more. These are also all on stitcher, so you can stream them on the fly is you have a decent data plan:

Reason Podcast:http://wnyatheist.org/REASON.php

Josh and Paul discuss a wide variety of topics including Religion, Government, Science, all from a skeptical point of view. I also like their "You're wrong and here's why" segment where they arbitrarily select a position on a given subject and debate it to the best of their skills.

Cognitive Dissonance: http://dissonancepod.com/

Just a couple of regular guys that talk about anything and everything again from a skeptical point of view. Not for everyone.

The Angry Atheist: http://www.podomatic.com/profile/reapsow

Reap Interviews various Atheists from different walks of life and discusses Atheism in general. He also hosts "Reapsowradio" with is more of a skype panel based podcast.

Inglorious Blasphemers: http://ingloriousblasphemers.blogspot.com/

Ok, I'm tired of writing descriptions now, just look it up.

The Imaginary Friends Show: http://imaginaryfriendsshow.com/

(Australian Language Only)

This Non-Religious Life: (Just Google it)

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Permalink Reply by damian on January 20, 2012 at 10:23pm

I think most are good. I mainly listen to atheist experience, ffrf, and ask an atheist (i think that's the name). I have to play devil's advocate here:) I tried listening to the oklahoma atheists godcast, and i didn't like it. I think they spent too much time talking about their spiked egg nog drinks, and going over bible passages. It seemed like a waste of time, because we already know it's bunk. I want to hear about the battles in the community. That's just my opinion on that one. I'm sure all other ones, or most of them are great. I will find out sooner or later.

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Permalink Reply by damian on January 28, 2012 at 6:57am

I've listened to "an american atheist" and "ask an atheist". Thumbs up for both. "An American Atheist" talked about population, and the movie "idiocracy". They also spoke to michael newdow. "Ask an Atheist" spoke to james randi, but i'll have to catch it again tonight; i fell asleep. Also the opening music to "ask an atheist" is pretty neat. The bass sounds like Geddy Lee (Rush).

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Permalink Reply by Carl W Franke on May 27, 2012 at 10:34am

Love this thread.

First, let me shamelessly plug my own podcast:

http://www.postrapturelooting.net/podcast.html

Second, these are my favorites:

Atheist Experience - Theists call in and argue. It's the cream of the crop.

Ardent Atheist - Professional entertainers who interview comics and other professional personalities.

Angry Atheist - An Atheist who interviews Atheists about whatever. Very open format, entertaining.

Mr Deity - Funny! Short skits with god talking about stuff.

Point of Inquiry - They have really fascinating interviews.

Sadly, I like many others but I accidentally wiped out my podcast list. so now I'm scouring the Internet for Atheist podcast lists and came across this thread.