The Blogonaut’s Top 5 Solo Skeptical Podcasts

Podcasting has definitely gone mainstream(evidence: even my 60 odd year old parents have an understanding of what podcasting is).  Now while the technology required has become relatively cheap and ease of use means that you don’t need to have years of experience to adequately write record and produce, there is also no barrier to filter out poor quality (evidence:  I did a series of 4 really bad podcasts years 2-3 ago).

Thankfully the podcasters mentioned in this post are quality.

So why solo podcasts?

Because I think that these guys and gal deserve a bit of recognition for the work they do in producing, writing and researching their shows.  Doing everything yourself is really hard, time consuming and draining- part of the reason why I stopped doing it.

Have I missed anyone?

Probably, these solo podcasts are collected from my own listening experience and from questioning my twitter followers.  Additionally there are only so many hours in the day, only so much I can download and listen to.

I am also dreadfully aware that this list is skewed to Australian and American English speaking podcasts.

So without further ado here’s my top 5

Point of Inquiry – This is the old DJ Grothe produced version.  The production is excellent, the calibre of guests is well above par and it true to the spirit of open inquiry or at least it was under DJ.  How it fares in the future remains to be seen(or heard?).  With the backing of the CFI this almost makes me want to take it out of the category as its competitors do great work with far less support.  There are however only so many categories I can break things down into.

Token Skeptic – The brainchild of Kylie Sturgess, this podcast is relatively new (and not with out technical issues with host libsyn).  That being said it is one of the most densely packed productions.  Densely packed with excellently researched material (so much so that I often listen to it twice).  It’s like a short little jab of skeptical goodness that pops you on the chin and makes you listen.

Skeptoid- Brain Dunning’s ever so delightful weekly dose of critical thinking.  I really appreciate the diversity of topics that Brian seems to cover.  If you took out the organisational backing of CFI and JREF backed DJ Grothe casts I’d say that Brian’s would be the top solo podcast.

Geologic Podcast To tell you the truth it was between Geo and Amateur scientist for this spot.  They are both off beat looks at skeptical topics.  But its Geo’s musical talent that wins me over.  That and he survived lying on a bed of minties.

For Good Reason – Another DJ Grothe production that has the same quality as POI.  It’s only two episodes thus far but I swear it’s like DJ didn’t skip a beat or change his stride in moving from POI to the JREF.  Baring the Apocalypse in 2012 I see this becoming another tour de force in skeptical podcasting.

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