Top Science Podcasts in Australia

The latest Apple Podcasts Science chart for Australia, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked September 1, 2026.

1

The Rest Is Science

Goalhanger

2

Dr Karl Podcast

triplej

3

Boring History for Sleep

Velvet

4

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

5

Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

6

The Science Show

ABC Australia

7

StarTalk Radio

Neil deGrasse Tyson

8

Science Vs

Spotify Studios

9

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

10

Shirtloads of Science

Dr Karl Kruszelnicki

11

What The Duck?!

ABC Australia

12

Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse

Agoric Media

13

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella

14

The Infinite Monkey Cage

BBC Radio 4

15

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

Sean Carroll

16

Nature Sounds

ABC

17

Unexplainable

Vox

18

Space Nuts: Astronomy Insights & Cosmic Discoveries

Professor Fred Watson and Andrew Dunkley

19

Sasquatch Chronicles

Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters

20

SpaceTime with Stuart Gary

Stuart Gary

21

Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks

Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith | Daylight Media

22

Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz

Dr. Mindy Pelz

23

The Naked Scientists Podcast

The Naked Scientists

24

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

Nate Hagens

25

Making Sense with Sam Harris

Sam Harris

26

Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast

David Puder, M.D.

27

Science Weekly

The Guardian

28

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

iHeartPodcasts

29

BBC Inside Science

BBC Radio 4

30

This Podcast Will Kill You

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

31

That UFO Podcast

That UFO Podcast

32

Natural Causes

Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts

33

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

iHeartPodcasts

34

DarkHorse Podcast

Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying

35

Science Friction

ABC Australia

36

Universe Today Podcast

Fraser Cain

37

Curious Cases

BBC Radio 4

38

CrowdScience

BBC World Service

39

Short Wave

NPR

40

Change Your Mind with New Scientist

New Scientist

41

The Common Descent Podcast

Common Descent

42

Head Shepherd

Mark Ferguson

43

NASA's Curious Universe

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

44

Paranormal Mysteries

Nic Ryan | Paranormal Mysteries Podcast

45

Sidenote by AsapSCIENCE

AsapSCIENCE

46

Astrum Space

Astrum

47

Are We Doomed?

NPR Network

48

Blurry Creatures

Blurry Creatures

49

Science Friday

Science Friday and WNYC Studios

50

Nature Podcast

Springer Nature Limited

51

Emonthebrain

Emily McDonald

52

Discovery

BBC World Service

53

Unexpected Elements

BBC World Service

54

The World, the Universe and Us

New Scientist

55

Regenerative Agriculture Podcast

John Kempf

56

Reskillience

Catie Payne

57

Somewhere in the Skies

SpectreVision Radio

58

Why This Universe?

Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman

59

You Are Not So Smart

You Are Not So Smart

60

The Seán Chorus

HeadStuff Podcasts

61

Babbage from The Economist

The Economist

62

Bedtime Astronomy

Synthetic Universe

63

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

64

Weekend Birder

Kirsty Costa

65

UFO Chronicles Podcast

Nik Hunter

66

The Michael Shermer Show

Michael Shermer

67

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

68

Let's Learn Everything!

Maximum Fun

69

Speaking of Psychology

American Psychological Association

70

The Supermassive Podcast

The Royal Astronomical Society

71

From First Principles

Krishna Choudhary and Lester Nare

72

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

Theories of Everything

73

The Climate Question

BBC World Service

74

Mysterious Universe

8th Kind

75

Particles of Thought

GBH

76

Houston We Have a Podcast

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

77

Bigfoot Society

Jeremiah Byron

78

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media

79

Overheard at National Geographic

National Geographic

80

Uncharted with Hannah Fry

BBC Radio 4

81

Therapist Uncensored Podcast

Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD

82

Clinically Thinking

Clinically Thinking

83

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

iHeartPodcasts

84

The Joy of Why

Steven Strogatz, Janna Levin and Quanta Magazine

85

The Science of Birds

Ivan Phillipsen

86

Beastly History

Wild Beast

87

TheThinkingAtheist

The Thinking Atheist

88

Outrage + Optimism

Persephonica and Global Optimism

89

My Bigfoot Sighting

Vic Cundiff

90

Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo

Bigfoot and Beyond LLC

91

The Skeptic Zone

Richard Saunders

92

Stanford Psychology Podcast

Stanford Psychology

93

The Quanta Podcast

Quanta Magazine

94

Astronomy Daily: Latest Space News

bitesz.com

95

This Week in Cardiology

Medscape

96

The Science of Everything Podcast

James Fodor

97

Scotland Outdoors

BBC Radio Scotland

98

The Psychology Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

99

Ask the Naked Scientists

Dr Chris Smith

100

The Episodic Table of Elements

T. R. Appleton

101

The Plodcast

Our Media

102

Get Birding

Peanut & Crumb

103

Choiceology with Katy Milkman

Charles Schwab

104

Skeptics with a K

Skeptic Media Limited

105

UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast

Gamut Podcast Network

106

Big Picture Science

Big Picture Science

107

Google DeepMind: The Podcast

Hannah Fry

108

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Big Bang Productions Inc.

109

BrainStuff

iHeartPodcasts

110

Science Quickly

Scientific American

111

Every Animal Ever

Dr Cesar Puechmarin, Zach Mander

112

Soils For Life

Soils For Life

113

Podcast UFO

Producer: Donna Killeen

114

The Science of Happiness

PRX and Greater Good Science Center

115

Cliffhanger Paranormal and Cryptid Encounters

Ben Clifford

116

Mythfits

Pionaire Podcasting

117

The Science Show - Separate stories podcast

ABC Australia

118

The Best of Coast to Coast AM

iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM

119

The Wild with Chris Morgan

KUOW News and Information

120

Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Tara

Dr. Tara Swart Bieber

121

From Our Neurons to Yours

Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler

122

Instant Genius

Our Media

123

SASQUATCH THEORY

SASQUATCH THEORY

124

The Vet Vault: Veterinary Career, Clinical Skills & Wellbeing

Dr. Hubert Hiemstra

125

Breaking Down: Collapse

Kory & Kellan

126

Just the Zoo of Us

Ellen & Christian Weatherford

127

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

128

Main Engine Cut Off

Anthony Colangelo

129

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

130

Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe

iHeartPodcasts

131

PsychTalks

Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences

132

Quirks and Quarks

CBC

133

Nature Sounds Tasmania

Nature Sounds Tasmania

134

Wild Sounds: Kākāpō Files II

RNZ

135

GRDC Podcast

Grains Research and Development Corporation

136

Terrible Lizards

Iszi Lawrence and David Hone

137

Totally Cooked: The Climate & Weather Podcast

ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather

138

Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith

Ben Goldsmith

139

The 365 Days of Astronomy

365DaysOfAstronomy.org

140

Just Ecology

Karl Just

141

Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio

Vic Cundiff

142

Drilled: The Propagandist

Pushkin Industries

143

Science Magazine Podcast

Science Magazine

144

Off-Nominal

Jake Robins, Anthony Colangelo

145

The Life Scientific

BBC Radio 4

146

Paramount Importance

Kurt Krispyn

147

Crash Course Pods: The Universe

Crash Course Pods, Complexly

148

Phenomena Podcast: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing

Merraki Media LLC

149

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

150

Life Without

BBC Radio 4

151

پادکست اتاق تراپی | The Therapy Room

الیاس گرجی

152

The New Quantum Era - innovation in quantum computing, science and technology

Sebastian Hassinger

153

PBS Space Time

PBS

154

Navigating Neuropsychology

John Bellone & Ryan Van Patten - NavNeuro

155

This Week in Space (Audio)

TWiT

156

Robinson's Podcast

Robinson Erhardt

157

Plenary Session

Vinay Prasad, MD MPH

158

The Micah Hanks Program

Micah Hanks

159

The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh

Atmos

160

پادکست آذرخش مکری - azarakhsh mokri

nimac

161

Geology Bites

Oliver Strimpel

162

Brady Heywood Podcast

Sean Brady

163

Let's Talk SciComm

Unimelb SciComm

164

New Books in Psychoanalysis

Marshall Poe

165

I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast

I KNOW DINO, LLC

166

WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp

Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp

167

Professor Brian Cox Live Q and A Podcast

The Cosmic Shambles Network

168

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Popular Science

169

Wild Times: Wildlife Education

Wildlife Educator - Forrest Galante

170

The HSC Biology Podcast

HSCbiology

171

Rebel Economics with Professor Steve Keen

Professor Steve Keen

172

HOLOSKY PODCAST

Holosky Podcast

173

Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & LORE Interviews

Mysterious Radio

174

Ground Truths

Eric Topol

175

The Future of Everything

Stanford Engineering

176

CSIRO presents: Everyday AI

CSIRO

177

Bigfoot Terror in the Woods Sightings and Encounters

W.J. Sheehan

178

The Eco Well podcast

Jen@theecowell

179

People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast

Zachary Elwood

180

Real Ghost Stories Online

Real Ghost Stories Online | Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio

181

BJA Education Podcasts

BJA Education

182

Outside/In

NHPR

183

The Knepp Wilding Podcast

Knepp.co.uk

184

The Building Sciology Poddie

Jess Kismet

185

New Books in Critical Theory

Marshall Poe

186

Nocturnal Worlds

Audiocraft

187

Ancient Aliens

PodcastOne

188

Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast

Accidental Gods

189

The Market Gardener Podcast

JM Fortier

190

Great Mysteries of Physics

The Conversation

191

La Terre au carré

France Inter

192

Astronomy Cast

Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay

193

MonsterTalk

Blake Smith

194

Big Shift For Small Farms - Australian Agriculture and Regenerative Farming

NSW Local Land Services

195

Bite Back with Abbey Sharp

The Roost Podcast Network

196

How We're Wired

The Bertarelli Foundation

197

Ondertussen in de kosmos

de Volkskrant

198

iNTO THE FRAY RADIO - Encounters with the Paranormal

Shannon LeGro

199

Safe As Podcast

Ben Hutchinson

200

The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural

Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories

201

Law of Attraction Tribe Podcast: Manifestation hacks and tips

Stephanie Keith

202

SOIL: Rewilding the Underground

Freya Mulvey

203

Emergency Medicine Board Bombs

EM Board Bombs

204

Politics as Culture

Mark Davis

205

Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function

Sucheta Kamath

206

Death by Birding

Dr Cesar Puechmarin

207

The Soil Health Hub Podcast

Soil Health Hub

208

Scott Carney Investigates

Scott Carney

209

Bigfoot Crossroads

Matt Knapp

210

과학하고 앉아있네

과학하고 앉아있네

211

My Big TOE by Thomas Campbell - Unifying Mind and Matter

Thomas Campbell together with the MBT Volunteers

212

Expanded Perspectives

Expanded Perspectives

213

Das Wissen | SWR

SWR

214

The Hamilton Morris Podcast

Hamilton Morris

215

The Sheep Show Podcast with Jill & Andrew Noble

Jill Noble

216

Total Disclosure Podcast

Tyler Roberts

217

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218

Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics

Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne

219

Paranormal Portal

Brent Thomas

220

Finding Melbourne's Nature

Finding Melbourne's Nature

221

The Couples Therapist Couch

Shane Birkel

222

Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

Spencer Greenberg

223

MissPerceived

Audiocrafty

224

The End Of The World with Josh Clark

iHeartPodcasts

225

CottonInfo: Crop to Top

CottonInfo

226

Science with Sabine

Sabine Hossenfelder

227

BirdNote Daily

BirdNote

228

The Social Work Stories Podcast

The Social Work Stories Team

229

La Science CQFD

France Culture

230

Ask a Spaceman!

Paul M. Sutter

231

Farmers Helping Farmers

VicNoTill

232

Unhealthy Curiosity

Dr Sarah Holper

233

The American Birding Podcast

American Birding Association

234

A Grey Matter

Queensland Brain Institute

235

Believe: Paranormal & UFO Podcast

Kade Moir

236

Open Country

BBC Radio 4

237

Best Medicine

BBC Radio 4

238

The Habitat

Gimlet

239

That's Absurd Please Elaborate

Trace Elements Media

240

Rare Earth

BBC Radio 4

241

Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone

Ginger Campbell, MD

242

Christian Flat Earth Ministry

James Edwards

243

Bird of the Week

Bird of the Week

244

Farming Today

BBC Radio 4

245

Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists

The Naked Scientists

246

Your Brain On

Drs. Ayesha and Dean Sherzai

247

MinuteEarth

Minute Earth

248

The Beyond Tomorrow Podcast with Julian Issa

Julian Issa

249

Ba Man Harf Bezan | پادکست با من حرف بزن

PerianBMS

250

The Amp Hour

The Amp Hour (Chris Gammell and David L Jones)

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