10 Best Religious History Podcasts
Religious History Podcasts
Here are 10 Best Religious History Podcasts worth listening to in 2024
1. Survive the Jive Podcast
Survive the Jive podcast is about history ancient religions and folklore. Hosted by historian Thomas Rowsell who is also a documentary filmmaker, this... podcast focuses mainly on Indo-European cultures and most specifically on Germanic/Norse paganism. The podcast takes a holistic approach to programming that informs, educates, and improves us. It sometimes covers scientific topics but is mainly concerned with the pre-Christian religions of Europe.more
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14.6K 1 episode / month Avg Length 58 min
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2. Unshaken Saints
US
I've spent my life studying the scriptures, my professional career teaching them, and my education at a Bible-belt divinity school exploring ways ...they have been used and abused, attacked and defended. In March of 2020 I created a YouTube channel called Unshaken, and six months later we hit our one millionth view, as people around the world are eagerly pursuing an unshaken faith in God by immersing themselves in His word. More and more viewers have been asking for an audio-only version of the lessons on Unshaken, and this podcast is my attempt to meet those needs.more
unshaken.podbean.com
2 episodes / week Avg Length 104 min
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3. Religion in the American Experience
Follow scholars deep into America's religious history.
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287 1K 1 episode / month Avg Length 63 min
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4. Tales from Sacred Texts
Welcome to a religious folklore and storytelling podcast. Here, we tell Bible stories in a sarcastic and informative manner, ridicule the stupidity of... the Apocrypha, narrate Christian history and mythology in a way that keeps you on the edge of your seat, and discuss religion with our best storytelling foot forward. If you're not a Christian, perfect this podcast is critical of the establishment and is told from a perspective that a non-Christian can easily appreciate if they want to learn anything about Christianity or simply hear a good story.more
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2 episodes / month Avg Length 26 min
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5. Latter-day Faith
US
Latter-day Faith is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Wotherspoon, PhD, that explores faith and its realities for this time in human history. Although ea...ch discussion maintains awareness of its primarily Latter-day Saint audience, the conversations, sensibilities, and variety of guests featured are drawn from many religious traditions.more
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2.4K 2 1.2K 1 episode / week Avg Length 74 min
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6. Acton Institute Events
Grand Rapids, Michigan, US
From the archives of the Acton Institute, Acton Vault brings you stories, talks, conversations, and lectures from our 30-plus years of history all foc...used on illustrating the Acton Institute's vision of a free and virtuous society characterized by individual liberty and sustained by religious principles.more
acton.org/actonvault
748.6K 25.7K 10.7K 3 episodes / year Avg Length 58 min
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7. The History of Ancient Greece
US
The History of Ancient Greece Podcast is a deep-dive into one of the most influential and fundamental civilizations in world history. Hosted by philhe...llene Ryan Stitt, THOAG spans over two millennia. From the Bronze Age to the Archaic Period, from Classical Greece to the Hellenistic kingdoms, and finally to the Roman conquest, this podcast will tell the history of a fundamental civilization by bringing to life the fascinating stories of all the ancient sources and scholarly interpretations of the archaeological evidence.more
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8. The Existential Echo Chamber
Pop culture musings, rants about the history of religious and philosophical thought, film/television/ book reviews from a Pandeist, Libertarian perspe...ctive. You name it, we discuss it: Books, history, religion, philosophy politics, movies, tv, sports, games, education, current affairs we cover everything.more
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9. Nearly Numinous
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
The Nearly Numinous podcast seeks to blend the academic study of religion with real-world experiences of religion, community, the supernatural, and sp...irituality. Tune in to hear discussions about religious history, deep dives into pop culture (such as Star Trek or sports fandoms), and spooky discussions on vampires and other supernatural mythology.more
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10. The Normon Podcast
Rob, Chris, and Mace trying to figure out what in the hell is going on. We discuss the joys and pains of growing up and living in a highly religious c...ommunity. Joined by experts in depression, addiction, ancient scripture, Mormon history and much more. The Normon Podcast brings comedy and rawness to religious culture.more
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Religious History Podcasters
Podcaster Name | Podcast Link | Total Episodes | |
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SUBSPACE Radio Network | spreaker.com | 65 | |
Survive the Jive | spreaker.com | 57 | |
Jared Halverson | unshaken.podbean.com | 25 | |
Existential Echo | podcasters.spotify.com | 24 | |
Dan Wotherspoon | podcast.latterdayfaith.org | 7 | |
nationalmuseumofamericanreligion | storyofamericanreligion.podbean.com | 2 | |
Acton Institute | acton.org | 1 | |
Caleb Howard | podcasters.spotify.com | 1 | |
Vincent Goossaert | podcasts.ox.ac.uk | 1 | |
New Books Network | newbooksnetwork.com/category/special-series/oxford-up-podcast | 16 | |
Marshall Poe | listennotes.com/podcasts/new-books-in-christian-studies-marshall-poe-WBfbuhHMojq | 11 | |
Joanna Penn | thecreativepenn.com/the-creative-penn-podcast-for-authors | 8 | |
Trevor Holyoak | fairmormon.org/blog | 4 | |
Tripp Fuller | trippfuller.com/category/podcast | 4 | |
Ligonier Ministries | ligonier.org/podcasts/5-minutes-in-church-history-with-stephen-nichols | 3 | |
Princeton Seminary | soundcloud.com/princeton-seminary | 3 | |
The Religious Studies Project | religiousstudiesproject.com | 3 | |
Anthrocurious | thisanthrolife.org/episodes | 2 | |
Bree Nicgarran | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hexpositive | 2 | |
Curiouscast | globalnews.ca/bc/program/the-simi-sara-show | 2 | |
Emma- The Girl Who Moved To Sweden | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fikafridayswithemma | 2 | |
Harmony Slater | harmonyslater.com/findingharmonypodcast | 2 | |
Jewish Women's Archive | jwa.org/podcasts/canwetalk | 2 | |
Joanna | thecreativepenn.com/blog | 2 | |
Kensy Cooperrider – Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute | disi.org/manyminds | 2 | |
Merriam-webster | merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day | 2 | |
Rev. Andrew Christiansen | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dothprotest | 2 | |
Sean Johnson | shows.acast.com/the-daily-poem | 2 | |
Stéphane Lacroix | podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/middle-east-centre | 2 | |
The Columbia Daily Spectator | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-ear | 2 | |
Wnyc Studios | wnycstudios.org/podcasts/anxiety | 2 | |
7th Reformed Church | pilgrimswell.podbean.com | 1 | |
Abbasidhistorypodcast.com | abbasidhistorypodcast.libsyn.com | 1 | |
Andrew Keen | ajkeen.libsyn.com | 1 | |
Andrew Reeves | shows.acast.com/the-reeves-tale-a-medieval-miscellany-with-andrew-reeves | 1 | |
Bbc Radio 4 | bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006r4vz/episodes/player | 1 | |
Cassidy Cash | cassidycash.com | 1 | |
Cliff Dunning | earthancients.com/episodes | 1 | |
David Tizzard | Koreadeconstructed.libsyn.com | 1 | |
Diversion & Iheartpodcasts | diversionaudio.com/podcasts/good-assassins | 1 | |
Doth Protest | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dothprotest | 1 | |
Emirates Literature Foundation | the-boundless-book-club.captivate.fm | 1 | |
Englewood Review | englewoodreview.org/podcast | 1 | |
Ethan Campbell | feeds.buzzsprout.com/1808070 | 1 | |
Faith Matters Foundation | buzzsprout.com/719454 | 1 | |
Father Josiah Trenham | thearena.sounder.fm | 1 | |
Father Stephen Freeman | therussophile.org/?s=podcast | 1 | |
George Washington's Mount Vernon | georgewashingtonpodcast.com | 1 | |
History Hit | play.acast.com/s/gone-medieval | 1 | |
Ian Cron | typologypodcast.com/podcast | 1 |