My 23 Favorite Podcasters Today
These are the folks who I'm hitting up most regularly in Spring 2026.
We’ve seen a delightful surge of subscribers over the last two months and I can’t help but wonder if a piece of it might be our shifting this year from God of the Desert Books to God of the Desert Digital Media Studios.
Maybe the increased livestreaming and multimedia pieces are drawing people in?
There are many factors and we’re starting to see multiple sources people use to find us.
Welcome to you all.
You are so appreciated and loved and cherished.
However, one thing that I know certainly does happen is that people will subscribe to us not realizing that the pieces arriving in their inbox may very well be “to the right” or “to the left” of what they would prefer. And perhaps even with such offensive ideological heresies in the same piece!
Likewise, perhaps you subscribed because you enjoyed something provocative that I wrote on Substack Notes. Maybe you appreciated seeing me call out someone’s bullshit, as I’ve been wont to do the last few months as I explained here:
I was “on the left” for many years, then “on the right” for many years, and now I’ve emerged from both with a hybrid mix of views. Characterizing me as a “moderate” does not fit because on one issue I might hold a very left-wing position and another a very right-wing position.
I’m not claiming anything extraordinary here. A lot of people are like this. Maybe about a third or more of the electorate falls into some variety of this mindset where we don’t see ideas on a straight line of some This or That, Us vs Them continuum, but take issues and ideas as they come. My favorite author Robert Anton Wilson called it having a “non-Euclidean perspective,” the title of an essay used for this recent collection of his political writings:
A Euclidean perspective sees the world in terms of straight lines and a grid. Everything can be perfectly positioned and measured. Everything has its opposite.
A non-Euclidean perspective sees that we are in curved space and the real world is filled with fleshy ambiguities and sweet mysteries which resist classification into a Left-Right chart, and refuse to submit to a convenient ideological category.
So let me show you what that looks like as far as my podcast viewing preferences go.
And then we’ll see how many unsubscribes this provokes now that perhaps you’ve realized just what sort of madness you’ve accidentally signed yourself up to endure.
“The Bulwark Podcast”
1. Sarah Longwell
2. Jonathan V. Last aka JVL
3. Tim Miller
“MAGA Mondays” (A weekly installment of reporting on Right-Wing Media from The Bulwark)
4. Sam Stein
5. Will Sommer
I am a daily viewer of The Bulwark podcasts and appreciate all of their regular hosts. When I have to describe my ideological positioning quickly I’ll characterize myself as “yeah, I’m a NeverTrump conservative like how they are at The Bulwark.” They’re all very entertaining and thoughtful.
Ten years ago this counted as “right-wing” on the Euclidean perspective in America. Now those of us with these views—unreconstructed Reaganism—count as moderates, centrists, independents. And that’s just because Trump pulled the country further to “the right.”
Likewise, it’s the same situation with the next group of fellows on the list:
“Uncommon Knowledge”
6. Peter Robinson
“GoodFellows”
7. John Cochrane
8. Niall Ferguson
9. H.R. McMaster
10. Bill Whalen
The Hoover Institution used to count as a conservative think tank. Now it’s more like a museum to Cold War Reaganism. “Uncommon Knowledge” is basically Peter Robinson playing William F. Buckley, Jr. on “Firing Line,” going deep on interview guests with serious subjects to discuss. Here’s where you should go for that old fashioned security hawk conservative analysis of geo-politics.
“Chosen Links”
11. Boaz Hepner
As you can see in the preview above, my buddy Boaz Hepner has pioneered a rather unique format for his “Chosen Links” show. He’ll pull together a dozen or more people to discuss a topic of concern to the Jewish people. They’ll offer multiple different perspectives and then he’ll moderate a healthy discussion among them.
And Boaz does such a great job of putting these together and getting fascinating dialogues going. He’s a really good guy with a big heart.
You can see the episode I appeared in here:
“Team Human”
12. Douglas Rushkoff
I have already made abundantly clear my debt and militant loyalty to Douglas Rushkoff. He’s the living author who has most influenced me. Subscribe to his podcast and buy all of his books. His ideas have been central in my own career for the last 20 years. Reading him regularly will put you ahead of what’s happening by years. The things that he figures out, writes about, and explains carefully will become concepts that more people broadly do not pick up on for years later.
13. Jason Louv
Do you appreciate being number THIRTEEN, on the list, Jason Louv? That wasn’t intentional, by the way. That just happened by chance or synchronicity, or whatever.
Jason is our Xennial micro-generation’s best advocate and explainer of the Western Esoteric tradition on YouTube. Seriously, check out the video above and give him a subscribe. He knows what he’s talking about on these matters. I also appeared on Jason’s podcast last year to discuss my experience researching the Muslim Brotherhood:
I will also publicly give Jason some credit here, for better or worse: he’s the one that inspired me to start livestreaming. I saw how he was doing it and realized that I could attempt it also. So thanks, Jason. You are appreciated.
14. Jeremy Boreing
Another podcaster who has really inspired me this year is Daily Wire co-founder and former co-CEO Jeremy Boreing, as I wrote about here in February when dissecting two interviews he gave:
Jeremy has since launched his own show last month. The first episode is here:
Jeremy has a great mix of formats going so far. He’ll have some episodes where he has a monologue, others where he interviews one person, and then others where he hosts a livestream discussion:
One of the things that I most appreciate about Jeremy’s show is that he leads with a sincere and genuinely humble Christian attitude. He’s more concerned about spirituality than politics, and sees the latter through the lens of the former. He’s also putting a lot of focus on confronting the rising antisemitic voices on the Right, such as with the interview above about Catholic integralism and this first-rate monologue below:
“Geography By Geoff”
15. Geoff Gibson
I’ve gotten really interested in geography the last few years and the “Geography by Geoff” YouTube gets a good chunk of credit for it. Host Geoff Gibson just does a fantastic job packing each episode with fascinating facts and presenting them in an upbeat, entertaining way.
And as we’re seeing now as the whole world looks to what happens in a 20-mile waterway called the Strait of Hormuz, perhaps understanding geography a bit could prove helpful for better understanding the world?
I am especially sympathetic to this cultural analysis of America here derived from Colin Woodard’s American Nations thesis:
“Religion for Breakfast”
16. Andrew Mark Henry
Just as “Geography by Geoff” makes geography entertaining, “Religion for Breakfast” makes religious history and scholarship accessible. Host Andrew Mark Henry also presents a fair and friendly persona as he sometimes has to navigate politically charged or controversial topics. He does a great job of it.
“Kill Tony”
17. Tony Hinchcliffe
18. Brian Redban
Watching “Kill Tony” provides some sort of strange check on the cultural pulse of America. And it’s hilarious. Here’s the premise for those who have not watched it yet:
Host Tony Hinchcliffe is in the “insult comic” tradition and when he draws a name out of the bucket at random then that person will have 60 seconds of uninterrupted stage time to tell their jokes. Should they fail massively and waste everyone’s time then Tony — and his two guest hosts — will roast them viciously. Should they succeed or at least appear somewhat likable and sincere, then a more friendly interview will ensue, with the more veteran comedians offering feedback and encouragement. Especially strong performers get rewarded with a joke book to take home with them.
The show is fun and unusual because you never know what you’re going to get. The person appearing could be some homeless nut-job off the street who babbles incoherently. Or it could be some next big talent who the show launches to fame and fortune. Or it could be some mediocre wannabe whose 60 seconds are painful to watch but then the hosts spend 20 minutes interviewing them after they let drop some fascinating story or personal background.
Overall the show is more funny than not. Some episodes can be duds if the guest hosts aren’t that strong or if there’s just a string of flop acts. But usually the co-hosts deliver and there are enough wild cards in the lineup that it’s worth checking out.
Oh, and a tip: you can end the show early. The William Montgomery jackass they bring out at the end for a regular session gets old real quick. He’s not funny. He sucks. The man doesn’t even bother to memorize his jokes. He reads them off a card each week and they’re lame. Just skip him.
“Misquoting Jesus”
19. Bart Ehrman
20. Megan Lewis
Of course, ex-Evangelical me remains a big Bart Ehrman fan. And his podcast featuring Megan Lewis interviewing him about various biblical topics is just delightful.
Those new to Ehrman’s approach of popularizing Biblical scholarship may want to see this final lecture he gave before retiring from academia, the portion with him beginning the talk start around 24 minutes in:
21. Joshua Carr
I have been quite entertained and informed lately following “The Josh Carr Show.” Joshua Carr is a conservative Gen-Zer out of Utah who has apparently decided to make his focus going after the antisemites on the Far Right. He’s a supporter of Jeremy, Ben Shapiro, and Erika Kirk as well as a vocal defender of his religion, the variant of Christianity taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. (In recent years, the church has started moving away from using the term “Mormon,” choosing to emphasize their faith’s focus on Jesus. Good for them.)
I’m just endlessly amused by the juxtaposition of Carr’s Utah politeness and upbeat attitude with the scorched earth level he has gone to war against Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, and Nick Fuentes.
Check him out, he gives good updates on the developments in this sector of the Far Right:
It’s heartening to see there are still some young people on the Right that are fighting the Groypers.
22. Dwarkesh Patel
For those looking to start following developments in technology and artificial intelligence today, Dwarkesh Patel is the place to start. His interviews with figures like Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sometimes even make news themselves with the answers he can provoke out of them.
23. Maria Sulko
Finally, Maria here probably counts more as a YouTuber than a podcaster, but I thought it worthwhile to end with her as she’s someone to check out if you haven’t encountered her videos yet.
Maria lives in Yakutsk, the capital of Sakha, the coldest inhabited place in the World, with parts of the region having reached as low as -71.2°C/-96.16°F. She is Sakha, the indigenous people of the land, and her videos reveal how people live in this unique environment. Absolutely fascinating! Right now as I finish typing this article in Yucca Valley it is 78°F.
Who are some of your favorite podcasters? Who should I check out and consider for next time I update this list?