The 8 Best Religion History Podcasts

A list of the Best Religion History Podcasts handpicked by our community on Podyssey.

Last Updated: Mar 11th, 2022

  • 1. Ascend Podcast

    One of our purposes at ASCEND is to consistently challenge the beliefs of the human species to show all of you that you shouldn’t be so certain. For the world is an endlessly complex and mysterious place… The freethinker understands this. The freeth...Show More

    Dan Harrison

    1 FAN

    Latest Episode

    New Age Spirituality vs Divine Truth with Laura Harrison

    1:18:23 | Aug 29th, 2023

    Topics - New age Spirituality vs divine truth - Going to Church  - Pineal off grid community - Natural law vs straw man - Jesus becoming one with god

  • 2. Sunstone Mormon History Podcast

    There’s the Mormon history you do know … and the Mormon history you don’t. Join Lindsay Hansen Park (Year of Polygamy) and historian Bryan Buchanan as they dig into all aspects of Mormonism’s astonishing 200-year past—uncovering the little-known stor...Show More

    Sunstone

    Latest Episode

    Episode 152: FIELD TRIP: Coffin Canes

    0:00 | Aug 6th, 2025

    What do you get when you combine martyrdom, relic worship, secret reburials, and a healing cane made from a coffin? Mormon history at its weirdest and most fascinating. In this special on-site episode...Show More

  • 3. History in the Bible

    An Everyperson's guide to a 150 years of research into the history presented in the Bible, for people of all faiths and backgrounds. I explore the religion of ancient Israel, the beginnings of Christianity, then finally the evolution of the heirs of ...Show More

    Garry Stevens

    +13 FANS

    Most Recommended Episode

    2.51 We Need To Talk About Paul

    33:32 | Feb 2nd, 2020

    1 RECOMMENDATION

    Keynote ep: Paul is the major protagonist in the Book of Acts. His letters comprise almost half the books in the New Testament. After Jesus, Paul dominates the New Testament. His letters are the earli...Show More

  • 4. Research On Religion

    A weekly podcast exploring academic research on religion and featuring top scholars in history, sociology, political science, economics and religious studies.

    tgill@u.washington.edu

    2 FANS

    Latest Episode

    #1 Matthew Moore on Buddhism, Meditating Machines, and the Robopocalypse.

    0:00 | Sep 16th, 2018

    It is said that Jesus hits like the atom bomb.  If so, then Buddha, or at least this episode on Buddhism and near-future technology, might be the daisy cutter of philosophy.  Whereas most of the episo...Show More

  • 5. Weird Religion

    Weird Religion is a podcast for people who think religion is weird but love it anyway. Your hosts, Leah Payne and Brian Doak, are both professors, authors, and pop culture aficionados, whose interests range from archaeology and history and linguistic...Show More

    Brian Doak and Leah Payne

    3 FANS

    Latest Episode

    126 THE LEGITIMACY (has Christian television finally arrived)

    30:27 | Dec 27th, 2024

    Let us discuss a DANGEROUS TV SHOW. And of course, we’re talking about a very family friendly Jesus TV show—The Chosen. What is the state of the evangelical search for validation, for legitimacy, in t...Show More

  • 6. Live from Adullam

    We attempt open and honest dialectic in the areas of philosophy, religion, modern science, history, and psychology.

    The Moravia Project

    Latest Episode

    Spiritual Bypassing Pt 1

    0:00 | Nov 23rd, 2019

    “Spiritual bypassing” is a term coined by the late John Welwood to describe a phenomena he was observing in various Buddhist communities he was a part of. Welwood found that people were using religiou...Show More

  • 7. The Adnan Husain Show

    Professor Adnan Husain, historian and scholar of religion, hosts a show spanning history, politics, global affairs, intellectual culture, as well as religion and spirituality. The format ranges from scholarly guest interviews, panel discussions, reco...Show More

    Adnan Husain

    Latest Episode

    Reflections on 2025; Visions for 2026

    26:08 | Jan 15th

    I contributed a short piece to Sasha Frere Jones' newsletter, "Writing about 2025". It's full of terrific reflections from friends, comrades, and colleagues like Nora Barrows Friedman, Calla Walsh, La...Show More

  • 8. The Truth Seeker's Guide | Renew the mind

    The Truth Seekers Guide is an uplifting podcast that explores the pursuit of truth through various disciplines such as history, spirituality, religion, philosophy, inner work, and science. Each episode delves into profound topics, uncovering forgotte...Show More

    Felipe Aristizabal

    Latest Episode

    Ep 40 Why God Prefers Broken People | Chad Bird on Grace, Failure & Transformation - Part 2

    1:01:45 | Nov 18th, 2025

    Send us a text Part 2 - What if the very thing you’re ashamed of… is the place where God wants to meet you? In this episode of The Truth Seeker’s Guide, host Felipe Aristizabal sits down with Chad Bi...Show More

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