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What podcasts are:

  • funny (total lack of science and reason)
  • harmful (promotion of pseudo-science and/or quakery)
  • just plain stupid.

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Use the heading format for the title of the podcast (see formatting reference on the right hand side of the page) Link to the Web site and if possible iTunes Provide a brief description of the show, if you copy & paste form the shows site please use the 'quote' format and reference the page with a link.

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I'd like to get a list together and then petition Apple/iTunes to remove them. – rjstelling♦ Nov 12 at 13:47
To clarify, I don;t wan to censor anyone but I a podcast is dangerous and misleading there is an argument it should be removed. – rjstelling♦ Jan 9 at 10:52
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 Just a hat in the ring - I can't agree with the above, and refute entirely the idea of petitioning iTunes to remove podcasts, it is censorship, however you dress it up. No good, we're not fighting fire with fire here. Leave them be, and discredit them. – MGW Lahiffe Jan 31 at 9:15
I forgot to add I also agree with skrivener on this one. I would be against having the podcast I list taken down. besides for censoring I do learn where the other side is coming from so I can talk to them about there woo and not past them. It also keeps me sharp on my toes and keep me from being blind sided by some new from of woo I have never ran into. – jehovahgodofgaps Feb 6 at 21:50

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This should be a comment, but I can't leave one on your post for some reason, even though I have rights now. Anyway, I support discussion on this, and it would be good to highlight particularly harmful propaganda, but I don't agree with petitioning for removal from iTunes. That seems a little close to censoring them for their ignorance, instead of cutting down their arguments/propaganda with reason.

What I would encourage is a campaign to leave negative 1-star iTunes reviews with specific reasons as to why the particular podcast is not good/harmful, and/or petitioning for recategorization to an appropriate category (humor?) if it makes sense to do so.

Sorry, but I have no podcasts to add, I honestly haven't gone looking for bunk to listen to, but if I do so I will come back and edit them in.

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Ah, didn't see this before I wrote my comment to rjstelling, apologies for superfluity. – MGW Lahiffe Jan 31 at 9:17
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interfaith/philsophy/world view

A christain and an atheist podcast http://www.achristianandanatheist.com/ I find the Christian weak and he tends to agree with his co host to much and not put up much of a fight.

paranormal crossroads paranormal radio http://www.crossroadsparanormal.com/ I am about to delete this podcast off my list its boring and mostly news.

skeptiko http://www.skeptiko.com/ alex Tsakiris host of the show often has skeptics on and gets upsets and talks over them the last show I listened to he had the inverter of god helmet on (Dr. Michael Persinger) to talk about Telepathy Links which persinger believed in but alex went off and turned the show into a debate on NDE's which Persinger found evidence lacking for.

Pseudoscience

intelligent design the future http://www.idthefuture.com/ ID The Future (IDTF) podcast carries on Discovery Institute's mission of exploring the issues central to evolution. Academic freedom day/darwin day is comeing up so the feed shall turn into the wine fest. I stomach the podcast by imaging the podcast is like the onion. it make the stupid burn a bit less.

conspiracy

no agenda

http://noagenda.mevio.com/ adam curry and john c devork are both anti vaxxers even thou john says he is for most childhood vaccines. adam curry is %5000 more crazy believing in grays(aliens) storm machines and earth quake machines and also credited with inventing the term podcast or is called the podfather. It is one of the woo shows i enjoy.

Note: I hope other people answer because I love hearing the other side. I also goto paranormal meeting as an atheist and a skeptic. It is great fun.

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