The 10 Best Artificial Intelligence Podcasts in 2026

The artificial intelligence podcasts people actually listen to, ranked by audience, with what listeners praise and criticise about each one. All of them play free on The Pods.

Updated 2026-11-06 · 168 artificial intelligence pods on The Pods

1. 1

   Lex Fridman Podcast

   Lex Fridman · 5.1M subscribers · English · #9 on the Apple Podcasts Artificial Intelligence chart

   Very long conversations about AI, science and the people building the future.

   What listeners sayVery long one-on-one conversations with scientists, founders and, increasingly, politicians. Listeners love the access and the patience; the recurring complaint is that the host rarely pushes back, which matters more as the guests get more powerful.

   • Guests you will not hear at this length anywhere else, often three hours or more.
   • The host listens and lets people finish; technical guests get room to go deep.

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   Dwarkesh Podcast

   Dwarkesh Patel · 1.5M subscribers · English · #20 on the Apple Podcasts Artificial Intelligence chart

   Well-researched interviews with AI researchers, historians and economists.

   What listeners sayDeeply prepared interviews with AI researchers, economists and historians. Praised for questions that show real homework and for pressing guests; the pushback is that it sits close to the AI industry and that the host can over-press a point.

   • Preparation: the host reads the guest's work and asks the questions experts want asked.
   • Pushes back on guests, including big names, instead of letting claims slide.

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3. 3

   Moonshots

   Peter Diamandis · 544K subscribers · English

   Big ideas about AI, space and the future of humanity.

   What listeners sayPeter Diamandis and guests on exponential tech, longevity and AI. Fans like the optimism and big-picture framing; sceptics find it promotional and light on hard evidence.

   • Energetic, forward-looking conversations with founders and scientists.
   • Good entry point for AI and longevity topics without jargon.

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4. 4

   Latent Space

   swyx & Alessio · 435K subscribers · English

   Technical talks for people building with AI.

   What listeners sayThe AI engineers' podcast: interviews with people building models and tools. Praised as one of the few shows that is actually technical; it assumes you already work in the field.

   • Deep, practical interviews with builders rather than pundits.
   • Good coverage of new papers, releases and conference talks.

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5. 5

   No Priors

   Sarah Guo & Elad Gil · 100K subscribers · English

   AI founders and researchers on what's coming next.

   What listeners saySarah Guo and Elad Gil interview AI founders and researchers. Listeners value the investor-level access; some find the questions soft and the guest list drawn from the hosts' own portfolio.

   • Guests at the very top of the AI industry.
   • Short, focused episodes compared with other AI shows.

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6. 6

   After Skool

   3.8M subscribers · English

   All art is hand-drawn on an actual whiteboard with dry-erase markers. Each animation takes about 2 weeks to make. This is not Ai! If you have a good idea for…

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7. 7

   OpenAI

   @OpenAI · 2.1M subscribers · Japanese

   OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.

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8. 8

   The Paint Explainer

   2M subscribers · English

   I explain interesting stuff. 💼 Business Mail (for sponsorship inquiries, etc.): operamp4@gmail.com How I use AI: The voiceover is generated using standard, g…

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   StatQuest with Josh Starmer

   1.7M subscribers · English

   Statistics, Machine Learning, Data Science, and AI seem like very scary topics, but since each technique is really just a combination of small and simple ste…

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10. 10

    Tina Huang

    1.4M subscribers · English

    Hi! My name is Tina and I’m an ex-Meta data scientist. This channel is about AI, coding, tech, career and self-study. My goal is always to minimize effort an…

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