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The 7 Best Faith & Culture Podcasts in 2026

Updated June 2026 · by the Episode Club team

There's a kind of podcast that's surprisingly hard to find by searching: Christians talking about news, books, and ideas without panicking and without selling anything. These eight are the ones worth keeping up with. A few are institutions by now — The Holy Post has passed seven hundred episodes of Phil Vischer and friends working through the week, and Russell Moore has spent a decade asking what conscience looks like in anxious times. Others are smaller and bookish: Mere Fidelity is essentially four friends reading old theology together, and Knowing Faith feels like the seminary class you wish you'd taken. Between them they cover the headlines, the history underneath the headlines, and the doctrine underneath that. The honest catch is volume — together these shows put out more than a dozen episodes a week, and nobody listens to all of it. You don't have to. Pick the ones that suit you, and Episode Club will send you what's new each week, with short summaries, in one quiet email.

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The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer, writer Skye Jethani, and theologian Kaitlyn Schiess banter through the week's strange news, then go long on one serious question about faith and public life. Funny up front, surprisingly substantive in the back half.
2
The Russell Moore Show
Christianity Today, Russell Moore
Christianity Today's editor in chief talks with historians, pastors, and writers about conscience, institutions, and staying sane in anxious times. Moore is unhurried and pastoral; a recent episode asked simply how Christians should read the media.
3
Good Faith
Good Faith
Curtis Chang, often joined by David French, interviews thinkers on where Christian faith meets public life — politics, AI, universities. The tone is curious rather than combative; a recent episode asked historian Molly Worthen whether college kills faith or awakens it.
4
The Bulletin
Christianity Today
Christianity Today's twice-a-week news roundtable, hosted by Mike Cosper. It takes the headlines seriously without doomscrolling energy — elections, wars, tech, church news — discussed in under an hour with journalists and scholars who disagree politely.
5
TGC Podcast
The Gospel Coalition
The Gospel Coalition's main feed: conference talks, panel discussions, and audio versions of their best essays. Running since 2007, it's the steadiest way to hear teachers like Don Carson and a wide bench of pastors on doctrine and culture.
6
Theology in the Raw
Theology in the Raw
Preston Sprinkle hosts long, patient conversations on the questions churches argue about — sexuality, politics, war, women in ministry — often with guests he disagrees with. He models how to hold conviction and curiosity at the same time.
7
Knowing Faith
Kyle Worley, JT English, Jen Wilkin
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley teach real theology in half-hour episodes that feel like a friendly seminary class — covenants, Christology, the Holy Spirit — with running Texas banter. Over 440 episodes in and still remarkably consistent.