The 10 Best Prepper Podcasts

This is an updated ranking of the current best prepper podcasts. Our first rankings were in 2017, and we will continue to update these rankings as podcasts keep producing and as new podcasts emerge on the scene.

Prepper podcasts are a great way to stay informed. The best prepper podcast is the one you feel you can learn the most from. You can listen to podcasts on the go or at home by downloading or streaming. I prefer to stream podcasts on my commute to and from work. It gives me targeted information that I simply could not get from talk radio or the news. For those who are not familiar with podcasts, it is a fancy word for a simple concept. They are pre-recorded radio shows that usually span 30 minutes to an hour.

You can use your computer or smartphone to subscribe to these shows and they will be automatically delivered when the next episode is available, so you can listen whenever you want. This makes them great for entertainment or information on the go. All you need is a podcast player and you can be entertained while you brush up on your preparedness.

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What are Prepper Podcasts?

Podcasts may still seem like a new way to stay informed, but they have been around long enough for many podcasts about prepping to have come and gone. Much like blogs, there are pages and pages of podcasts that have come and gone as the producers grew bored or simply moved on from making podcasts. For that reason, we do not include any podcasts that no longer show an intention of running in our rankings. Although old podcasts are not valued any less just because there is no new content, there are plenty of podcasts today that offer fresh perspectives and purposeful content.

There are also a ton of new podcasts. While we’ve kept this list up for several years, there have been several new arrivals over the last few. Prepping, in general, has gained popularity and more mainstream appeal so it’s not surprising!

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How We Rank Podcasts

We’ve been ranking these podcasts based on our own preference over the years but we’ve decided to switch it up this year. The list of the top 10 prepper podcasts is now a combination of iTunes ratings and our own prepper rating with a one third to two third split. If you’d like to see a podcast higher up the list, make sure you have left a positive review on their iTunes podcast page.

For our own scoring, we weighed prepping subject matter and entertainment value highly. If a podcast covers a range of broad prepping topics and presents it in an interesting and entertaining way- we’ll rank it more highly than a niche-focused podcast that presents material with a dry delivery. If you are familiar with prepper podcasts, you may notice a few big names missing and that is not a mistake. Bland content and having almost as much ad time as podcast time will not land you in the rankings.

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Brian shares some thorough preparedness tips that are right on topic for current events. He presents it in a thorough but easy-to-listen way that seems like it wouldn’t work well- but it does. The current event breakdowns with specific actionable advice make it a great podcast to listen to if you want to actively improve your preparedness every week .

His delivery and engagement in the topics makes it much less dry than other preparedness-first podcasts that go into such thorough detail.

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The Survival Podcast is still the quintessential podcast on prepping, urban survival, and wilderness survival. You don’t have to take our word for it either; he has a ton of episodes, a slew of rave reviews, and a huge base of subscribers.

If you haven’t checked out Jack’s podcast, you need to try it out at least once to see why it sits at the top of the downloads list. He keeps a variety of guests rotating through and covers a very broad range, so the podcast never seems to get stale no matter how many episodes he cranks out. Jack delivers a new show every weekday, so the content adds up quickly.

Jack’s ratings slipped a bit over the past year, and some preppers question how long the longest-running podcast on our list can last with quality content.

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We approach retail and survival school podcasts with skepticism since most of the time you’ll find that they keep most of the good information and discussions behind a paywall. Fieldcraft Survival has proven to be a breath of fresh air, however. They may not go into depth on things you may find in their course content, but they do continuously bring interesting topics and personalities into to interview with surprisingly few ads.

The episodes run between 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours and are released pretty much weekly. They reach into a wide array of topics, from bushcraft to politics so you may pick and choose your episodes based on the topic due to their length. Anyway, this podcast is worth subscribing to.

Mike Glover can be a bit of a controversial figure. Forums and social media are always sharing strong opinions on his personal life, but the podcast product he puts out doesn’t seem to be adversely affected.

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These guys were a new-ish podcast when they showed up in our top 10 back in 2017, but they have blown up since then. Coby and Cam have honed their banter into a well-oiled prepping information machine, but don’t take themselves too seriously. When you listen to the show, we can promise you that you will not be bored.

They have always been down-to-earth and interesting guys and are doing a fantastic job of making prepping accessible and keeping existing preppers engaged. We’re convinced that prepping advice is best served by two guys committed to staying survived.

If you haven’t tried this podcast, this is the one to try on this list. Lately, they’ve also started branching out with a conspiracy podcast

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Retired Prepper Podcasts

There are plenty of great podcasts that are no longer producing content but are worth a listen. These include:

• Get Ready Podcast – Audible – Apple – Spotify – 15 episodes – Never ranked
• In the Rabbit Hole Survival –  Apple – 199 episodes available – Highest ranking while live = 3
• The Apocalypse Survival Guide – Apple – 30 episodes available – Never ranked
• The Big One / The Big Burn – Apple – 21 episodes – Never ranked
• The Holistic Prepper Podcast – Apple – 40 episodes available – Never ranked
• The Prepper Website Podcast – Not a dead podcast, it simply changed its name to The Ready Your Future Podcast.
• The Survival Preppers with Duff & Dale – Apple – 50 episodes available – Never Ranked
• The Survival Punk Podcast – Audible – Apple – 20 episodes available – Never ranked
• Today’s Survival Show – Android – 99 episodes available – Highest ranking while live = 4
• Urban Prepping’s Podcast – Apple – 6 episodes available – Never ranked

Just because a podcast is retired doesn’t mean you can’t find value in it’s shows. Out of all of these, In the Rabbit Hole is probably the most beloved by the prepping community and worth revisiting.

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Honorable Mention Podcasts

These podcasts were reviewed and have good content, but did not have the body of work to stack up against our top 10. Still, they may be a good option for you if you are looking for fresh content on survival and prepping.

• Live Like the World is Dying – Audible – Apple – Spotify – 100 episodes – Highest ranking = 6
• Modern Outdoor Survival – Audible – Apple – Spotify – 56 episodes – Highest ranking = 10
• Practical Prepping Podcast – Audible – Apple – Spotify – 449 episodes – Highest ranking = 9
• Prepping Academy – Apple – 165 episodes – Never ranked
• Prepping 2.0 Podcast – Apple – Spotify – 100 episodes – Highest ranking = 7
• Project 22:3 Preparedness – Audible – Apple – Spotify – 36 episodes – Never ranked
• Ready Your Future – Audible – Apple – Spotify – 100 episodes – Highest ranking = 3
• Survival and Basic Badass Podcast – Audible – Apple – Spotify – 436 episodes – Highest ranking = 6
• Survivalist Prepper Podcast – Audible – Apple – Spotify – 400 episodes – Highest ranking = 4
• The Politics Prepping & Paranormal Podcast – Audible – Apple – Spotify – Never ranked
• The Practical Prepper Podcast – Audible – Apple – Spotify – 55 episodes – Highest ranking = 8
• The Bonzai Prepping Podcast – Spotify – 77 episodes – Never ranked

Some of these regularly veer off the track of prepping, talking about politics and conspiracies here and there. Still, we find them worth including here for those who are digging for more content.

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The Final Word

Prepper podcasts can give you the information you need to have an edge if SHTF. There is plenty of knowledge out there, and podcasts make it easier to borrow some of it while you are on the go. There is a wide range of topics and personalities just inside the prepping community. If you are looking for other mediums to explore prepping and survival topics, check out these rankings and roundups:

• The 10 Best Prepper YouTube Channels
• 21 Prepper TV Shows Worth Watching
• Bug Out Bag List | 44 Essentials

If you have any favorite podcasts that we may have missed or chosen not to rank, weigh in below in the comment section. We’ll always take the time to review it before our next roundup and see where it stacks up.

Keep exploring, stay prepared, and be safe.

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