This is a personal favorite in the library. Tracy and Holly bring us the forgotten corners of world history with quirk and humor. In light of current events, they released a list of some of their more lighthearted episodes. I've included some for us here.

• The Crash at Crush

• All American Girls (ladies in baseball)

• The Great Moon Hoax

  • Part One

  • Part Two

You might know them from their YouTube channels The VlogBrothers and Crash Course. Or maybe you've read their books. Or seen the movies. Hank and John Green also have a charming podcast that you might like.

Pants On Fire

• In the era of fake news, kids need to learn to be able to tell what’s true from what’s false. And what better way to do that than a game show that puts kids in the driver’s seat, adults on the hot seat, and a sound-effects robot strapped to the roof?

(From the website)

Radiolab, with Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, is a radio show and podcast weaving stories and science into sound and music-rich documentaries.

(From the website)

Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science Friday is the source for entertaining and educational stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff.

(From the website)

Six Minutes is another enthralling, suspenseful audio drama from the creators of the award-winning podcast The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel. Featuring a voice cast of real kids, each six-minute episode continues the story of an 11-year-old girl named Holiday who finds herself in the middle of a mystery adventure with no memory of where she came from. New updates are released twice a week, and you'll be counting down the minutes to see what happens next.

(https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/10-must-listen-podcasts-for-tweens-and-teens)