Podcasts

How do I download podcasts ?

Although you can listen to podcasts on a desktop or laptop computer, many people listen on a smartphone, on a tablet, or in their cars, using a podcast app. Here is a quick overview from Digital Trends that explains how podcasts work and outlines all of the options for listening.

All Content Areas

• Brains On! - Podcast for kids and adults

• But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids - Show led by kids about diverse topics

• Criminal - Stories of people who’ve done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle

• Ear Biscuits - “Interesting conversation with someone interesting..."

• Making Sense with Sam Harris - Explores important questions about the human mind, society, and current events

• Moth Radio Hour - True, personal stories to inspire and entertain

• Overheard at National Geographic - Stories from our big, bizarre, and beautiful world

• Pants on Fire - In a game show format, kids learn how to distinguish between what's true and what's false

• PinDrop - Escape with host Saleem Reshamwala as he journeys across the globe in search of the world's most imaginative ideas

• Radiolab - A show about curiosity

• Reply All - A podcast about the Internet

• Short & Curly - Fast-paced fun-filled ethics podcast for kids and their parents

• Smash Boom Best - For young debaters; listen to two sides of an issue and decide for yourself which is best

• Stuff You Should Know - The ins and outs of everyday things

• TED Radio Hour - Investigates the biggest questions of our time with the help of the world's greatest thinkers

• This I Believe - Discussions about core beliefs that guide our daily lives

Current Events

• KidNuz - 5 minutes of today's top stories, current events, politics, science, entertainment, sports and more!

• Youth Radio - Honest, vital, top-quality news and culture

Game Show-like Podcasts

• The Big Fib

• Don't Break the Rules

• Smash Boom Best

• Who Smarted?

• Yak Talk Back

Health and Fitness

• Peace Out - Stories for calming down

• Teen Health Matters - How to talk to parents/adults about mental health

• This Is Normal: A Podcast about Youth Mental Health - Young people talk about their own mental health challenges

Language Arts

• The Allusionist - Explore the English language, with all its oddities!

• Book Club for Kids - Middle schoolers talk about books

• Fictional - Hosts breathe new life into the classics and tell the stories of some of the greatest books ever written

• Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls - stories of real-life extraordinary women read by modern-day activists

• KitLit Radio - Children's literature podcast

• Myths and Legends - Stories of magic, kings, Vikings, dragons, knights, princesses, and wizards

• A Way with Words - Hour-long podcast about language examined through history, culture, and family

• The Story Seeds Podcast - Inspire young writers with this innovative series in which award-winning children's authors interview a kid or tween with a great story idea, and then write and read aloud a story inspired by the kid's idea.

Science

• Brains On! - Science podcast co-hosted by kids

• Ologies - Comedic science podcast

• Science Vs - What’s fact, what’s not, and what’s somewhere in between

• Shabam! - Quirky podcast that uses stories to teach listeners about science

• The Show about Science - Adventure into the wondrous world of scientific research and discovery!

• This Podcast Will Kill You - Grad students studying disease ecology, share their love of epidemics and weird medical mysteries

• StarTalk Radio - Neil deGrasse Tyson talks about all things space

• Tumble - Science podcast for kids

• Wow in the World - Cool new stories in science, technology, and innovation

Serials

• Crimetown - Investigations into the culture of crime in different cities

• The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd - Follow the battle between Dr. Floyd and the evil mastermind, Dr. Steve

• The Radio Adventures of Eleanor Amplified - Radio reporter Eleanor goes after the "Big Story"

• Serial - Sarah Koenig tells one story, told week by week

• The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel - Serial mystery story for middle graders, performed by kids

• Welcome to Night Vale - Twice-monthly fictional (and weird!) podcast about a small desert town

Social Studies

• After the Fact - Data and analysis on the issues that matter to you—from science to the economy

• Constitutional - Narrative series about the revolutionary figures who shaped America's story

• BBC Documentary Podcast - The latest documentaries investigating global developments, issues and affairs

• Forever Ago - Explores the origin of just one thing, like sandwiches, while learning to think critically about history

• Freakonomics Radio - Explore the hidden sides of everything

• Is That a Fact? - Experts answer “How can American democracy survive and thrive in our toxic information environment?”

• The Memory Palace - Heartrending tales of overlooked moments in history

• The Past and the Curious - History podcast for kids

• Revisionist History - Malcolm Gladwell looks back through the overlooked and misunderstood in history

• Story Corps - Humanity’s stories shared and preserved to build connections between people

• Stuff You Missed in History Class - History stuff that’s usually left out of textbooks

• This American Life - Each episode centers around a theme, usually journalistic in nature

• Youth Radio - Honest, vital, top-quality news and culture

• Womanica - 5-to-10-minute episodes about women who have made a difference

Spanish (podcasts in Spanish or bilingual)

• Cometa Colín - Answers questions about different themes like how the Ancient Egyptian pyramids were built

• Radio Ambulante - True stories about different topics, such as sports, history, music, and more

• Tres Cuentos - Traditional folk tales and legends from across Latin America

• Tumble en Español - Science show for kids

Sports

• Edge of Sports - Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin