BBC World Service YouTube channel

The BBC World Service YouTube channel provides a wide range of educational resources, including podcasts, documentaries, interviews, and explainers on global issues. 

The content covers diverse areas such as culture, entertainment, science, history, investigative journalism, and current affairs, offering valuable material for classroom use and discussions. All videos are subtitled, with the option to translate them into multiple languages, which makes the channel especially useful for teachers working in multilingual or international contexts.

https://www.youtube.com/@bbcworldservice

BBC Learning English Conversations

Learning English Conversations by BBC Radio is a resource provided by BBC Learning English that focuses on helping English learners improve their conversational skills. Through structured dialogues, role plays, and situational conversations, learners can practice listening comprehension, pronunciation, and everyday English language use.

The program covers a wide range of topics, from common social interactions to professional communication, aimed at building confidence in spoken English. It's designed for learners at different proficiency levels, offering accessible and engaging content that often includes transcripts, exercises, and downloadable resources. It’s popular among English learners globally for its practical approach to language acquisition.

Find it on:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02pc9zn/episodes/downloads

A Way with Words. Radio show and podcast

A Way with Words is a radio show and podcast that focuses on language, linguistics, and communication. Hosted by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett, the program explores a wide range of topics related to words, grammar, slang, idioms, and the origins of phrases. It features listener questions about language usage, as well as discussions on how language evolves, its quirks, and its role in culture.

Listeners can call in or write with questions, making the show interactive and engaging for language enthusiasts. The podcast appeals to anyone curious about the intricacies of words and language in everyday life.

You can find the show on popular podcast platforms like: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts...

Some episodes are available on their YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@waywordradio

Episodes are available for streaming or download at:

https://waywordradio.org/

Storynory. Audio stories for children

Storynory is a website that offers a collection of free audio stories for children. These stories include fairy tales, myths, classic literature, and original works. 

The website aims to promote literacy and listening skills in children through engaging storytelling. It provides a wide range of stories suitable for different age groups, and many of them are accompanied by text for reading along. Storynory also features educational resources such as language learning materials and storytelling tips for parents and teachers.

https://www.storynory.com/

Teaching Matters #podcast

The Teaching Matters podcast is an audio series that explores various topics related to education, teaching methodologies, and the needs of students. It is provided by WOUB Public Media, a non-profit, public broadcasting organization based in Athens, Ohio, United States. 

WOUB offers educational, informational, and cultural programming through diverse media outlets such as television, radio, and online platforms. Affiliated with Ohio University, it serves as a crucial community resource, delivering news, entertainment, and educational content to its audience.

https://www.npr.org/podcasts/514312608/teaching-matters 

Luke's English Podcast

Luke's English Podcast is a popular English language learning podcast hosted by Luke Thompson, an English language teacher, podcaster and comedian from London. 

The podcast covers a wide range of topics, including grammar explanations, vocabulary lessons, pronunciation practice, cultural insights, and interviews with native English speakers. It aims to help English learners improve their language skills in an engaging and enjoyable way.

Find it on:

https://teacherluke.co.uk/ 

Also on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/@LukesEnglishPodcast/podcasts

Science Friday

Science Friday is a producer of high quality, fact-checked, and trustworthy science news and educational programming. 

They offer educational and entertaining science experiences through videos, podcasts, digital media, live events, citizen science, K-12 education and professional development, and at-home learning activities for families that directly serve hundreds of thousands of educators, parents, citizen scientists, and lifelong learners every year. 

Science Friday also offers lesson plans, that include links to the national science standards addressed in the lesson. 

https://www.sciencefriday.com/ 

Storynory

Storynory is a podcast and website with audio streaming that has been giving free audio stories to the world since November 2005. 

They offer over 600 audio stories on the site including original stories, fairytales, classic authors, poems… Most of them are aimed at an age group around 7 to 11 years. 

You can find Storynory on:

https://www.storynory.com/

On Twitter

https://twitter.com/storynory 

On YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI7gXZrVe2y-u5LGLilMvvQ

On Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/storynory/ 

A Way with Words #Podcast

Radio show and podcast about language. Hosts Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett talk with callers  about linguistics, slang, new words, jokes, riddles, word games, grammar, old sayings, word origins, regional dialects, family expressions, books, literature, folklore, and speaking and writing well 

https://www.waywordradio.org/ 

On Apple Podcasts

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/way-words-language-linguistics-callers-from-all-over/id121493640 

On Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/4kI0Pb9Tq9SQXDJVzLI7A5?si=o0zDyaA6Q5GFwp0VRDkz4g 

On Google Podcasts

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hd3d3LmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz

Lexis Podcast

Fun and interesting insights into linguistics by linguistics enthusiasts. 

Find all the episodes on:

https://anchor.fm/lexispodcast 

But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids

On this podcast children can find the answers to their questions.  On But Why, they tackle topics large and small, about nature, words, even the end of the world. 

https://www.vpr.org/programs/why-podcast-curious-kids#stream/0 

Some of the episodes have been illustrated by Vermont artists. Children can colour some printable pages about them while they are listening to the show.

https://www.vpr.org/post/introducing-printable-why-coloring-pages#stream/0 

ERA Subject Playlists

Selection of curated TV and radio broadcasts handpicked for several subjects. The Subject Playlists have been created with GCSE students in mind and are based on existing GCSE subject specifications. 

However, some programmes and clips may be relevant to students at other levels of study, so it might be worth taking a look at the Playlist for your subject even if you do not teach at this level. (Source: Era.org)

https://era.org.uk/ideas-guides/subject-playlists/

Listenwise

Teaching with podcasts is a fun and engaging way to teach content, language, and grow listening skills. Listenwise offers thousands of 3-6 Minute Stories For Grades 5-12.

Visit it on: 

https://listenwise.com/

VocabAhead

VocabAhead is a vocabulary building website. It offers videos and flashcards that are designed to help students learn new vocabulary words. The website hosts short and simple animated videos that explain what words mean in context. It also uses a set of corresponding flashcards next to each video.

On Twitter:

https://twitter.com/vocabahead?lang=es

On Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/VocabAhead/

On YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-rVszt4aYBgJb8_7HPVliA

Website:

http://vocabahead.com/Home/tabid/20/Default.aspx

Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain began as a weekly series on NPR’s Morning Edition and launched as a podcast in September 2015.

Using science and storytelling, Hidden Brain helps curious people understand the world and themselves.

Visit Hidden Brain on:

https://www.npr.org/series/423302056/hidden-brain

On Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/HiddenBrain/

On Twitter:

https://twitter.com/HiddenBrain?lang=en

#breakfreefromplastic

#breakfreefromplastic is a global movement envisioning a future free from plastic pollution.

Since its launch in September 2016, nearly 1,500 organizations from across the world have joined the movement to demand massive reductions in single-use plastics and to push for lasting solutions to the plastic pollution crisis.

It offers many resources focused on solutions to plastic pollution: news, podcast, reports…

Find it on:

https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/

On Twitter

https://twitter.com/brkfreeplastic

On Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/breakfreefromplastic/

The History of English Podcast

Created by Kevin Stroud, The History of English Podcast: The Spoken History of a Global Language is a collection of approximately hour-long podcasts that explore the development of the English language from its roots. 

An amazing resource for word and language lovers.

Episodes can be listened to online or downloaded.

Webpage:

http://historyofenglishpodcast.com/

On Twitter:

https://twitter.com/englishhistpod

NPR (#radio #podcast)

NPR is a nationally acclaimed, non-profit multimedia organization and the leading provider of noncommercial news, information and entertainment programming to the American public. Launched in 1970 as a radio network by a group of public radio stations, today NPR is among the most successful news organizations in America and a growing presence in digital media including podcasting, mobile applications and social media. (Source NPR) 

An amazing resource to improve listening skills and to enrich your vocabulary.

https://www.npr.org 

On Twitter: 

https://twitter.com/NPR 

On Facebook: 

https://www.facebook.com/NPR/ 

On Instagram: 

https://www.instagram.com/npr/

Podcast: Here & Now

A live production of NPR and WBUR Boston, in collaboration with public radio stations across the country, Here & Now reflects the fluid world of news as it’s happening in the middle of the day, with timely, smart and in-depth news, interviews and conversation.

Co-hosted by award-winning journalists Robin Young and Jeremy Hobson, the show’s daily lineup includes interviews with newsmakers, NPR reporters, editors and bloggers, innovators and artists from across the U.S. and around the globe.

(Source: http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/about)

Visit:

http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow

iHeartRadio

Podcasts are a great tool in the language hacker's toolbox. 

Through iHeart you can discover thousands of live and local AM and FM radio stations across the globe. Stream the best podcast or listen to music you like all in one app. iHeartRadio is easy to use and free. 

Visit: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/