Podcast Recommendations to Keep the Kids Busy
Add a little bit of podcast listening to everyone’s day, regardless of age. You might be asking yourself, why listen to podcasts? Here’s some of the reasons we love them: you can laugh, learn, and immerse yourself in a story… and you can do it all screen-free! Click any of the shows below to begin listening for free.
Podcasts for ages 9-13
The Ventura twins are yanked into another dimension, they meet a distant cousin who gives them an extraordinary mission: travel through time to preserve their culture’s true history. Alexa and Beni visit three continents across the span of five centuries, meeting people who have left their mark on Puerto Rican heritage. In the twenty-first century, the twins navigate school, friendship, and family while keeping their time-traveling quests a secret. When a natural disaster devastates islands across the Caribbean, the twins understand what is at stake for their ancestral homeland. As Puerto Rico faces an uncertain future, the twins witness, find, and remember its past.
Beware, these scary stories will transform you! The Creeping Hour is a horror anthology series hosted by the Creeps, three friends who listened to so many scary stories that they turned into monsters themselves.
Gather your whole family to shiver with fright as you listen to the terrifying tales of The Creeping Hour. Listen if you dare. Don’t say we didn’t warn you!
Tai Poole is trying to find answers to life’s biggest questions. What happens after we die? What is love? How can we fix climate change? He may not solve them all, but give him a break ... he’s only 11.
Go deeper with Tai using these lesson plans covering language, science, environment, and health/social studies.
Who is Holiday? Where did she come from and how did she end up floating in the icy waters off the coast of Alaska with no memory? Are her mom and dad really who they say they are? Why is she developing those incredible abilities? And what’s the deal with that cool hoverboard?
Mars Patel is the Peabody Award-winning, scripted podcast for middle-grade kids that has thrilled families around the world. When Mars’ friends begin disappearing, he and his band of middle-school misfits go on an amazing adventure that could take them to the stars and beyond.
Do you want to hear a story? It’s the story of an eleven-year-old Belizean girl who accidentally invokes an evil spirit that threatens to consume the rainforest and maybe the whole world. With the help of her sister, and her new friend, a 20-foot boa constrictor, she’ll go on a thrilling and fantastic journey full of talking animals and legendary gods. Visit TheMayanCrystal.com for more.
Join Emma, a wildlife biologist and roaming reporter for the Earth Rangers podcast, the brand-new show for everyone who loves to explore the mysteries of nature. Explore the deep jungle, the frozen Arctic and splash around some wetlands, all in the name of science!
Earth Rangers is the kids’ conservation organization, dedicated to educating children and their families about biodiversity, inspiring them to adopt sustainable behaviours and empowering them to become directly involved in protecting animals and their habitats.
Before he was Benjamin Franklin, inventor and statesman, he was just Ben, a boy in Colonial Boston with an adventurous spirit, a curious mind...and a penchant for getting into trouble. Meet our most endearing founding father at thirteen a charming rebel years away from discovering the ageless sayings and brilliant inventions that made him famous. When Ben and his friends stumble upon a mysterious letter leading to a legendary treasure, he'll have to use his wits and bravery to outsmart the cruel British governor of Massachusetts.
When Chloe is sent off to live with her mysterious and eccentric grandmother she learns an unbelievable secret. Grandma Ivy is none other than Mother Nature herself! And Chloe is next in line to assume to the power and responsibility of the job. Can a twelve-year old learn to balance the entire world’s ecosystem while just trying to fit in at her new school? Only Mother Nature knows.
Teens have a lot to say about this complicated world — are you listening? Mood-swinging, dream-chasing, rule-breaking dramas and adventures. (Because puberty)
Podcasts for ages 6-10
Winner of the Best Kids & Family Podcast from the Academy of Podcasters, The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian follows Finn and his friends on their exciting adventures living aboard the Famous Marlowe 280 Interplanetary Exploratory Space Station. Follow them as they explore planets in far-reaching galaxies, looking for a place where humans could one day live. Along the way, they meet both kind and hilarious extraterrestrials and help them solve mysteries, all while tracking down the secret that is chasing the Marlowe through space.
Meet Molly Mabray, an Alaska Native girl growing up with her parents, family and friends. Over eight episodes, Molly and her friend Tooey discover the identity of a mystery creature that has stolen Molly’s birthday cake. Join Molly and the gang and discover what life is like for a typical kid on big adventures in Alaska!
Can you spot a liar, liar, pants on fire? In the era of fake news, kids must be able to tell what’s true from what’s false. And what better way than with a game show? Each week, a kid faces down two grown-ups, one an honest-to-goodness true expert, the other, well, a dirty, rotten liar! Featuring real kid contestants and a hilarious sound-effects-generating robot, Pants on Fire teaches kids to ask insightful questions, weigh the evidence in front of them, and trust their gut. Visit PantsOnFire.pizza for more, and to take our weekly quiz!
Podcasts for ages 5-8
The Music Box is an interactive music education podcast for kids, exploring fundamental music concepts through performing, responding and connecting. Hosted by musician and educator Jecorey Arthur, each episode gets listeners involved in making music!
"All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little coarse and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice? Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble."- RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Exploring stories of science discovery, Tumble is a podcast created to be enjoyed by the entire family.
Looking for educational materials to go with Tumble episodes? Tumble’s got you covered. Find their lesson plans here.
Did you know that PRX is launching TRAX, a podcast network for young audiences?
TRAX is a network of original podcasts for 9–13 years old listeners providing free, on-demand audio content that is enriching, entertaining, and diverse in genre, format, style, and voice. Launching in 2020.
PRX is proud to partner with some of the best and most creative productions around––This American Life, The Moth, TED, The World, and the Radiotopia podcast network––and now we can't wait to bring young listeners something new that's right for them.