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Mount St Benedict College Library: Podcasts for Teens

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The Big Fib

The hilarious game show where kids have to figure out who’s an expert, and who’s a liar, liar, pants on fire.

Behind the Wand

        

My name is Flick Miles and I was Hermione Granger’s double in the "Harry Potter" films.
To mark 20 years since the release of the first film, I have decided to get back in touch with some of the most influential people involved in creating the film. They have shared their untold stories and amazing memories of what it was like to bring "Harry Potter" to life. If you want to know what life was really like behind the scenes of "Harry Potter," this is the podcast for you

Stuff You Missed in History Class

Join Holly and Tracy as they bring you the greatest and strangest Stuff You Missed In History Class in this podcast by iHeartRadio.

Part Time Genius

Will and Mango have lots of questions. Will we ever live without sleep? How do rats keep outsmarting humans? Where are the sunniest tax havens to hide your money? Join these Part-Time Geniuses as they dive into ridiculous topics... and discover some pretty smart stuff along the way.

A Way with Words

A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively hour-long public radio show and podcast about language examined through history, culture, and family. Each week, author/journalist Martha Barnette and lexicographer/linguist Grant Barrett talk with callers about slang, old sayings, new words, grammar, word origins, regional dialects, family expressions, and speaking and writing well

Mental Music

     

This is a podcast made for and by teens, focusing on mental health. Episodes focus on topics like insomnia, how sound affects everyday life, and social media and mental health.

Six Minutes

Eleven-year-old Holiday is pulled from the icy waters of Alaska with no memory of who she is or where she came from. Are her mom and dad really who they say they are? When she begins to develop incredible abilities, she’ll soon discover she’s not alone in the world.

24 Really Awesome Podcasts for Kids

These podcasts for teens come highly recommended as a way to get them off their screens and, hopefully, out exercising. Jam in the airpods, hit play on a podcast, and off you go!

What's Good Games

This podcast is directed at — you guessed it! — gamers. Three gaming-industry vets discuss video game news, reviews, and upcoming titles.

Song Exploder

A podcast where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made..

Teach Though

 There are scores of podcasts that you could find all over the internet. Topics range from Academic Related stuff where you could be able to extend your knowledge in any particular class that you like, to inspirational ones which would give you some great things to think about how to live your life and how to enjoy what you have.

Gen Z Podcasts

TED Talks by Teens

Overheard at National Geographic

Dive with killer whales to observe their surprising cultures. Venture into the world of artificial intelligence to see how scientists are teaching machines to recognize human diversity. Visit Nat Geo’s legendary tech lab where engineers have dreamed up super cameras to hunt for the Loch Ness monster, float above Machu Picchu and swim with Jacques Cousteau. Join us for curiously delightful conversations overheard at National Geographic headquarters. Hosted by Peter Gwin and Amy Briggs.

RadioLab

Investigating a Strange World 

Teen Girl Talk

Teen Girl Talk joins siblings, Franklin and Susie Cota as they consume and discuss media made for teens while also recalling and regaling with stories from their own teenage pasts. We're talking movies, tv shows, books, and more! If it's made for people who are feeling far too many emotions and have no idea why these two are all about it. Too old to be teens, too funny not to listen to.

Switched on Pop

Regardless of what kind of music you’re into, Top 40 is inescapable. But why is a podcast about Top 40 music making the cut for our list of educational podcasts for teens? The hosts – a songwriter and a musicologist (yes, that’s a real job) – dissect the most popular songs of the moment to determine what makes them catchy and successful. It’s a fun podcast that’s easy listening to, but after a few episodes, you’ll find yourself with a surprising amount of classical music theory and listening to songs differently.

The Moth

See behind-the-scenes images and listen to storytelling interviews.

Science with Dr Karl

Dr Karl's science hour on triple j is the station’s longest running segment, loved as much today as it ever has been. Every Thursday, 'Dr' Lucy and Dr Karl solve the mysteries of the world, with science. Only triple j listeners could come up with questions as hairy as these.

Harry Potter and the Sacred Texts

This podcast creates time in your week to think about life’s big questions. Because reading fiction doesn’t help us escape the world, it helps us live in it.

Each week, we explore a central theme through which to explore the characters and context, always grounding ourselves in the text. We’ll engage in traditional forms of sacred reading to unearth the hidden gifts within even the most mundane sentences.

On this podcast, we ask: What if we read the books we love as if they were sacred texts?

Sci Fri

Science Friday, or "Sci Fri" to the initiated, is another podcast for science lovers: It focuses more on current events, and the scientific concepts that are in the news.