podcasts

In a classroom by a river, a teacher collects water samples with her class.

How kids are making sense of climate change and extreme weather

12:00pm October 07, 2023

by Janet W. Lee

NPR's Student Podcast Challenge yielded stories about how students around the U.S. are thinking about and responding to climate change. Here are some of their ideas.

Podcast tile art (clockwise from top left) for Parched, from Colorado Public Radio; Bay Curious, from KQED; Short Wave, from NPR; Sea Change, from WWNO and WRKF; Death, Sex & Money, from WNYC Studios; and Seeking a Scientist, from KCUR.

Looking for innovative climate solutions? Check out these 8 podcasts

5:00am October 04, 2023

by Jack Mitchell

Add these episodes to your listening rotation during the NPR Network's Climate Solutions Week, where we're dedicated to stories and conversations about the search for climate solutions.

In a digital short previewing the podcast, Arthur shows his audio equipment and once again, his headphones are not on his actual ears.

Arts

Arthur the Aardvark returns with a new podcast. His headphones are still on wrong

11:35am October 08, 2022

by Juliana Kim

The podcast will revisit tales from the former PBS TV series and narrate new stories about school, friendships and family. Listeners will also be able to send voice messages for Arthur to respond to.

National

A Spotify publisher was down Monday night. The culprit? A lapsed security certificate

10:48pm May 31, 2022

by Amina Kilpatrick

Megaphone, the podcast advertising and publishing platform, experienced an expired security certificate Monday, a Spotify spokesperson said.

Joe Rogan, the comedian, TV commentator and podcaster, reacts during an Ultimate Fighting Championship event in May 2020.

What the Joe Rogan podcast controversy says about the online misinformation ecosystem

5:11am January 21, 2022

by Shannon Bond

More than a thousand health professionals are calling on Spotify to crack down on COVID-19 falsehoods aired on the podcast of the company's most popular host.

Bruce Springsteen, Michelle Obama and Barack Obama in the Blue Room before the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony on Nov. 22, 2016. It's one of many photos featured in the Renegades book.

In a new book, Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen envision a more unified America

4:59pm October 25, 2021

In an NPR interview, the former president and the iconic musician speak about spreading hope amid widespread division and about the "critical patriotism" of Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A."

Arts
Youth

COVID-19 Student Challenge: The Winner

11:49pm June 09, 2020

by WFDD Staff

When the coronavirus pandemic became real for most Americans, the news cycle was dominated by COVID-19 related stories. And rightly so.

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Christian Drosten, director of the Institute of Virology at Berlin's Charité hospital, is pictured after a news conference in Berlin on March 26, to comment on the spread of the novel coronavirus in Germany.

'Das Coronavirus' Podcast Captivates Germany With Scientific Info On The Pandemic

12:04pm March 31, 2020

by Rob Schmitz

Produced by the public broadcaster NDR, the program features scientist Christian Drosten giving clear information about COVID-19, but so far it's in German only.

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The Rough Translation podcast explores how ideas we wrestle with in the U.S. are being discussed in the rest of the world.

World News

'Rough Translation': NPR's Newest Podcast

7:59am August 14, 2017

by Gregory Warner

In each episode of Rough Translation, NPR's new international podcast, we go to a different country to drop in on a story that reflects back on something we're talking about in the U.S.

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Mike McHargue, author and co-host of The Liturgists.

Christians Turn To Podcasts To Say Things They Can't Say In Church

4:01am March 06, 2017

Toby Morrell and Mike McHargue are among a seemingly growing trend of ex-pastors, musicians and authors who are bucking Christian theology through podcasts.

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