Good listening
Try listening to a podcast – they can help you learn and make you laugh.
More than 21 million people in the UK listen to podcasts regularly, streaming them on phones, computers, tablets and smart speakers.
These radio-style shows can teach you about history, science and the natural world, and they offer fascinating stories from around the world that spark the imagination. Some can help you focus on homework; some can help you sleep.
On phones, tablets and computers there are several good apps for finding and listening to podcasts. Apple Podcasts and Google
Podcasts are two of the most popular, along with services like Spotify and Deezer. If there is a smart speaker in your home and you know the name of a podcast you want to listen to, you can ask the smart speaker to play it.
Where to start? The Week Junior Show! It’s a weekly podcast with host Bex from FunKids radio and two of The Week Junior team looking at some of the biggest and funniest stories from the latest issue of the magazine. The award-winning Mysteries of Science podcast from The Week Junior Science+Nature magazine investigates strange phenomena, such as UFOs, the Abominable Snowman, werewolves and witches.
If you’re interested in science and the natural world, try But Why, Earth Rangers and Tumble. History fans may enjoy Greeking Out and The Past and the Curious. For sports fans, the TWS Sports Podcast is made by young people and it is brilliant.
For stories, R.L. Stine’s Story Club has spooky tales; Circle Round brings you fairy tales from across the world; and The Island of Brilliant interviews writers of books for young people. Finally, Like You: Mindfulness for Kids can help you to find calm, and Relaxing White Noise plays white noise (background sounds)and nature sounds to help you drift off to sleep.
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