Keleher Learning Commons: Podcast Guide: Podcasts to Explore

Introduction

This page is a listing of several free, educational, and informative podcasts brought to you by a number of different sources.

The University of Saint Mary is in no way responsible for any of the informational material, opinions, or any content disseminated in these podcasts. Occasionally, podcasts will feature material that may be sensitive, deal with historical instances of violence, or include various political views that may be controversial. Listeners are urged to use discretion when listening.

Education Podcasts

New York Public Library Podcast
The New York Public Library Podcast features your favorite writers, artists, and thinkers in smart talks and provocative conversations.
Stuff You Should Know
How does pepper spray work? What’s better: cash, credit, or debit? How do they make silly putty? If you’ve ever wondered about anything like these questions, Stuff You Should Know will satiate your curiosity.
TED Talks
TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world.

History Podcasts

History Extra
History Magazine's History Extra podcast comes out every week, featuring interviews with notable historians talking about topics ranging from crusading knights to Tudor monarchs and the D-Day landings.
The Memory Palace
The Memory Palace is a storytelling podcast and public radio segment about the past. It was named a finalist for a Peabody Award in 2016.
Revisionist History
Malcolm Gladwell, the renowned author and journalist, hosts this interesting podcast about specific historical moments and themes. From the website:
Welcome to Revisionist History, a new podcast from Malcolm Gladwell and Panoply Media. Each week for 10 weeks, Revisionist History will go back and reinterpret something from the past: an event, a person, an idea. Something overlooked. Something misunderstood.

Science Podcasts

60 Second Science
From Scientific American Magazine. Being up-to-date on the newest developments in science doesn’t have to take long. Tune in every weekday for quick reports and insighful commentaries on the world of science — it’ll just take a minute.
Nature
Each week Nature publishes a free audio show. It's hosted by Kerri Smith and Adam Levy, with reporters Noah Baker, Ewen Callaway, Lizzie Gibney, Geoff Marsh and Charlotte Stoddart. Every show features highlighted content from the week's edition of Nature including interviews with the people behind the science, and in-depth commentary and analysis from journalists covering science around the world.
Science Friday (NPR Show)
Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science Friday is the source for entertaining and educational stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff.
Star Talk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
StarTalk, from Curved Light Productions, is the first and only popular commercial radio program devoted to all things space and is hosted by renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. As Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History, Tyson makes regular appearances as the “nation’s expert on space” on major news programs and popular shows (Daily Show, Colbert Report).

Sociology Podcasts

Radio Lab
Radiolab is a show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience.
This American Life
This American Life is a weekly public radio show broadcast on more than 500 stations to about 2.2 million listeners. It is produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media, delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange, and has won all of the major broadcasting awards. It is also often the most popular podcast in the country, with another 2.5 million people downloading each episode.

True Crime Podcasts

Criminal
Criminal is a podcast about crime. Stories of people who've done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle.
Reveal
Produced by the Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX, Reveal reveals injustice, power abuse, and crime. It’s an easy, interesting listen and is produced with all the bells and whistles of Serial.
Serial
Serial is a podcast from the creators of This American Life, hosted by Sarah Koenig. Serial tells one story—a true story—over the course of a season. Each season, we follow a plot and characters wherever they take us. We won’t know what happens at the end until we get there, not long before you get there with us. Each week we bring you the next chapter in the story, so it's important to listen to the episodes in order.