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Podcasts for the High School Classroom

Sometimes it's hard to wade through the sea of Podcasts to find ones that are appropriate for the high school classroom! Hopefully this list will be a starting point.

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HistoryDetective

Created October 17, 2020

Updated October 09, 2023

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  1. History Detective

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    History Detective is a podcast for teachers, students and lovers of history. It delves into stories from the past that don’t always get told in the textbooks. Every episode will include an original song that compliments the topic. This is a cla
    HistoryKids

  2. TED Talks Daily

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    Every weekday, TED Talks Daily brings you the latest talks in audio. Join host and journalist Elise Hu for thought-provoking ideas on every subject imaginable — from Artificial Intelligence to Zoology, and everything in between — given by the w
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    EducationSociety

  3. Law Report - Full program podcast

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    Informative, jargon-free stories about law reform, legal education, test cases, miscarriages of justice and legal culture. The Law Report makes the law accessible.
    GovernmentNewsPolitics

  4. Versus History Podcast

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    The future of History is right here! Historians Patrick O'Shaughnessy (@historychappy), Conal Smith (@prohistoricman) and Elliott L. Watson (@DrElliottWatson) are dedicated to making history happen, while showcasing the architecture of historic
    History

  5. Dan Snow's History Hit

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    History! The most exciting and important things that have ever happened on the planet. Powerful kings, warrior queens, nomads, empires and expeditions. Historian Dan Snow and his expert guests bring all these stories to life and more in a daily
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    SocietyCulture

  6. What'sHerName

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    What’sHerName puts the women back into world history. Hosts (and sisters!) Olivia Meikle and Dr. Katie Nelson are professors by day, podcasters by night. Weaving interviews with experts into vivid, nuanced biographies, What'sHerName tells the s
    HistorySociety

  7. Footnoting History

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    Footnoting History is a bi-weekly podcast series dedicated to overlooked, popularly unknown, and exciting stories plucked from the footnotes of history. For further reading suggestions, information about our hosts, our complete episode archive,
    SocietyCulture

  8. Professor Buzzkill History Podcast

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    Professor Buzzkill is an exciting podcast that explores history myths in an illuminating, entertaining, and humorous way.
    HistoryEducation

  9. Living History with Mat McLachlan

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    Historian Mat McLachlan brings Australian history to life in this engaging, educational and entertaining podcast. From the ancient age to the modern world, take a trip through time with Living History! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for
    HistoryEducation

  10. Destination: History

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    At Destination: History we tackle interesting and fascinating places and take a stroll through the history behind them.
    HistoryEducation

  11. Song Exploder

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    Song Exploder is a podcast where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made. Each episode features an artist discussing a song of theirs, breaking down the sounds and ideas that went into the writ
    Music

  12. History Lab

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    History Lab || exploring the gaps between us and the past || This series is made in collaboration by the Australian Centre for Public History and Impact Studios at the University of Technology, Sydney.
    EducationSocietyCulture

  13. Strong Songs

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    Music: it's good. On each episode of Strong Songs, host Kirk Hamilton takes listeners inside a piece of music, breaking it down and figuring out what makes it work.
    Music

  14. Speakola

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    Speakola is the home for great speeches on the web. Tony Wilson is the founder and curator of Speakola, which now hosts more than 2000 speeches, some famous – think Churchill, Obama, Gandhi - some not so well known. In each episode, Tony in
    SocietyCulture

  15. The Bomb

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    After Oppenheimer’s success at the Oscars, delve into the wider story of the atomic bomb. Told through the scientists and spies who changed history. Season 1 follows the scientist who discovers the destructive possibilities of harnessing nuclea
    History

  16. Curiosity Daily

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    The award-winning Curiosity Daily podcast from CuriosityDaily.com will help you get smarter about the world around you. In less than 10 minutes, you’ll get a unique mix of research-based life hacks, the latest science and technology news, and m
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    EducationScience

  17. The Exploress

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    Join us as we time travel back through history, exploring the lives and stories of ladies of the past, from the everyday to the extraordinary, imagining what it might have been like to be them.
    HistoryEducationComedy

  18. Uncivil

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    America is divided, and it always has been. We're going back to the moment when that split turned into war. This is Uncivil: Gimlet Media's new history podcast, hosted by journalists Jack Hitt and Chenjerai Kumanyika. We ransack the official ve
    gimlet mediaHistory

  19. Chop Bard

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    The show dedicated to revealing the plays of William Shakespeare as tasty entertainment for today’s hungry audience. Be you actor or observer, this show offers a fresh look at some very old goods.
    ArtsPerforming Arts

  20. In Our Time

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    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
    PhilosophySociety

  21. In Our Time: Science

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    Scientific principles, theory, and the role of key figures in the advancement of science.
    History

  22. Cold War Conversations

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    Award-winning real stories of the Cold War told by those who were there. Every week we interview an eyewitness of the Cold War.Across soldiers, spies, civilians, and others, we aim to cover the whole range of Cold War experiences. Hosts Ian Sa
    SocietyCulture

  23. Legends of the Old West

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    Wyatt Earp, Jesse James, and Butch and Sundance. Lakota, Comanche and Apache. Wars, gunfights and robberies. This show covers the toughest lawmen, the wildest outlaws, and the deadliest towns — all the people and events that shaped the American
    HistorySociety

  24. Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

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    Five-time winner of Best Education Podcast in the Podcast Awards. Grammar Girl provides short, friendly tips to improve your writing and feed your love of the English language. Whether English is your first language or your second language, the
    EducationEnglish

  25. Tracing The Path

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    Let us tell you the story of the 20th Century, by tracing each event back to the original decisions that shaped it. You'll quickly find out that everybody and everything is connected. If you thought you understood the 20th Century, you're in fo
    StorytellingHistory

  26. Obscure History

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    Obscure History brings you strange and interesting stories from the past that you've never heard before. For fans of story driven, narrative, history! 
    HistoryEducation

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