One good place to find educational podcasts is at David Warlick’s site EPN (Education Podcast Network).

Podcasts listed there are organized by grade level and by subject area, so it’s easy to browse for programs to share with your class.

Some examples:

Podcast Bangladesh -Follow a journey to school in Bangladesh, learn a few words in French or listen to a class debate.  (Scroll down through the blog to see the different podcasts)

podictionary –Explore a word in this once a week podcast. (moving to a new site soon) (already moved)

Ulivewhere? –Interviews with people who live around the world;  site includes suggested books for that region and gives a summary of the podcast. 

Snacks4TheBrain! is a biweekly podcast for k12 students from the Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach.  (Click on the “pickle player” to load an episode).

The French Podclass teaches French and includes a movie and music break of the day.

(You can preview most of the podcasts within the EPN site.  When you click on the title of the podcast in the directory, it pops up a list of episodes on the right.  If you see a “pod” symbol to the left of an episode, click on that to hear the podcast.)  

Another easy way to find podcasts is to use Google–search “podcasts” and the subject you are interested in.

Of course if you have Itunes, you can subscribe to podcasts or put them on your iPod, but if you are new to podcasting and just want to check some out, try the sites above.