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Kids Listen podcasts
WHAT'S KIDS LISTEN? Kids Listen is a group of people who love and make podcasts for kids. We have 28 member podcasts, representing the best podcasts for kids. Our goals are to raise awareness of podcasts for kids, build community, and set standards and best practices for the medium.
Kids Ask Authors with Grace Lin
LeVar Burton Reads
The best short fiction, handpicked by the best voice in podcasting. In every episode, host LeVar Burton (Roots, Reading Rainbow, Star Trek) invites you to take a break from your daily life, and dive into a great story. LeVar's narration blends with gorgeous soundscapes to bring stories by Neil Gaiman, Haruki Murakami, Octavia Butler, Ray Bradbury and more to life.
Booklist Article on Children's Storytimes available as podcasts
With widespread school and library closures due to COVID-19, we are looking for digital options to help kids engage with stories. If you want a break from screens, children’s podcasts can offer an absorbing literary experience. Like audiobooks, the best kids’ podcasts can immerse young listeners into another world, sometimes incorporating music, sound effects, and multiple voices to tell entertaining, original, or classic stories. Kids can listen quietly alone, or podcasts can become part of the family routine as a shared listening experience. This list of shows for kids ages 2 and older are all available free on nearly any podcast app.

PRH - This Is the Author
A podcast from Penguin Random House Audio that goes into the studio with authors who read their audiobooks.
Brene Brown - Unlocking Us podcast
Conversations that unlock the deeply human part of who we are, so that we can live, love, parent, and lead with more courage and heart.
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Check out her TED Talks: her first one (https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame) and her second one (https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_the_power_of_vulnerability)