http://www.stuffyoushouldknow.com/podcasts
In contrast to the first podcast I blogged about, Stuff You Should Know is a much less academic environment and therefore a much more approachable take on the world's events and news stories for NNS and NS alike. The podcasts are about an hour long with hosts who don't speak too quickly. In the last few months topics range from Can you die of a broken heart?, Composting: Nature's Most Interesting Process, How Supreme Court Nominations Work, Is a Head Transplant Really a Thing, Are Election Laws Designed to Suppress Voting?, How Ketchup Works and Why Isn't the US on the Metric System? Needless to say, the variety of topics seems unlimited and all (that I listened to) were conducted in a natural, conversational manner - very easy to listen to and to process the information discussed at the same time. I would recommend this podcast as a class resource to middle school to early higher ed ESL teachers/professors because of the variety. Educators would be able to easily sift through content for their courses and have students discuss/blog/annotate what they hear and compare it to other news sources or present the information to their peers. Also, students and teachers are able to listen to each individual podcast for free which can be found on the website.
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