15 podcasts in English for everyone

Podcasts in English will be especially useful if there is no time for a documentary or a book. They allow you to spend time in a queue or traffic jam with advantage, and also help to tighten foreign language skills. Alla Demina, writer, editor and translator, is divided into 15 podcasts that cover a variety of areas: from science to everyday details.

Alla Demina

Writes articles, edits books, translations from European languages ​​pair.

In this age everything changes very quickly, and we need to constantly explore new horizons, to stay abreast of developments. The ideal format for self - podcasts, and audio cognitive series, which will be especially useful if you can not find time for documentary or specialized literature. Podcasts can be listened to anywhere: in the queue, in the subway, on a jog. This allows you to spend time waiting to good use.

I present to you 15 popular podcasts on English language on various topics from culture to science and useful things. Listening to podcasts in a foreign language - a great opportunity to expand the vocabulary for you interesting topic, especially if it is your specialty.

On science in general

1. The Naked Scientists

podcast from Cambridge University researchers who understand language to explain complex scientific concepts. Each edition lasts for about an hour, and for convenience is divided into separate tracks: a selection of news from the world of science, the answers to questions from the audience and an interview with the invited scientists.

2. Big Picture Science

weekly podcasts of modern scientific research. On show there are well-known scientists, employees of state and commercial sector (including NASA), critics and experts in the field of scientific ethics.

Astronomy

3. StarTalk Radio

leading this podcast - Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist and popularizer of science and one of the most charismatic of scientists in the world. Dr. Tyson discusses space travel, extraterrestrial life, the Big Bang, the future of the Earth and finds out what role science plays in people's lives. Every week he takes interviewed invited special guests, such as the actor Alan Rickman and astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

Chemistry

4. Distillations Podcast

podcast popular science project Distillations Chemical Heritage Foundation (Chemical Heritage Foundation). Leading podcast address issues at the intersection of science, culture and history, such as how scientific discoveries in the field of chemistry influence on technological progress. The project has its own application for Android.

Story

5. BBC History of the World in 100 Objects

In each series of podcast students will learn from the British Museum director Neil MacGregor on any one subject, from ancient the mummy of an Egyptian priest or a statue of a seated Buddha in Gandhara to credit card and modern chargers devices. McGregor believes that the tools, instruments, art objects and decorations can tell at least the history books. The popularity of the podcast confirms this.

language Learning

6. Creative Language Learning Podcast

German language teacher Kerstin Hemms in an attempt to understand how language learning, conducted several interviews, which later emerged podcast Creative Language Learning Podcast. By subscribing to it, you will know whether there is age limit for learning a new language. In addition, you will hear useful advice from polyglots and everyone associated with linguistics and can share their own experiences.

7. The Actual Fluency Podcast

podcast Dane Chris Broholma, enthusiastic foreign languages. Apart from the purely linguistic topics (small languages, artificial languages, language and travel), Chris says a lot about goal setting and motivation. It is possible that this podcast inspires you to something new. Thanks to him, you can learn about the languages ​​and cultures, which are never heard.

People

8. The Documentary

Another great podcast from the BBC documentary is based on the BBC World Service programs, taken from different parts of the Earth. Individual issues devoted to a secret library in the besieged Syrian city of Darayya, graffiti, protests in Brazil and alternative history yoga.

9. 100 Women

In that podcast collected stories from the life of very different women in an interview and debate format. You will hear the story of a prosecutor from Ghana, a businesswoman from El Salvador, the girls of the tribe of Khanty and many other distinguished ladies, some of whom are midwives and directors, journalists and entrepreneurs.

Technologies

10. The Wired UK Podcast

Versatile podcast about technology. For forty minutes of airtime leading Vicky, James, Matt and the rest of the team time to discuss about five news about e-sports, virtual reality, fingerprint databases. All this - at a fairly rapid British English.

11. Note to Self

podcast by New York radio station WNYC introduces students to the way new technologies and the Internet are changing our lives. You know, whether you through the iPhone, if your kids are real overhear what files collected on your Facebook. In addition, WNYC has a series of daily quests Bored and Brilliant Challenges for those who want to overcome their dependence on gadgets.

Business and personal effectiveness

12. Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders

Even if you do not want to open your own business, pay attention to these lectures on entrepreneurship, innovation and development. Podcast created with the active participation of Stanford University, and among the invited speakers have such outstanding figures as Guy Kawasaki, Mark Zuckerberg and Marissa Mayer.

13. The Productivityist Podcast

podcast fan Mike Vardy productivity - a great source of motivation and tips time management. Vardi offers its own life hacking, so that you will deal with the important things faster and optimize your workflow and your own life. Topics of recent issues - awareness, maintaining the productivity statistics and useful habits.

Useful things

14. Stuff You Should Know

leading podcast respond to completely different questions. Some of them are likely to arise and you, and some of you have not even thought of. Wedding robots and copyright, the device pepper spray and advantages of credit cards... Even if you do not seek to learn something specific, in any case you will spend the time.

15. How to Do Everything

One more podcast for the curious. Each student can submit a question and get an answer, in particularly complex cases, backed by expert opinion. Questions can be from any field: both domestic and philosophical. Sometimes come across some rather strange questions, but none of them remain unanswered. Examples of some of the questions that are answered by the authors of the podcast: "How to keep the conversation going about the market?", "How to make room on your iPhone?", "Who to call if an asteroid falls on you?".

We will be glad if this collection will be useful. We look forward to your feedback and our own findings in the comments.