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Keep your high school and middle school students excited about learning and knowledge over winter break with these podcast recommendations from Siena students and faculty.

Podcast Recommendations for Teens

Check out these history, culture, and society podcasts for your teen:

• The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
• Footnoting History
• Forever Ago
• Let's Be Real with Sammy Jaye
• Outside Magazine Podcast
• Pop Culture Happy Hour
• Spilled Milk Podcast
• Stuff You Should Know
• Uncivil

Is your teen interested in science and related topics? Give these podcasts a listen:

• 60-Second Science 
• Are We There Yet?
• Brains On!
• Hidden Brain 
• How I Built This
• Invisibilia
• Radiolab
• Science Friday
• Science Rules! 
• Wow in the World

Teens interested in books, music, and storytelling can try out these podcasts:

• Currently Reading Podcast
• Sleepy Bookshelf
• Song Exploder
• Story Pirates

Give these family-friendly podcasts a listen:

• Million Bazillion 
• RadioLab Kids
• Smash Boom Best

More Podcast Resources 

Common Sense Media lists these Great Podcasts for Tweens and Teens, and Parents magazine recommends 9 Great Podcasts for Teens. See Siena’s blog for winter break book recommendations and summer break book recommendations. See also this earlier blog post about podcasts from Siena Reading Teacher Leslie Holst. 

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