LiSTNR has curated a collection of children’s podcasts aimed at educating, storytelling, music sharing and establishing a bedtime routine that’s calm and happy.
FOR SLEEP
Bedtime Explorers
Children’s meditation podcast, ‘Magical Bodies’ which helps children escape their busy minds and focus on winding down their tired bodies at the end of the day. They learn how to relax, let go and appreciate all they have as they settle to sleep. This meditation podcast has settled little ones to sleep over 24 million times….and counting.”
Bedtime Explorers – Magical Bodies | LiSTNR
Kinderling Sleep Radio
Featuring ambient music and soothing lullabies to fall – and stay – asleep, night and day.
Kinderling Kids Sleep – Live on LiSTNR
Sound Bubbles
Before babies are born, they’ve already been enjoying a favourite playlist of soothing soundtracks from the world around them. Sound Bubbles are a series of soundscapes created for babies to help them calm down, drift off, and stay asleep.
Sound Bubbles – LiSTNR Podcasts
FOR LISTENING AND LEARNING
The Fact Detectives
Two curious kids on a mission to find out all the cool facts about, well, EVERYTHING! Hosts Anika and Esther take their very big questions to some very smart grown-ups who know lots of very interesting stuff… like, do killer butterflies really exist? Why do we fart? Did monster kangaroos really hop all over Australia? What’s the difference between a glow-worm and a firefly, and where does light come from?
The Fact Detectives – LiSTNR Podcasts
Busy Bodies – Health Habits
Written and voiced by children’s entertainer and comedian Mr Snot Bottom, Busy Bodies – Healthy Habits takes a look at ALL the ways children can be more excellent humans by building healthy habits.
Busy Bodies – Healthy Habits | LiSTNR
WOW IN THE WORLD
This family podcast explores the wonders of science, technology and innovation, or as hosts Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz call it, the “Wows” that power the world around us.
Wow in the World – LiSTNR Podcasts
STORY TELLING
Fun Fables
A clever, funny and engaging reimaging of the fables and tales we all grew up with. Rediscover the Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks, The Goose that Laid Golden Eggs and more, with a cheeky modern twist.
Possum Magic
Written by Mim Fox, illustrated by Julie Vivas and read by Liam Flanagan who is a radio host, podcaster, football commentator and a dad.
Liam Flanagan reads Possum Magic
The Book of Dust
Simon Russell Beale reads La Belle Sauvage, the first volume of Philip Pullman’s fantasy trilogy The Book of Dust from the BBC. Set 10 years before the events of His Dark Materials, the novel explores the origins of that story.
The Book of Dust, Part One: La Belle Sauvage – LiSTNR Podcasts
Stories Podcast
Amanda Weldin tells new children’s stories every week, ranging from retellings of fairy tales like Snow White to classic stories like Peter Rabbit to completely original works.
Stories Podcast – LiSTNR Podcasts
MUSIC
Kinderling Kids Radio Live
Cool music for kids AND grown-ups, from The White Stripes to The Wiggles.
Kinderling Kids Radio – Live on LiSTNR
Kinderling Sleep Radio
Featuring ambient music and soothing lullabies to fall – and stay – asleep, night and day.
Kinderling Kids Sleep – Live on LiSTNR
Party Radio
Upbeat music to sing and dance to!
Kinderling Kids Party – Live on LiSTNR
Sing a Song with Angie Who
Angie sings favourite nursery rhymes and lullabies.
Sing-A-Song with Angie Who – LiSTNR Podcasts