Examples of Podcasts for ESL Listening Practice

Art
Art a GoGo
http://artagogo.libsyn.com/
Baltic Mill Podcasts
http://www.balticmill.com/podcasts/
Museum of Modern Art
http://moma.org/visit_moma/audio.html#vd

Beauty Therapy
Reiki
http://www.reiki.net.au/copy.asp?id=articles
General Human Anatomy
http://webcast.berkeley.edu/course_details.php?seriesid=1906978375

Business
Learn Out Loud Business Podcasts
http://www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-Directory/Business
BizEd
http://www.bized.co.uk/dataserv/chron/audio.htm
Flying Start
http://www.flyingstartups.com/podcasts/flyingstartups

Computing
Computer weekly
http://www.computerweekly.com/StaticPages/Podcasts.htm
Harvard
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~cscie1/
Ask the Techies
http://ask-the-techies.blogspot.com/
Computing
http://www.computing.co.uk/audio-video/
Learn Out Loud Computing Podcasts
http://www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-Directory/Technology/Computers

Engineering
Design News
http://www.designnews.com/podcasts/46192/Daily+News+Podcast.html
Engineering News
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/page.php?rep_id=96
Solidworks
http://blogs.solidworks.com/mediapodcasts/

Essential Skills
NIACE Podcasts
http://www.niace.org.uk/news/podcasts/default.htm
Learn Out Loud Vocabulary Building Podcasts
http://www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-Directory/Languages/Vocabulary-Building

Marketing and Promotional
Huddersfield University
http://www.hud.ac.uk/international/studentaudio.html
Southampton University News
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/about/podcasts.php
Ulster University
http://www.publicaffairs.ulster.ac.uk/podcasts/

Media/Photography
Tips from the Top Floor
http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/
One-Minute Movie
http://podcasts.rocemabra.com/podcasts/oneminutemovie
Photoview
http://www.nyipodcast.com/home/1.html
Simply DV Video Podcast
http://www.podcast.net/show/55854 or
http://www.podcastingnews.com/details/simplydv.jellycast.com/
podcast/feed/2/view.htm%0d
Photoshop Radio
http://photoshopradio.blogspot.com/
Two-Minute Photoshop
http://www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-Directory/Sports-and-Hobbies/Other-Hobbies/2-Minute-Photoshop-Tricks-Podcast/7126#podcastlink

Public Service
West Midlands Police
http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/wmprrecruit/wmpr20066618413.asp
St John's Ambulance First Aid
http://www.sja.org.uk/sja/first-aid-advice.aspx
West Yorkshire Police
http://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/wypuploads/podcasts/rss/index.xml

Pupil/Student Podcasts
St Clare's School of English
http://bardwellroad.podomatic.com/
Downs FM
http://www.downs.kent.sch.uk/downsfm/_aboutdownsfm.htm
Student Tips
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/school_report/6355345.stm
Learning to Go
http://www.learning2goblog.org./

Science
Science Podcasts
http://www.abc.net.au/science/programs/podcast.htm
Maths to Go
http://bobprior.libsyn.com/
Is all about Maths
http://www.isallaboutmath.com/
The Naked Scientist
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/

Sports
Get Psyched
http://www.peaksportsnetwork.com/public/department47.cfm
BBC Sportsweek
http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/programmes/sportsweek.shtml
General Human Anatomy
http://webcast.berkeley.edu/course_details.php?seriesid=1906978375
The Sun: Bell & Mitchelson's Laughable World of Football
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2006240000-2006230506,00.html
Endurance Radio Audio
http://www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-Directory/Sports-and-Hobbies/Other-Sports/Endurance-Radio-Audio-Interviews-Podcast/6826#plink
Learn Out Loud Health and Fitness Podcasts
http://www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-Directory/Self-Development/Health-and-Fitness

Travel
Learn out Loud Travel podcasts
http://www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-Directory/Travel
My Travel Reviews
http://www.mytravelreviews.co.uk/
BT Podshow
http://www.btpodshow.com/showguide/?key_id=otbt&feed_type=pdn_show#
iToors Podcasts
http://www.itoors.com/iToors/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=49

General Podcast Directories
Podcast Blaster
http://www.podcastblaster.com
Learn Out Loud
http://www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-Directory/Business
BBC Podcasts
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/4977678.stm
Podcast Alley
http://www.podcastalley.com/
Podcast.Net
http://www.podcast.net
Recap's podcasts for educators
http://podcasts.yahoo.com/series?s=04ac80de04831022011072feb1945342
Recap
http://recap.ltd.uk/podcasting/
UK Podcasts
http://www.ukpodcasts.info/

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