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5 Indian Podcasts For Teachers & Students on Wildlife, Feminism, History, Science & More
Here is a list of some Indian podcast channels to introduce your students to, talking about animal cruelty, history and science
The Podcast culture is not a famous one in our country but a budding one for sure. A podcast is an episodic series of spoken word digital audio files that a user can download to a personal device for easy listening.
While the schools are closed, take this opportunity to introduce your students to Podcasts as they learn some hard facts about the most pressing issues in our country and the world at large.
Wildlife SOS was established in 1995 by a small group of individuals inspired to start a movement and make lasting change to protect and conserve India’s natural heritage, forest and wildlife wealth. Today, the organisation has evolved to actively work towards protecting Indian wildlife, conserving habitat, studying biodiversity, conducting research and creating alternative and sustainable livelihoods for erstwhile poacher communities or those communities that depend on wildlife for sustenance.
https://wildlifesos.org/get-involved/podcast/
Mick Sullivan created The Past and The Curious in 2016 and it is a work of love. Since then people from the founder’s friends and family have joined in as well. A History Podcast for kids, parents, teachers alike.
https://thepastandthecurious.com/
The Life of Science is a travelling feminist science media project run by Aashima Dogra and Nandita Jayaraj which tells the story of women scientists around India. It is a good way to introduce children to our country’s most prominent women from science and their accomplishment, and parallelly tell girls what they can achieve.
https://ivmpodcasts.com/thelifeofscience
Kidnuz podcast, a new Podcast channel, that introduces children to current affairs of the world in a kid-friendly manner. No, they do not talk about crimes or any other hard-hitting topic, but positive and inspirational news that are age-appropriate.
https://www.kidnuz.org/podcast
But Why is a podcast for curious kids, the ones who are highly observant and curious about the most trivial things in their surroundings. In this podcast, kids lead the episodes by asking questions about anything that tickles their fascination. Answers to such questions are then followed up on the podcasts.
https://www.vpr.org/programs/why-podcast-curious-kids#stream/0