With New Year's Eve approaching, and the annual period of reflection and retrospection just beginning, I think we can all agree on one thing: Nothing has changed in the last year and 2016 was super-boring. Just kidding! It was a crazy year, with a lot going on, so you'd be (momentarily) forgiven for missing the rise and proliferation of podcasts for kids. And though Kids Listen kicked off a few months into 2016, there are now so many great and diverse shows that are part of t

Earlier this week, iTunes released its list of the “Best of 2016” podcasts, and we were all buzzing to see that Tumble, one of the Kids Listen founding podcasts, was on the list. If you’re a fan of Tumble, you know it’s well-deserved. If you’ve never listened to it, you should know it’s a science show that does everything you want a science show to do: Explore fascinating topics, ask great questions, and make you laugh. It’s really great to see it get this type of recognition

Even though Kids Listen is focused on audio storytelling for kids, we’re all huge fans of a variety of podcasts. So each week I’ll recommend a (not kids) podcast that’s a personal favorite of someone in the group. Today’s suggestion comes from Lindsay Patterson of the Tumble science podcast for kids. While Serial is often credited for kickstarting the Podcasting Big Bang, it also ushered in what might be the medium’s most popular genre: true crime. In the same way This Americ