Top 10 podcasts for families to listen to in the car
We know that everyday family car journeys can be just as difficult as long road trips, so we’ve compiled some easy-listening podcasts to help keep everyone entertainedPainful family car journeys will be a thing of the past when you use our tried and tested kids’ podcast guide. In fact, they’ll want to stay in the car until the episode finishes.
Over the last nine years as a mum of two, family car journalist and founder of BabyDrive.com.au I have listened to hundreds of kids’ podcasts with my family.
Here are my top 10 podcasts for kids to listen to in the car…
Silly Stories for Kids
This is our family’s (and our friends’) all-time favourite podcast. It’s great for kids of all ages by being crazy and silly. I have never had one of my kids or their friends not love listening to this independent Australian podcast.
Created by Melbourne dad Samuel Ramsden, Silly Stories for Kids takes all ages on crazy adventures with loveable characters Pim Pim, Teddy Winkle, the Chimp Brothers, Thingy Whopper, Tiger Pow and Fizzy Wizzler to name a few.
This will have your kids’ ears pricked and their bottoms glued to their seats. However, whatever you do, don’t say “Crazy!”
The Wild
The Wild immerses young and old listeners in stories of the natural world.
Created by award-winning ecologist and conservationist Chris Morgan, the mission is to reconnect people with nature so they want to protect it. He does this so well with each podcast as he visits and speaks with local researchers or specialists about specific animals or locations.
Each episode engages people young and old in the fascinating and funny wonders of our wild planet.
Snoop & Sniffy
This is a funny podcast with Dog Detective Snoop sent from London to Bark Street, in Pflugerville, to train Junior Agent Sniffy. The cheeky duo solves mysteries and cases each episode with the help of their friends Duck, Poor the Groundhog and Fred the Squirrel.
If your kids are dog and animal crazy this is a fantastic podcast choice. Combined with humour, it’s also excellent for families who are good at solving mysteries.
Bust or Trust
If you want a silent drive, then Bust or Trust is not for you – it will get your family talking and debating.
Essentially, it’s a playful, historic mystery-solving podcast that looks at different theories for unsolved world mysteries from Big Foot to the Lost City of Atlantis.
The presenters “Myth Truster” Tiernan Douieb and “Myth Buster” Athena Kugblenu talk you through each case, then it’s up to everyone listening to decide if you bust the myth or trust it.
Stories Podcast
Stories Podcast performs a classic story or retells a fairytale in each episode. The melodic tone of the storytelling is good for long journeys, daily transition drives and bedtime by keeping your kids engaged, but calm.
Let’s Read with Lyla and Dad
If your children love being read to then this is a great podcast for your young passengers. My four-year-old loves Let’s Read with Lyla and Dad as they read a story book together each episode, often a popular story your little one is likely to already know.
Little Stories for Tiny People
Little Stories for Tiny People podcast is great for young kids. Created and performed by lifelong daydreamer Rhea Pechter, it features original stories our whole family love, filled with endearing characters and inventive plots. The stories are great for sparking your child’s imagination.
WBUR’s Circle Round
A live creative podcast of adaptive folk tales performed by parents of young children and musicians, each episode features the performance of a wholesome story with lessons of kindness and generosity and ends with an activity for your kids to do.
LOL Storytime
This is a hilarious story podcast for kids. Its silly and original stories are unapologetically weird and creative, capturing my family’s sense of humour. This one has our kids snorting with laughter.
ABC Kids Listen
Compatible with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, the ABC Kids Listen app is another go-to for a few great podcasts on the road. Our family favourites are:
- Dino Dome: What kid doesn’t love Dinosaurs? As two dinosaurs battle it out in Dino Dome, kids learn about each dinosaur’s strengths and weaknesses in an action-packed battle adventure in different prehistoric landscapes from the ocean to volcanoes.
- Imagine This: A science-based podcast for young and curious kids. A favourite episode in my household is ‘where does poo go when you flush it down the toilet’. Kids ask questions of scientists and academics to learn all about the everyday things around us and how our world works. Adults might learn something, too.
- Story Salad: This improv storytelling podcast gets all the family involved and ignites everyone’s imagination. Matt from Playschool and a friend are given three words and must weave a children’s story including all three in just a minute, which never fails to inspire a great family car game of Story Salad afterwards.
- Little Yarns: Each episode of Little Yarns visits one of Australia’s diverse Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Nations. Sharing yarns, listening to the sounds of Country and learning from stories passed down by generations of Elder. This is an interesting and calm listen.
- Fierce Girls: My nine-year-old loves these inspiring stories of extraordinary Australian women who have conquered their goals, achieved great things and challenged the norms.
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