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Listen up, everyone: Here are 10 podcasts especially for kids
9.9.2022
Translation: machine translated
There are now podcasts for children like sand in a sandbox. I've picked out ten seeds for you.
Interview podcasts
Little questions
"Max Giesinger, why do men put the toilet seat up when they pee?" Or: "Vanessa Mai, do you feel uncool because you make Schlager?" In this podcast, children ask German stars the really important questions in life. They call their format "Chatty Quarter Hour" with "eleven super fast questions" - but besides being fast, they are one thing above all: cheeky, provocative and thoroughly entertaining.
When I grow up
Recommended age: 6 years and up
. Duration per episode: approx. 15 minutes
Available at: Spotify, Apple
Knowledge podcasts
Zambo Bus
SRF's Zambo Bus tours Switzerland with children's reporters, stopping at various stations. For example, they visit a fashion designer to find out what the difference is between fast and slow fashion. Or they look over the shoulder of a real horse whisperer on a farm. The cool thing is that the young listeners decide where the journey takes them. The route and the range of topics are correspondingly varied.
Geolino special
The podcast delivers what the name suggests: a lot of knowledge. That's a bit daunting at first, but all the topics are presented in a child-friendly and creative way. Host Ivy leads through the quarter-hour episodes and explains the world to "young explorers". Or at least a piece of it each time. Current topics include leaves, ravens and Walt Disney. There are also interviews, tips for handicrafts and experiments.
Theo tells
The Mouse to Listen
Story podcasts
Mira and the flying house
Mira loves to sing, has a magic piano and lives in a flying house with rapping mouse MC Pieps and talking cat Copernicus. Every Wednesday, a new podcast episode is published about the creative troupe, in which they learn, for example, about emotional antennas and overcome the fear of letting go. The stories venture into "grown-up" topics such as mindfulness, self-love, sustainability and diversity.
Recommended age: 4 years and up
. Duration: approx. 30 minutes
Available at: Spotify, Apple
Fidisophy - Nonsense and lateral thinking in the tree house
Recommended age: 4 years and up
. Duration: approx. 7 minutes
Available at: Spotify, kika.de
Sleep podcasts
Slumberland
The bedtime stories about two Muns - inhabitants of Slumberland - guide tired children to sleep. Or make exuberant children tired. Sometimes Flick and Fanian go boating in the moonlight, sometimes they explore the underwater world, sometimes they meet a red bird. The fictional stories are accompanied by little meditation exercises and soothing sounds. An SRF children's podcast for bedtime.
Go to bed
This list of favourites is neither complete nor exhaustive. Because what I noticed most of all during my listening research: The range of children's podcasts is still much larger than I imagined.
Therefore: Do you have any other tips for the kids' playlist? Tell us in the comments column!
Katja Fischer
Senior Editor
Katja.Fischer@digitecgalaxus.chMom of Anna and Elsa, aperitif expert, group fitness fanatic, aspiring dancer and gossip lover. Often a multitasker and a person who wants it all, sometimes a chocolate chef and queen of the couch.
