Education & Professional Podcasts

Host Nick Nordstrom has been introducing listeners to new vocabulary for many years now. Tackling three to four words in each 15-20 minute episode, he uses numerous methods to drill their definitions into your brain.

Adam Grant is an author in the area of organizational psychology with bestsellers like Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know and Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things.

We are seeing an ever-increasing burden of chronic disease, primarily driven by our food and food system. This is perpetuated by agricultural, food and health care policies that don’t support health.

Grammar Girl's Quick & Dirty Tips for Better Writing is a podcast devoted to helping listeners improve their writing skills. Taking a nuts and bolts approach, these short podcasts clarify common errors in English grammar in precise detail.

Working out of Cambridge University in England, Dr. Chris Smith has been podcasting his one hour weekly radio show basically since podcasting started and he offers hundreds of podcasts on his feed and his website (TheNakedScientists.com) dating back to 2005.

A two-hour comedy/quiz/interview show heard on public radio stations across the country.

A short, focused discussion of emergency medicine topics with perspectives from emergency physicians as well as other specialties.

Podcasts to help the learning of human anatomy for doctors, medical students, nurses and anyone else who has an interest in human anatomy by Dr Robert Whitaker, Cambridge, UK

The Getting Smart Podcast covers topics in K-12, HigherEd and lifelong learning. Episodes cover developments in research, technology, entrepreneurs, methods and more to bring listeners some of the most informing, insightful and innovative strategies around education today.

This Week in Virology is a conversation about viruses hosted by two science Professors from Columbia University.