15 Best Family-Friendly Podcasts For Road Trips

1. How I Built This with Guy Raz

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Guy Raz interviews the world's best-known entrepreneurs to learn how they built their iconic brands. In each episode, founders reveal deep, intimate moments of doubt and failure, and share insights on their eventual success. How I Built This is a master-class on innovation, creativity, leadership and how to navigate challenges of all kinds. New episodes release on Mondays and Thursdays. Listen to How I Built This on the Wondery App or wherever you listen to your podcasts. You can listen early and ad-free on Wondery . Join Wondery in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify...MORE Host Guy Raz
Producer/Network Wondery
Email ****@unitedtalent.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 35.2KFacebook 20.3KTwitter 109.3KInstagram 105.4K Avg Length 60 min Format Long form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. Wow in the World

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Wow in the World is the #1 science podcast for kids and families, sharing the most amazing stories in science, technology, and new discoveries happening in the world around us. Each week, join hosts Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz as they take curious kids and their grown-ups on a cartoon for the ear journey filled with laughter, adventure, and wow-worthy stories. From the tiniest microbes to the farthest reaches of space, every episode of Wow in the World inspires wonder, fuels imagination, and makes science fun for the whole family...MORE Hosts Mindy Thomas, Guy Raz
Producer/Network Wondery Kids
Email ****@tinkercast.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 33.4KFacebook 18.4KTwitter 5.9KInstagram 20K Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

3. Story Pirates

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The award-winning Story Pirates Podcast takes stories written by kids and turns them into sketch comedy and songs. Made up of talented comedians, songwriters, and frequent celebrity guests, the Story Pirates inspire kids to create, bringing laughter to kids and grownups of all ages with hilarious sketches, catchy original songs from all genres, and interviews with the creative geniuses behind the stories… kids! MORE Host Lee Overtree
Producer/Network Story Pirates
Email ****@storypirates.org
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 20KFacebook 13.2KTwitter 7.9KInstagram 19.5K Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

4. Circle Round

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Created and produced by parents of young children, WBUR's Circle Round adapts carefully-selected folktales from around the world into sound- and music-rich radio plays for kids ages 3-103. Each 15 to 25-minute episode explores important issues like kindness, persistence and generosity. And each episode ends with an activity that inspires a deeper conversation between children and grown-ups.MORE Producer/Network WBUR
Email ****@wbur.org
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 16.4KFacebook 4.4KTwitter 1.6KInstagram 58.4K Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Since Jun 2017 Get Email Contact

5. Smash Boom Best: A funny, smart debate show for kids and family

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Smash Boom Best is a funny, smart debate show for kids and families from the Brains On Universe. Every episode takes two cool things, smashes them together and lets you decide which is best: Pikachu vs. Mario, Lollipops vs. Popcorn, Flamingos vs. Axolotls, Mermaids vs. Bigfoot, Cats vs. Dogs, Spiderman vs. Batman, Refrigerators vs. Toilets, Minecraft vs. Lego… the list goes on...MORE Hosts Molly Bloom, Sanden Totten
Producer/Network Brains On! Universe
Email ****@americanpublicmedia.org
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 16.3KFacebook 2.9KTwitter 946Instagram 3K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

6. Short & Curly

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Short & Curly is the fun and educational ABC Kids and Family podcast that makes philosophy and ethics easy, entertaining, and thought-provoking. Hosted by Molly Daniels, Carl Smith, and philosopher Eleanor Gordon-Smith, the show explores big questions for kids about right and wrong, fairness, truth, knowledge, logic, beauty, and art. Perfect for kids aged 8 12, Short & Curly is loved by families, parents, and teachers worldwide. One of the best kids shows for curious minds, it inspires learning, laughter, and big ideas that help children learn how to think, not what to think...MORE Hosts Carl Smith, Molly Daniels, Dr Matthew Beard
Producer/Network ABC listen
Email ****@your.abc.net.au
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 7.8KFacebook 1.2MTwitter 133.9KInstagram 485.2K Avg Length 13 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

7. Brains On! Science podcast for kids

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Brains On!® is a science podcast for curious kids and adults from American Public Media. Each week, a different kid co-host joins Molly Bloom to find answers to fascinating questions about the world sent in by listeners. Like, do dogs know they're dogs? Or, why do feet stink? Plus, we have mystery sounds for you to guess, songs for you to dance to, and lots of facts -- all checked by experts.MORE Host Molly Bloom
Producer/Network Brains On! Universe
Email ****@mpr.org
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 18.1KFacebook 24.9KTwitter 5.5KInstagram 11.7K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

8. Fun Kids Science Weekly

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Exploring the coolest and most incredible stuff in science, from way back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth to a future where humans live in space! The Fun Kids Science Weekly is hosted by Dan and is the perfect science podcast for kids and families everywhere. Each week, you'll find episodes from series like Deep Space High, Age of the Dinosaurs and Professor Hallux...MORE Host Dan Simpson
Producer/Network Fun Kids
Email ****@btinternet.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 1.9KFacebook 8.4KTwitter 9.2KInstagram 2.1K Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

9. But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

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A Podcast For Curious Kids
Host Jane Lindholm
Producer/Network Vermont Public
Email ****@butwhykids.org
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 6.2KFacebook 5.9KTwitter 2K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Since Apr 2016 Get Email Contact

10. Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

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A Common Sense Selection! Exploring stories of science discovery. Tumble is a science podcast created to be enjoyed by the entire family. Hosted & produced by Lindsay Patterson (science journalist) & Marshall Escamilla (teacher). Visit www.tumblepodcast.com for educational content.MORE Hosts Marshall Escamilla, Lindsay Patterson
Producer/Network Tumble Media
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 3.7KFacebook 3.2KTwitter 2.1KInstagram 2.3K Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

11. Book Club for Kids

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The place where young readers meet to talk about books. The show includes a celebrity reader and an interview with the author. The host is award winning public radio journalist Kitty Felde. Book Club won the California Library Association Technology Award and the DC Mayor's Award for Excellence in the Humanitites. Named one of the top 10 podcasts for kids by THE TIMES of London.MORE Host Kitty Felde
Producer/Network kitty felde
Email ****@kittyfelde.com
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 406Facebook 1.4KTwitter 2.3KInstagram 1.6K Avg Length 18 min Format Short form Since Jan 2019 Get Email Contact

12. Animal Sound Safari

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Animal Sound Safari takes your ears around the world to discover the weird and wacky histories us humans have with animals. Each episode is jam-packed with cool stories, kooky facts and 'pawsome' puns. From celebrity sloths in Costa Rica to greyhounds going to war in Germany, hop on board with Animal Sound Safari.MORE Producer/Network ABC listen
Email ****@abc.net.au
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 974Facebook 1.2MTwitter 133.9KInstagram 485.2K Avg Length 15 min Format Short form Get Email Contact