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 on Mondays and Thursdays for free. Listen 1-week early and to all episodes ad-free with Wondery or Amazon Music with a Prime membership or Amazon Music Unlimited subscription.MORE Host Guy Raz
Producer/Network Wondery
Email ****@unitedtalent.com
Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 20.3KTwitter 109.3KInstagram 101.7K Avg Length 57 min Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. Wow in the World

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The #1 science podcast for kids and their grown-ups. Hosts Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz share stories about the latest news in science, technology, and innovation. Stories that give kids hope, agency and make us all say 'WOW'!New episodes come out every Monday for free. Listen 1-week early and to all episodes ad-free with Wondery , Wondery Kids on Apple Podcasts, or Amazon Music with a Prime membership or Amazon Music Unlimited subscription.MORE Hosts Mindy Thomas, Guy Raz
Producer/Network Wondery Kids
Email ****@tinkercast.com
Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 18.4KTwitter 6.2KInstagram 19.3K Avg Length 25 min Get Email Contact

3. Smash Boom Best

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Smash Boom Best is a funny, smart debate show for kids and families from the makers of the award-winning podcast, Brains On! from APM Studios
Hosts Molly Bloom, Sanden Totten
Producer/Network Brains On! Universe
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 2.9KTwitter 1KInstagram 2.8K Avg Length 28 min Get Email Contact

4. 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
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 13.2KTwitter 7.9KInstagram 18.9K Avg Length 31 min Get Email Contact

5. 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
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 4.4KTwitter 1.6KInstagram 40K Avg Length 23 min Since Jun 2017 Get Email Contact

6. Short & Curly

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A fast-paced fun-filled ethics podcast for kids and their parents that asks those curly questions. From banning lollies to trusting robots, and from colonising other planets to eating pets, Short & Curly covers it all.MORE Hosts Carl Smith, Molly Daniels, Dr Matthew Beard
Producer/Network ABC listen
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 1.2MTwitter 135.9KInstagram 407.7K Avg Length 17 min 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
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 24.9KTwitter 5.8KInstagram 10.7K Avg Length 21 min 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
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Facebook 8.5KTwitter 9.2KInstagram 2K Avg Length 25 min Get Email Contact

9. 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
Apple Rating 4.4/5Facebook 1.2MTwitter 135.9KInstagram 407.7K Avg Length 15 min Get Email Contact

10. But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

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But Why is a show led by you, kids! You ask the questions and we find the answers. It's a big interesting world out there. On But Why, we tackle topics large and small, about nature, words, even the end of the world.MORE Host Jane Lindholm
Producer/Network Vermont Public
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Facebook 5.9KTwitter 2.3K Avg Length 27 min Since Apr 2016 Get Email Contact

11. Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

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A Common Sense Selection! Exploring stories of scientific discovery. Tumble is a science podcast created to be enjoyed by the entire family. Hosted & produced by Lindsay Patterson (science journalist) & Marshall Escamilla (teacher).MORE Hosts Marshall Escamilla, Lindsay Patterson
Producer/Network Tumble Media
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Facebook 3.2KTwitter 2.2KInstagram 2.1K Avg Length 23 min Get Email Contact

12. 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.
Host Kitty Felde
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Facebook 1.4KTwitter 2.3KInstagram 1.6K Avg Length 16 min Since Jan 2019 Get Email Contact