14 Best High School ELA Podcasts

1. The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA

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Want to love walking into your ELA classroom each day? Excited about innovative strategies like PBL, escape rooms, hexagonal thinking, sketchnotes, one-pagers, student podcasting, genius hour, and more? Want a thriving choice reading program and a shelf full of compelling diverse texts?You're in the right place!Here you'll find interviews with top authors from the ELA field, workshops with strategies you can use in class immediately, and quick tips to ignite your English teacher creativity...more Host Betsy Potash
Producer/Network Betsy Potash: ELA
Email ****@nowsparkcreativity.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guests Dr. Annalies Corbin, Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 288Facebook 6.5KInstagram 43.6K Avg Length 17 min Format Short form Since Sep 2017 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. Craft & Draft

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Join top educator host and creator of the Teach Me, Teacher podcast, Jacob Chastain, and his colleague and Abydos trainer, Pam Ochoa, as they share their expertise on the workshop model within the secondary classroom. Using their versatile Craft & Draft approach to reading-writing workshop as their foundation for creating a powerful secondary workshop, each episode will include deep discussions on the nuances of workshop teaching, fostering authentic readers and writers, and creating an equitable standards-based classroom.more Hosts Jacob Chastain, Pam Ochoa
Producer/Network Jacob Chastain & Pam Ochoa
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 39Facebook 53.8KTwitter 2.8K Since Aug 2020 Get Email Contact

3. The Joys of Teaching Literature

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The study of literature can be fun, relevant, and meaningful for all students if we focus on inspiring creative and curious thinkers and writers. Visit www.theteachersworkshop.com to find more resources for secondary ELA (high school English language arts) teachers.more Host Scott Cameron
Producer/Network Teacher's Workshop
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 26Facebook 1.3KTwitter 5Instagram 866 Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Since May 2020 Get Email Contact

4. The Fast and the Fictitious

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Student driven podcast from high school students pursuing college credit in English 2410 Introduction to Fiction. Students will discuss wide ranging 'big idea' topics and relate those ideas to specific works of fiction.more Producer/Network Jeremy Carlile and the Fall 2023 Studens of English 2410
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 14 Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

5. With Honors

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Hosted by an Honors and AP English teacher, this show features candid conversations with my current and former students, student teachers, and co-teachers about the ideas, stories, and experiences that have shaped our learning. jcrock.substack.commore Producer/Network An ELA Classroom Podcast
Email ****@substack.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Saydee, Lainie +5 more
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 11 Avg Length 45 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

6. How To Love Lit Podcast

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The How to Love Lit Podcast analyzes and discusses Classical, American, British, European and world literature both traditional and contemporary. It discusses novels, plays, speeches, song lyrics and poems that are commonly taught in high school, secondary or university English language classes. Garry and Christy Shriver's focus on the historical context, poetic, narrative and rhetorical structure is researched, and entertaining; Each series consists of one to five episodes focused on the most important titles of each author enhances understanding of English both for teacher and student. ..more Producer/Network Christy and Garry Shriver
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guest Julia de Burgos
Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 3 Avg Length 46 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

7. Exposing Your High School Reading List

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a podcast dedicated to unpacking and improving the high school English curriculum
Hosts Greta Henderson, Lauren Johnson, Elise Kalin, Becca Gutierrez
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8. reThink ELA Podcast

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Hosted by Secondary English Language Arts teacher Michelle Waters, reThink ELA offers strategies, products, and expert advice to help teachers build student-centered, socially conscious, and real-world relevant middle and high school English classes.more Host Michelle Boyd Waters
Producer/Network Michelle Waters
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 6Facebook 1.1K Get Email Contact

9. The Fresh Queens of ELA IRL ✏️✨

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Each episode, we connect what's going on in secondary ELA classrooms from classic texts to complex themes with your students' FYPs to create innovative learning experiences and spaces for critical conversation. We believe ELA is ALIVE and meaningful in our world more than ever, and we are thrilled to empower teachers to adapt these creative ideas in their classrooms.more Producer/Network Ana Perez + Hannah Hazelbach
Email ****@simplyanap.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5 Avg Length 48 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

10. Teacher Talk with Paul and Jay

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Paul and Jay discuss literature and ideas from the perspective of their years in the high school classroom. Teachers and students alike will learn a great deal from their lively and insightful discussions. Join us for the discussions as we work to grow a community readers, writers, and educators.more Producer/Network Paul Kelly
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guest Christopher Westrate
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2 Avg Length 45 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

11. Lit_Happens Podcast

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Welcome to Lit Happens your go-to resource for senior English teachers navigating the HSC syllabus.We deliver practical teacher support, ready-to-use guides, and time-saving resources to simplify the 2019 2026 prescriptions (still in effect for HSC 2026) and prepare for upcoming changes. From Reading to Write programming and Module breakdowns (A D) to rubric mastery, text analysis (The Crucible, 1984, The Tempest & Hag-Seed, Plath & Hughes), Craft of Writing strategies, and exam prep we unpack it all with real classroom insights.Explore our weekly videos and podcast episodes on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts...more Producer/Network Lit Happens
Recent Guest Belinda
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

12. Teacher Time Mastery for Secondary ELA Teachers

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This podcast is created especially for secondary-level English Language Arts teachers who are looking for ways to up their teaching game while simultaneously reclaiming their free time.
Host Becky Zerr
Email ****@newhorizonsacademyllc.com
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1Facebook 96Instagram 349 Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

13. GCSE English RevisionPod

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RevisionPod - English revision made easy.Follow us on Twitter @GRevisionpodEvery week, Mr Forster and Mr Gallie bring you a dose of high energy revision to help you achieve the best possible marks in your English GCSE's. Each episode will look at a different question from your set texts and explore how we would analyse the language and contextual factors and how you can then use this knowledge to boost your essay writing...more Hosts Mr Chris Gallie, Mr Forster
Producer/Network Mr Forster, Mr Gallie
Email ****@outlook.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 344Twitter 3.4K Avg Length 17 min Format Short form Since Nov 2018 Get Email Contact

14. Study Sessions: STG English Revision

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Hosted by Mr Baugh, this series will support you with both English Literature and English Language. Each week we'll tackle some of the trickiest aspects of your set texts — including Lord of the Flies, A Christmas Carol, Macbeth, and the poetry anthology — while also developing the key reading and writing skills you need for success in the Language exams.more Producer/Network Mr Baugh
Email ****@cidari.co.uk
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2 Avg Length 18 min Format Short form Get Email Contact