Hosts Justin Macumber, Terry Mixon and Paul E. Cooley offer weekly insight, interviews and a variety of ways to support the art of writing. This fun podcast will help inspire your class of aspiring writers.

Book Tour no longer regularly airs, but the show’s archives store a wealth of great content on works by top contemporary authors. Host Lynn Neary showcases live author readings followed by in-depth audience conversations. The production is trademark NPR, which may or may not connect with certain students, and the material is often dense for grade levels lower than high school.

This podcast brings the best of classic poetry to life. Its expansive collection of episodes is categorized by theme and poet. Much like Audio Literature Odyssey, the readings sound professional and offer full texts, which can take some of the work out of planning lessons around certain poets.

Once a month, this podcast offers a reading of a fiction story featured in past issues of The New Yorker. After each contributor reading, there’s a followup discussion with New Yorker fiction editor and host Deborah Treisman. Each episode brings the drama, passion, and spirit of the written word in fiction into full focus, making it the perfect aid for any high school English teacher.

The National Writing Project podcast supports K-12 English educators in teaching reading, writing, digital literacy and all things related. Listen live to participate in the chat room, where you can access additional resources. While the show’s focus is broad, its main mission is to help students become skilled writers with a better command of the English language.