Vocabulary Building 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.

Get a daily dose of vocabulary from Merriam-Webster's dictionary. Each podcast covers one word and goes into the multiple definitions, example sentences, and a paragraph about the word's origins.

A weekly show about linguistics, the science of language, on RTRFM 92.1 community radio, Perth.

A Way with Words is public radio's humorous hour-long call-in show about the English language with authors and language experts Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett.

VictorPrep's vocab podcast is for improving for English vocabulary skills while helping you prepare for your standardized tests! This podcast isn't only intended for those studying for the GRE or SAT…

With the popular Lexicon Valley Podcast, teacher John McWhorter brings linguistics to life. Here you'll learn why people talk funny in old movies, the history of certain slang words, why Shakespeare is so hard to understand, and much more...

Language unites and divides us. It mystifies and delights us. Patrick Cox and Kavita Pillay tell the stories of people with all kinds of linguistic passions.

Welcome to Hooked Phonics. Enjoy some of the great content available in the new Hooked on Phonics Learn to Read, a reading program designed to help children learn how to read and improve reading skills using phonics.

Origin of Words Podcast, bilingual (English/Chinese). Located in Beijing, China. We focus on the origin/history of idioms, slang and other interesting words such as biohacker or nomophobia. We also interview education experts.

The Advanced Vocabulary podcast teaches you some of the more difficult words that you might encounter on the GRE or the SAT.