26. ESL Podcasts + Academic Podcasts

Aj Hodge´s Effortless English Club
With free transcripts
http://www.effortlessenglish.libsyn.com/
Or enter his site via:
http://www.effortlessenglishclub.blogspot.com/

EnglishPOD - 4 ESL Levels (Good Job !)
http://www.englishpod.com/
(Huge archive, tagged topics)

Directory of Colleges and Universities
with Itunes sites:
http://itunesu.pbwiki.com

19. ESL Podcasts (3)

The Bardwell Road Centre Podcast

For English language students, by English language
students at St Clare's, Oxford
("International English" Authentic Speech, entertaining)

http://bardwellroad.podomatic.com

18. ESL Podcasts + F R E E transcripts

ESL Aloud with transcript
http://esl.libsyn.com/

5 ESL Categories with transcript
http://www.eltpodcast.com/

English through stories with transcript
http://www.englishthroughstories.com/scripts/scripts.html

Several ESL levels with stranscript
http://www.podcastsinenglish.com/index.htm

Funny with transcript and exercises
http://www.archiecomics.com/podcasts/

"Breaking News" with transcript
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/

China 232 - with study guide
http://www.china232.com/

Better at English (Video) with transcript
http://www.betteratenglish.com/

6. BBC, VOA, CNN ESL Podcast Resources

How I mentioned, my FAVORITE ESL Podcast Providers are:
http://www.eslpod.com
http://www.englishlingq.com and https://www.lingq.com

There are some more:

BBC Radio http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/directory/
BBC Learning with free scripts http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish
BBC Multimedia http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/

Archive

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/inthenews/index.shtml
(Lots of free transcripts)

Voice of America http://www.voanews.com/english/podcasts.cfm

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Plain Podcasts/Videos:

CNN Podcasting http://edition.cnn.com/services/podcasting/

USA Today http://usatoday.feedroom.com/

5. My favorite ESL Podcast Providers

ESLPod.com vs. Englishlingq.com and Lingq.com

ESLPod.com:

I don´t know which is better for YOU. I like and I recommend both of them. ESLPod.com is run by the Center for Educational Development hosted by Dr. Jeff McQuillan, California. Podcasts and rudimentary transcripts are for free. If you want to get additional useful explanations about the topics and background information you have to subscribe for at least $10,00 per month.
The reading rate is slowed (70 %) and the topics are tagged in practical categories. The Podcasts are based on fictitious conversations between two people followed by retrospective explanations about the whole topic, phrases, idioms, certain words and typical language usage.
Some people don´t like the torpid affected language and I have to admit they have a point there.Those people prefer another podcast category: English Cafe with more natural language without conversation context.

Free Podcasts:

http://www.eslpod.com

Englishlingq.com:

I really do like their podcasts beside the learning purpose. There are a lot of very interesting stories about - daily life, journeys, relationships, etc. You´ll find several grammar categories, interesting discussions and all that is spoken in natural language. Steve, Mark and Jill are from Vancouver, CA. There is also the site LINGQ.COM with 5 free transcripts and additional learning tools. If you want to get more transcripts you have to subscribe for at least $10,00 per month.

Free Podcasts:

http://www.englishlingq.com

Limited free stuff:

https://www.lingq.com