1. The easiest podcast in my opinion - grammar girl
Description: In this podcast, you can hear different stories, small lectures on grammar, animals, how to do something. In general, quite interesting, easy to listen to.
Difficulty: easy. Measured, slow speech, fairly simple sentences.
Duration of the episode: 10-17 minutes.
Recommended English level: pre intermediate - intermediate
Price: Free
Link: www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl
2. A bit harder, for me, this is VOA (Voice of America)
Description: In this podcast, you can hear news discussions, the latest achievements of mankind, fairy tales, world history, reading classical literature, analysis of grammar and much more. Of course, it is more difficult to listen to the news than fairy tales, this is compensated by the vocabulary.
Difficulty: easy. Clear, medium speed, speech. Pretty understandable. Simple sentences.
Duration of episode: 5-40 minutes
Recommended English level: intermediate
Price: Free
Link: americanenglish.state.gov/node/1374
3. Even more difficult - BBC.
Description: An educational podcast that includes news, grammar lectures, stories, training lectures, and more.
The difference from VOA is small, except for the British accent ...
Difficulty: easy. Academic, correct English with perfect pronunciation. Normal speech speed. Medium difficulty sentences.
Duration of the episode: 10-40 minutes
Recommended English level: intermediate, upper intermediate
Price: Free
Link: www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts
4. In fourth place in terms of complexity, I had Luke's English podcast. By the way, my favorite podcast.
Description: One English manA podcast that simply describes events from your life. He does it quite nicely. Sometimes he explains something from grammar. Also actively involved in political activities. Gives comments on the latest significant news, talks about his travels, about his new sensations and about many other things.
Difficulty: easy. Academic British English. Very nice to listen to. Speech rate, as in normal conversation. Pretty complicated sentences. Phrasal verbs are used.
Duration of the episode: 40-60 minutes
Recommended English level: intermediate, upper intermediate
Price: Free
Link: teacherluke.co.uk
5. In fifth place I have this podcast: Startalk. One of the most interesting podcasts.
Description: Scientific lectures on various topics. The two presenters are quite fascinatingly discuss atronomy, physics, chemistry, all sorts of interesting cases from the lives of people and not only.
Difficulty: difficult. Spoken American English. Speech rate, also as in normal conversation. The use of phrasal verbs and idioms.
Duration of the episode: 50-60 minutes
Recommended English level: upper intermediate
Price: Free
Link: player.fm/podcasts/startalk
6. In sixth place I placed - Radiolab
Description: Interesting stories from the life of people and even the history of entire peoples and settlements, rather unusual, forcing them to penetrate and think about them.
Difficulty: difficult. Use of idioms and phrasal verbs. Pretty quick speech.
Duration: 40-60 minutes
Recommended English level: upper intermediate
Price: Free
Link: www.radiolab.org/series/podcasts
7. Another interesting podcast - The Allusionist
Description: Very high quality podcast. It tells about the scientific facts, the achievements of mankind, about the meanings of the word, tells fantasy stories. In general, listening is very interesting.
Difficulty: difficult. Scientific terms, fast speech, complex sentences.
Duration: 10-20 minutes
Recommended English level: advanced
Price: Free
Link: www.theallusionist.org
8. So, complicate ... Monkey Cage at your service!
Description: Brian Cox and Robin Ince English podcast podcast. They tell funny stories, make jokes, make fun of each other. They talk about the news in a very joking way.
Difficulty: difficult. Fluent spoken academic English. Many specific words. Complex sentences.
Duration: 50-70 minutes
Recommended English Level: upper intermediate, advanced
Price: Free
Link: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00snr0w
9. The smartest man in the world - proudly placed on the 9th place.
Description: Greg Proops makes reviews of movies, TV shows. His reviews reflect all English humor and irony. Difficult to understand for non-native speakers, but if you understand, you can appreciate the beauty of English humor.
Difficulty: difficult. Fluent conversational British. A large number of idioms, rare words, very complex speech turns.
Duration of episode: 40 - 70 minutes
Recommended English Level: upper intermediate, advanced
Price: Free
Link: www.gregproops.com/blog
10. One of the most difficult for my personal understanding of the podcast - WTF with Marc Maron
Description: Marc Maron talks about cases from his life, about his career. Everything is fun with humor and irony.
Difficulty: very difficult. Specific jokes. Complex sentences. Very quick speech.
Duration: 60-70 minutes
Recommended English level: advanced
Price: Free
Link: www.wtfpod.com
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/370139/