Podcast Directory
This is not an exhaustive list of accessible podcasts, but every time we come across a podcast that is accessible, we’ll add it here. Please feel free to add other accessible podcasts you come across.
Do note - While we will make every possible effort to double check new entries, we cannot guarantee the podcasts on this list are accessible. Further note that the website for these podcasts may not be accessible, but at a minimum, transcripts are provided.
- Advisor ToGo
- https://www.advisor.ca/togo/
- Clear + Vivid
- Alan Alda’s spirited conversations with people who know how hard it is, and yet how good it feels, to really connect with other people
- aldacommunicationtraining.com/podcasts/
- Transcripts available for all episodes.
- Chartreuse Epic Rap Battle
- A serialized comedy, audio drama about four ladies who started a rap battle in a Manitoba correctional facility.
- Closed Captions available on Podcast Addict App https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/3722571
- https://chartreuses-epic-rap.captivate.fm/
- Transcripts available on website.
- Disability Visibility Project
- disabilityvisibilityproject.com/
author/alwong199/ - All episodes available as downloadable files
- Join the Party Pod
- They are a collaborative storytelling and roleplaying podcast. That means friends creating a story together, chapter by chapter.
- https://www.jointhepartypod.com/
- All episodes transcribed, including description of appropriate atmospheric sounds/music. Media player relatively keyboard-friendly.
- Ladybug Podcast
- All female tech podcast that started in June 2019.
- ladybug.dev
- All podcast transcribed, website has no obvious accessibility issues.
- Microsoft Research Podcast
- An ongoing series of convestations bringing you right up to the cutting edge of Microsoft Research
- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/category/podcast/
- All episodes transcribed. Minor accessibility issues on the website itself.
- Responsive Web Design
- https://responsivewebdesign.com/podcast/
- Ethan Marcotte and Karen McGrane interview people who make responsive redesign happen. The show appears to no longer be active, though has 157 episodes available.
- Strategy car
- strategycar.com/show/
- Explores the big and small ways the web touches the world and the people in it.
- Tails from the Dark Dragons Inn
- tailsfromthedarkdragonsinn.co.uk/get-more/
- A weekly, episodic, audio drama Podcast driven primarily by improvised table-top role-play.
- Transcripts available for some shows - more coming (as of June 2018)
- The A11y Rules Podcast
- a11yrules.com
- Nic Steenhout leads conversations around web accessibility.
- All episodes transcribed. Website accessible.
- The Accessible Stall
- https://www.theaccessiblestall.com/
- Kyle Khachadurian and Emily Ladau discuss and argue about disability issues.
- Episodes transcribed. Site somewhat accessible (keyboard access issues, among others)
- The Bookbytes
- orbit.fm/bookbytes
- Adam Garrett-Harris, Jason Staten, Jen Luker, and Safia Abdalla discuss technical books they’ve been reading, and speak with their authors.
- Most episodes transcribed.
- The Big Web Show
- 5by5.tv/bigwebshow
- The award winning Big Web Show features special guests and topics like web publishing, art direction, content strategy, typography, web technology, and more. It’s everything web that matters. Hosted by Jeffrey Zeldman.
- Transcripts available for most episodes.
- The Daily (by the New York Times)
- nytimes.com/column/the-daily
- Twenty minute news show on give days every week. Hosted by Michael Barbaro.
- Transcripts available for all episodes starting January 2019. See this post about their approach to transcriptions.
- The Frontier
- https://www.gun.io/frontier
- A podcast exploring business innovation through technology.
- Transcripts available for every episode.
- The Hanselminutes Podcast
- hanselminutes.com/
- Fresh Tech from Fresh Faces
- Most episodes have interactive transcripts via Greta
- The Web Ahead
- thewebahead.net
- Jen Simmons speaks with world experts on changing technologies and the future of the web.
- Many, but not all, episodes transcribed.