Help Us Make A Great Kids Podcast

We’ve made a couple episodes for an experimental NPR podcast for kids ages 4–8 called “Raydiddy,” and we need your feedback to make this awesome!

Image courtesy Flickr/verkeorg, modified by Libby Bawcombe

We’re interested in offering an age-appropriate, screen-free listening experience for kids ages 4–8, so we’re experimenting with a couple episodes. The format is meant to entertain and engage kids by featuring their own voices and stories. Each episode interviews kids and a couple grownup experts around a theme.

How you can help

If you have a kid between the ages of 4–8 who could listen and give us feedback, we need you!

We’ve made two episodes: one is about bees and how honey is made; the other is about staying home sick from school.

Please set aside some time for your kid to listen — during breakfast or lunch, in the car, at home playing quietly or coloring, or even during bath time.

Afterward, please answer a few questions on this feedback form.

“Bees and Honey”

Bees are good for more than just making honey and stinging people. Join Kaytee and Libby as they talk with kids, a science teacher and a beekeeper to find out more. For kids ages 4–8. This is an experimental kids podcast episode for NPR.

“Sick Day”

What happens when you stay home sick from school? Join Kaytee and Libby as they talk with kids, the school nurse and principal to find out more. For kids ages 4–8. This is an experimental kids podcast episode for NPR.

Thanks in advance for your help. After your kid listens, please fill out the brief feedback form. Your feedback will directly influence how the show might improve over time, and we thank you in advance for your time and help.

About this project

Kaytee Nesmith and I are senior product designers who work on NPR’s apps and website. We previously created a kids podcast pilot as an experiment for NPR’s Serendipity Days. We continue to have conversations with people who make programming for kids, and we’ve become more interested in the kids podcast community, such as Kids Listen.

Through NPR’s Story Lab program, we’ve created the two episodes featured here to test the waters and see if listeners would like to hear more kids audio from NPR. Please feel encouraged to leave comments below or contact us directly at kidspodcast@npr.org.

Thanks so much, and please share this with your friends. The more ears, the more feedback, the better!

Image courtesy Flickr/verkeorg, modified by Libby Bawcombe