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Modern languages

A subject guide for the UCL School of European Languages, Culture and Society (SELCS)

Radio and podcasts

Listening to radio programmes or podcasts is a very practical and convenient way to improve listening and comprehension skills but also to discover more about a country, its culture and current trends. The links in the sections below are to be considered starting points to explore national radios and their podcasts.

National radio stations

Radio luisteren - Nederlandse Publieke Omroep.
This site lists various radio channels and programmes from the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep.

Radio France
Radio channels and programmes from Radio France.

Deutschlandradio
From the Deutschlandradio portal you can navigate and listen to progrmmes on Deutschlandfunk, Deutschlandfunk Kultur and Deutschlandfunk Nova.

Radio Rai
Links to live on air programmes from Rai radio stations.

DR (Danmarks Radio)
DR radio programmes. (Danish)
RUV - Ríkisútvarpið (Iceland national radio)
Iceland radio station.(Icelandic)

RNE Radio Nacional de España
List of radio channels available from the RNE.
RTP - Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
RPT includes national radio stations outside mainland Portugal, The programming grid links to on air programmes.

Podcasts

The resources listed below are freely available online, you might find some of them useful:

NPO Luister
NPO podcasts on various topics, interviews, current affairs, music, books

The resources listed below are freely available online, you might find some of them useful:

Radio France podcasts
The list of podcasts from Radio France includes series on specifc topics, as well as podcasts on categories like Literature, Music, Current affairs and more.
Podcasts Fictions - Radio France
Podcast Fictions lists among others reading of the French classics and more contemporay authors.

The resources listed below are freely available online, you might find some of them useful:

Hörspiel und Feature
Developed with Deutschlandrundfunk, Hörspiel und Feature offer podcasts, documentaries and radio plays on various topics.
Vorleser
Freely accessible audiobooks including German contemporary and classic novels.The audiobooks can also be downloaded.

The resources listed below are freely available online, you might find some of them useful:

Le serie di RaiCultura
La serie di RaiCultura includes videos of short lectures on various topics such as Art, Literature, History, Cinema and more.
Rai Play Sound - Podcast and Audiolibri
The content on the site is displayed by type such as Podcasts and Audiobook and by topic
Audiolibri
Italian and Internationa, classics and contemporary novels read by Italian theatre and cinema actors.

The resources listed below are freely available online, you might find some of them useful:

DR Lyd
Listen to DR radio programmes and podcasts.(Danish)
RUV Broadcast
On air radio broadcasts and podcasts on current affairs, documentaries and more. (Icelandic)

The resources listed below are freely available online, you might find some of them useful:

Podcasts in Spanish:

RNE podcasts
Contains podcasts on current affairs, cinema, music, culture, books and more. (Spanish)
Ficciones sonoras (RNE)
Audiobooks, adaptations of book and film classics (Spanish).

Podcasts in Portuguese:

RTP Play - Podcasts
List of podcasts avialable on various topics such as culture, music, art, current affairs. (Portuguese).