ESL Podcasts

I just listened to a 20 minute podcast entitled ESL Podcast 613- Being a First Time Parent  and thought how much I would like to share it with my students.  (I currently have 4 first-time pregnant women in my class and this past week one of my male students became a father for the first time.)  What I liked about the podcast was that it is designed for ESL learners.  It presents a phone dialogue between two adults: one who had a baby three weeks prior and the other who was a veteran parent.  The speakers speak clearly and slowly and introduce a variety of vocabulary.  After the dialogue is finished, another speaker goes over the scene and explains what is happening in the conversation.  He explains vocabulary by providing definitions and also using them in different contexts.  He also explain the idioms that the that the speakers employed which is very helpful for ESL students.  I liked this podcast because it offered my students vocabulary utilizing an interestingtopic that my students in which my students can relate.