The Ultimate L&D Podcast Guide
As podcasts have become more popular across topics and categories, the training industry has developed many great podcasts on a variety of learning and development topics. Training Industry, which hosts our own podcast, The Business of Learning, has gathered some of the best and most popular L&D podcasts here.
Is there a podcast that’s missing from this list? Tell us about it in the form under the list.
Thanks to Sam Rogers, founder, president and chief consultant at Snap Synapse, for his initial work compiling this directory.
| Podcast | Produced by | Frequency | Description |
| The Business of Learning | Training Industry, Inc. | Monthly | The Business of Learning is a monthly podcast produced by Training Industry, Inc. focused on the intersection of business performance and human capital development. |
| Beyond L&D | Northpass | Monthly | The Beyond L&D Podcast/Video Series is a monthly podcast produced by Northpass that discusses how modern teams use enterprise learning to drive business performance. |
| Build Your Talent Stack | Yishan Chan | Bi-weekly | A podcast that explores creative ways to learn, build future skills and shape a career in the future of work. |
| Catalyst Sale | Catalyst Sale | Weekly | Be the founder that can clearly articulate the problem your company solves. Be the sales professional that your customers want to work with. Be the learning professional who can deliver your solution in the context of the business. Catalyst Sale is a weekly podcast produced by Catalyst Sale. |
| CELab: Customer Education Labs | CELab | Bi-weekly | CELab’s mission is to explore how to build customer education programs, experiment with new approaches, and exterminate the myths and bad advice that stop growth dead in its tracks. CELab is a biweekly podcast produced by CELab. |
| Chief Learning Officer Podcast | Chief Learning Officer Magazine | Weekly | Listen in on a one-of-a-kind conversation about what’s happening in corporate education and what it takes to develop the people an organization needs to be successful. Chief Learning Officer is a weekly podcast produced by CLO Magazine. |
| CIPD Podcast | Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development | Monthly | Since the series began, it has charted the ebb and flow of an HR profession that’s fast-evolving into a 21st-century powerhouse. CIPD Podcast is a monthly podcast produced by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. |
| Dear Instructional Designer | Kristin Anthony | Weekly | What is the life of an instructional designer really like? This weekly show, produced by Kristin Anthony, is going to delve into all of the mess and how we can deal with it. |
| DIY Narrator | DIY Narrator | Variable | Narrating your e-learning is about more than just delivering information, it’s about engaging your learners. |
| eLearning Coach | Connie Malamed | Monthly | If you have a passion for instructional design, cognitive psychology, visual communication, social media learning, mobile learning and related topics, this podcast is for you. eLearning Coach is a monthly podcast produced by Connie Malamed. |
| First Time Facilitator | Leanne Hughes | Weekly | Whether you’re a first-time facilitator or a seasoned pro, listen in for tips and tricks to make a bigger impact at the next workshop you deliver. First Time Facilitator is a weekly podcast produced by Leanne Hughes. |
| Funny Ideas: Learning and Development With Humour | Julie Flower | Monthly | Each month, join learning and development consultant and improviser Julie Flower and a special guest as they explore the bigger concepts in modern working life in a refreshing and humorous way. |
| GoodPractice | GoodPractice | Weekly | From learning needs analysis and evidence-based practice through to the impact of technology on work and hot topics at industry conferences, in this weekly podcast produced by GoodPractice, you’ll get critical insights into the world of work, learning and performance. |
| HR Labs | Cornerstone OnDemand | Monthly | What does it take to build a culture of development, maintain it through the tough times, and grow it within the ever changing cultural landscape? HR Labs explores how some of the most successful development professionals have created, sustained and built their programs through huge moments of stress – and with an eye on the development challenges of the future. |
| Instructional Designers in Offices Drinking Coffee | DominKnow | Weekly | Recorded completely live and candid, Brent Schlenker and Chris Van Wingerden talk weekly about instructional design. This weekly podcast is produced by DominKnow. |
| Instructional ReDesign | Cara North and Josephe Suarez | Monthly | The monthly Instructional ReDesign podcast, produced by Cara North and Joseph Suarez, features stories and conversations around the design of modern learning experiences. |
| Kineo’s Stream of Thought | Kineo | Monthly | These monthly informal chats offer the latest thinking that’s happening inside of Kineo HQ. |
| Learning at Large | Elucidat | Bi-weekly | Join the host, Simon Greany, in discovering the strategies being used in some of the world’s most successful organizations to deliver transformative large scale learning programs. |
| Leading Learning | Jeff Cobb and Celisa Steele | Weekly | Leading Learning is a weekly podcast, produced by Jeff Cobb and Celisa Steele, for leaders and aspiring leaders in the business of lifelong learning, continuing education, and professional development. |
| Learning & Development Stories Podcast | Experiential Communications | Monthly | The Learning and Development Stories podcast is an interview show in which we pick the brains of L&D leaders from different organizations. It is a monthly podcast produced by Experiential Communications. |
| Learning and Development in Transition | Wired Roots | Monthly | Learning & Development in Transition, a monthly podcast produced by Wired Roots, explores the emerging roles and functions of L&D in a rapidly changing world, sharing stories and perspectives from leaders in the field to help you effectively evolve in your work as a learning and development professional. |
| Learning Is the New Working | The Learning Futures Group | Bi-weekly | Learning Is The New Working is a biweekly podcast produced by The Learning Futures Group about the Future of Workplace Learning and the people helping us get there. |
| Learning Tech Talks | Christopher Lind | Weekly | Explore the continually evolving landscape of learning technology through unbiased, in-depth conversations with technology providers from around the world. Better understand how to distinguish what’s out there, how to differentiate between technologies, and discover how they’ll potentially fit into your learning ecosystems. Learn about the key business problems these technologies can solve and what preparations you’ll need to make when considering a successful implementation. |
| Learning to Go | Margie Meacham | Monthly | Each month, Margie Meacham, aka “The Brain Lady,” interviews experts from neuroscience, cognitive psychology, education and corporate training to uncover the latest discoveries in how we learn and how our amazing brains work. |
| Learning Uncut | Learning Experts | Monthly | This monthly podcast, produced by Learning Experts, includes real conversations about real learning solutions and real experiences with real advice from real people. |
| Learn, Unlearn, Relearn, Repeat | Mark Cobain | Monthly | Learn, Unlearn, Relearn, Repeat is an independent podcast run for the L&D & digital transformation community, where we discuss what we like, don’t like and what excites us in the modern world of L&D and learning technology. |
| Learning While Working | Sprout Labs | Monthly | Listen to the monthly Learning While Working podcast, produced by Sprout Labs, to hear how learning and development is transforming. Common themes on the podcast include trends in e-learning and digital learning, performance driven instructional and learning design and learning data. |
| LMScast | LifterLMS | Monthly | LMScast, a monthly podcast produced by LifterLMS, is here for one simple purpose…To empower people like you to generate more impact and income with online education. |
| MindChimp | MindChimp | Weekly | MindChimp speaks with some of the best people in the industry to discuss what shapes them and their thoughts, from learning and development, experience design, product/service design right through to marketing, comms and corp culture. MindChimp is a monthly podcast. |
| Mosby Learning | Adam Costakes and Dan Hirt | Weekly | Connecting the dots between, L&D, change, marketing and HR. Interesting conversations about the ever evolving world of L&D in a casual unscripted format. |
| Performance Matters | 5 Moments of Need | Weekly | Learn more, and design for, The 5 Moments of Learning Need with your co-hosts Bob Mosher and Dr. Conrad Gottfredson. This series will help you to better understand the theory and best practices behind this powerful methodology. |
| PodLearn Adventure | Kineo | Monthly | A short monthly jaunt, produced by Kineo, through all things learning, with a digital slant. What clients are asking for, how they are meeting those needs, and how learning has affected them this month. |
| Sales Enablement PRO | Shawnna Sumaoang | Weekly | Sales enablement is a constantly evolving space, and we’re here to help professionals stay up-to-date on the latest trends and best practices so they can be more effective in their jobs. |
| The BizLibrary Podcast | BizLibrary | Monthly | Each episode, we sit down with a thought leader in employee training, and discuss theory, strategy, and best practices to improve the outcomes of your training program. |
| The eLearning Guys | Nejc Žorga Dulmin and David Charney | Monthly | The eLearning Guys, a monthly podcast produced by Nejc Žorga Dulmin and David Charney, is a discussion show about Articulate Storyline development and all things e-learning by two guys passionate about education, multimedia, creativity and problem solving. |
| The Learning & Development Podcast | Looop | Weekly | This is a topical podcast show for L&D professionals produced by Looop. Each week David James will be discussing and debating topics affecting the profession today, alongside various guests. |
| The Learning Geeks | Dana Alan Koch, Bob Gerard and Jake Gittleson | Bi-weekly | The Learning Geeks podcast is dedicated to those that passionately support the world in experiencing better learning. The podcast is hosted by three learning professionals. In each episode, we dedicate time to talk about the things impacting the learning world including new science, approaches, technologies and ideas. Guests will appear, popular games and movies may be discussed, and geeks will laugh. |
| The Learning Hook Podcast | The Learning Hook | Monthly | Hosts chat each month about the work that inspires them and ideas for creating better learning experiences; from tech to design, they’re always on the hunt for the best learning hooks. This podcast is produced by The Learning Hook. |
| The Learning Hack | John Helmer | Bi-weekly | What are the significant innovations shaping the future of learning? How is digital technology and scientific discovery changing the way we learn, train, teach and educate? Join John Helmer in conversation with the people who are visioning and actively creating that future. |
| The Lounge | Jacqueline Hutchinson | Weekly | The Lounge is a weekly podcast produced by Jacqueline Hutchinson offering a casual conversation elevating corporate learning, ed tech and performance improvement. |
| The Online Course Coach | Jeff Long | Monthly | The monthly Online Course Coach Podcast is THE podcast for the latest in online course creation tips, news, interviews and ideas with the Online Course Coach, Jeff Long. |
| The Talent Development Hot Seat | Advantage Performance | Weekly | The Talent Development Hot Seat podcast with Andy Storch provides interviews and insights from leading talent development professionals and company executives who are passionate about developing their people. This weekly podcast is produced by Advantage Performance. |
| The Talented Learning Show | Talented Learning | Variable | In this podcast series produced by Talented, John Leh goes one-on-one with the world’s most innovative and successful learning systems executives, customers and other experts. |
| TLDCast | TLDC | Daily (weekdays) | Daily interactive livestreaming broadcasts, produced by TLDC, for the training, learning and development community. |
| Trainer Tools | John Tomlinson | Monthly | In each monthly Trainer Tools podcast, John Tomlinson interviews an experienced L&D professional and asks them to talk on a specific topic of interest to people working in organisational learning and change. |
| Training Insights | Training Magazine | Monthly | This monthly podcast, produced by Ottawa-based writer/audio producer Kevin McGowan in partnership with Training magazine, includes one-on-one interviews with fascinating people in the training/learning and development world. |
| Training Journal | Training Journal | Monthly | The L&D community for training professionals. Owners of the TJ Awards #TJA19 and #TJtalks series. This monthly podcast is produced by Training Journal. |
| Trends & Issues in Instructional Design, Educational Technology, & Learning Sciences | Abbie Brown and Tim Green | Bi-weekly | Dr. Abbie Brown and Dr. Tim Green–professors of instructional design and educational technology–share their observations every two weeks in this podcast. |
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