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Free Academic Podcasts

By Mark Shead 42 Comments

About a year ago, I put together a listing 30 or 40 free podcasts of lectures from Universities. When I started putting together another list, I was amazed at how many more lectures are available. The lectures in this list are all free and don’t require any type of authentication–you don’t have to be a student to download them. The links are to the rss feed of class lectures. If you copy the URL and in iTunes click on Advanced > Subscribe to Podcast it will automatically download the lectures and new ones as they become available.

I was hoping to find the Physics of Superheros in the list or a Pottery lecture. Maybe next year.  Also be sure to checkout our study tips for students and our simple memorization technique.

Here is the complete list of 145 podcasts for your educational pleasure:

  • Advanced C Programming ECE264
    Purdue University
  • Advanced instructional Development EDCI672
    Purdue University
  • Advanced Network Administratoin 150-103
    Southwest Tech
  • Air Traffic Control AT369
    Purdue University
  • Algebra and Trig II MATH154
    Purdue University
  • American Environmental and Cultural History ESPM 160AC
    Berkeley
  • American Government and Politics POL101
    Purdue University
  • American Society SOC312
    Purdue University
  • Anatomy and Physiology Biology 2120
    College of St. Scholastica
  • Anatomy and Physiology 806-177
    Southwest Tech
  • Applied Fluid Mechanics Seminar AS.360.605
    John Hopkins University
  • Applied Information Security 150-116
    Southwest Tech
  • Applied Leadership OLS274
    Purdue University
  • Applied Leadership OLS274G
    Purdue University
  • ATC Procedures and Weather AT285
    Purdue University
  • Automatic Identification and Data Capture IT345
    Purdue University
  • Aviation AT999
    Purdue University
  • Aviation Infrastucture AT300
    Purdue University
  • Basic Pharmaceutics I IPPH362
    Purdue University
  • Behavioral Endocrinology AS.200.344
    John Hopkins University
  • Behavorial Neuroscience Laboratory PSYCH116
    UCLA
  • Biochemistry 307 BCHM307
    Purdue University
  • Biological Chemistry I MCMP304
    Purdue University
  • Biology for Elementary School Teachers BIOL205
    Purdue University
  • Biometrics and Pharmaceutical Analysis MCMP311
    Purdue University
  • Chemical Eng Seminar EN.540.600
    John Hopkins University
  • Child Psychology PSY235
    Purdue University
  • Clinical Psychology Psych 130
    Berkeley
  • Common Prescription Medications PHPR476
    Purdue University
  • Computer Concepts 107-106
    Southwest Tech
  • Computer Science 1 CS1
    UCLA
  • Computer Software 107-110
    Southwest Tech
  • Cost Control in Foodservice and Lodging HTM341
    Purdue University
  • Drugs and Behavior Psych 119
    Berkeley
  • Earthquakes in Your Backyard EPS 20
    Berkeley
  • Elementary Psychology PSY120
    Purdue University
  • Elements of Linguistics SLHS227
    Purdue University
  • English 200 ENG200
    Western Kentucky University
  • English 200 ENG200
    Western Kentucky University
  • Equine Medicine & Surgery VCS508
    Purdue University
  • European Civilization from the Renaissance to the Present History 5
    Berkeley
  • Exploring Liberal Arts AS.450.749
    John Hopkins University
  • Film As Literature ENG1154
    College of DuPage
  • Food Analysis FS651
    Purdue University
  • Food Chemistry FS650
    Purdue University
  • Foundations of American Cyberculture Art 23
    Berkeley
  • Fundamentals of Biology I BIOL110
    Purdue University
  • Fundamentals of Biology II BIOL111
    Purdue University
  • General Biochemistry and Molecular Biology MCB 110
    Berkeley
  • General Biology Bio 1A
    Berkeley
  • General Biology I AS.020.151
    John Hopkins University
  • General Biology Lab Bio 1AL
    Berkeley
  • General Chemistry CHM111
    Purdue University
  • General Chemistry CHM115A
    Purdue University
  • General Chemistry CHM115E
    Purdue University
  • General Chemistry CHM115M
    Purdue University
  • General Chemistry CHM115T
    Purdue University
  • General Chemistry CHM116
    Purdue University
  • General Chemistry for Engineers CHM123
    Purdue University
  • General Human Anatomy IB 131
    Berkeley
  • General Psychology Psych 1
    Berkeley
  • Geometric Optics VisSci 203A
    Berkeley
  • Heat Transfer ME 109
    Berkeley
  • Hindi Language Hindi 102
    NC State University
  • History 119 HIST119
    Western Kentucky University
  • History of Information InfoSys C103
    Berkeley
  • History of Photography PHOTO1105
    College of DuPage
  • History of Psychology PSY401
    City University of New York
  • Human Development II PSY216
    City University of New York
  • Human Emotion Psych 156
    Berkeley
  • Indians of North America ANTH379
    Purdue University
  • International Politics AS.190.213
    John Hopkins University
  • Internet Foundations, Technologies & Development CGT141
    Purdue University
  • Intro to Chemistry I CHM125
    Purdue University
  • Intro to Inorganic Chemistry CHM241
    Purdue University
  • Intro to Network Communications 150-101
    Southwest Tech
  • Intro to Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Care PHPR312
    Purdue University
  • Intro to Physiol Psych AS.200.141
    John Hopkins University
  • Introduction to Academic Programs at Purdue GS119
    Purdue University
  • Introduction to Agriculture AGR101
    Purdue University
  • Introduction to Agriculture AGR101H
    Purdue University
  • Introduction to Aviation AT100
    Purdue University
  • Introduction to Chemistry Chem 1A
    Berkeley
  • Introduction to Computers IDS 110
    Berkeley
  • Introduction to Educational Technology and Computing EDCI270
    Purdue University
  • Introduction to General Astronomy Astro 10P
    Berkeley
  • Introduction to General Astronomy Astro C10 / LS C70U
    Berkeley
  • Introduction to Human Nutrition NS 10
    Berkeley
  • Introduction to Nonviolence PACS 164A
    Berkeley
  • Introduction to Philosophy PHIL103
    City University of New York
  • Introduction to Sociology SOC1100
    College of DuPage
  • Introduction to Solar System Astronomy AST161
    Ohio State University
  • Introduction to Statistics Stat 2
    Berkeley
  • Introductory Pharmacology PHPR202
    Purdue University
  • Introductory Physics Physics 8B
    Berkeley
  • Introductory Sociology SOC100
    Purdue University
  • Introductory Sociology SOC100T
    Purdue University
  • Life Sciences 15 LS15
    UCLA
  • Local Area Networks 150-117
    Southwest Tech
  • Machine Structures CS 61C
    Berkeley
  • Macroeconomic Analysis Econ 100B
    Berkeley
  • Management 333 MG333
    Western Kentucky University
  • Management of Professional Practice PHAD464
    Purdue University
  • Mechanical Engineering Design ME 102
    Berkeley
  • Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology I MCMP407
    Purdue University
  • Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology II MCMP441
    Purdue University
  • Microbiology 806-197
    Southwest Tech
  • Microeconomics ECON251
    Purdue University
  • Modeling Dynamic Control EN.540.409
    John Hopkins University
  • Molucules & Cells EN.580
    John Hopkins University
  • Nursing 2107 NUR2107
    College of DuPage
  • Nutritional sciences FS652
    Purdue University
  • Open Source Development and Distribution of Digital Information: Technical, Economic, Social, and Legal Perspectives InfoSys 296A-2 / Law276.8
    Berkeley
  • Operating Systems and Systems Programming CS 162
    Berkeley
  • Oral Communication in Contemporary Society SPCH101
    City University of New York
  • Pathophysiology and Therapeutics II CLPH572
    Purdue University
  • Personal Finance CSR342
    Purdue University
  • Personal Finance and Consumer Economics ECON1110
    College of DuPage
  • Pharmacy in the Health Care System PHAD343
    Purdue University
  • Pharmacy Orientation I PHPR100
    Purdue University
  • Physics for Future Presidents Physics 10
    Berkeley
  • Poetry ENG1152
    College of DuPage
  • Principles of Drug Information CLPH567
    Purdue University
  • Principles of Economics ECON210
    Purdue University
  • Principles of Food Preparation and Nutrition FN202
    Purdue University
  • Principles of Information Security 150-115
    Southwest Tech
  • Principles of Pharmacy Practice CLPH469
    Purdue University
  • Properties of Materials Eng 45
    Berkeley
  • Proust & Philosophy AS.300.335
    John Hopkins University
  • Psychology 0-0
    Southwest Tech
  • Republicanism AS.190.422
    John Hopkins University
  • Shakespeare ENG2228
    College of DuPage
  • Short Fiction ENG1150
    College of DuPage

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Comments

  1. Linuxdude says

    November 11, 2006 at 3:27 pm

    Thank you for this list! All of these lectures are interesting! Thank you.

    Reply
  2. SFM says

    November 12, 2006 at 4:30 am

    http://www.coa.uncc.edu/arch_on_air/

    Here is a great series on architecture from UNC — it covers theory, design, history in an interview format (fantastic guests)

    Reply
  3. David Barnes says

    November 12, 2006 at 4:43 am

    Thats a nice lisr. Great work.

    Reply
  4. Shau Sha says

    November 12, 2006 at 5:28 am

    Nice list – shame you couldn’t include the parent URL for each as not all of us have access to (or want to use) RSS.

    Reply
  5. John says

    November 12, 2006 at 5:49 am

    Havent worked out how to listern to a lecture. Do I need an itune thingy or can I listern to them via my PC.

    Reply
  6. AJ Cann says

    November 12, 2006 at 6:42 am

    MicrobiologyBytes!
    http://microbiologybytes.wordpress.com/

    Reply
  7. Mark says

    November 12, 2006 at 8:21 am

    Shau Sha – Sorry I couldn’t give a home page url for each one, but many of the feeds I found didn’t have a home page or listing of the lectures. I think some of theses are only referenced from internal login systems like blackboard, so there isn’t a home page available. You should be able to get the links from the RSS feed in firefox 2.0 pretty easily.

    John — Copy the rss URL (right click on it and say copy this link), then go to iTunes > Advanced > Subscribe to Podcast and past the URL in the box. Also if you have Firefox 2.0 it will show you a list of the audio files so you can download them directly.

    Reply
  8. MikeB says

    November 12, 2006 at 9:22 am

    Thanks for putting the list together. I found this on digg and i’ve already subscribed to some feeds.

    Reply
  9. Obie says

    November 12, 2006 at 1:40 pm

    Full list of Berkeley’s podcasts:

    Fall 06:
    http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses/feeds.php?semesterid=21

    Spring 06:
    http://webcast.berkeley.edu/course/feeds.php?semesterid=18

    Or just go to Berkeley on iTunes U:
    http://itunes.berkeley.edu

    Reply
  10. @JHU says

    November 12, 2006 at 1:40 pm

    Johns Hopkins University Podcast: http://podcasting.jhu.edu/

    Reply
  11. Mark says

    November 12, 2006 at 2:26 pm

    JHU — Thanks for the link. I’ve added all of the John Hopkins podcasts to the list as well.

    Reply
  12. james savik says

    November 12, 2006 at 4:26 pm

    Something that I missed seeing: math classes.

    Otherwise: thanks for the list.

    Reply
  13. Tom Abbott says

    November 13, 2006 at 3:53 am

    Can i provide a shameless plug for podcasts from the University of Warwick.

    http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/podcasts

    Cheers

    Reply
  14. Mark says

    November 13, 2006 at 8:20 am

    Tom–thanks for the link to the Warwick podcasts. I didn’t include them in the list because they aren’t full semester lectures. They look like they are just individual podcasts about specific topics. For a lot of people that may be even more interesting than listening to an entire semester on the same topic.

    It looks like a great resource though and I’m going to subscribe to it. Thanks for posting the link.

    Reply
  15. jack says

    November 14, 2006 at 12:54 pm

    I recently found a very interesting website:
    http://alreadylinked.com/
    There you can purchase ad space for your Blog etc.

    Reply
  16. Chris says

    November 17, 2006 at 12:47 pm

    This is also a great site with a ton of public affairs lecutures on many subjects from famous academics, politicians, authors, and scientists.

    Video, podcasts and even transcripts. Check it out.

    http://www.fora.tv

    Reply
  17. Chris says

    November 17, 2006 at 12:47 pm

    This is also a great site with a ton of public affairs lecutures on many subjects from famous academics, politicians, authors, and scientists.

    Video, podcasts and even transcripts. Check it out.

    http://www.fora.tv

    Reply
  18. Chris says

    November 17, 2006 at 12:55 pm

    This is also a great site with a ton of public affairs lecutures on many subjects from famous academics, politicians, authors, and scientists.

    Video, podcasts and even transcripts. Check it out.

    http://www.fora.tv

    Reply
  19. Kris says

    November 20, 2006 at 3:42 pm

    Is there a way to easily subscribe via iTunes or can you only access these through the RSS feed.

    Reply
  20. Tiago Alves says

    November 20, 2006 at 6:37 pm

    Don’t know if this would interest you or not. It is a Podcast of guest speakers at the University of San Francisco: http://www.thembapodcast.com Some of the presentations are awesome like the one from AT&T’s CEO Chuck Smith!

    Reply
  21. Gen says

    November 27, 2006 at 7:12 am

    McGill University also has some publicly-available podcasts of complete course lectures: http://courseware.mcgill.ca/lectures/. They’re organized by term and past podcasts are still accessible from the site. It’s great to have a list like this but it would be awesome to be able to search by subject, term, prof… How scalable is a list of this sort?

    Reply
  22. Alexander Rose says

    December 27, 2006 at 12:20 am

    We have a podcast of our lecture series on long term thinking including speakers like: Brian Eno, Will Wright, Jared Diamond, Sam Harris and more…

    Reply
  23. Neil says

    December 27, 2006 at 11:50 pm

    This is awesome! Would you please correct all the “John Hopkins University entries to “Johns Hopkins University”, though?

    Reply
  24. Jeff Barr says

    December 28, 2006 at 10:25 am

    Great list. I am currently listening to Professor Richard Pogge’s Astronomy 161 from http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pogge/Ast161/Audio/ . Didn’t see it on your page; perhaps you can add it.

    Reply
  25. Ladarzak says

    December 28, 2006 at 7:40 pm

    To answer some how-to questions above, someone on another site told me I can DL the MP3’s by going to the XML page and finding them individually and downloading them by entering that in the address line of my browser.

    My friend is going to write me a little program, though, to harvest those links from the XML page and download all the MP3s with a many less mouse clicks, though. This will be a bit of open source coding, btw.

    Great list. Thanks.

    Reply
  26. william hutchins says

    January 1, 2007 at 2:17 pm

    i dunno ha ha boom boom i like the downloads he he he there good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Reply
  27. william hutchins says

    January 1, 2007 at 2:17 pm

    i dunno ha ha boom boom i like the downloads he he he there good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Reply
  28. H Smith says

    January 1, 2007 at 7:24 pm

    Fantastic site. Very good podcasts. I have added this link to my site as students will find it fascinating.

    Reply
  29. T. Moore says

    January 10, 2007 at 11:18 am

    Great job on the list of courses. There are a bunch on the MIT Open CourseWare website.

    http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/OCWHelp/avocw.htm

    Reply
  30. guregu says

    January 13, 2007 at 2:23 am

    All the Purdue links are dead. I highly recommend the Physics for Future Presidents offered by Berkeley. The professor did an amazing job and it was never dry.

    The Ohio State Astronomy course is good as well.

    One subject that I noticed was sorely missing from this list was any Art classes. Like Art History or Theory.

    Thanks for the list,
    Greg

    Reply
  31. Ryan says

    January 21, 2007 at 6:09 pm

    Has anyone downloaded all of Purdue’s Applied Leadership lectures. I was stupid and didn’t download all of them when I had the chance. I loved the lectures, but only have about 1/4 of them. If you could upload them to an FTP or web site I’d love ’em.

    Reply
  32. Ryan says

    January 21, 2007 at 7:09 pm

    Can anyone HELP ME?

    I fell in love with the OLS274 Applied Leadership lectures. Unfortunately, I downloaded about half of them before the site was disabled. Can you give me access to just that course, or direct me to where I could get them? I would pay for them, because they are incredible!

    Thanks in advance,
    Ryan
    [email protected]

    Reply
  33. Mark says

    January 21, 2007 at 7:13 pm

    Ryan – I don’t have the lectures you are wanting. If they do the classes again, you may be able to download them at that time.

    I’ll let you know if I find them anywhere else online.

    Reply
  34. kurt says

    February 26, 2007 at 9:40 am

    All the John Hopkins Podcasts REQUIRE an authenicated IP address.
    Therefore, these podcasts are no longer available to people outside the IP address range of John Hopkins folks.

    Reply
  35. Samba says

    June 14, 2007 at 6:53 pm

    Some additional podcasts from the University of California, San Diego: http://podcast.ucsd.edu/

    Reply
  36. Bill Hatch says

    February 7, 2009 at 10:50 am

    Thank you for posting these podcast s. The web has great potential for free education and this site is a great tool. Your effort is a valuable contribution and I hope many other talented people will help bring a new form of free education into reality.

    Some topics are timely and others remain pertinent regardless of time. Hopefully that distinction will also be added to compilations of academic podcast s as well as categorization of topic material.

    No need to reply as this is really a thank you for your great work.

    Reply
  37. Priah says

    November 24, 2009 at 3:03 am

    Dear Sir/Madam,
    I am writing to ask permission, to print-shot this page for my powerpoint presentation. I am an A Level student, and I am currently taking up an ICT GCE Course. This course consists of putting examples into a presentation of different uses of communication. The slide I am currently doing is Podcasts and therefore need some evidence to back it up.

    Please reply as soon as possible.

    Priah

    Reply
    • Mark Shead says

      November 24, 2009 at 1:54 pm

      No problem. You can put it on a slide if you like. Keep in mind that it is an older post and the links may not be good anymore.

      Reply
  38. Thoughtful says

    December 10, 2011 at 11:46 am

    Hello,
    I recently found this blog posts, and quite interesting, I’ve read many today. But as I came to this one, I could not get the links to work, they always took me to a different ‘error’ page. Even with iTunes open, I couldn’t get them to work. Any help would be appreciated.

    Reply
    • Mark Shead says

      December 11, 2011 at 6:29 pm

      This is an old post and many of the podcasts have been moved or locked down now. You might try looking for iTunes U and see what you can find there. Also look for MITs Open Courseware.

      Reply
  39. douglas thomson says

    June 12, 2015 at 9:34 am

    Can’t seem to access Proust and Philosophy. Tried everything even John Hopkins website. What to do?

    Reply
    • Mark Shead says

      July 4, 2015 at 4:47 pm

      This is an older post so a number of those podcasts may have been moved.

      Reply

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