VOA Podcasts

New developments in science, space exploration, environment and technology

A short video explaining a word or term used in news stories

Learning English programs use a limited vocabulary and short sentences. They are read at a slower pace than VOA's other English broadcasts. Our broadcasts were formerly known as Special English.

How Americans use English grammar in everyday conversation.

As It Is takes a daily look at issues in the news in the United States and around the world.

Learning English is VOA’s multimedia source of news and information for millions of English learners worldwide. Learning English began as Special English, which Voice of America launched in 1959. Special English newscasts and features were a primary fixture of VOA’s international shortwave broadcasts for more than half a century. In 2014, our line of products was expanded to include more English teaching materials, and the service became known as Learning English.

Arts & Culture is our weekly program about music, pop culture, society and life.

Learn English as you read and listen to news and feature stories about health, medical and lifestyle topics.

Innovations and trends in education in the United States and around the world.

VOA Asia presents the best and most interesting stories from our veteran reporters covering Asia. VOA Asia tells what U.S.-Asian relationships might mean in your daily life, and what Asians think about life in the United States.

Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

A short video explaining an expression used in American English

Idaacadda Galabnimo waxaad ku maqashaan wararka ugu danbeeya ee caalamka, barnaamijyo, ciyaaro, wareysiyo iyo waliba heeso. Jadwalka: Maalinle Wakhtiga maxalliga ah: 16:00 UTC, xilliga: 1300 Muddada: 60

Do you have a question about English? Go ahead and Ask a Teacher.

Idaacadda habeenimo ee Evening Edition waxaad ku maqashaan wararkii ugu danbeeyey ee Soomaaliya iyo Caalamka, barnaamijyo iyo wareysiyo ka turjumaya dhacdooyinka ka dhacaya daafaha Dunida. Jadwalka: Maalinle Wakhtiga maxalliga ah: 20:00 UTC, xilliga: 1700 Muddada: 60

On Reporters' Roundtable join host and journalist Douglas Mpuga, along with a lively panel of journalists, who analyze the week’s major developments in Africa.

Idaacadda Subaxnimo ee Saaka iyo Caalamka waxaad ku maqashaa wararkii habeenimadii xalay ka dhacay Soomaaliya iyo waliba caalamka, barnaamijyo, wareysi xiiso leh, ciyaaraha, dhanbaallada dhagaystayaasha iyo waliba wargeysyada caalamku waxay saaka ku waabariisteen.

Idaacadda Fiidnimo ee Evening Edition waxaad ku maqashaan wararkii ugu danbeeyey ee Soomaaliya iyo Caalamka, barnaamijyo iyo wareysiyo ka turjumaya dhacdooyinka waqtigaasi ka dhacaya daafaha Dunida. Jadwalka: Maalinle Wakhtiga maxalliga ah: 19:00 UTC, xilliga: 1600 Muddada: 60

Words and Their Stories programs explain idioms and expressions that many learners of American English find difficult to understand.

VOA Express ni matangazo mapya yenye mwendo wa kasi yakiangalia habari mpya za mchana na maelezo ya maswala yanayohusu vijana na wanawake. Matangazo haya yanafuatilia habari zilizojitokeza nyakati za mchana na ripoti za kina za habari ambazo hazisikiki sana katika matangazo mengineyo.

ဗီြအိုေအအသံလႊင့္ဌာနသည္ အလယ္ပိုင္းႏွင့္ အေရွ႕ပိုင္ းဥေရာပေဒသ၊ ေကာ့ေကးဆပ္စ္ေဒသ၊ ဗဟိုအာရွေဒသ၊ ႐ုရွား၊ အေရွ႕အလယ္ပိုင္းႏွင့္ ေဘာ္လ္ကန္ႏုိင္ငံမ်ားသို႔ အစီအစဥ္မ်ား ထုတ္လႊင့္ေနသည့္ ႏုိင္္ငံတကာ အသံလႊင့္ဌာနျဖစ္ပါသည္။

Join host Carol Castiel each week as she and two advocates from the world of politics, culture, public policy, or academia debate and discuss a critical issue in the news. This program brings depth, perspective, and insight to the world around us.

Let's Talk is an interactive discussion program about lifestyle issues. Sunday Shomari examines everything from African cuisine to cellphones. Sunday collects audience questions and comments via social media, and speaks with guests on the programs who share their experiences and opinions.

Half-hour broadcasts in Afaan Oromoo of news, interviews with newsmakers, features about culture, health, youth, politics, agriculture, development and sports on Monday through Friday evenings at 8:30 in Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Some of the biggest names in music such as Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw, Adele, Katy Perry, Enrique Iglesias, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Charlie Puth, Rihanna and many more have joined host Larry London for live interviews and performance on the program.

Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

South Sudan in Focus is a 30-minute weekday English-language broadcast/internet program covering rapidly changing developments in the new nation of South Sudan and the region.

Daybreak Africa is a 30-minute breakfast show looks at the latest developments on the continent and provides in-depth interviews, and reports from VOA correspondents.

International Edition is a 30-minute news program featuring the latest events and issues from around the world. International Edition delivers insight through eyewitnesses interviews, correspondent reports, and analysis from experts

Brighten your day by tuning in the Sonny Side of Sports radio show. VOA’s Sonny Young delivers an upbeat and lively presentation during his 30 minute sports shows, broadcast Monday through Friday.

On this fresh, fast-paced show, Jackson M'vunganyi and co-hosts around the African continent explore trends of the day and many issues that affect Africa's youth. Check out the UpFront's Facebook page, (search Upfront Show) and connect with him on Twitter @upfrontafrica.