Japanese Language Study Links : Podcasts

Podcasts

These are not aimed at JSL students, but if you understand Japanese fairly well, they are good.

http://www.njuku.com/ - RSS = http://feeds.feedburner.com/Nihongo-juku
http://www.eigonikki.com/ - It's really designed for Japanese studying English. However, there is more Japanese speaking than English speaking and a complete transcript is available on the web site.
RSS = http://feeds.feedburner.jp/eigonikki

For Beginners

www.JapanesePod101.com - Daily
Perhaps a bit too much time-wasting laughing and joking around and non-study related chatting between presenters, but still very good. (See hints)
RSS = http://www.japanesepod101.com/feed/rss/
learn-japanese.podomatic.com - Some are video, so won't work on all MP3 players.
RSS = http://learn-japanese.podomatic.com/rss2.xml
Yuriko Sakamoto's "I Hear Japanese" - This series, developed by Yuriko Sakamoto and David Boxer for eighth grade students at the Windward School, provides instruction in grammar, vocabulary, and bilingual texts.
RSS = http://homepage.mac.com/yurikosakamoto/rss.xml
www.jedutainment.com/jedu/ (Ed Rooth)
Words spoken with a male voice (English) and a female voice (Japanese), along with background music.
Japanese.libsyn.com
For beginners. He uses native Japanese speakers for the sample dialogues, etc.
Nakama Vocabulary Video Podcast (Satoru Shinagawa)
See the English, then hear the Japanese.
Even for those without a "pod" capable of playing video .mp4 files, these are useful if viewed online
Talk Sushi - Learn Japanese¡¡(Nick Kemp)
He has a native Japanese speaker on each show. Somewhat commercial, promoting services he sells.
RSS = http://talksushi.libsyn.com/rss

For Intermediate to Advanced Students

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Female Voice: Not aimed at JSL students, but she has a beautiful voice and these are high quality short recordings. Good for repeated listenings.
Nippon VoiceBlog
Apparently aimed at non-Japanese. Tanscriptions of the show are on the web site. (Not recently updated.)
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Female Voice: Not aimed at JSL students, but high quality recordings without background music, so good for language study. Sort of an audio diary. (Last updated on December 14, 2006)
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Male Voice: Not aimed at JSL students, but includes a transcription. (Last updated: July 16, 2006, 7:00 pm)
Japanese Classical Literature at Bedtime
RSS = http://feeds.feedburner.com/JapaneseClassicalLiteratureAtBedtime
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Female Voice: Words (and sometimes sentences) are read for pronunciation practice. Good quality recordings.
Some podcasts include French, which can be ignored if you don't understand French.
RSS = http://feeds.feedburner.com/nihongo

Perhaps good to find conversational listening practice.

Not really a podcast, but downloadable MP3 files.

Dramatized Bible Stories in Japanese.