Podcasts by Social Workers for Social Workers

by Linda May Grobman, MSW, ACSW, LSW

(Note: The following is an excerpt from the book Days in the Lives of Social Workers (5th Edition), The New Social Worker Press, 2019, edited by Linda May Grobman. You can find these and other podcasts on your favorite platform, such as Spotify, Google Podcasts, or iTunes.)

Melanie Sage, Ph.D., MSW, assistant professor at the University at Buffalo School of Social Work, has compiled an extensive list of social work and social work-related podcasts at: https://www.laureliversonhitchcock.org/2019/01/30/podcasts4socialwork/

Jonathan Singer, Ph.D., LCSW, associate professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work, pioneered the podcast platform for social workers. His podcast, The Social Work Podcast at http://www.socialworkpodcast.com, is the one I recommend if you must choose only one social work podcast to listen to.

The inSocialWork Podcast at https://www.insocialwork.org/ is a well-established bi-weekly podcast produced by a team at the University at Buffalo School of Social Work. I highly recommend it.

The following are some newer podcasts hosted by social workers. I crowdsourced this list on Twitter and encourage you to check them out.

Bending the Arc

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/bending-the-arc

Decolonize Social Work

http://decolonizesocialwork.org/

Doin’ the Work—Frontline Stories of Social Change

https://dointhework.podbean.com/

Hip Hop Social Worker

https://anchor.fm/hip-hop-social-worker

NASW Social Work Talks

https://www.socialworkers.org/news/nasw-social-work-talks-podcast

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