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Boredom Busters for Teens
by Katie Kiekhaefer on April 13, 2020
Feeling bored while staying safer at home? Need something new in your pop culture life? Here's a round-up of podcasts, DIY projects, author content, and more available online for teens.
Podcasts, Web Series, and YouTube Channels:
A Weekly Webcast “Serial” with Author Rex Ogle: Register and tune in every Tuesday afternoon to catch the latest in Aiden’s quaran-teen’ed story.
Endless playlists of courses on anything from sociology and philosophy to economics and physics.
Real brothers, authors, and vloggers John Green and Hank Green co-host an advice podcast where they answer questions on everything from random thoughts to deep, emotional topics.
Stuff You Missed in History Class
Little-known history comes alive in this podcast from the people at HowStuffWorks. Learn more about strange events, overlooked moments in history and underrepresented groups.
Bizarro vs. She-Hulk? Mad-Max vs. Rick Grimes? These questions and more are debated seriously in this podcast where pop culture worlds collide.
Things to Make, Games to Play:
Free Dungeons and Dragons Materials (Updated Daily!)
Calm and Centered:
Guided meditations, sleep stories, journal prompts, and movement activities from the Calm blog.
Yoga With Adrienne connects people with high quality, free yoga videos for beginners, pros, and everyone in between.
Authors, Books, and More
Harry Potter: A History of Magic
Explore the wonders of the British Library exhibition in this interactive exhibit.
Bringing Hogwarts to you with games, quizzes, and other bonus content. And be sure to check out Harry Potter on Overdrive.
Tony Diterlizzi (Spiderwick chronicles, Search for Wondla, and more) is doing daily live fantasy drawing sessions with a 'Drawing by request Friday' session at 3pm EST.
"Write. Right. Rite." with Jason Reynolds
Starting April 14th, Jason Reynolds will be hosting a biweekly video series called "Write. RIght. Rite" to inspire young people to write.
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