Resources · Podcasts & radio

Hebrew podcasts and Israeli radio for learners, by level

Hebrew in your ears while you drive, walk or cook. The first ones are made for learners and explain themselves; the last ones are what Israelis listen to, for the day you want to be one of them.

Picked and annotated by the teachers of the Israeli Hebrew Institute. Every entry links to the people who made it; nothing here is hosted by us. How this list is put together.

• Streetwise Hebrew

  Guy Sharett, TLV1

  BeginnerIntermediatefree

  Ten minutes, one word or one root, and everything Israelis do with it: the slang, the song lyric, the bureaucrat's version. In English, about Hebrew. Hundreds of episodes.

  The podcast ↗Guy's site ↗

• Hebrew Time

  Nadya

  Beginnerfree

  One calm narrator speaking slow, simple Hebrew about Israeli life, with the script to read along. The first podcast fully in Hebrew that a beginner can actually follow.

  The podcast ↗

• Simply Hebrew

  Intermediatefree

  Long interviews in clear Hebrew, one topic per episode. Real conversation at a pace you can hold on to.

  On Spotify ↗

• Learn Hebrew Pod

  BeginnerIntermediatefreemium

  Structured audio lessons: a dialogue, the words, the grammar in small doses. The early lessons are free and enough to get going.

  The site ↗

• Hebrew Podcasts

  BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedpaid

  Nearly two hundred lessons built around recurring characters, with transcripts and exercises. A subscription, and a good one if you like a course you can follow in order.

  The site ↗

• Israel Story

  סיפור ישראלי
  Advancedfree

  Long-form documentary stories about Israelis, made in English and in Hebrew. Listen to the Hebrew episode after the English one and you understand far more than you expect.

  The site ↗

• Osim Historia

  עושים היסטוריה

  Ran Levi

  Advancedfree

  The most listened-to podcast in Israel: history and science told by one very clear speaker. Textbook pronunciation at a real speed.

  The site ↗

• Kan podcasts

  כאן הסכתים

  Israeli Public Broadcasting

  Advancedfree

  Dozens of shows on news, money, culture and food, all in broadcast Hebrew. Pick a subject you already know and let the vocabulary come to you.

  The site ↗

• Galgalatz

  גלגלצ
  BeginnerIntermediateAdvancedfree

  The radio station every Israeli car is tuned to: pop, traffic, and presenters who talk the way people talk. Leave it on in the background; the songs on this page come round every hour.

  Listen live ↗

• Kan radio

  כאן רדיו
  Advancedfree

  Reshet Bet for news and talk, 88FM for music. The news at the top of the hour, read slowly and clearly, is the classic ulpan listening exercise.

  Listen live ↗