Podcasts are a huge hit with students and can be a transformative way to learn/practice nearly every ELA standard. I only post lessons that have shown time and again to be effective, engaging, and loved by students. Though I offer several podcast lessons to choose from, this lesson uniquely collides the elements of sports, kidnapping, murder, and media spin with listening skills, comprehension, inference, and students' ability to defend their opinion. This lesson is great for in-class or remote