The Sesame Street Podcast



The Sesame Street Podcast is a weekly video segment launched on September 18, 2007, and produced by Sesame Workshop. Every Tuesday, a 5-minute video clip containing material from Sesame Street is broadcast over the Internet and made available to sesameworkshop.org and iTunes.

The podcast is the result of research that found that parents have been looking for such educational media to take with them on-the-go. Glenda Revelle, vice president for research and creative development in digital media at Sesame Workshop noted that Sesame research teams have "learned that parents are eager to have portable educational media content that they can use with their young children at any time and wherever they might be -- helping to fill time on a car ride or while waiting in line at the grocery store while building children's literacy skills at the same time."

Just one week after its initial launch, the podcast became the number-one video downloaded on iTunes. Gary Knell acknowledged the fans and went on to say that the "podcast is a natural extension of the show's mission and an example of how Sesame Street is continually evolving to help children, no matter where they are, develop a love of learning." Glenda Revelle added, "The response that Sesame Workshop has seen so far confirms our prior research. Busy parents on the go are happy to have engaging, educational content available for their children wherever they may be and whenever they may have time for viewing."



Episodes
Sesame Workshop has titled each podcast according to its featured Word of the Day segment as seen on Sesame Street, but the full podcast consists of other segments as well. Previously unaired content, such as longer takes shot for "What's the Word on the Street?" are shown, and Murray Monster often provides commentary for other inserts previously seen on Sesame Street. Many of the clips are edited or altered, often with the word of the day superimposed on-screen and/ or voice-overs by Murray, and often to just focus on the word of the day. After all of season 38's "Word on the Street" segments were featured, the podcast began focusing on healthy habits according to its featured Healthy Habits for Life. When season 39 began, the podcast went back to focusing on "What's the Word on the Street?". Starting with the "Stuck" episode, the podcast ends with an Abby Cadabby segment, with a title card reading "Abby Cadabby's Fairy Fun".

"What's the Word on the Street"

 * September 18, 2007 — Squid with Brian Williams
 * September 25, 2007 — Newspaper with Matt Lauer
 * October 2, 2007 — Dog with Conan O'Brien
 * October 9, 2007 — Lazy with Richard Belzer
 * October 16, 2007 — Pumpernickel with Rachel Ray
 * October 23, 2007 — Ballet with Ellen Degeneres
 * October 30, 2007 — Tricycle with Alec Baldwin
 * November 6, 2007 — Disappear with Chris Brown
 * November 13, 2007 — Ticklish with Howie Mandel
 * November 20, 2007 — Frustrated with Kelly Ripa
 * November 27, 2007 — Prepared with Chad Pennington
 * December 4, 2007 — Family with Al Roker
 * December 11, 2007 — Mystery with Mariska Hargitay
 * December 25, 2007 — Predicament with Charlie Gibson
 * January 1, 2008 — Windy with Alison Bartlett O'Reilly
 * January 15, 2008 — Gigantic with Ahmad Rashad
 * January 22, 2008 — Rhyme with Ice-T
 * January 29, 2008 — Amazing with Rachael Ray
 * Febuary 5, 2008 — Expert with Diane Sawyer
 * Febuary 12, 2008 — Practice with Jon Stewart
 * Febuary 19, 2008 — Pretend with Meredith Vieira
 * Febuary 26, 2008 — Sigh with Sarah Jessica Parker
 * March 4, 2008 — Angry with Cuba Gooding, Jr.
 * March 11, 2008 — Struggle with Tyra Banks

"Are you a Happy Healthy Monster?"

 * March 18, 2008 — Breakfast
 * March 25, 2008 — Keeping Clean
 * April 1, 2008 — Dance
 * April 8, 2008 — Sports
 * April 15, 2008 — Breathe
 * April 22, 2008 — Healthy Snacks
 * April 29, 2008 — Play
 * May 6, 2008 — Lunch
 * May 13, 2008 — Walk
 * May 20, 2008 — Brushing Teeth
 * May 27, 2008 — Stretch
 * June 3, 2008 — Know Your Body
 * June 10, 2008 — Jump
 * June 17, 2008 — Exercise
 * June 24, 2008 — Dinner
 * July 1, 2008 — Get a Checkup
 * July 8, 2008 — Basketball
 * July 14, 2008 — Eat Your Colors
 * July 22, 2008 — Swim
 * July 29, 2008 — Run
 * August 5, 2008 - Sleep

"What's the Word on the Street?"

 * August 12, 2008 - Octagon with Jack Black; special appearance by Feist
 * August 12, 2008 - Subtraction
 * August 26, 2008 - Piroutte
 * September 2, 2008 - Laundromat
 * September 9, 2008 - Insect
 * September 16, 2008 - Compliment
 * September 23, 2008 - Toss
 * September 30, 2008 - Half
 * October 7, 2008 - Curly
 * October 14, 2008 - Stuck
 * October 21, 2008 - Penguin
 * October 28, 2008 - Friend
 * November 4, 2008 - Unanimous
 * November 11, 2008 - Fabulous
 * November 18, 2008 - Cactus
 * November 25, 2008 - Rhythm
 * December 2, 2008 - Persistent
 * December 9, 2008 - Disguise
 * December 16, 2008 - Frightened
 * December 23, 2008 - Cheer
 * December 30, 2008 - Mustache
 * January 20, 2009 - District
 * January 27, 2009 - Scrumptious
 * February 3, 2009 - Robot
 * February 10, 2009 - Squid
 * February 17, 2009 - Newspaper
 * February 24, 2009 - Dog
 * March 3, 2009 - Lazy
 * March 10, 2009 - Pumpernickel
 * March 17, 2009 - Ballet
 * March 24, 2009 - Tricycle
 * March 31, 2009 - Ticklish
 * April 7, 2009 - Frustrated
 * April 14, 2009 - Prepared
 * April 21, 2009 - Family
 * April 28, 2009 - Mystery
 * May 05, 2009 - Mail
 * May 12, 2009 - Predicament

Sponsors

 * American Greetings — episodes 1 - 12, episodes 27 - 28, episodes 49 - present
 * Pampers Baby Dry — episodes 13 - 26
 * New Balance — episodes 28 - 47