UCB Online Speech Archives - This site is sponsored by the University of California Berkeley Media Resource Center. Here you will find speeches from Martin Luther King, Jr., Richard Nixon, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. You will need a Real Player or a Stream Works player to listen to the historic speeches that are in their archive. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/historicspeeches.html

Web Corp Historic Audio Archives - This web site contains many sound clips from famous speeches. They have an archive of Nixon speeches, Adolf Hitler, heroes from our past and present, civil rights speeches, and speeches from our current history. One of the most chilling speeches I listened to was Spiro Agnew explaining the incident at Kent State. http://www.webcorp.com/sounds/index.htm

The History Channel Speech Archive - This web site contains speeches from politics, science, arts/culture, and war/diplomacy. One of the features of this site is their "Speech of the Day" where they select a speech and give you the background on the speech as well as the opportunity to hear it. http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/index.html

The Vincent Voice Library - This site claims to be the largest searchable, online catalog of spoken word collections anywhere. It is run by the Michigan State University Library. Finding anything in their vast collection is very easy when you use their link index. http://www.lib.msu.edu/vincent/about.htm

Wired for Books - Listen to stories read by the author or by a special guest at this nifty site. They are currently celebrating Poetry Month, so you can find some of your favorite poets, hear their poems, and listen to interviews. Get to know such authors as Maya Angelou, Tom Clancy, Anne Rice, and Robert Ludlum. Listen to Alice in Wonderland, Peter Rabbit, or even a little Shakespeare. http://www.tcom.ohiou.edu/books/

Voices from the Smithsonian Association - The Smithsonian Associates lectures and events feature esteemed professionals covering diverse subjects ranging from pop culture to ancient history and everything that happened in-between. http://smithsonianassociates.si.edu/programs/programs.htm#history

Poetry Exhibits: Listening Booth - This web site allows you to search for a specific poem or a specific author. This is very helpful if you are about to do a lesson and would like the children hear it read to them online. As well, you can search for poetry events on their calendar or join in a discussion group. They even allow you to submit your events to be placed on their calendar.

Favorite Poem Project - In April 1997, when the Library of Congress named Robert Pinsky Poet Laureate, he created the Favorite Poem Project as his special undertaking. At first, Pinsky hoped to make audio recordings of Americans saying favorite poems. The idea caught on quickly and Pinsky made plans for a more substantial project that would encourage live reading events in communities across the country, create a database of thousands of letters from Americans, and produce a series of short audio and video documentaries that capture American voices, faces and choices. During the one-year open call for submissions, 18,000 Americans wrote to the project volunteering to share their favorite poems-Americans from ages 5 to 97, from every state, of diverse occupations, kinds of education and backgrounds. The description of the site is taken directly from it. I didn't think I could do it justice...I love that the poems here are read by anyone and everyone. I particularly love hearing the ones that have inspired children. This is a must see. http://www.favoritepoem.org/

Tender Bytes - Here you will find a lot of original poems to listen to. As well, they have links to stories and they have their own searchable engine. I really liked their "potluck" button. When you click on it, it automatically and randomly picks a poem or story for you to read and listen to if you so choose. http://tenderbytes.net/realaudio/

Playhouse Radio - This site isn't a true radio station, but it touts itself as being one. When you go there, the screen looks like a child's boom box and you can select all types of children's music to listen to. They even show the lyrics of the song you have chosen and you can print them out. This site is a member of the Music Therapy Association. http://www.playhouseradio.com/index.html

Blake Radio - This station has many different outlets. One of there stations is called Kids Clubhouse. Here you will find music for children, storytelling, and poetry...all just for kids. They even have a ten year old and a six year old who are their "DJs" and they help with a lot of the readings. http://www.blakeradio.com/index_2k1.html