Remember those summer road trips you took with your family as a kid? Fighting for space in the back seat, playing 20 Questions, searching for license plates from different states . . . But today, instead of spending time together, we are each isolated in our own little entertainment bubble. One solution: podcasts. A good podcast can create a positive shared experience and give you something to talk about on your drive. Whether you want to be entertained, educated, or both, here are six podcasts for your family to enjoy.

Code Switch: The renowned NPR podcast about race has curated a special list of kid-friendly episodes on subjects like trans-racial adoption, and the intersection of dogs and race.

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls Biographies of women from jazz great Hazel Scott to gymnast Simone Biles read by women like Anita Hill, Jameela Jamil, and Linsey Vonn.

The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel The Peabody Award-winning serial mystery read by actual kids, billed as Goonies meets Spy Kids meets Stranger Things.

The Flyest Fables A serial adventure about a boy named Antoine, who finds a magical book that transports him into the world of Princess Keisha, who is on a quest to save her mother’s life.

Every Little Thing Listeners call in with questions like how many shuffles does it take to truly mix a deck of cards back up? The ELT hosts find experts to answer those questions.

Hidden Brain Host Shankar Vedantam digs into topics in psychology: the power of apologies, how the language we speak shapes our brains, how we distinguish between real and imaginary.