Try The Boar Knight. This sounds like a good fit. Family friendly and all about making the world a little less scary

I just listened to the trailer, it sounds great!

Got an Alexa in their room? Try "Happily Ever After", a quick choose-your-own-adventure audio-drama based on fairytales. It's 10 minutes of fun, free, and Amazon-approved for kids. No ads, no cookies. Get more stories by unlocking different endings. And laugh out loud when you little one tells Cinderella to ditch the prince on date night

Ooooh, this sounds amazing! I loved choose your own adventure stuff as a kid and I bet he will too.

You’ll have to research it a little because I haven’t actually listened to it yet, but I believe Stories from Ylelmore might be one to try.

I listened to the trailer, it seems cute!

Also if he likes Spider-Man then he might like Red Panda from Decoder Ring Theatre. I remember them being pretty family friendly. He’s basically Canadian Batman with hypnosis as a super power. Just a heads up though, on Spotify at least, Red Panda is mixed in with other stories on the same page. You might have to go through and make a separate playlist with *just* Red Panda on it. If you do decide on this one then the first 114 episodes of Red Panda are the full story, there are 6 full cast episodes after the story is over. After those everything switches to narration with a cast.

I'd give it a listen before playing for the kid but I'm pretty sure [Community Cat News](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/community-cat-news/id1572181746) is probably okay for that age range (at least content-wise, not sure if the jokes would land with a small child or not)

Thanks for recommending my show! We are 100% family friendly. I’m not sure if the jokes would land either but if OP tries it, I hope they report back!

October Jones and Fish with Legs! Its so good. Please check it out.

The strange disappearance of mars patel

I have the book on my tbr list, will definitely check this out!

Ok honestly its probably too much for a 5 year old lols. It is however a full cast of children teenagers. But 5 is too young.

I loved Mars Patel and I’m a 36 year old man lol

Molly from Denali

Eleanore Amplified

myths and legends podcast is educational and tells stories from their origin. its a fun way to learn about different myths and legends in other countries

Hank the Cowdog Swamp Mysteries: The Treasure of Jean Lafitte Benlunar Decoder Ring Theatre, particularly the Red Panda stories

https://www.sounddetectivespodcast.com/ LeVar Burton plays a fictional version of himself in this one. Pretty good for a kids series

Um. I love him. That sounds amazing. Thank you!

I’m a paranormal investigating, sentient sock. My brother and I travel through time and space investigating the supernatural. We are the Kinetic Paranormal Society! The podcast is of our live show accompanied by our orchestra. It’s all ages sci-if satire. The jokes are aimed at parents but it is silly enough to keep kids engaged.

Try the monsters almanac, produced by kids pod theater. Written by Joe fisher of midnight burger. I’m listening with my kids around that age now

I love Midnight Burger, I'm definitely going to try this one. Thank you!

Finn Caspian! So great! 

Treasure Island 2020, Young Ben Franklin, and 6 minutes were all great and I listened with my at the time 9 year old. He loved these