Podcast Episodes

Tumble Newsflash: Yoto Cards, Audiobook, & Your Plant Questions!

There’s so much happening in the world of Tumble, and we’re excited to share it all with you! Plus we answer questions about plants with the help of plant biologist Carina Baskett.

Tumble Yoto Ca…

Published on 2 days, 8 hours ago

Tumble Mailbag: The Science of Questions and What State of Matter Is Fire?

Is fire a liquid, a solid, or is it even matter at all? And what is the science of asking good questions? Lindsay and Marshall dig into the Tumble mailbag to answer listener questions with the help o…

Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago

How Big is the Universe?

This is a summer rebroadcast of an episode of Tumble from a few years ago.

How big is the universe? And how do we know? It's a question that puzzled astronomers for centuries. They had no way to mea…

Published on 4 weeks, 2 days ago

Tumble Mailbag: Four-Leaf Clovers, Brains, Fish & Infinity!

Do you know why four leaf clovers are so rare? Or if just one side of our brain can fall asleep? Why do fish have different colors, and how big is infinity? Lindsay & Marshall dig into the Tumble mai…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Summer Episode: Science Songs and Games!

Listen to our brand new album of science songs, and play some games along with us as we celebrate the release of our album: Science Songs Vol. 1! It’s a special summer episode that will get you singi…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

The Volcanic Eruption Adventure

Would you fly to the top of a volcano that’s about to erupt at any moment? Volcanologist Helena Buurman did, and survived to tell the tale! In 2008, Helena was monitoring Mount Redoubt in Alaska, whe…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

The Plastic Pollution Patrol

What if you found out that there was a tiny, nearly invisible type of plastic pollution that’s found nearly everywhere… but you’d never heard of it! That’s what happened to environmental scientist Ja…

Published on 3 months ago

Did Dinosaurs Burp?

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“Did dinosaurs burp?” Tune into our Season 9 premiere to find out the answer to this stinky question. We’ll hear about dino gasses…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Tumble Sonic Saturday May 10th! Featuring the Science of Ocean Sounds

🎉 We’re getting ready for our biggest live event ever — Sonic Saturday! It’s a day of science, sound, and storytelling in Brooklyn, NY on May 10, and we’re celebrating by rebroadcasting one of the ep…

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago

Why Is It Calm in the Eye of a Hurricane?

Season 10 Episode 14

Why is the center of a raging storm so… calm? Tumble listener Lydia wants to know what’s really going on in the eye of a hurricane. To find out, we’re flying into the storm — literally — with meteoro…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago