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Why do we have friends?
Episode 186
Why do friends care about each other? How do you make friends? Can you have more than one best friend? How do you deal with a bully? We answ…
3 years, 7 months ago
Why do crickets chirp?
Episode 185
How are crickets so loud? Why do they chirp at night? How are they different from grasshoppers? We’re talking crickets today with Karim Vahe…
3 years, 8 months ago
Who doesn’t love ice cream?
Episode 184
That’s just one of the questions we answer in this week’s episode, which also includes instructions on how to easily make your own ice cream…
3 years, 8 months ago
Do you have to be tall to play basketball? Questions for the Washington Mystics
Episode 183
The Washington Mystics of the WNBA join us in this episode to answer all of your questions about the sport of basketball and what it’s like …
3 years, 9 months ago
Why are pandas black and white?
Episode 182
For the past 50 years, visitors to the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C. have been able to observe giant pandas. It’s one of the …
3 years, 9 months ago
Special Episode: How do you talk to kids about violence in the news?
Episode 181
When there's mass violence in the news, especially when it involves children, it can be really hard to know how to speak to your kids about …
3 years, 9 months ago
What is climate change?
Episode 180
What is climate change? What is causing climate change? How do you cool down the earth? How is climate change affecting the oceans? Kids are…
3 years, 10 months ago
Why do flowers bloom?
Episode 179
Why do flowers bloom? How do flowers grow? Why are flowers different colors? Why do people find flowers beautiful? How are seeds made? Why d…
3 years, 10 months ago
Why are some people left-handed?
Episode 178
Why are some people right-handed and some are left-handed? And what’s up with some people being ambidextrous (equally good with both hands)?…
3 years, 10 months ago
Why do pigs oink?
Episode 177
Why do pigs snort? And why do we call their snorts “oink” in English? We’re taking our exploration of animal noises in two directions today.…
3 years, 11 months ago