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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 …
4 years, 4 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…
4 years, 4 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…
4 years, 5 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)?…
4 years, 5 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.…
4 years, 5 months ago
How much does the moon weigh?
Episode 176
We’re bringing back an episode from the archives, all about the moon: Why does the moon change shape? How much does it weigh? What color is …
4 years, 6 months ago
Why is Russia invading Ukraine?
Episode 175
The invasion of Ukraine has been the top story in the news for the last few weeks, and kids around the world are asking questions about what…
4 years, 6 months ago
How did people keep food cold in olden times?
Episode 174
Violet, 5, wants to know: what was life like before refrigerators? And Ellinor, 6, asks: how did they make ice in the old times? In this epi…
4 years, 7 months ago
Why is the heart a symbol of love?
Episode 174
Why is the heart a symbol of love? Why do people draw hearts when they love someone? Why do we draw hearts the way we do when they're nothin…
4 years, 7 months ago
How are images chosen for coins?
Episode 172
The U.S. Mint is producing a new series of quarters featuring American women. The first one, featuring poet Maya Angelou, has just been rele…
4 years, 8 months ago