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Why does the wind blow?
Episode 171
What causes wind? How is wind created? Why does the wind blow in different ways? How does the wind start blowing and what makes it stop? Wh…
4 years, 8 months ago
What would you invent? Ideas from kids
Episode 170
We asked our listeners: if you could invent anything what would it be? And we got so many fantastic ideas from kids all over the world: a so…
4 years, 9 months ago
Why do seasons change?
Episode 169
Why do seasons change? Why does it get darker earlier in the winter and why is there more daylight in the summer? Why are some seasons warm …
4 years, 9 months ago
How are babies made?
Episode 168
How are babies made? We speak with Cory Silverberg, author of What Makes A Baby, for answers to questions about how we all come into the wor…
4 years, 10 months ago
Do skyscrapers scrape the sky?
Episode 167
Why is the Burj Khalifa so tall? That’s what 5-year-old Simon wants to know. The Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world and it’s …
4 years, 10 months ago
How do squirrels climb trees?
Episode 166
Squirrels are everywhere. Three hundred or so species of these often adorable rodents live on every continent except Antarctica. No matter w…
4 years, 11 months ago
Why is it a shot? Kids’ questions about COVID vaccines
Episode 165
The FDA recently gave emergency use authorization to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for kids age 5 to 11. With all the news and conversation ab…
4 years, 11 months ago
How Do Apples Grow?
Episode 164
Why do apples have stems? Why do fruits start out as flowers? How did the first apple grow when no one was there to plant its seed? Why can …
4 years, 11 months ago
How Deep Is The Ocean?
Episode 163
We’re exploring a part of the world that not much is known about—in fact, you could be one of the people who help us understand and learn mo…
5 years ago
Why Do Americans Use The Word ‘Soccer?’
Episode 162
Kala wants to know why we say soccer in the United States, when the rest of the world calls the game "football." In this episode we hear fro…
5 years ago