Podcast Episodes

Phones: The fun, the annoying and the confusing

Ping! Another episode of Brains On just dropped! And it’s all about phones: how they help us, why they’re so hard to put down – and how to have a balanced relationship with them.

In this episode, Moll…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Auroras: Nature's light show

Have you ever seen an aurora? These spectacular night-time displays can fill our skies with dancing lights and bursts of color. But why do they happen in the first place?

Join Molly and co-host Mariam…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Smarty Pass Sneak Peek: Me and my pet

Uh-oh, Molly’s new pets are missing! And to make matters worse, Molly won’t tell us what her missing animals are. Although, she is willing to give hints. It’s up to producers Rosie duPont and Ruby Gu…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Seahorses! Curly-tailed wonders of the sea

Seahorses can be as tiny as a grain of rice or more than a foot long. They also beat their small fins up to 70 times per second – about as fast as hummingbird wings. These cowboys of the sea are full…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Singing: the how and the wow of voices

Whether you hum in the shower or yodel on stage, you can make music with your voice! But what’s going on inside of your body when you do it? And are there ways to change how your voice sounds?

Molly a…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Catnip, cat naps, and the history of house cats

Curious about cats? Us too! Join Molly and co-host Lynx as they sniff out the answers to some of your most pressing cat questions.

They’ll head to a chaotic cat café to learn the history of house cat…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Smarty Pass Sneak Peek: Rhyme or Reason

Molly is working on a musical about trees that live in cities. But she can’t finish her rhymes! So she enlists Ruby and Anna to help. Molly gives them some of her unfinished lyrics and it’s up to the…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

How do trees help our cities?

Did you know that more than half the people in the world lives in cities? The hustle and bustle of a city can be awesome, but cities can also be hot and polluted. Luckily, there’s a solution we can a…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

If our bodies are 98 degrees, why does it feel so hot outside?

98.6 degrees is hot. If it were that hot outside, you’d be sweaty and want to go jump in a nice cold pool. But the insides of our bodies are that hot all the time! And that’s because there’s a lot go…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

It’s a mystery sound extravaganza!

Looking for some sneaky sound puzzles to solve? Tune in to our all-new mystery sound extravaganza! Join co-host Maggie as she listens to recordings of sounds from Brains On listeners – and tries to f…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago