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Hey Baby Island, How'd You Get Here? - When Underwater Volcanoes Grow UP!
Episode 112
If you could take one item to a desert island what would it be? A pacifier? A rattle? How about a diaper? Well that might be just what you need if yo…
7 years, 7 months ago
Horsefly Don't Bother Me! - The Dazzling Mystery Of Zebra Stripes
Episode 111
Guy Raz and his horse Bucky just got back from a frustrating riding lesson. Mindy is on the roof of her gingerbread mansion dressed as a horsefly. An…
7 years, 7 months ago
Bored Out Of Your Bonkerballs? - Why Having Nothing To Do Can Be Good For You!
Episode 110
Bored out of your bonkerballs with nothing to do? Turns out, being bored can be good for you! A new study from the United Kingdom suggests that perio…
7 years, 8 months ago
1+2=3? Just Ask A BEE! - The Scientific Buzz On Bees & Math
Episode 109
What in the world is a Fibonacci Sequence? Where in the world can you spot one in the wild? And why in the world is that BEE adding and subtracting a…
7 years, 8 months ago
So Cute You Can't Even! - The Science Of Cute Aggression
Episode 108
Do you have a face so cute that people want to pinch your cheeks? Does the sight of a baby piglet snuggling up to a newborn baby make you want to kic…
7 years, 8 months ago
Heeeere Foodie Foodie Foodie! - Edible Insects Are On The Menu!
Episode 107
It's that time of year! The annual public radio food truck festival! Mindy has slapped a new logo on her dilapidated ice cream truck and joins in the…
7 years, 8 months ago
Long Live Lonesome George! - The Mysterious Genome Of A Giant Tortoise
Episode 106
80 years old? 100 years old? 400 years old?! Some animals live for a really long time, which means that things are getting pretty crowded at Reggie's…
7 years, 9 months ago
Duck Duck Poop - A Tale Of Symbiosis
Episode 105
It's time for the regional library Story Slam Potluck & Pajama Party, and the gang's all here! First up, it's Mindy, with a non-fiction story involvi…
7 years, 9 months ago
Back-To-School: Recess 101 (Encore - 1/28/19)
Episode 104
How in the world does recess make us smarter? Where in the world do kids enjoy the most of it? Join Guy Raz and Mindy Thomas on an expedition to bett…
7 years, 9 months ago
Two-Headed Space Worms (Encore - 1/21/19)
Episode 103
What in the world are Planarian Flatworms? Why in the world did scientists send them on a mission to outer space? And where in the world are their mo…
7 years, 9 months ago