but why: a podcast for curious kids

Who invented it? Our experts include naturalists Mary Holland, author Grace Lin, primatologist Sofia Carrara, pediatrician Laurie Racha, Dan Goodman of AAA of Northern New England, and the poetry of Shel Silverstein. We chose the hand that feels more normal to us,, Why do pigs snort? On And the tracks are largely in what are now riverbeds. Download our learning guides: PDF | Google Slide | Transcript. She studies how the clothes we wear are connected to where we live and what kind of culture we grow up in, and. People with more friends tend to p, How are crickets so loud? And we'll take a trip to the world's largest skating rink, the Rideau Canal in Ottawa, Ontario. In this episode, we travel to Taza Chocolate in Somerville, Massachusetts to get some answers. Unlike other seed banks, the vault is designed not to be used unless there are no other options in other seed banks. We speak with atmospheric scientist Shuyi Chen of the University of Washington. and How Do, This week, we're revisiting one of our favorite older episodes from the past. * Our guides are 10-year-old Rupert Suhr, his father, Bill, and apple expert Ezekiel Goodband. In general, vaccines are a way to, Why do apples have stems? Steve also answers questions about how animals see in the dark and why it sometimes look like animals' eyes are glowing back at us in the darkness. How do rabbits change colors? The Kratts Take Kids On Wild Animal Adventures. Why do spiders have eight legs and eight eyes? Download our learning guides: PDF | Google Slides | Transcript We're talking spiders today with arachnologist Catherine Scott. How can we save the pandas? Thats what 5-year-old Simon wants to know. Families grow and change. Download our learning guides: PDF | Google Slides | Transcript Its one of the few places in the United States to see these black and white bears. Eurasia Foundation Download our learning guides: PDF | Google Slide | Transcr. What some of the biggest threats are to amphibians and reptiles? Why can't we eat chocolate all the time? How do butterflies fly? * And is it okay to breed animals like dogs that have significant health problems even though we love them? So we're tackling them with the help of Jessica Honaker and Kristie Reddick, otherwise known as the Bug Chicks. The What did axolotls evolve from? Resources How do babies grow? This program is part of a collaboration with the Vermont Agency of Education to bring interactive educational opportunities to students while schools are closed. And how was the Mariana Trench formed? Join us for an episode about how words are created, when they've reached a critical level of use to get their own dictionary entry, and when words are removed from the dictionary. Other questions in this episode: Why are boys taller than girls? * We've picked 10 stumpers, like: Why don't we suffocate in cars when we're driving? These mammals are part of an ancient superorder called Xenarthra and share a common ancestor. In this episode we answer questions about the ice age: What was it? Listen 11:36 On this edition of Conversations, Christina Sauer talks with host Dan Skinner about Why? And it's actually about sharing. We're going to get scientific, but also philosophical and imaginative with anthropologist Hugh Raffles, astronomer John O'Meara, and, a special treat, cellist Zo Keating, who scored the episode for us to help us really feel it! Should an 11.5yo get the shot as soon as its available or wait until age 12 to get the larger dose? Doctors use blood transfusions to help people who have been in accidents and to treat people with certain kinds of cancer, sickle cell disease and other conditions. Why do people have nightmares? -Noah, Iowa Why are all snowflakes different? For this episode we visit a restaurant called M.Y. Food would be smoked, dried, salted, fermented or pickled. Answers to your rock questions with Hendratta Ali, rock doctor! Listen live at vpr.org and call-in every Friday at 1 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time through June 19, 2020. Pollen makes its way to the ovary of a flower in various ways. Herzog is the author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals. Why does your voice sound weird when it's recorded? So many questions about food and nutrition. How are snakes born with venom? And why are daddy long legs called daddy long legs when they have to have a female to produce babies?! Were answering your questions about seeds and flowers with garden writer Charlie Nardozzi and Hannes Dempewolf from The Crop Trust. Download our listening guides: PDF | Google Slides | Transcript, How do circuits work? Vermont artist and wildcrafter Nick Neddo joins us with some tips on how to create your own paint and art supplies. We also get an answer to a question to how you get a ship in a bottle from Colorado-based ship-in-bottle builder Daniel Siemens in this encore episode from 2016. Download our learning guides: PDF | Google Slide | Step By Step | Transcript, This episode is all about bugs! Why do bees die when they sting you? This comes after Meghan parted ways with Spotify earlier this month. We head to Poughkeepsie, New York to learn about eels with Chris China, in San Francisco, CA to watch executive chef Tony Wu hand-pull 16,000 noodles in 2 minutes. Were learning all about hearts and symbolism with Thomas and Stephen Amidon, authors of The Sublime Engine: A Biography of the Human Heart. We speak with Sofia and Nico Chavez and their parents. The solstices are on December 21 and 22 and June 20 or 21, those are when the earth is leaning as far away from the sun or as close to the sun as it gets. Download our learning guides: PDF | Google Slide | Transcript But in this episode we'll also explore how young people are becoming activists, trying to reduce the amount of plastic waste produced, waste that sometimes goes into the ocean. We answer presidential questions historical in nature with author Kenneth C. Davis . Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose, Texas has several sites where dinosaur footprints have been well-preserved. Related Episodes: Why Do We Have To Go To School? Do babies know they're babies? The two equinoxes - when both hemispheres are getting about the same amount of solar energy are on March 21 or 22 or September 22 or 23. The atmosphere always wants to be in balance. We'll get answers from wildlife biologists Kent McFarland and Bryan Pfeiffer. Questions we tackle in this episode: How do axolotls regrow parts of their brains? In 2019, we answered a question about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a huge mass of plastic and other trash swirling around in the Pacific Ocean. How do their trunks work? Do animals have the same taste buds as people? Why Do Things Seem Scary In the Dark? How do dinosaurs get their names (and why are they hard to say)? This episode may not be suitable for our youngest listeners or for particularly sensitive kids. She lives in Toronto, which has one of the most dense populations of raccoons in the world. No matter where you live, city or country youre bound to have squirrels nearby. Herzog is the author of 'Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals.' -Rachel, 5, Alabama What is the Electoral College and why do we still have it; why havent we changed to a popular vote? Kids Listen: But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids And we get lots of advice from kids themselves about how to make friends and deal with bullies. You can listen to But Why live at vpr.org and call-in every Friday at 1 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time through June 19, 2020. They dont have any calcified bones - so the only part of a shark that gets left behind in fossil records is their teeth! How do spiders eat? Peter Wrege of the Elephant Listening Project, which studies elephants in Central African Republic, answers elephant questions. This week were learning more about the development of the human brain with Celeste Kidd, professor of psychology and primary investigator at the Kidd Lab at the University of California Berkeley. What color is the moon? Chemistry is basically the study of stuff and what it's made of, and how different substances interact with one another, sometimes even combining to make new stuff. Also in the episode: why do leaves change color in the fall? We also tackle: Why are dinosaurs extinct and sharks are not? Do whales have belly buttons? Why do we get dizzy when we spin? Wu can hand-pull 16,000 strands of noodles from one lump of dough in just two minuteswhile blindfolded! Over time, those leaves evolved into the spiky spines we see on cactuses today because they help the plants survive in hot, dry environments. We get an answer from Burton Snowboards. Why are owls nocturnal and how do they see in the dark? and Are Seeds Alive? How does sugar make cavities? Do pigs poop? And its not just Persevera, Cool Beans: How Chocolate And Coffee Get Made, How is chocolate made? What would you invent? Executives thought kids wouldn't care that the series was produced by a duchess, WSJ reports. And, why do Americans celebrate the 4th of July with fireworks? Why do elephants like peanuts? Why do some cultures eat cows and others don't? At least, so says Michael Downing, author of Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time. Download our learning guides: PDF | Google Slide | Transcript But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids Podcast Original recording Those questions and more are answered by meteorologist Mark Breen, author of The Kids' Book of Weather Forecasting. Plus, you might actually learn something from some of the answers! What are Olympic medals made of? Where do dragonflies and ladybugs sleep? How do allergies work? Download our learning guides: PDF | Google Slide | Transcript. New seeds are made through pollination, plant reproduction. In this episode we tackle that thorny question from 10-year-old Finn from Seattle. On this episode of But Why, we're talking about baking. They ask the questions and we find the answers. Three pandas live at the National Zoo: adults Tian Tian and Mei Xiang and their cub, Xiao Qi Ji. * But after that came out, Nash, from Fort Dodge, IA, sent us a question wondering if dogs ever get strep throat. How do owls swivel their heads all the way around? Maybe you're trying to play a song without making a mistake and you're competing against yourself. Will humans ever be able to go to Mars? We learn about voting and elections with Erin Geiger Smith, reporter and author of Thank You For Voting and Thank You For Voting Young Readers' Edition. Why is the Burj Khalifa so tall? Is Washington Finally Ready to Take On Big Tech? Author Jen Lin-Liu says it's likely that pasta developed in China and in the Middle, Are seeds alive? And how do they hoot? Why Do We Sometimes See The Moon During The Day? "If your lips are dry when the air passes it doesn't feel good," she says. Anika Ballent, with the non-profit Algalita, shares what kids can and have been doing. How does the president talk to the people without being on the news? We visit Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas to see some actual dinosaur evidence: tracks left by two types of dinosaur 113 million years ago. We're exploring two different animals in today's episode. Next, stick your tongue touching your bottom teeth. Why can you feel your heart in your head when you're lying still or under water? Download our learning guides: PDF | Google Slides | Transcript | Coloring Page, Brave Little State: Tips From A Homeschooling, Remote-Working Mom. "How are babies made?" How do zippers zip stuff? Download our learning guides: PDF | Google Slides | Transcript What is sound and how is it made? What causes allergies? And Other Silly Questions, We're answering 9 questions that put a smile on our faces, and we hope they make you chuckle, too. Many people think we started to wear clothes for practical reasons of warmth and protection. How does glow in the dark stuff glow without batteries? Why do dogs have tails and we don't? Download our learning guides: PDF | Google Slide | Transcript. We also get a preview of the new Earth Rangers podcast! Crickets are in the order known as Orthoptera, which contains grasshoppers, locusts, crickets and bush crickets, and katydids. Download our learning guides: PDF | Google Slides | Transcript, One of the things that makes blood so special is we can share it with other people! Why do they have to go on tracks? What's the Cleverest Thing A Hippo Can Do? This program is part of a collaboration with the Vermont Agency of Education to bring interactive educational opportunities to students while schools are closed. How is snow made? How do fish see underwater without goggles? Were joined by pediatrician and allergy researcher Dr. Ruchi Gupta to answer the dozens of questions kids have sent us on this topic. Our listeners have a lot of questions about blood. But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids How Do Big Plants Grow From Such Small Seeds? But they are electric! Download our learning guides: PDF | Google Slide | Transcript Why don't kids go to work? How do our hands feel things? Why do ducks make loud noises? Why are dinosaurs extinct? Why are humpback whales so fat and blue whales so long, and why are blue whales blue? Do sharks eat fish? But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids on Stitcher Do snakes sleep? And how come when it's nighttime I don't want to go to sleep but when it's morning I don't want to wake up?! Why do boats float but stones sink? Kids have been sending us lots of questions about babies! In a follow up to our pets episodes, we look at how we treat animals very differently depending on whether we think of them as pets, food, or work animals. ET. * Download our learning guides: PDF | Google Slide | Transcript How do airplanes fly? To get answers to kid questions about armadillos we took a field trip to Texas to talk with Michael Perez at the Forth Worth Nature Center and Refuge. Veterinarian and dog scientist Jessica Hekman has answers. How do fireflies glow and can they control how they blink? Why does paper fall apart when it gets wet? We get answers from Theron Main, a pediatric dentist at Timberlane Dental Group in South Burlington, Vermont. Why can't everything be free? Electrical Engineer Paul Hines answers our questions for the second half of our electricity live call-in program. How can plants grow so big if they start from such a small seed? And we're answering questions about the physics of sound and radio. Who invented money? And what's up with kids not liking vegetables? Why? The Human Body 99+ Awesome Answers for Curious Why can't you tickle yourself? And David Chavez, an explosives expert at Los Alamos National Laboratory tells us how changes to the materials used in fireworks can make them better for the environment and unleash new, more vibrant colors in the night sky. But that process begins with a flower. Are they actually afraid of mice? Download our learning guides: PDF | Google Slide | Transcript, Dont swallow gum! * Crop Trust manages a repository of seeds from around the world at the Global Seed Vault in Svalbard, Norway, above the Arctic Circle. Why do cows put their tongues up their noses? These insects are best known for singing and hopping! How do cats purr? How can porcupines and hedgehogs avoid poking themselves? In this episode, tips and suggestions from our listeners for kids returning to school, along with answers from guidance counselor Tosha Todd and National Teacher of the Year Juliana Urtubey. Theyre a type of knife fish, more closely related to catfish and carp. This episode of But Why is a serious one. Here in Vermont it's planting time, and we've been getting a lot of questions about seeds from kids around the world. Were sharing an episode of a Vermont Public Radio's Brave Little State. Answers to all of your time questions with Andrew Novick of NIST, the National Institute of Standards and Technology. WebPlay Newest Follow But Why is a show led by kids. Why are dimes so small? Who was the fastest runner in the world? Its a big interesting world out there. We learn about how humor develops with Gina Mireault of the Infant Laughter Project at Northern Vermont University. -Karen, 5, Wilmington, Delaware Nine-year-old Leila in New Jersey wants to know how they were invented. How do zippers zip stuff? This is a frank but age-appropriate conversation about male and female bodies and about how biological sex differs from gender. And stay tuned; our next episode is all about dreams! What is space made out of? And do you have to be tall to play hoops? How is bread made? You can listen to But Why Live at vpr.org and call-in every Friday at 1 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time through June 26, 2020. What are boogers made out of? How much does it weigh? And it is quite a challenge just to get to Mars! Why do children get hungry at night? The discovery of seven new planets that could contain life has kids and adults pretty excited. No one really knows where the heart symbol comes from, but there are theories. How deep IS the deepest part of the ocean? How do you get freckles? We're highlighting an episode from 2018 with pediatric sleep psychologist Dr. Lisa Meltzer. Why do your ears hurt when you drive up over the mountains? And to give us some historical context, Jen Lin-Liu, author of On the Noodle Road: From Beijing to Rome with Love and Pasta, shares her insight. Why do different foods taste different? Why does mixing diet coke and Mentos make an explosion? Download our learning guides: PDF | Google Slide | Transcript | Video Also why does snow melt? They collect t, How do people whistle? It can make you want to do better, and make a game more enjoyable. The Burj Khalifa is 160 stories tall. Download our learning guides: PDF | Google Slide | Transcript, Are unicorns real? We answer your Mars questions with Mitch Schulte, NASA program scientist for the Mars 2020 mission. Why do we have to wear clothes? - Bhakti, 9, Australia What do they eat, how big are they, and do they have rainbow manes? Why do pigs oink? We'll also hear from Johns Hopkins University epidemiologist Jennifer Nuzzo, climate activist Bill McKibben and Young Peoples Poet Laureate Naomi Shihab Nye. Download our learning guides: PDF | Google Slide | Transcript Why do our baby teeth fall out? Download our learning guides: PDF | Google Slide | Transcript, Emoji are those little images you can send in text messages to friends and family. Host James Stewart has just made 4 special episodes exploring the elements fire, water, earth and air. How do you weigh a whale? Why do people faint? How did the first apple grow when no one was there to plant its seed? Download our learning guides: PDF | Google Slide | Transcript | Watch On Facebook Live, How do trains work? The Svalbard Global Seed Vault contains an enormous wealth of seeds from around the world. There's nothing graphic or scary in this episode, but adults may want to give this episode a listen if cancer is something your littles have been dealing with. And chemistry professor Palli Thordarson, from the University of New South Wales on the science of why washing your hands with plain old soap and water is so effective against germs. Does time have a beginning or an end? Why are frogs green? pinch of salt WebMeghan Markle at ActionAid during the royal tour of South Africa on October 1, 2019. Instead, we're going to talk with 11-year-old twins Isabelle and Sophie Posner-Brown. Answers to your moon questions with John O'Meara, chief scientist at the W.M. Answers to your food questions with Molly Birnbaum, host the podcast Mystery Recipe and editor of America's Test Kitchen Kids. We have collected some resources for parents/caregivers about how to talk to kids about war and ways families can help. Plus we hear an episode of one of VPR's other podcasts, Outdoor Radio. Where does it go when we can't see it? And silk? See Mary's entry here. Download our learning guides: PDF | Google Slide | Transcript How are seeds made? How do radio signals work? The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is an area in the middle of the ocean between California/Mexico and Hawaii where there's a high concenration of plastic waste. Well also tackle the why and how of melting ice cream and why some flavors tend to melt faster than others! How do hummingbirds hum? Use a hand mixer to beat the heavy cream until it is the consistency of whipped cream, with peaks that hold their shape. 7-year-old Kala wants to know why we say soccer in the United States, when the rest of the world calls the game "football." Why is a baby's heartbeat faster before it's born? We're talking about sticky things like slime and glue in this episode. Seven-year old Sawyer wants to know: how does an engine work?

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