Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast

In today's episode, we explore why your body makes sweat (and what it's made of!). We learn about evaporation, sweat glands, temperature control, and why sweat sometimes smells different. Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. Each episode is designed to stretch young attention spans with thoughtful questions, playful learning,...

In today's episode, we explore how scientists figure out what dinosaurs looked like without ever seeing them in real life. Let's learn how fossils, footprints, muscle marks, and rare skin impressions help experts rebuild these amazing creatures from the clues they left behind! Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. Each episode...

Note for parents: This episode talks about the journey of waste, but I avoid crudeness and do not use words like "poop" or "pee." In today's episode, we follow the hidden journey that water and waste takes after you flush the toilet. We learn how pipes, sewers, and treatment plants work together to clean water and return it safely to nature. Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast t...

In today's episode, we explore how glue sticks things together and how the process is different for different types of glue! Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. Each episode is designed to stretch young attention spans with thoughtful questions, playful learning, and engaging games. I created this to be a show I would be hap...

In today's episode, Captain Curious is BACK! We begin an adventure inside the mouth to explore the first stage of the digestive system. We look at how teeth chew, how the tongue and cheeks move food around, how saliva helps break food down, and what happens when you swallow as we search for the mystery item that is making the Imaginary Astronaut's tummy hurt! Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, int...

In today's episode, we explore how mountains form and what forces shape them over time. From colliding tectonic plates to rising magma and cracking crust, we learn that mountains are clues that our planet is always changing! Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. Each episode is designed to stretch young attention spans with th...

In today's episode, we explore whether space has an edge and what might lie beyond the part of the universe we can see! Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. Each episode is designed to stretch young attention spans with thoughtful questions, playful learning, and engaging games. I created this to be a show I would be happy to...

This is a very special episode of Curious Kids Every Day! It features submissions from kids in the CURIOUS KIDS CLUB! If your family would like to join, please visit SupportCuriousKids.com . One Curious Kids Club member asked how deep the ocean is, so we answer that question. Then, we read some jokes that were submitted. Finally, we listen to some recordings from kids in the Curious Kids Club as t...

In today's episode, we explore how something as small as a pencil requires thousands of people working together across forests, mines, factories and shipping routes. We discover how no ONE person can create a pencil all alone! Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. Each episode is designed to stretch young attention spans with...

In today's episode, we explore why Play-Doh dries out when you leave the lid off. We learn why water is the key to keeping it soft and squishy! Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. Each episode is designed to stretch young attention spans with thoughtful questions, playful learning, and engaging games. I created this to be a...

In today's episode, we find out why skunks have such a powerful smell and how their stinky spray helps keep them safe from predators! Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. Each episode is designed to stretch young attention spans with thoughtful questions, playful learning, and engaging games. I created this to be a show I wou...

In today's episode, we explore how doctors help people fall safely and comfortably asleep using special medicine called anesthesia. We learn how it works (and how the body wakes back up afterward!). Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. Each episode is designed to stretch young attention spans with thoughtful questions, playfu...

In today's episode, we explore why the sky shows beautiful reds, oranges, pinks, and purples during sunrise and sunset, and why it usually looks blue the rest of the day. We learn how light scatters, why the angle of the sun matters, and how dust, water, and clouds help create amazing colors. Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosi...

In today's episode, we explore how fire extinguishers actually stop a fire. We'll learn about the fire triangle and how extinguishers use powder or carbon dioxide to remove the ingredients necessary for a fire to keep burning! Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. Each episode is designed to stretch young attention spans with...

In today's episode, we explore how fingernails grow and learn about all the different parts, from the nail matrix, to the lunula, to the nail plate...  all the way to the free edge!  Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. Each episode is designed to stretch young attention spans with thoughtful questions, playful learning, and...

In today's episode, we explore why elephants have such big, flexible trunks and how this incredible tool helps them smell, eat, drink, communicate, swim, and stay cool. Plus, we learn how many muscles are inside a trunk! It's way more than you think! Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. Each episode is designed to stretch you...

In today's episode, we explore all the strange details on a dollar bill. We learn what dollar bills are made of, why they are green, and what the serial number means! Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. Each episode is designed to stretch young attention spans with thoughtful questions, playful learning, and engaging games....

In today's episode, we explore why your throat gets red and it hurts to swallow when you have a "sore throat!" Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. Each episode is designed to stretch young attention spans with thoughtful questions, playful learning, and engaging games. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my...

In today's episode, we explore how your ears make wax and why this strange substance actually protects your ears! Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. Each episode is designed to stretch young attention spans with thoughtful questions, playful learning, and engaging games. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have...

In today's episode, we explore why dolphins leap out of the water and what those amazing jumps tell us about how they live, breathe, hunt and communicate. Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. Each episode is designed to stretch young attention spans with thoughtful questions, playful learning and engaging games. I created thi...

In today's episode, we explore how the lights at intersections know when to change. We learn how timers, sensors, and small computers work together to keep cars moving safely and smoothly. Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. Each episode is designed to stretch young attention spans with thoughtful questions, playful learning...

In today's episode, we explore how telescopes gather and bend light so your eyes can see faraway moons, planets, stars, and galaxies in incredible detail. We will learn why lenses and mirrors make it happen and why bigger telescopes can reveal more of the universe. Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. Each episode is designed...

In today's episode, we explore one of the strangest and most fascinating concepts in all of logic: paradoxes. We discover how certain statements can twist back on themselves and make our brains spin in circles. From the classic "This sentence is false" puzzle to stories involving time loops, this episode dives into the world of mind-bending contradictions. Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, intera...

In today's episode, we explore how horses are able to sleep while standing up, why their legs don't buckle beneath them, and how their bodies are specially designed for both safety and rest. Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. Each episode is designed to stretch young attention spans with thoughtful questions, playful learni...

In today's episode, we discover how crayons are made! From melted wax to bright colors, learn how these drawing sticks come to life in the factory before landing in your crayon box. Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. Each episode is designed to stretch young attention spans with thoughtful questions, playful learning, and e...