Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast

In today's episode, we explore why cacti are so sharp and how those prickly spines help them survive in hot, dry deserts. 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...

In today's episode, we explore why the power sometimes goes out and how electricity travels from faraway power plants to your home. We learn how weather, accidents, heavy electricity use, and safety systems can all play a role in power outages. Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. Each episode is designed to stretch young att...

Note to Parents: The word "poop" is used only once to clarify that this is what is meant by the more clinical term "feces." This episode avoids crude humor. Our digestive system adventure comes to an end! Captain Curious explores the LARGE INTESTINE and what's really going on when a person feels the urge to go to the bathroom! Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects yo...

In today's episode, we learn how doctors use stethoscopes to hear heartbeats and breathing. We explore how the amazing way a stethoscope collects and guides sound! 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 c...

In today's episode, we explore how still drawings can turn into moving pictures. Kids learn how animation works and why our brains see motion. 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 s...

In today's episode, we talk about PERSPECTIVE and PERCEPTION! We explore why things look tiny when they are far away, even though their real size never changes. 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 crea...

In today's episode, we explore why winter makes your lips feel dry and cracky, and why your knuckles can sometimes split and bleed. We'll learn what cold, dry air does to your skin and why lips struggle more than other skin! 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 how roller coasters are designed, built, and tested, from the very first big hill to the wheels that keep the train locked safely onto the track. 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 engagi...

In today's episode, we explore why you can breathe on Earth but not in outer space... and how gravity holds the key! 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 ha...

In today's episode, Captain Curious shrinks down and takes a trip through the small intestine. Along the way, we explore what the small intestine does and its three distinct sections: the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum. 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 thoughtfu...

NOTE TO PARENTS: This episode is very clinical and avoids explaining how the process begins, but it may invite questions about how exactly Mom and Dad "share DNA" in the first place. In today's episode, we explore why kids often have the same eyes, smile, hair color, or face shape as people in their family. We learn how DNA works like an instruction book inside your cells, how genes and chromosome...

In today's episode, we explore why a "brain freeze" can hurt so suddenly when you eat something very cold, and why it feels like the pain is in your forehead even though it starts in the roof of your mouth! 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...

In today's episode, we explore why it gets dark earlier in the winter, and what's really happening with the Sun and the Earth when days feel shorter! It's all about the Earth's TILT! 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 what happens when you lose blood, how your body quickly stops the bleeding, and how it makes brand new blood parts again using a "factory" inside your bones called bone marrow. 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 question...

In today's episode, we learn how Earth acts like a giant magnet and how that helps a compass always point north! 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 m...

It's another episode of the Curious Kids Club!  We invite members of the club to help create this monthly episode. Today, we discuss what happens when you throw up, and then we read some riddles submitted by kids in the Curious Kids Club. We also telll some jokes and finish things out by listening to some listener submissions about wha tto do when you're stuck inside all day! Curious Kids Every Da...

In today's episode, we explore why a cozy rumbling sound can mean more than one thing, and how cats create their distinct purring! 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...

In today's episode, we explore why lizards can drop their tails on purpose and how their bodies are able to grow them back. We learn how a wiggling tail can distract predators and why regrowing a tail takes time and energy! 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 tho...

In today's episode, we explore what batteries actually do and why they eventually stop working. We learn what's happening inside a batter and why different toys need different kinds and numbers of batteries. 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 question...

In today's episode, we explore what headaches are and what your body might be trying to tell you when your head starts to hurt. 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...

In today's episode, we explore why clothes shrink in the dryer and what is really happening to the tiny fibers inside your favorite shirts and pants. 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...

In today's episode, we explore why your fingers get wrinkled and pruny after spending time in the bath or swimming pool, and how your nerves and blood vessels work together to make it happen! 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 learn...

In today's episode, we explore how huge sea animals like sharks safely travel from one place to another and end up swimming in aquariums! Curious Kids Every Day is an 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. Please visit CuriousKidsEveryDay.co...

In today's episode, we explore why some trees stay green all year long, even during cold winter months when most trees lose their leaves. Curious Kids Every Day is an 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. Please visit CuriousKidsEveryDay.co...

In today's episode, we explore why vitamins are good for your body and how these tiny nutrients help you grow and stay healthy. 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...