Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
We answer a curious question every single day! Do you have a curious kid who asks you a million questions every day? Curious Kids Every Day is an intentionally slow paced and interactive daily podcast for kids AND their parents! My goal is to make learning fun for the whole family. My name is Josh. I am a dad of 4 who loves to learn and teach. I am grateful for all of the families who make Curious Kids Every Day a part of their daily routine. I have noticed that most children's shows these days (even the educational ones) are...
Why Is a Cactus So Sharp?
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. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast Feed Participate in Curious Kids Club episodes Bonus episodes! Activity sheets for every new episode of the...Why is a Day on Mercury Longer than a Year? (Captain Curious)
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Did you know a single day on Mercury lasts longer than its whole year? In this episode, Captain Curious takes listeners on an unforgettable journey to the closest planet to the Sun! Along the way, we explore why the temperatures are so extreme, what the surface is like, and we celebrate two birthdays using a time machine.
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child’s intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids...
How Long Does It Take to Get to Mars?
A trip from Earth to Mars usually takes about six to nine months using an efficient route. This episode explains Mars launch windows and how NASA is preparing for future human missions!
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child’s intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast Feed Participate in Curious Kids Club epi...Why Don't Birds Get Shocked on Power Lines?
Why can birds sit on power lines without getting shocked? Today, we learn how voltage differences and electric current explain why a bird can usually perch safely on the wire.
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child’s intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast Feed Participate in Curious Kids Club episodes Bonus epi...What Is Time Dilation?
Time dilation causes clocks to measure slightly different amounts of elapsed time depending on motion and gravity. Today, we learn how this effect has been measured with atomic clocks and even has to be accounted for by GPS satellites!
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child’s intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Pod...Why Do Veins Look Blue?
Human blood is always red, even when veins look blue through the skin. Today we learn how light interacts with skin and blood to create the blue or greenish color we sometimes see.
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child’s intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast Feed Participate in Curious Kids Clu...Why Do Your Muscles Get Sore?
Why do our muscles sometimes hurt after exercise? Today we learn how unfamiliar or intense activity can cause tiny amounts of damage in muscle tissue, leading to inflammation and soreness as the muscles recover.
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child’s intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast Feed Participate in Curious Kid...Why Do We Sneeze?
Why do we sneeze? Learn how sneezing is a reflex that helps clear irritants from your nose and airways.
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child’s intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast Feed Participate in Curious Kids Club episodes Bonus episodes! Activity sheets for every new episode of the show Weekly epi...Can You Fly through the Sun? (Captain Curious)
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What would happen if you tried to fly a rocket ship through the sun? In this space-packed episode, Captain Curious explores the incredible layers of the sun (from the blazing photosphere to the sizzling core). Along the way, listeners will help solve problems using items from the Curious Container and discover why you can't land on the sun, even with a really good shield!
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child’s intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I w...
Why Are Flowers Different Colors?
Flowers get many of their colors from pigments in their petals, including carotenoids and anthocyanins. We learn how a plant’s genes help control which pigments it makes, while light (and sometimes environmental conditions!) affect the colors we see.
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child’s intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podca...What Is the Strongest Insect in the World?
The horned dung beetle Onthophagus taurus can pull more than 1,100 times its own body weight! Today we learn how researchers measure relative strength and why tiny insects can be so strong for their size.
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child’s intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast Feed Participate in Curious Kid...Why Are Apples Different Colors? (Curious Kids Club)
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In today's episode, we explore why some apples are green and some are red and why they taste differently!
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child’s intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast Feed Participate in Curious Kids Club episodes Bonus episo...Why Do Traffic Jams Happen?
Learn how road capacity, bottlenecks, and braking waves can turn cars into stop-and-go traffic. We also explain why some traffic jams seem to appear even when there is no crash or blocked road!
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child’s intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast Feed Participate in Curious Kids Clu...Why Do Cats and Dogs Have Whiskers?
In this episode, we learn that an animal's whiskers help sense touch, nearby objects, tiny air movements, and the space around their faces!
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child’s intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast Feed Participate in Curious Kids Club episodes Bonus episodes! Activity sheets for every new episode of t...What Is the Biggest Fish?
In this episode, we learn about the biggest fish on Earth... THE WHALE SHARK!
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child’s intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast Feed Participate in Curious Kids Club episodes Bonus episodes! Activity sheets for every new episode of the show Weekly episode schedule so you know what...How Do Car Airbags Work?
How does a car know when to deploy an airbag? Today we learn how crash sensors detect serious impacts and how an inflator fills a hidden airbag with gas in a fraction of a second!
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child’s intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast Feed Participate in Cur...What Are Lasers and How Do They Work?
Learn what a laser is and how its unusually organized light can form a narrow, concentrated beam!
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child’s intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast Feed Participate in Curious Kids Club episodes Bonus episodes! Activity sheets for every new episode of the show Weekly episode schedule so...Why Do Cats Always Land on Their Feet?
Cats use a righting reflex to turn their bodies while falling so they can often land on their feet. Their inner-ear balance system and flexible spine help them figure out which way is down and move into position for landing.
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child’s intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad...How Do Helicopters Fly?
Helicopters fly using spinning rotor blades that create lift by moving air downward. Today, we learn how pilots change the blades to climb, hover, move in different directions, and keep the helicopter pointed where they want it to go!
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child’s intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podc...Who Is the Fastest Human?
Who is the fastest human, and how fast can a person actually run? This episode looks at Usain Bolt’s 100-meter world record and why a short sprint is so different from a marathon!
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child’s intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast Feed Participate in Curiou...What Is a Hurricane?
In today's episode, we talk about the “recipe” a hurricane needs to form and why the storm begins to spin! Plus, we discuss why hurricanes can only form in certain places!
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child’s intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast Feed Participate in Curious Kids Club episodes Bonus ep...Which Dinosaur Was the Biggest?
In today’s episode, we explore the biggest dinosaur ever discovered! We learn about the Argentinosaurus, what a sauropod is, and how fossils help scientists estimate dinosaur size!
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child’s intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast Feed Participate in Curious Kids Club episodes Bonus episodes! Activity sheets...How Do Clouds Stay Up in the Sky?
Clouds are made of tiny water droplets or ice crystals that fall extremely slowly because of their small size and air resistance. Today we learn how rising air keeps those particles suspended until they grow large enough to fall as precipitation!
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays...Why Is the Ocean Salty?
Ocean water contains dissolved salts that come mainly from minerals in rocks carried to the sea by rivers. This episode explains how those minerals reach the ocean, what evaporation does to them, and why some lakes can be salty too!
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free...How Do Snails Get Their Shells?
Snails begin forming their shells before they hatch. Today we learn how tissue (called "the mantle") adds proteins and calcium carbonate to the shell as the snail grows.
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast Feed Participate in Curious Kids Club episodes Bonus episodes! Activity sheets...What Causes Cavities in Your Teeth? (Curious Kids Club)
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Have you ever wondered why we actually need to brush our teeth? In this episode, we explain what's happening inside your mouth and why toothbrushes and toothpaste help protect your smile! We also tell some jokes, play an animal sound game, AND we announce a big update to how we do these Curious Kids Club episodes!
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my...
What Is an Eclipse?
What causes solar and lunar eclipses, and why do they only happen at certain times? Today we learn all about eclipses!
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast Feed Activity sheets for every new episode of the show Weekly episode schedule so you know what topics...How Do Fireflies Glow?
Today we're chasing down the mystery of how fireflies glow and the reasons they light up! You'll learn about bioluminescence, cold light, and the amazing chemicals that help fireflies flash their signals in the night.
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast Feed Activity sheets for...How Do Bees Make Honey?
Today we learn the sweet science behind how bees make honey, and we discover just how much flying it takes to make a single jar.
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast Feed Activity sheets for every new episode of the show Weekly episode schedule so...Why Do Beavers Build Dams?
Today we learn how beavers use their teeth and front paws to build dams and how the ponds can change wetland habitats!
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast Feed Activity sheets for every new episode of the show Weekly episode schedule so you know what...Why Do You Sink in Quicksand?
Quicksand forms when loose sand becomes saturated with water and loses enough strength to support weight. Today we learn why people can become trapped in it without being pulled completely beneath the surface!
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast Feed Activity sheets for every new...How Do Woodpeckers Keep from Hurting Their Heads?
Woodpeckers withstand repeated pecking because their impacts are extremely brief and their small brains experience lower pressure changes than a much larger brain would. Newer research also shows that their skulls act as stiff hammers rather than shock absorbers!
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast...How Do Suction Cups Stick to Things?
Suction cups stick when pressing them against a smooth surface lowers the air pressure beneath the cup. Higher air pressure outside the cup pushes it firmly against the surface until the seal is broken!
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast Feed Activity sheets for every...Why Don't Pets Get Sick When We Get Sick?
On today's episode, we learn that many viruses can infect only certain kinds of hosts because they need compatible cells and must overcome that host's defenses. Dogs and cats have many infections of their own, although some germs can sometimes spread between people and pets!
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout...How Are Crayons Made?
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. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast Feed Activity sheets for every new episode...How Is Curious Kids Every Day Made?
In this special episode of the show, Josh explains how he creates an episode of Curious Kids Every Day... from writing, to song selection, to uploading! As a fun example, we work on tomorrow's episode to show you how the process unfolds!
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their...Why Does the Sun Keep Burning?
In this episode, we learn...
Fusion turns hydrogen into helium in the core Gravity creates the pressure fusion needs The sun's hydrogen supply is finite (but will last a REALLY long time!)Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast Feed Activity sheets for every new episode...Fahrenheit vs Celsius: What's the Difference?
In this episode, we learn...
Water freezes at 0°C or 32°F Celsius degrees represent larger temperature changes Both scales match at negative 40Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast Feed Activity sheets for every new episode of the show Weekly episode schedule so you know what to...What Is an Aircraft Carrier?
In this episode, we learn...
Catapults help aircraft reach flying speed Arresting wires stop jets after landing Elevators move aircraft between ship levelsCurious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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Your curious kids get a shout out on their birthdays! Ad-Free Podcast Feed Activity sheets for every new episode of the show Weekly episode schedule so you know...How Does a Caterpillar Turn into a Butterfly? (Curious Kids Club)
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How does a tiny, wiggly caterpillar turn into a beautiful flying butterfly? In today's episode, we explore one of the most incredible transformations in nature... metamorphosis! We also hear from kids who listen to the show to find out what their favorite flying things are!
Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child's intelligence and curiosity. I created this to be a show I would be happy to have my kids listen to.
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