Curious Kids Every Day: A Daily Educational Podcast
Curious Kids Every Day
300 episodes
We answer a curious question every single day!
More about the show
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 so loud, fast, and dumbed down. I guess they've always been that way to a degree, but it is definitely worse now than when I was a kid. This show is meant to reclaim a little bit of the sincerity and intentionality of the best of children's programming. Specifically, I am inspired by Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and Blue's Clues. I like how those shows are slow paced, how they talk directly to the kids, and how they respect the listener's intelligence. I intend for Curious Kids Every Day to do the same thing.
Basically, I am making the kind of show that I want my kids to enjoy.
Give this show a shot and watch how engaged your kid gets! I was amazed the first time that I played it for my kids. Audio has a unique ability to capture the imagination in a way that screens just cannot.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I hope that your family enjoys Curious Kids Every Day!
For more information about the show, along with a free printable with activity ideas that don't involve screens: https://curiouskidseveryday.com
For activity sheets for every new episode of the show, go to: https://supportcuriouskids.com
Episodes page 1 of 6
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What Causes an Earthquake? (Curious Kids Club)
Sign up for the Curious Kids Club: SupportCuriousKids.com In today's episode, we explore how earthquakes happen! You'll discover how energy builds up underground and why some parts of the world shake more than others.…
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Why Can't You Put Metal in the Microwave?
Metal objects can sometimes spark in a microwave because electromagnetic waves cause electrical charges to move through the metal, especially around sharp points. In this episode, kids learn how electric arcs form and…
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What are Fingerprints?
In today's episode, we're looking closely at the swirls and ridges on your fingertips! Why do we have them, how do they help us, and are they completely unique to each person? Curious Kids Every Day is a daily,…
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Why Do Turtles Have Shells?
Why do turtles carry their shells around everywhere they go? In today's episode of Curious Kids Every Day, we explore how a turtle's shell is part of its body, how it keeps them safe, and why these slow-moving animals…
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Why Is Earth the Only Planet We Can Live On? (Captain Curious)
More Captain Curious Adventures: CuriousKidsEveryDay.com/CaptainCurious Why can we live on Earth... but not on any of the other planets? In this Captain Curious adventure, we explore the three big reasons Earth is…
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How Did People Make Maps Before Satellites?
Before satellites, mapmakers measured distances and angles on the ground and used observations of the sky to determine where places were. Those measurements could be combined to make increasingly accurate maps!…
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Why Does Garbage Smell So Bad?
Why can an old bag of trash smell so bad? Learn how microorganisms break down food waste and how tiny odor molecules travel through the air to your nose. Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that…
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How Does a Washing Machine Clean Clothes?
How does a washing machine get dirt out of your clothes? Learn how detergent, movement, rinsing, and the spin cycle work together to clean a load of laundry. Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that…
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How Do We Know If Food Is Safe to Eat?
This episode explains how germs can get into food and how cleaning, separation, cooking, and refrigeration help keep food safe. It also explains why a food allergy can make an otherwise safe food dangerous for certain…
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How Do Tall Buildings Not Fall Down?
In today's episode, we explore how skyscrapers and other tall buildings stay standing without tipping over, even when strong winds blow or storms roll through. We learn how deep foundations spread out weight, how steel…
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Why Do Oceans Have Waves?
In today's episode, we explore why the ocean is never truly flat. From wind that transfers energy into the sea, to tides caused by the Moon and Sun, to special cases like tsunamis... today, we're talking all about…
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Why Is Venus the Hottest Planet? (Captain Curious)
More Captain Curious Adventures: CuriousKidsEveryDay.com/CaptainCurious Venus might look like a glowing pearl from far away, but up close it's a wild, dangerous place full of crushing pressure, acid clouds, and huge…
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Why Does Cutting Onions Make You Cry?
Cutting an onion breaks open its cells and starts chemical reactions that produce an irritating vapor called syn-propanethial S-oxide. When that vapor reaches your eyes, your tear glands produce tears to help wash it…
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How Do Electric Bikes Work?
How does an electric bike know when to help you pedal? Learn how batteries, motors, and sensors work together to give riders an extra boost. Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your…
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How Do You Make Water? (Curious Kids Club)
Sign up for the Curious Kids Club: SupportCuriousKids.com Can you actually make your own water? Today, we're diving into what water is made of, how dangerous it is to try making it from scratch, and where bottled…
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Why Are Armpits So Ticklish?
Why are armpits so ticklish? Learn how touch signals travel to the brain, why it is difficult to tickle yourself, and what researchers still don’t know about our most ticklish spots. Curious Kids Every Day is a daily,…
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How Do Airplanes Fly?
How does a huge airplane lift off and soar through the sky? In today's episode of Curious Kids Every Day, we explore the science of flight... from the engines that push to the wings that lift. Learn how airplanes take…
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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…
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Why is a Day on Mercury Longer than a Year? (Captain Curious)
More Captain Curious Adventures: CuriousKidsEveryDay.com/CaptainCurious Did you know a single day on Mercury lasts longer than its whole year? In this episode, Captain Curious takes listeners on an unforgettable…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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,…
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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.…
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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…
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Can You Fly through the Sun? (Captain Curious)
More Captain Curious Adventures: CuriousKidsEveryDay.com/CaptainCurious 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…
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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…
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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…
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Why Are Apples Different Colors? (Curious Kids Club)
Sign up for the Curious Kids Club: SupportCuriousKids.com 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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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,…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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What Causes Cavities in Your Teeth? (Curious Kids Club)
Sign up for the Curious Kids Club: SupportCuriousKids.com 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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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