Brains On! Science podcast for kids

Body Bonanza: Bruises, scars and Band-Aids

Smarty Pass Sneak Peek: Life is Poopiful

Are birds dinosaurs?

Trends: How do they start?

Smarty Pass Sneak Peek: Molly’s Inconceivable Preposterous Skateboard

How does solar power work?

What is asthma?

How does coral communicate?

Why do we have crushes?

Smarty Pass Sneak Peek: Smarty Pass Deli

Why does salt make food taste so good?

Why is Jupiter called Earth’s bodyguard?

What is Down syndrome?

Understanding big fires and big feelings

Smarty Pass Sneak Peek: Myth Busting Extravaganza

How is paper made?

Whirr. Zoom! Plink plink. It’s a Mystery Sound extravaganza

Is it true? Vikings, dogs, and twins edition

Are whales communicating with their clicks and songs?

Smarty Pass Sneak Peek: Bones On Mystery Sounds!

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Smarty Pass Sneak Peek: Mystery Animal Poetry Slam

Smarty Pass Presents: Noun Noun

The real vampires of the animal world

Smarty Pass Sneak Peek: Game Show Molly

Achoo! How fast does a sneeze travel?

Navigating the world with White Canes

How do animals pick their leaders?

Smarty Pass Sneak Peek: Eye-Eye, Captain!

How does the internet work?

Why do some of us have food allergies?

Why do some people need glasses?

How do we name things in space? The quest to name a quasi-moon!

Smarty Pass Sneak Peek: SPORTSBALL Impression Sound

Phones: The fun, the annoying and the confusing

Auroras: Nature's light show

Smarty Pass Sneak Peek: Me and my pet

Seahorses! Curly-tailed wonders of the sea

Singing: the how and the wow of voices

Catnip, cat naps, and the history of house cats

Smarty Pass Sneak Peek: Rhyme or Reason

How do trees help our cities?

If our bodies are 98 degrees, why does it feel so hot outside?

It’s a mystery sound extravaganza!

How do vacuums work?

How do stringed instruments make sounds?

Smarty Pass Sneak Peek: Radical Design

How to build a house on the Moon

Are there insects in Antarctica?

How can you tell when food is expired?

How does ibuprofen help stop pain?

Smarty Pass Sneak Peek: Mystery Sound Investigation

Everything you need to know before the 2024 solar eclipse

Are UFOs real?

Join us for Brains On live in April!

Why do we laugh?

How do satellites work?

Tooth or Dare: A Smarty Pass Sneak Peek

How does a match make fire?

How deep does the sand go on the beach?

Is hypnosis real?

Why do we get cavities?

Baby Mystery Sound: A Smarty Pass Sneak Peek

How did ferns survive the dinosaur extinction?

What happened to the Neanderthals?

Taxonomic Ticklers: A Smarty Pass sneak peek

Where does lightning come from?

Brains On presents Forever Ago - Superman: An immigrant's story

Hungry? Check out the Snacktacular Road Trip

Why do our bodies take so long to grow?

How and why do chameleons change color?

Why are we afraid of the dark?

Why isn’t Pluto a planet anymore?

What is ADHD?

NEW SHOW ALERT! What's that smell?

Going Viral: What is a Computer Virus?

Ancient beasts: A prehistoric game show!

How do animals build their homes?

How do apples grow?

Join us at the Big Dig!

Where does all our energy come from?

What is artificial intelligence?

How do our eyes, skin and hair get their colors?

How much can your brain hold?

Can boredom be good for you?

What’s inside a jellyfish?

Hip hip hooray! Why are parties so fun?

Smarty Pass Bonus: Gungador Hosts a Dinner Party!

Come see Brains On live!!!

How do birds communicate?

How would life evolve in space?

Do video games really rot your brain?

Flies on a bus, space elevators, and other brain benders!

Why do we like some foods, but not others?

How do we learn to read - and why is it hard?

Million Bazillion: Why are there so many of the same stores?

The Trash Trail: Why is there so much plastic in the ocean?

Why do we need bugs?

Why do dogs wag their tails?

Why do we have friends?

Do plants sleep?

How heavy is the sky?

Glow for it! How do creatures make light?

How do hearing aids work?

Do scientists have superpowers?

Is it possible to clone yourself?

How is concrete made? And why does it matter?

How were people mummified?

Do insects see the world in slow motion? Looking through animal eyes

Space: The ultimate intergalactic game show

Terrestrials: The Mastermind

Flush! Where does our poo and pee go?

Why are we so sweaty?

Introducing Smarty Pass: Your ticket to the Brains On! Universe

Moon Myths: Why are there so many scary stories about the full moon?

AHH! How music can make scary movies even scarier

Blood: The superhighway of the body

Did the Brontosaurus really exist?

What happens at zoos after dark?

Where does your imagination come from?

Where do accents come from?

Get a whiff of that: Why you smell like you

Why is glass see-through?

Body Bonanza 2.0 - Your body questions answered

Can stress be helpful?

Underwater volcanoes and lots of salt: A deep dive into the ocean

Why can't we remember when we were babies?

Million Bazillion: How do big video platforms make money?

The Mosties!

Forever Ago is back June 1!

Dreams: The science of a sleeping brain

Tongue twisters: Terribly terrific and truly tantalizing

How does a caterpillar become a butterfly?

What makes tiny tardigrades tick?

Into the eye of a storm: How hurricanes form

Is mind-reading real?

Owl about Owls

How are we related to stars?

Why are butts and poop so funny?

Inside the immune system: Bad robots and friendly monsters

What's up with worms?

Mountain life: How's the air up there?

Chilling out with snow

Could you walk around the world?

Why do we like sugar so much?

Do we live in a multiverse?

Why are giraffe tongues blue? - A Moment of Um extra

Introducing Moment of Um!

What happens if you drop a feather in space?

The innies and outies of belly buttons

A guide to getting your COVID shot

Shark teeth: The sharp bits of a squishy animal

Spooky superstitions! Why we think 13 is bad luck

Crystals: More than just shiny rocks

Squirrelsperience: Trying out squirrel skills

The heroes we need to defeat the coronavirus

How to conquer Garbage Mountain

The invention of trash

Take a deep breath: How does breathing work?

What does the giraffe say? Our animal mystery sound extravaganza!

Why do we lose teeth?

What causes wildfires?

Million Bazillion answers your questions about money

Why do mosquitoes bite? Scratching that itch

Why do songs get stuck in our heads?

Vaccines for kids and silver linings: Our second COVID summer

Do dogs know they're dogs?

Our 200th episode is SUN-sational!

How far can a cloud travel?

Totally Slothsome: All about sloths

How do computers store so much info in such a tiny space?

How does taste work? We react to our very first episode!

Like bread and cheese? Thank fungus!

Is mold alive? A look at fascinating fungus

Is time travel possible?

Mystery Sound Extravaganza 2021

Why are smartphones so hard to put down?

What did dinosaurs sound like?

Dino Edition: How do we know what dinosaurs looked like?

What's in the COVID vaccine?

What's behind the waves and tides?

Let's go bananas!

A super special shot: All about coronavirus vaccines

Meet Gitanjali Rao, Time Magazine's first-ever Kid of the Year

How do synthesizers work?

Why is it so hard to break a habit?

Smash Boom Best: Flowers vs Rainbows

Bones from the inside out

Why do siblings annoy each other?

How do flu vaccines work?

Past, present and future: Using time to understand this pandemic

Smash: When continents collide!

Behind the scenes: See how we make the show

The buzz on bees, pt. 2

The buzz on bees, pt. 1

Stars: Twinkling, glowing, giant balls of gas

What makes gross things gross?

Poop Party: Answers to your poo questions

Introducing: Million Bazillion

Masks and mouth mist: What we know about the coronavirus now

The world of tiny robots

Why do kids have more energy than adults?

Why does green mean go? And other color conundrums

Injustice and Anger: Understanding your emotions

Introducing: Julie's Library

Coronavirus: How to be a helper from home

Thinking ink: The scoop on this colorful stuff!

Mystery Sound Extravaganza 2020

Can you dig to the center of the Earth?

Joy Overload! The science of tickles and cuteness

Virus Busters: How scientists are working to stop the coronavirus

Do plants have feelings?

Nervous: All about feelings, pt. 4

Staying home: How social distancing helps fight coronavirus

Narwhals: Unicorns of the sea?

Understanding coronavirus and how germs spread

Weather Watching: The birth of forecasts

The secret world of dust

For crying out loud: All about tears

Canine club: From wolves to dogs!

Mirrors, sequins and glitter: what makes them shine?

Aliens and UFOs: Making Sense of Myths, pt. 4

Mermaids, Kraken and the Loch Ness Monster: Making Sense of Myths, pt. 3

Lost Cities: Making Sense of Myths, pt. 2

Bigfoot, Unicorns and Dragons: Making Sense of Myths, pt. 1

How do pianos work?

Flavor facts: Why food is so delicious

What was the first life on earth?

Ask-A-Scientist: Bird Bonanza!

Books: How they're made and how your brain reads them

Why do we like getting scared?

Wonderful Wool: The secrets of this amazing fluff

How does the internet get to us?

Why do we lie?

The secrets of the spectacular spacesuit

What is dyslexia? And how do our brains read?

How do elevators work?

Hey, where did you get those genes?!?

Plastic: Why it's everywhere

Ants: Who's in charge here?

Tree, Myself and I: All about our leafy green friends

Going underground at Wind Cave National Park

Angry: All about feelings, pt. 3

Sad: All about feelings, pt. 2

Happy: All about feelings, pt. 1

Thinkin stinkin: Why we smell

Forever echo: Can a sound wave go on forever?

The hows and whys of hair

Mystery Sound Extravaganza 2019

Carnivores: Plants and animals that bite back

Black Holes, Wormholes and Donut Holes

Walking on walls: How ants and spiders do it

My air came from where?! How oxygen gets around

How do airplanes fly?

Memory and deja vu

Are we still evolving?

Brains On: Behind the scenes

Earthrise: The picture of our planet that changed the world

Soil: Can you dig it?

Voices: How do we make sound?

Roller coasters: from dream to extreme

Finding your way without a map

Video Games: A Tale of Two Pongs

Body Bonanza: Yawns, hiccups, goosebumps and more!

How to find the facts (Prove It: Part 4)

The scoop on journalism (Prove It: Part 3)

Science under the microscope (Prove It: Part 2)

A Brief History of Facts (Prove It: Part 1)

Brains On! + The Story Pirates: What makes fun things fun?

Keeping water healthy, one clue at a time

Burning rivers of fire

How does GPS know where you are?

Salty snack science: Popcorn, nachos and the origins of salt

Wanna see Mars' close approach? Just look up!

Smash Boom Best: Books vs Movies

How to cook for an alien

Mix: The science cooking, pt. 4

Chop: The science of cooking, pt. 3

Chill: The science of cooking, pt. 2

Heat: The science of cooking pt. 1

Boogers and sun sneezes: Know your nose

The wonderful weirdness of water

Smash Boom Best: Bats vs. Owls (new show alert!)

Robots take over (the show)! Live from Robotstravaganza

What's in your water?

What makes paint stick?

Allergy Attack: How our bodies can overreact

Mystery Sound Extravaganza 2018

How do animals breathe underwater?

'The Rice Cakes and the Oni': A story from Circle Round

Circadian rhythm pt. 2: Beyond human

From 8-bit to orchestras: How does video game music affect you?

The tick-tock of our circadian clock

‘Is it opposite day?’ and other mind-bending paradoxes

Our 100th episode! What's the big deal?

Meet Sandy, the left-handed mutant snail

Dolphins vs. Octopuses: Showdown in the sea!

Dogs: What's the secret of their sense of smell?

Mary Shelley and the science of Frankenstein

Super-size-asaurus: How did dinosaurs get so big?

Mysteries of the universe: Expansion and gravity

The nerve! Electricity in our bodies

Charged up! The science of batteries

High voltage! How electric power reaches your outlet

Shocking! The science of static (Electricity series pt. 1)

Where did language come from?

Curio: Flies on the bus

What's smaller than an electron?

Healing skin and regrowing limbs: The science of regeneration

Bonus: Kidcast sampler

Curio: Vampire of the Great Lakes

How do volcanoes erupt?

Curio: Quindar tones and talking in space

Mars: Our next home planet?

Thunder, lightning and tornadoes: Where do they come from?

Animal farts: A mighty wind

Sunburns: The why behind the ouch (and how to avoid them)

Everything you need to know before the solar eclipse

Deep Sea vs. Outer Space

Fart Smarts: Understanding the gas we pass

Riding in the car: Motion sickness and optical illusions (Road trip pt. 5)

Traffic: Phantom jams and chicken soup (Road trip pt. 4)

Monster trucks and car design (Road trip pt. 3)

The future of fuel, and the problem with exhaust (Road trip pt. 2)

How do engines work? (Road trip pt. 1)

Mystery sound extravaganza!

The science of slime: What is it and why are we so obsessed

Why is the ocean salty?

Do we all see the same colors?

Cats: Glowing eyes, puffy tails and secret purrs

Dinosaur bones: How do we know their age?

Lighting the way for sea turtles at Gulf Islands National Seashore

Surviving the desert at Joshua Tree National Park

Making the sands sing at Great Sand Dunes National Park

Tracking wild horses at Assategue Island National Seashore

What makes cute things cute?

Fire vs. Lasers!

How do whales communicate?

Could it rain lemonade?

How do invisible x-rays help us see?

Carnivorous plants: How they lure, trap and digest

How is glass made?

Mosquitoes: What are they good for?

Big universe, big questions

Why don't carnivores need to eat their vegetables?

How do you catch a cold?

Is there life on other planets?

Extinction!

Brains On! Besties

Living Large with the International Space Station

Mystery sound extravaganza!

Spider sense

Why are no two snowflakes the same?

The science of baking

Barks, growls, meows and purrs: Translating cats and dogs

How do meteorologists predict the weather?

The great cat debate: Evil or misunderstood?

Your booger questions, answered

Why does tickling make you laugh?

Bridges vs. Tunnels