Mini-episode: Exploring Earth’s Fiery Secrets!

🌍🔥 We're breaking down one of our most exciting episodes into a three-part mini series! Join Emily and Luis as they take you deep into the world of volcanoes—one mini adventure at a time. In each of these bite-sized episodes, you’ll explore different parts of our original journey: from a natural museum replica, to explosive lava facts, and even a fun game show with globe-trotting volcano lover Sam Mitchell!

Each mini episode is packed with fascinating facts about lava rocks, why volcanoes are so important to Earth, and a surprise treat... chocolate lava cake! 🍫

If you're tuning in for the first time or just want a quick science fix, these mini episodes are the perfect way to explore volcanoes in short, fun bursts!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Welcome to Growing Up with Emily, a Lingo kids podcast
that helps kids discover how to be whatever they want
to be. Join us on an epic adventure to uncover
the secrets behind Dawson skills, cool hobbies, and the incredible
journeys of people who followed their dreams. In this episode,
Luis and I get a closer look at fire mountains

(00:29):
and what being a volcanologist is all about. Side Now,

(00:52):
let's talk to Sam about the cool adventures volcanologists get
to have.

Speaker 2 (00:59):
Emily and I, please please please have the first question.
After playing the game with Sam, I really want to
ask him one thing. Sure, Luise, fire away Sam. Have
you seen a volcano with lava in person?

Speaker 1 (01:15):
Ooh, that's called a volcanic eruption.

Speaker 3 (01:19):
Yes, I have seen a couple of volcanic eruptions in person.
One of them is Estromboli, which is in Italy. Back then,
that was a volcano that used to erupt very very frequently.

Speaker 2 (01:31):
Wow.

Speaker 3 (01:32):
And if you saw it at nighttime, you just see
these red explosions every ten to fifteen minutes. And then
I've also seen lava flowries in Hawaii as well during
an eruption.

Speaker 1 (01:43):
It must be so beautiful to see in person. And
how old were you when you first got into volcano? Sam?

Speaker 3 (01:50):
I was around eleven years old when I started getting
interested in these things. With my mum. We'd pick up books,
bring them back home, and we'd sit there and go
to these books together. Some of them were more like textbooks,
so they were more like scientific Some of them were
a bit more adventurous, with lots of pictures and descriptions
about places around the world. So I just I started reading.

Speaker 2 (02:13):
I want one of those books. What cool volcano can
I read about? Sam? What's your favorite one?

Speaker 3 (02:18):
So I think I would have lots of favorite volcanoes,
but I'd say the favorite one that's the most interesting
to me is one in Tanzania called Oldoinno Lengai.

Speaker 2 (02:27):
Hold on, Emily, did you get that name again?

Speaker 1 (02:30):
Yes, it's Oldoino Lenguai. It means mountain of God for
the Massai tribes.

Speaker 2 (02:37):
Volcanoes have epic names everywhere. Why is this one so special?

Speaker 3 (02:41):
Because it erupts a very special type of lava, and
this lava when it erupts out, it's colder than a
lot of lava's around the world, so it doesn't shine
red orange. It's actually black and it's as runny as water,
so it's really really interesting. And then when it cools down,
it's tones into a white rock.

Speaker 2 (03:01):
It's a cookies and cream volcano.

Speaker 1 (03:03):
Ooh, sounds delicious. What other types of volcanoes do you study?

Speaker 3 (03:08):
The volcanoes I study. You're actually in the ocean and
on the sea floor. So what we do in my
kind of research expeditions is we go out on large
ships out to sea and we go to an area
where maybe there's a volcano on the sea floor, and
we will send scientific equipment down to the sea floor
to go and collect samples.

Speaker 1 (03:27):
I never thought that volcanoes could get you to the
deepest depths of the ocean. It sounds like you can
see Earth like no one has seen it before.

Speaker 3 (03:35):
Yes, the special moment for me was we were going
down in this submersible all the way down to the
sea floor. It took us about twenty minutes to get there,
and we went six hundred meters deep, so over two
thousand feet and when we arrived, you just see the
sea floor through them through the window in the submersible,

(03:58):
and you're the very first person who has maybe ever
seen that part of the sea floor, so that was
incredibly special.

Speaker 2 (04:05):
Wow. Sam, you like the first man on the Moon
but underwater. Ooh, nice one, Louise, Sam, I've been wanting
to ask this for so long. Here, I have this rock.
It's really nothing special. My mom gave it to me.
She brought it from a trip. How can I know
if it's a volcanic rock.

Speaker 3 (04:22):
Oh, there's lots of little things. Sometimes you can't always tell.
Sometimes rocks can be very good at keeping their secrets.
And if you can see these little green, round crystals
in there, that might mean it's a special type of
volcanic rock or basalts.

Speaker 2 (04:36):
I think I see no crystals here.

Speaker 3 (04:38):
Another thing you can look for is lots of holes
in your rock. So Magma when it's in the ground
and is full of bubbles of gas. So if there's
lots of little holes, those are where the bubbles of
gas used to be trapped, and when the rock cools down,
there's bubbles of gas get trapped and they remain as
little holes in your rock.

Speaker 2 (04:58):
Yeah, this one's like cheese, but with even more holes.

Speaker 1 (05:01):
Then I think it's safe to.

Speaker 2 (05:02):
Say that this rock is volcanic rock. Maxie. Thank you.

Speaker 1 (05:14):
So much for helping us out, Sam, Louise, what do
you think about volcanoes?

Speaker 2 (05:20):
I think they're super important for our planet. They're also beautiful,
but also dangerous and super duper powerful. And that you
can study volcanoes from the depth of the oceans. I'd
love to know so much more about them.

Speaker 1 (05:33):
Should we get that lava cake now?

Speaker 2 (05:35):
Yes, just with no ashes and gases. Please.

Speaker 1 (05:39):
Thanks for tagging along on this episode of Growing up
about the exciting adventures of volcanologists, and remember, little listener,
dream big, and always stay curious.

Speaker 2 (05:51):
Louise, are you ready.

Speaker 1 (05:52):
For more adventures?

Speaker 2 (05:53):
Wait? There's more?

Speaker 1 (05:54):
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