Seraphina Speaks, for Children who Think
This award winning family-friendly show inspires tweens and early teens to examine social norms and ordinary everyday things. Everything from happiness, being a tween, chores, school, Race, toys, & more. Your host Seraphina Malina-Derben (currently 10 years old) started the show aged seven, as a small girl with big questions. Now older, she continues to query life’s basic situations. She brings thoughtful and fun conversation and is joined by her trusty triplet brothers plus different correspondents each episode. In 15-20 minute episodes she reviews other family focused podcasts with frequent guest appearances from hosts of these shows. Seraphina Speaks is listened to globally across schools, by children, and within families as conversation starters. Seraphina was named as a young social impact hero for this thought leadership podcast. Contact: seraphina@seraphinaspeaks.com
Episodes
Mishaps. Flops. Missteps. Things that don’t hit the mark and downright blunders. We all experience failures in life. This episode is a nod to this commonplace ‘event’ that dominates much of our waking thought.
In the Main Episode and the Behind The Scenes Bulletin you’ll learn about:
• Where the word failure comes from
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Mishaps. Flops. Missteps. Things that don’t hit the mark and downright blunders. We all experience failures in life. This episode is a nod to this commonplace ‘event’ that dominates much of our waking thought.
In the Main Episode and the Behind The Scenes Bulletin you’ll learn about:
• Where the word failure comes from
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Whether you're a kid or a kid at heart, prepare to be enchanted, entertained, and enticed by all things Disney. We explore the happiest (and most profitable) place on Earth! From Mickey's iconic ears to Frozen fever, Disney has mastered the art of turning dreams into dollars.
In the Main Episode and the Behind The Scenes Bulletin you’ll learn about:
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Whether you're a kid or a kid at heart, prepare to be enchanted, entertained, and enticed by all things Disney. We explore the happiest (and most profitable) place on Earth! From Mickey's iconic ears to Frozen fever, Disney has mastered the art of turning dreams into dollars.
In the Main Episode and the Behind The Scenes Bulletin you’ll learn about:
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The answers you get depend on the questions you pose. This episode is about the questions grown ups ask vs the ones that might be better to ask tweens and teens.
In the Main Episode and the Behind The Scenes Bulletin you’ll learn about:
• The type of questions adults ask
• How the question mark came about
The answers you get depend on the questions you pose. This episode is about the questions grown ups ask vs the ones that might be better to ask tweens and teens.
In the Main Episode and the Behind The Scenes Bulletin you’ll learn about:
• The type of questions adults ask
• How the question mark came about
Accepting and celebrating our differences helps us get comfortable in our own skin. But if you’ve ever felt like YOU were the problem, that you were different, and things would be easier if you changed to “fit in” then this episode is a gift for you.
In the Main Episode and the Behind The Scenes Bulletin you’ll learn about:
• What being differ...
Accepting and celebrating our differences helps us get comfortable in our own skin. But if you’ve ever felt like YOU were the problem, that you were different, and things would be easier if you changed to “fit in” then this episode is a gift for you.
In the Main Episode and the Behind The Scenes Bulletin you’ll learn about:
• What being differ...
We can’t calculate exactly how many celebrity-ish people there are in the world but it seems that these people get special treatment wherever they go.
In the Main Episode and the Behind The Scenes Bulletin you’ll learn about:
• What celebrity is and how people become one
• Whether King Charles III is a celebrit...
We can’t calculate exactly how many celebrity-ish people there are in the world but it seems that these people get special treatment wherever they go.
In the Main Episode and the Behind The Scenes Bulletin you’ll learn about:
• What celebrity is and how people become one
• Whether King Charles III is a celebrit...
Anyone who thinks they don’t smell is kidding themselves. Body odour is a gift that keeps on giving. In the Main Episode and the Behind The Scenes Bulletin you’ll learn about:
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What it takes to be an expert and why Seraphina calls herself one
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Who smells of cheese and who smells oniony
Anyone who thinks they don’t smell is kidding themselves. Body odour is a gift that keeps on giving. In the Main Episode and the Behind The Scenes Bulletin you’ll learn about:
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What it takes to be an expert and why Seraphina calls herself one
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Who smells of cheese and who smells oniony
Pockets are political. They’re not a small item in clothes, though it could seem that way.
In the Main Episode and the Behind The Scenes Bulletin you’ll learn about:
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The importance of pockets for girls and women
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The history of pockets
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Pockets are political. They’re not a small item in clothes, though it could seem that way.
In the Main Episode and the Behind The Scenes Bulletin you’ll learn about:
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The importance of pockets for girls and women
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The history of pockets
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Read more
Opening this Season with a Big Bang: On Lying.
In the Main Episode and the Behind The Scenes Bulletin you’ll learn about:
• Seraphina’s Whopper Lie and how it was received
• How often people lie
• Who lies most and how often teens lie to their parents
• Different ways to think about truth telling and lies
• Social rules that expect us to lie yet to be honest also
• The most common lie
• The biggest lie of all time
The Dream Big f...
Opening this Season with a Big Bang: On Lying.
In the Main Episode and the Behind The Scenes Bulletin you’ll learn about:
• Seraphina’s Whopper Lie and how it was received
• How often people lie
• Who lies most and how often teens lie to their parents
• Different ways to think about truth telling and lies
• Social rules that expect us to lie yet to be honest also
• The most common lie
• The biggest lie of all time
The Dream Big f...
Season 2 of Seraphina Speaks: For Children Who Think is coming soon! This is a trailer to let you know that early next month we'll begin dropping eight regular-season episodes again.
In this trailer you’ll learn about which topics I’m tackling this season. Plus you’ll also hear from a mighty legend of a podcaster who is one of my featured guests this season!
Want to get involved?
Closing our this Season with a quick review of how featuring my triplet brothers, Montgomery and Horatio, is going. I couldn’t tell if it would be a smooth experience until I tried, obviously. You’ll hear my update on the situation in this tiny behind the scenes bulletin. Share your tips on managing your siblings to Seraphina@seraphinaspeaks.com
You’ll also learn that
Time is precious whatever our age. Wasting our time on conversation topics that bore us can feel pretty mindless. In todays episode I explore the idea of things I don’t care about. You’ll hear examples of conversations that fall into this category. My triplet brothers, Montgomery and Horatio will probably make you almost fall sleep UNLESS you’re into the topics they are passionate about. I find that hard to believe but...
Let’s make bad habits normal, could we agree on this?. In todays behind the scenes bulletin you’ll hear about even more so-called bad habits including how a particular one sparked a mega successful TV show.
You’ll learn why I believe that asking neurodiverse people to change bad habits may be unkind. Plus, I encourage listeners to start up conversations about reframing bad habits at school, at home and in...
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