Ear Snacks Podcast for Kids
Explore the absurdity and wonder of every day when kids talk about music, art, science and culture - one topic at a time. Packed with earworms and made with heart. - New York Times - One of the best podcasts for kids. - Common Sense Media
Episodes
April 18, 2024 • 25 mins
Metamorphic caterpillars! Fungus farming ants! Digital bees? Oh my! -- how can these all be bugs? In this episode, Avery talks about bugs in computer code and how she built a pollination video game with a Raspberry Pi. Izaiah updates us about the worms in the compost pile on his farm. And our friends at Valle de Niños in San Francisco take us on a tour of the life cycle of caterpillars. (Entomolgist Chris Wheeler also gets some wor...
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April 18, 2024 • 26 mins
What IS a CRITTER? Andrew & Polly ask some friends around the world about the different critters that live in their neighborhoods.
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April 16, 2024 • 21 mins
An interview with a mermaid scientist!!!
This Earth Week remix episode of Ear Snacks features the bright light of science communicator and mermaid, Danni Washington. Check out her amazing book, Bold Women in Science, and her podcast for kids, Genius Generation.
Thanks again to our friends Arlo, Molly, Poppy, Opal, Sam, and Thiri (and their parents) for sharing what they know about lights! And thank you to all our listeners for your...
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April 16, 2024 • 9 mins
Happy Earth Week! What has 3 trillion trees and one kid named after a birch tree?
Andrew & Polly's family tree has (at least!) 3 tree experts who give us just the tiniest glimpse into the wonder of all things arboreal. Thanks to Bay Area-based Plant Stars and Oakland Aesthetics for sharing what they love!
To learn more or to be on the show, visit earsnacks.org - and thanks for listening!
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March 27, 2024 • 18 mins
What do you see during an eclipse? What does it feel like? What does it sound like?
In 2017, we asked kids and families living in the path of totality to record their experience of the Great American Eclipse. If you're getting ready for the total solar eclipse on April 8th, 2024 that will stretch from Texas to Maine, check this out!
More awesome eclipse- and science-related listening goodness, including…
Our episode about Shadows ...
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March 22, 2024 • 33 mins
Why ARE there so many songs about rainbows? Because there's SO MUCH TO SAY about them!
Happy Holi! Andrew & Polly act as the prism for some awesome tangential concepts connected to ROY G BIV. Jazz piansit Charu Suri shares the connection between raga (Sanskrit for "color" or "dye") and the aura of music, as well as her love of the mischievously vibrant paint-throwing Festival of Colors, Holi!
And Nina Silver takes us on a guided u...
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March 8, 2024 • 15 mins
WHAT IS PIE? What about pi? Can I have 3.1415 pieces, please?
Pre-heat your International Pi Day festivities! Andrew & Polly get granular with Molly Birnbaum from America’s Test Kitchen Kids who does all kinds of fascinating kitchen experiments and games on her new kids podcast, Mystery Recipe. Find more at ATKkids.com/mysteryrecipe and earsnacks.org — we hope family time can be filled with fun and learning and good food!
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February 23, 2024 • 30 mins
Do you ever make things in your house? Do you ever use YARN?
Unwind the knotty world of knitting, coziness, and monster design with our friends Lilah, Gertie, Dot, and Andy Ferguson a.k.a. musician & puppeteer, Red Yarn! Andy shares a paper bag craft, using pantomime to create new puppetry characters, and how crafting can contribute to protest movements.
Our pal Angela Diveglia shares about her time working with Bread and Puppet Th...
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February 9, 2024 • 34 mins
Do all hearts beat the same? We don’t know…unless we listen to them.
With the help of four well-informed hummingbirds and renowned muralist Ruben Rojas, Andrew & Polly explore what they know about hearts – biological and metaphorical! Our friends Maya, Anders, Jackson, and Emmet share about how their hearts feel when they give and receive Valentines. And Polly shares about the little robot in her chest (her pacemaker-defibrillator...
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January 27, 2024 • 33 mins
Guest host extraordinaire Carly Ciarrocchi introduces you to the GRAMMY®-nominated artists for Best Children's Music Album in 2024:
DJ Willy Wow! for HIP-HOPE FOR KIDS!
123 Andrés for WE GROW TOGETHER: PRESCHOOL SONGS
Andrew & Polly for AHHHHH!
Uncle Jumbo for TASTE THE SKY
Pierce Freelon and Nnenna Freelon for ANCESTARS
Congratulations to all the nominees for the 66th GRAMMY Awards! We hope you'll follow these artists ...
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January 12, 2024 • 32 mins
Ding ding! Andrew & Polly explore a world of bell sounds and sensations guided by blind author Andrew Leland and percussionist Abby Savell. Kora, Nora, Hazel, Max, Fortney and Berlin think about the use of bells in mindfulness and meditation, around the necks of cats and cows, and the language of fairies.
Topics include the physics of sound, the spectrum of blindness, the British punk band Wire, and a vast array of bells including:...
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December 16, 2023 • 28 mins
Happy Happy Holidays! Let these completely original family-music tunes light up your holidays and upcoming home days. Thanks to these incredibly talented and generous musicians who fill our ears and hearts all year long - a great way to support their work is by sharing their music, adding their songs to your playlists and following them on social media!
Happy Happy Holidays by Aaron Nigel Smith
All I Want for Christmas is Used b...
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December 1, 2023 • 28 mins
Fun and funny songs to inspire the next generation of scientists!
On this episode, we're sharing the growing-things (biology) part of our Spotify playlist Science Class Soundtrack featuring these radically thoughtful artists:
The Scientific Method by Andrew & Polly feat. Mista Cookie Jar
The Dichotomous Key by Billy Kelly & Molly Ledford
Trees by Ozomatli Presents Ozokids
Micro Biome by Formidable Vegetable
Little Mushroo...
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November 17, 2023 • 28 mins
Wheeeee! How do slides work? What makes something slippery? And what happens when one person wants to go down a slide and another person wants to go up?
Andrew & Polly think about the physics of playgrounds, sledding, trombones, and outer space. Our friends Oscar, Alexis, Calvin, Monroe, Tenney, Ainsley, and aerospace engineer Frankie help us make friends with gravity and friction. Plus we turn a playground structure into a percuss...
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October 21, 2023 • 37 mins
On this episode of Ear Snacks, Andrew & Polly play some of their favorite songs from family music artists about BIG feelings -- and how it's okay to notice them and be with them for a while. This is just a small selection of the great music made for kids we're curating on Spotify playlists, so check 'em out! On this episode of Ear Snacks, you'll hear:
Tiger in a Hammock by You and Us
Wild Thing by Hot Toast Music Company
Let'...
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October 6, 2023 • 29 mins
When you need a little pep talk, these songs will reassure you - you can do it! We're celebrating our new album “AHHHHH!” by playing our new songs along with awesome songs from some other amazing family music artists – all about positive self-talk.
Worthy Mantra by Tiptoe Giants
Soy Yo by Bomba Estereo
Powerful, Wonderful by Andrew & Polly (feat. Raye Zaragoza)
Smardi Gras by Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
I Am Enough by Miss Jul...
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September 22, 2023 • 37 mins
Today on Ear Snacks we're celebrating our new album “AHHHHH!” by playing our new songs along with awesome songs from some other amazing family music artists – all about joy and resilience. Resilience is that thing kids need to help them get through tough stuff, and allowing joyfulness is one of the ways we can fill our tanks when we're feeling on empty. So get ready to bounce - and practice how to bounce back!
Many thanks to these ...
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September 8, 2023 • 23 mins
New Yorker cartoonist Tom Toro (Home Free, Back to School Backpack) talks cartoons of all shapes and sizes on this episode of Ear Snacks! Andrew & Polly avoid anvils, consider political cartoons, think about how it feels to STOP watching your favorite stories, and sing a brand new song by Eilis Cahill.
Thanks for listening! A big thank you to Leo, Solomon, Hannah, Seamus, Leon, Waylan and Izzy — and their parents — for sharing wha...
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August 9, 2023 • 18 mins
Sloths on motorcycles. Stereo sound. Ball bearings left over from WWII.
We're talking about Moves, people. Independent ride operator Bruce Perlman talks about how he got into the carnival industry, how his friend Sergio designs gigantic moving attractions, and how boats and 22-wheelers move these carnival rides from place to place. Ramona, Hank, Willa, Colin, Bella, Desmond, and Charlie also make their Ear Snacks debut pondering w...
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July 26, 2023 • 30 mins
Math and art intersect in this super-fun episode of Ear Snacks! Andrew & Polly invent awesome shape games with author illustrator Carter Higgins, who shares about her awesome book Circle Under Berry and our friends Emmet, Milena, Phoenix and Gertie dish on things with more than three sides.
For more information or to be on the show, visit earsnacks.org.
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