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Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
For curious kids ages 5–10 and their parents: a science podcast where every short episode answers one big question. How do planes fly? Why is the sky blue? Why do your fingers get wrinkly in water? Two hosts talk it through, a curious question and a clear answer that makes sense to a child. Science, nature, space, the human body and everyday tech. Most episodes are under 10 minutes, great for car rides and bedtime. Clean and family-friendly. Enjoying it? A quick rating on Apple Podcasts or…
Episodes
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Why do we burp and fart?
Ages 5–10 | Burps and farts let gas leave your digestive system. Discover how swallowed air becomes a burp and how tiny gut bacteria make more gas. Find out…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Why Do I Get Goosebumps When I'm Cold or Scared? for Kids
Ages 5–10 | Goosebumps happen when tiny muscles at the bottom of your hairs squeeze and make the hairs stand up. You climb out of the pool and little bumps…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
How Does a Refrigerator Make My Drink Cold? Science for Kids
Ages 5–10 | A refrigerator moves heat from inside to the outside, which keeps your drink cold. You put a warm bottle in the refrigerator and come back to cold…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Dad, How Does It Work? Trailer: Science for Kids Ages 5–10
Ages 5–10 | A curious question, a clear answer. Why do your fingers get wrinkly in water? How do trees talk to each other? How does a cut heal? Dad, How Does…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Why Do Tears Come Out When I Cry? Science for Kids
The lost dog finally comes home, and your eyes fill with tears. But you're happy. Why are you crying? Were there tears in your eyes all along? Where does the…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Why Does My Stomach Growl When I'm Hungry? for Kids
You are sitting in a quiet classroom, waiting for lunch.Your stomach suddenly growls loudly enough for someone else to hear.Is it asking for food?What is…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Why Do We Need Soap If We Already Have Water? for Kids
You rinse greasy pizza fingers under the tap.The water runs over them, but they still feel slippery.Why can water wash away mud but struggle with oil?What does…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Why Do Bites and Cuts Feel Worse in the Shower? for Kids
Ages 5–10 | Why do bites and cuts feel worse in the shower? You step into the shower with a mosquito bite or a tiny cut. It was barely bothering you before…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
How Does Tapping a Credit Card Actually Pay? for Kids
You tap your credit card on the machine. Beep. Green check mark. Done. But... what actually just happened? No cash moved. The card barely touched anything. So…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
How Do Trees Talk to Each Other? Science for Kids
You see one tree getting eaten by insects, while the tree next to it looks untouched. How could the second tree possibly know there’s danger nearby? Trees…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Why Do Your Fingers Get Wrinkly in Water? Science for Kids
You’re sitting in the bath, and suddenly your fingers look completely different. Why do they get wrinkly while the rest of your skin mostly doesn’t? You might…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
How Does a Cut Heal? Science for Kids
Ages 5–10 | How does a cut heal? You scrape your knee, and a few days later a scab appears and the cut starts closing. But how does your body even know where…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
How Does a Battery Make Electricity? Science for Kids
You put a battery into a toy, and suddenly it comes alive. But what is actually happening inside that little battery? Is it just full of electricity waiting to…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
How Does Google Know What a Red Panda Looks Like? for Kids
You search for “red panda,” and the right photos appear almost instantly. But most of those pictures do not have the words “red panda” written on them. So how…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Why Do I Feel Sick When I'm Driving? Explained for Kids
Ages 5–10 | Why do I feel sick when I'm driving? You're reading in the back seat, and suddenly your tummy feels funny. So why does motion sickness show up out…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
How Did the Dinosaurs Disappear? Science for Kids
You look up at a giant dinosaur skeleton and wonder how something so powerful could vanish. Did every dinosaur suddenly die at the same time? And how could one…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Where Did Lego Start? The Story of Lego
You pick up a LEGO brick, and it feels like it was always meant to look this way. But LEGO did not begin with plastic bricks at all. It started with wooden…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
How Does ChatGPT Sound Like a Real Person? for Kids
You ask ChatGPT a question, and seconds later it answers like someone is really talking to you. But there is no tiny person hiding inside the computer.So how…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
How Does Water Come Out of the Tap? Explained for Kids
You turn the tap, and water just appears. It feels like it was waiting behind the wall. But where was it one second before? And why does the toilet suddenly…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
How Does the Remote Talk to the TV? Explained for Kids
A TV remote feels obvious until you ask the basic question: how does the TV know what you pressed from across the room? A remote turns each button press into a…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Where Does the Air Conditioner Get Cold Air? for Kids
You press the button, and cold air starts blowing out. But where did that cold air come from? Was it hiding inside the air conditioner? And if the room air was…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Where Does All This Dust Come From? Science for Kids
You wipe the shelf clean. Then somehow, the dust is back again. But where did it even come from? It was floating in the air before you saw it. Some came from…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Why Do Companies Need More Money to Grow? Explained for Kids
Ages 5–10 | Why do companies need more money to grow? You build a lemonade stand, and people love it. So why would you need someone else's money? Shouldn't a…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
How Does Plastic Even Become a Balloon? Explained for Kids
You pick up a birthday balloon, and it feels almost impossible. It is thin, light, stretchy, and somehow it holds air without falling apart. But then the weird…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
How Are Stones Made? Science for Kids
You pick up a smooth stone at the beach and it feels… finished. Like someone made it. But no one did. So where did this stone actually come from? Was it always…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Wait… Can I Actually Own Part of Apple and Netflix? for Kids
Ages 5–10 | Can I actually own part of Apple and Netflix? People buy phones, burgers, shoes and drinks every day, and the companies that make them keep getting…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Do Continents Really Move or Is That Just Earthquakes?
You hear about earthquakes and it sounds scary. Like the ground suddenly shakes for no reason. But then someone says the Earth is always moving… even when…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
How Do Astronauts Go to the Bathroom in Space? for Kids
You’re floating. Not falling. Not standing. Just… drifting. And then you realize something weird. Your body still needs to do normal things. Like eating…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Why Do We Need Vaccines If We're Not Sick? for Kids
Ages 5–10 | Why do we need vaccines if we're not sick? You're feeling totally fine, and then it's time for a vaccine. Wait, why now? Nothing is even wrong. So…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Why Do We Dream? Science for Kids
You wake up and it felt completely real. Like you were flying… or talking to someone who wasn’t there. But you were just lying in bed the whole time. So how…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
How Do Fish Even Breathe Underwater? Science for Kids
You’re watching a fish and suddenly it hits you… it never comes up for air. Its mouth keeps opening and closing like it’s chewing water. But water isn’t air……
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
How Does My Phone Know Exactly Where I Am? for Kids
You look at the map on the phone and see the blue dot moving. Then the car turns a corner… and the blue dot turns too. But the phone isn’t looking out the…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
How Does a Microwave Heat Food So Fast? Science for Kids
You put cold pizza into the microwave. You press a button. Thirty seconds later it’s hot. But the plate is sometimes still cool. And the middle of the food can…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
How Is the Mosquito Bite So Silent? Science for Kids
You’re outside, and suddenly later you see a mosquito bite on your arm. But wait… when did that happen? You don’t remember anything poking you. You didn’t feel…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
How Does Paper Even Come From Trees? Explained for Kids
You’re holding a sheet of paper, and it feels soft and easy to bend. But trees are hard. You can knock on them. They don’t fold. So how did a tree turn into…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Why Do I Feel Cold Right After a Hot Shower? for Kids
You just stood in hot shower water, and your whole body felt warm. But the second you turn it off, suddenly you feel cold. Sometimes you even shiver, even…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Why Isn't There Wi-Fi Outside? Explained for Kids
At home, your Wi-Fi is always there. Then you walk outside, and it suddenly disappears. Where did it go? Did the internet stay inside your house? You might…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Why Does Lightning Flash? Science for Kids
Ages 5–10 | Why does lightning suddenly flash? You're looking at the sky, and then lightning flashes across the clouds. It's so bright! A second later, thunder…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Why Do Crabs Walk Sideways? Science for Kids
You see a crab at the beach, and it suddenly runs sideways across the sand. Not forward. Not backward. Only sideways. It almost looks like it’s sliding instead…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Why Is It Important to Eat Protein? Explained for Kids
You’re eating, and someone says, “Make sure you finish your protein.” But you already ate a lot, so why does protein matter so much? Why do foods like eggs…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Where Are All Our Games and Videos Saved? Explained for Kids
You press play on a YouTube video, and it starts working. Then suddenly, it stops… and a spinning circle appears. You didn’t press pause. So why did it stop?…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
How Do Glasses Help Us Read? Science for Kids
You put on someone else’s glasses, and suddenly everything looks strange and wrong. Or you take off your own glasses, and the words in your book turn fuzzy and…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Why Does Rain Fall From the Sky? Science for Kids
You’re outside playing, and suddenly it starts raining. You look up at the sky and think, wait… where did all that water come from? Did someone pour it from…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
How Does a Self-Driving Car Drive by Itself? for Kids
You might look at a car and suddenly notice something strange. The steering wheel is turning, but nobody is touching it. You start wondering how the car knows…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Why Can't My Heart Ever Stop Beating? Explained for Kids
Ages 5–10 | Why can't my heart ever stop beating? You're sitting still, doing nothing, but your heart keeps going. Thump. Thump. Thump. You didn't tell it to…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
How Big Is the Sun? Science for Kids
You look up at the Sun, and it just looks like a small bright circle. So how big could it really be? Could it be the size of Earth? Bigger than a city? Bigger…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
How Did We Reach the Moon? Science for Kids
You look up at the Moon and it feels impossibly far away. If you jump, you fall back down. If you throw a ball, it comes right back. So how did a rocket not…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
How Do Planes Fly? Science for Kids
You look up and see a huge airplane crossing the sky. It’s made of metal, seats, people, and bags, so it should be too heavy to fly. So why doesn’t it just…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
How Does YouTube Know Which Ads to Show Me? for Kids
You open YouTube to watch one video. And somehow the ads are exactly about the things you searched yesterday. The game you wanted. The shoes you mentioned. The…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
What Is Electricity? Explained for Kids
You flip a switch and the light turns on right away. But nothing is pouring into the bulb… so what actually moved? There’s no water. No fuel. Just a thin metal…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Why Does Everything Fall Down? Gravity for Kids
You drop your pencil and it falls straight to the floor. You toss a ball up and it always comes back down. But… why down? Nothing is tying things to Earth…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Why Is Everyone Always Telling Me to Eat Less Sugar?
You eat a cookie or drink a soda, and suddenly you feel super fast and excited. Like you could run everywhere at once. But a little later, your legs feel heavy…
- Dad, How Does It Work? Science Podcast for Kids
Why Is the Sky Blue? Science for Kids
You look up and the whole sky is blue. But the Sun doesn’t look blue at all. It looks white or yellow. So where is that blue coming from? Sunlight travels…