Episodes

June 4, 2023

Curious About Police

In episode 244, we get curious about police for Billy and Teddy of Brisbane, Australia and Constantin of Germany. What do police do? What are the different parts of a police officer's uniform? How do dogs help police? Lea...

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May 28, 2023

Curious About Beaches

In episode 243, we get curious about beaches for Grace, Tom, and Oli of Tasmania, Australia. How are beaches formed? Do all beaches look the same? What kinds of animals can be found on beaches? Learn all about beaches wit...

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May 21, 2023

Curious About Fevers

In episode 242, we get curious about fevers for Emmett and Ezeikiel of Ontario, Canada and William of Havertown, Pennsylvania. What does having a fever mean? What is our body trying to do when we have a fever? Why do many ...

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May 14, 2023

Curious About Vegetables

In episode 241, we get curious about vegetables for Roman of Alberta, Canada. We learn what vegetables are, and how they are different from fruit. We also learn what it means to be "cool as a cucumber" and whether beans are...

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May 7, 2023

Curious About Skin

In episode 240, we get curious about skin for Edward of Texas and Sloane and Logan of Ocala, Florida. We learn why skin is so important, about all of the different layers of the skin, and how our skin is different than the s...

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April 30, 2023

Curious About Castles

In episode 239, we get curious about castles for Henry of Atlanta, Georgia and Luna of Auckland, New Zealand. Why were castles built? How do castles help protect the people inside? What are the different parts of a castle?...

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April 23, 2023

Curious About Axolotls

In episode 238, we get curious about axolotls for Oliver from Missouri, Natalie from Kentucky, Leo from Australia, and Luke from Washington State. What are axolotls? What is the difference between an axolotl and a salamande...

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April 16, 2023

Curious About Prosthetics

In episode 237, we get curious about prosthetics with the help of Lindsey, a certified prosthetic/orthotic clinician with Hanger Clinic. We learn what limb loss and limb difference are, how prosthetics help people (and even ...

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April 9, 2023

Curious About Honey

In episode 236, we get curious about honey for Seb, Theia, and Harry from Exeter, England, Allison from Springfield, Virginia and Ryder from Wellington, New Zealand. How is honey made? Are honey bees the only insect that ma...

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April 2, 2023

Curious About Belly Buttons

In episode 235, we get curious about belly buttons for Eiko of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada and Sylvan (who left us a five star review). How are belly buttons formed? What do they do? Do animals have belly buttons? Listen...

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March 26, 2023

Season 9 Finale

In episode 234, we test how well you know Olivia with what we like to call Olivia Trivia! We share our favorite episodes and facts from season 9. We also reveal the first 10 episode topics of season ten. Visit the Curious K...

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March 19, 2023

Curious About Mountains

In episode 233, we get curious about mountains for Joe, Bo, and Addie of Dallas, Texas, Isla of Gisborne, New Zealand, and Kieran of Asheville, North Carolina. What is the difference between a mountain and a hill? How are m...

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March 12, 2023

Curious About Muscles

In episode 232, we get curious about muscles for Kozma and Kira or Twain Harte, California. What are muscles and how do they work? Do we control all of our muscles? What is muscle memory? Muscle up and learn all about mus...

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March 5, 2023

Curious About Rockets

In episode 231, we get curious about rockets for Edward of Texas, Finley and Rowan of Ontario, Canada, Asher of Florida, and Olivia of Florida. What are rockets? How do they get all the way into Space? Why are they so big ...

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Feb. 26, 2023

Curious About Taxes

In episode 230, we get curious about taxes for Ella of Chicago, Illinois. What are taxes? Why do we pay taxes? What kind of different taxes do Americans pay? Why was the Boston Tea Party not as fun as many other parties? ...

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Feb. 19, 2023

Curious About Mosquitoes

In episode 229, we get curious about mosquitoes for Jack and Owen of Traralgon, Australia. We learn what mosquitoes are, how they bite people, and why they are so good at biting people (and other animals). We also learn whe...

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Feb. 12, 2023

Curious About Calories

In episode 228, we get curious about calories for Norah, Ben, and Colbie of California. We learn what calories are, how calories work, and if they are bad for you. Join us to learn more about this nutritious and delicious ep...

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Feb. 5, 2023

Curious About Lighthouses

In episode 227, we get curious about lighthouses for Maxwell and Cyrus of Washington State, and Kai of Australia. We learn why we need lighthouses, how lighthouses work, and why all lighthouses look different. Join us as we...

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Jan. 29, 2023

Curious About Cameras

In episode 226, we get curious about cameras for Morgan of Kansas, Kate of New Jersey, and Lua of Canada. We learn about the fascinating history of cameras, how cameras work, and why pictures are often called photographs. J...

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Jan. 22, 2023

Curious About Quicksand

In episode 225, we get curious about quicksand for Dylan from London, UK, and Graham from Oregon. We learn whether or not quicksand is dangerous, and what you should do if you ever get stuck in quicksand. Are you curious wh...

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Jan. 15, 2023

Curious About Memory

In episode 224, we get curious about memory for Brook and Leah of Florida. We learn about the different types of memory, how we remember things, and why we forget some things. Listen in to this memorable episode to learn m...

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Jan. 8, 2023

Curious About Octopuses

In episode 223, we get curious about octopuses for Finley of Melbourne, Australia, Cal from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Jack and Ryan of Logan, Utah, and Beau and Isla of Rotorua, New Zealand. Is octopuses really the plural of ...

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Jan. 1, 2023

Curious About Laws

In episode 222, we get curious about laws for Soleil and Archer from Akron, Ohio. What are laws and why do we need them? How does an idea become a law? What are examples of some strange laws that still exist? Visit the Cur...

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Dec. 25, 2022

Curious About Submarines

In episode 221, we get curious about submarines for Veylan of Massachusetts. How do submarines dive deep into the ocean? How are sailors able to survive for a long time submerged in a submarine? How can sailors navigate a ...

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