Thread by @mental_floss

For those curious kids with big questions and even bigger imaginations, here is a thread of 12 phenomenal and fun podcast picks for the kiddos:

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‘Young Ben Franklin’ by @genzshows is a historical fiction podcast that imagines the life of a very curious, somewhat mischievous 13-year-old Ben Franklin.

@genzshows ‘Wow In The World’ (@wowintheworld) is an @npr podcast for curious kids and their grown-ups. Hosts @guyraz and @absolutelymindy take topics like facial mimicry, 3D printing, and solar eclipses and explain them in simple yet wildly entertaining ways.

@genzshows @wowintheworld @NPR @guyraz @AbsolutelyMindy ‘The Radio Adventures Of Dr. Floyd’ premiered in 2004 and continued for eight seasons, gaining a wide fan base of both children and adults in part for its irresistible, old-timey radio vibe.

@genzshows @wowintheworld @NPR @guyraz @AbsolutelyMindy ‘Story Pirates’(@storypirates) by @gimletmedia encourages kids to indulge in telling the tallest tales they can imagine. Each episode takes a different bizarre story written by kids and brings it to life with catchy songs, goofy voices & some of Hollywood’s hottest entertainers.

@genzshows @wowintheworld @NPR @guyraz @AbsolutelyMindy @storypirates @Gimletmedia ‘Brains On!’ (@brains_on) is a podcast co-hosted by a kid scientist and Molly Bloom, who delve into questions that will make listeners think “I’ve always wondered about that!” or “I’ve literally never thought about that before!”

@genzshows @wowintheworld @NPR @guyraz @AbsolutelyMindy @storypirates @Gimletmedia @Brains_On ‘Smash Boom Best’ (@smashboombest) pits two sort-of related things against each other and debates which one is better (or worse). 🍕or 🌮? 🐱or 🐶?

@genzshows @wowintheworld @NPR @guyraz @AbsolutelyMindy @storypirates @Gimletmedia @Brains_On @smashboombest ‘But Why?’ (@butwhykids) from @vprnet is a giant celebration of those pesky questions kids can’t help but ask their parents again and again and again, no matter how random or existential or granular the question ends up getting.

@genzshows @wowintheworld @NPR @guyraz @AbsolutelyMindy @storypirates @Gimletmedia @Brains_On @smashboombest @ButWhyKids @vprnet 'What If World’ (@whatifworldpod) is also all about kid-generated questions, but it’s much less scientific. Episodes include “What if eagles wear glasses and eated too much meat?” and “What if when cows mooed, they shot bow and arrows out of their noses?”

@genzshows @wowintheworld @NPR @guyraz @AbsolutelyMindy @storypirates @Gimletmedia @Brains_On @smashboombest @ButWhyKids @vprnet The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel from @marspatel is a serial mystery podcast that describes itself as “Goonies meets Spy Kids meets Stranger Things.”

@genzshows @wowintheworld @NPR @guyraz @AbsolutelyMindy @storypirates @Gimletmedia @Brains_On @smashboombest @ButWhyKids @vprnet ‘Pants on Fire’: Formatted like a game show, this podcast introduces a topic, a school-aged contestant, and two “experts” who present everything they know about said topic. The catch? One so-called expert is actually a total liar, and none of the information they share is true.

@genzshows @wowintheworld @NPR @guyraz @AbsolutelyMindy @storypirates @Gimletmedia @Brains_On @smashboombest @ButWhyKids @vprnet @MarsPatel ‘The Past and the Curious’ finds the little-known details about well-known people and events from history and tells them in an always-engaging — and sometimes musical — manner that gives children (and adults) a much more robust understanding of the past.

@genzshows @wowintheworld @NPR @guyraz @AbsolutelyMindy @storypirates @Gimletmedia @Brains_On @smashboombest @ButWhyKids @vprnet @MarsPatel Read more about each of these amazing podcasts geared for little ears: mentalfloss.com/article/597943…