Radiolab for Kids

created by Henrietta Peppercorn
Welcome, nature lovers, to the home of the Terrestrials podcast and family-friendly Radiolab episodes about nature. Every other week, host Lulu Miller will take you on a nature walk to encounter a plant or animal behaving in ways that will surprise you. Squirrels that can regrow their brains, octopuses that can outsmart their human captors, honeybees that can predict the future. You don’t have to be a kid to listen, just someone who likes to see the world anew. You’ll hear a range of nature stories on this podcast. Sometimes these will be brand new Terrestrials episodes, full of original songs (by “The Songbud” Alan Goffinski) that tell a fantastical-sounding story about nature that is 100% true. Sometimes these will be our very best, shiniest, furriest, leafiest Radiolab episodes about animals or plants or nature. The stories that drop here will always be family-friendly and safe for kids. They will always be sound-rich and full of the vivid, gripping storytelling you’ve come to expect from Radiolab. They will always transport you to the beyond-human world: into the depths of the ocean, into jungles, prairies, forests, space, snow, wildflower fields and beyond. Sometimes we’ll encounter something so wild we just have to break out into song about it! Don’t worry, good voices not required. Join us on this adventure!
SEP-10. The Snow Beast: A Mystery Animal (Replay)30:18
AUG-27. The Wallowers: A Buffalo Comeback Story32:30
AUG-20. Celestials: A Bedtime Snail Story Experiment14:04
AUG-13. The Fuzzy Ruckus: The Power of Lichen (Replay)28:49
AUG-06. The Jimothy: Seattle Raccoon Steals Hearts29:33
JUL-30. Dung Beetles from Just the Zoo of Us34:35
JUL-16. The Charmer: King Cobras' FANGtastic Powers35:31
JUL-02. The Travelers Update: A Moon Tree Grows in New York40:28
JUN-18. The DADventure: Wild Animal Dads from Owl Monkeys to Seahorses33:45
JUN-04. BIG CATS 2: Leopards & Jaguars (2 Fast, 2 FURious)30:30
MAY-21. BIG CATS: Lions, Tigers & Roars (Oh My!)25:20
MAY-07. The Wicked Smoocha: Anglerfish Break A World Record34:59
APR-23. The Forest Fairy: Aphids Reveal Hidden Harmonies31:57
APR-09. The Greeting: Yo-Yo Ma's Humpback Whale Experiment39:56
MAR-26. The Red-Eyed Mascot: Loon Resilience in Minnesota30:30
MAR-12. The Snowball: Extreme Squirrels in the Arctic (Replay)25:01
FEB-26. The Snoozer: Penguin Slackerzzz Rule27:13
FEB-12. Build-A-Dragon (Replay)26:32
JAN-29. The Portal: Groundhogs Lead Us Into an Underrealm of HOLES31:28
JAN-15. The Spellbook: Ancient Recipes for Animals24:52
JAN-01. The Present: A Gift from our Furry Friends28:58
DEC-18. The Slowpoke: How Sloths Grow Invisibility33:14
DEC-11. The Bridge: How Rainbows Connect Worlds28:49
NOV-17. A Podcast Turducken: With Wow in the World, Terrestrials and Circle Round37:20
NOV-13. The Hybrid: A Miracle Mule35:12