But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

But Why is a show led by kids. They ask the questions and we find the answers. It’s a big interestin

Episodes

Total: 254

Emoji are those little images you can send in text messages to friends and family. Nine-yea

But Why has answers to your dinosaur questions! When did the dinosaurs live? How many speci

Kids love cheese! (So do adults: Americans consume an average of 40 pounds of cheese per pe

Why do bees pollinate? How do they make honey? Why do bees have stingers? Why do (some) bee

Why do sharks have multiple sets of teeth? Why do sharks lose so many teeth? Do sharks eat

How do popcorn kernels pop? How do salmon know where to return to spawn? How do rabbits cha

Field trip time! Today we’re learning all about snakes while out on a search for timber rat

Why do we feel pain when we get hurt? What is pain? Why do we cry when we get hurt? Why do

Why do friends care about each other? How do you make friends? Can you have more than one b

How are crickets so loud? Why do they chirp at night? How are they different from grasshopp

That’s just one of the questions we answer in this week’s episode, which also includes inst

The Washington Mystics of the WNBA join us in this episode to answer all of your questions

For the past 50 years, visitors to the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C. have be

When there's mass violence in the news, especially when it involves children, it can be rea

What is climate change? What is causing climate change? How do you cool down the earth? How

Why do flowers bloom? How do flowers grow? Why are flowers different colors? Why do people

Why are some people right-handed and some are left-handed? And what’s up with some people b

Why do pigs snort? And why do we call their snorts “oink” in English? We’re taking our expl

We’re bringing back an episode from the archives, all about the moon: Why does the moon cha

The invasion of Ukraine has been the top story in the news for the last few weeks, and kids