Everything Under The Sun
A podcast by Molly Oldfield
160 Episodes
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How Many Countries are there in the World? Why is the Red Sea so named? Why does Poland have a desert?
Published: 17/04/2020 -
Who was the First Comedian? With Dan Schreiber from NSTAAF Why do Ducklings Learn How to Swim So Fast? Plus we uncover a mystery object spotted by two listeners on their run.
Published: 10/04/2020 -
Why do Koalas Climb? How do Frogs Jump? With Paolo curator of zoology at the National Museum of Ireland. Why don't Water Boatmen Sink?
Published: 3/04/2020 -
Who Invented Music? With Jack Savoretti. Why do Armadillos have little Heads and Big Bottoms? How Do Mermaids Wee?
Published: 27/03/2020 -
How Can Bumblebees support their weight? Why do Baboons Have Bare Bottoms? Why do Saguaro Cactus Plants Have Arms?
Published: 20/03/2020 -
A Year Around The Sun! Why do Flowers Smell? With Sir Tim Smit, The Eden Project. What is Inside of Tree Trunks? How High Can Bees Fly?
Published: 13/03/2020 -
Why do Bubbles Pop when you Touch them? With Helen Czerski. What is Dew? Why do we Hiccup?
Published: 6/03/2020 -
How Long would it take for my Hair to be like Rapunzel? How Long is a Giraffe’s Neck? How Long can Humpback Whales Hold their Breath for?
Published: 28/02/2020 -
Why Do Horses wear Shoes? with Clover Stroud. What Noise Does a Zebra Make? Can Animals Catch a Cold?
Published: 20/02/2020 -
Valentine's Day Under The Sun! Why do Roses Have Thorns? Who Invented Chocolate? Why is the Leaning Tower of Pisa Leaning?
Published: 14/02/2020 -
Christmas Under The Sun! With writer Neil Gaiman.
Published: 20/12/2019 -
Natural History Museum under the Sun! Why are Plants Green? How much Bamboo can a Giant Panda eat? Is Dippy the Diplodocus a Boy or a Girl?
Published: 13/12/2019 -
What Would We Do if we Didn’t have a Prime Minister? With Benjamin Zephaniah. How much Plastic is in the Sea? Where Will the Polar Bears go if the Ice Caps Melt?
Published: 6/12/2019 -
Why do Leaves Fall in Autumn? How do Birds make their Nests? How was Football Invented?
Published: 29/11/2019 -
Babies Under The Sun! How are Identical Twins Made? with Dr. Chris van Tulleken. How do Babies Learn to Talk? with Charles Fernyhough. Why do the Feathers of Baby Penguins Change when they get Older?
Published: 27/09/2019 -
Why do we Make Art? With Oliver Jeffers. What is the Biggest Painting in the World? Why do Butterflies have Patterns on their Wings?
Published: 20/09/2019 -
How does Yoga help you Relax? How do Springs on a Trampoline help you Bounce so High? Why do Roller Coasters make your Tummy Tickle?
Published: 13/09/2019 -
Where do Fruits come from? Why are Chillies so Spicy and Hot and what is the Hottest Chilli Called? Do Nectarines have Nectar in them?
Published: 6/09/2019 -
Trees Under The Sun! How Many Trees are there in the World? Why are Trees Important? How many Trees grow in the Amazon Rainforest?
Published: 30/08/2019 -
Firsts Under The Sun! Who was the First Artist? With artist Rob Ryan. What was the First Sport? What was the First Musical Instrument?
Published: 23/08/2019
Children are full of curiosity and questions about the world. Each Friday, join Molly Oldfield, write of the weekly kids quiz in the Guardian each Saturday, the original QI elf and author and host of Everything Under The Sun (both the book and podcast) as she answers questions sent in by children around the world with the help of experts including Neil Gaiman, Heston Blumenthal, Grayson Perry, Lauren Child, Richard Branson and Sophie Dahl to the fish curators at the Natural History Museum. If you're a kid - big or small - with questions you want answered or if you want to learn interesting facts about life on earth, this is the award winning podcast for you. Do check out Everything Under The Sun - a curious question for every day of the year, published by Ladybird books now!