How do you make a pie? Pi? Molly Birnbaum from America’s Test Kitchen Kids gets granular about a super-essential ingredient.
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The U.S. Census (it's a party, and you're invited!)
If America is throwing a party, should we RSVP? Friends from the U.S. Census Bureau break it down.
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Season 2, Episode 26:Tempo!
Andrew & Polly invite you to play around with musical speed.
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Season 2, Episode 25: How Time Feels with Story Pirates & The Pop Ups
How does time feel? Getting to school? In a story? The Pop Ups’ Jason Rabinowitz & Story Pirates’ Lee Overtree join us to investigate.
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And the GRAMMY for Best Children's Album goes to...
GRAMMY weekend is here. Andrew & Polly take your family #behindthealbum with all 5 nominees for Best Children’s Album in the 62nd GRAMMY Awards.
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"The Love" with Alphabet Rockers
From Oakland to NYC, artist/activists Alphabet Rockers share “The Love”. Their music addresses issues of identity, world news, and politics — this conversation includes those topics.
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Ear Snacks for Parents: Music Therapy with Jon Samson
In a special episode designed for parents, we speak to Brooklyn-based music therapist Jon Samson about cultivating a supportive environment for mental health in homes and schools, musical improvisation as therapy, and how his practice directly informs his Grammy-nominated album, “Ageless: Songs for the Child Archetype”
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"Winterland" with The Okee Dokee Brothers
Brrr! Polly finds 1,000 layers to brave the frigid tundra of Santa Monica to explore the art of creating coziness in Winterland.
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"I Love Rainy Days" with Daniel Tashian
Break out the hot chocolate and checkers and join Andrew & Polly on a rainy day in Nashville with Tigerlily, Tilda, Tinkerbell, and grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Daniel Tashian.
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"Flying High" with Caspar Babypants
Can ants dance? Who is invited to this picnic? We discuss with Chris Ballew a.k.a. grammy-nominated family music maker Caspar Babypants.
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Season 2, Episode 24: The Clockmakers of London
What makes clocks tick? We wonder about clockmaking while our friends wander about London.
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Season 2, Episode 23: Clocks
If you didn’t watch a watch, would it still be a watch? Discuss.
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Season 2, Episode 22: Pajamas with Mindy Thomas!
Snuggle up! Wow in the World’s Mindy Thomas dreams up some cozy inventions.
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Season 2, Episode 21: Lullabies Musicians Sing
How do musicians sing their kids to sleep? Lucy Kalantari, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, Tatiana DeMaria, Christopher Tin, and Kaitlin McGaw from Alphabet Rockers share the lullabies they sing.
Read MoreA New Album of Music: Go for the Moon
Go for it.
Read MoreMore (More) Road Trip Mixtape, Summer 2019!
It's summer! We're super happy to share some of our family's favorite music this summer in an all-new road-trip mixtape. And stay tuned for more tunes - there was just too much music to share in this episode, so a second installment is coming your way next week.
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It’s summer! Time to crank up the jams!!!
Road Trip Mixtape, Summer 2019!
It's summer! We're super happy to share some of our family's favorite music this summer in an all-new road-trip mixtape. And stay tuned for more tunes - there was just too much music to share in this episode, so a second installment is coming your way next week.
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Season 2, Episode 20: Decoding Bugs!
Avery is a coder. Chris is an entomologist.. Like a Red Wriggler in compost, we break it down.
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Season 2, Episode 19: Bug(g)s
What’s a bug? Who are The Buggs? Can I be a Bugg? These are the hard-hitting questions Andrew & Polly ask in this exposé on all things buggy.
Thanks to entomologist (Entimen-ologist?) Dr. Chris Wheeler for teaching us about moth pheromones and photographer & vegan cookie fan Peter Bugg for introducing us to his awesome extended family: Christopher Bugg, Peggy Bugg, Colin Bugg, Emily Bugg, Ellen Thorderson, Cordelia Bugg, and Juniper Bugg. And thanks to Alex, Zoe, Luke, Nathan, and Harrison for your patience, insights, and spot-on sound effects!
Hello, World!
Featured ideas & vocabulary:
What’s in a name? Who’s in your family?
entomologist
Lepidoptera
head, thorax, abdomen
pheromones
antennae
taxonomy
the scientific method
Lucy on Hamilton (Happy Presidents Day!)
Happy President's Day! School's out and our friend Lucy came by the studio to talk about stuff she knows - mostly Hamilton.
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