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Everything Under The Sun

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

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68. Why do crabs walk sideways? How were skateboards...

Everything Under The Sun ·

2021/01/22

In this week's show we answer three questions from Leo, Dragon and Cecily with help from special guest experts Professor Schmitt and Doug Millard from the Science Museum in London.Professor Schmitt is a world expert on skateboards and has been making them for decades - he gives us the low down on how they were invented. Doug Millard looks after the airplane collection at the Science Museum in London and chats hoverboards.We find out why crabs walk sideways, as well as what the biggest crabs on land

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67. Why don’t spiders get stuck in their own webs?...

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2021/01/15

This week we answer three questions from Orla, Reuben and Gil with the help of expert Charlie Luxton.Charlie is an architect who specialises in environmentally friendly homes.We find out how spiders manage to trap flies in their webs but don't get stuck in them themselves. To give you a clue it is thanks to the way they use their legs, keep clean and a special way they design their webs.Charlie Luxton tells us all about bricks, how to make them, who invented them and how long we in the UK forgot

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66. Why do people need a stage to act? How many...

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2021/01/08

In this week's show we answer three questions from Tasso, Lily and Mia with help from special guest expert Dan Stevens.Dan Stevens is an English actor who now lives in America, he shot to fame in Downton Abbey and has since been in The Man Who Invented Christmas, Night at the Museum and Eurovision.Dan tells us all about why actors love a stage to perform on as well as why they wear make up and costumes plus we find out about the history of make up including how our cousins, the Neanderthals wore

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65. Why do we do yoga? How fast can dogs run? How do...

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2021/01/01

In this week's show we answer three questions from Goldie, Tasso and Sophia with help from special guest expert Zephyr Wildman.Zephyr is a wonderful yoga teacher who teaches in London as well as on retreats around the world and knows all about yoga.We find out how yoga helps us with focus, memory and resilience and how practicing can help us feel more peaceful. We discover the history of yoga – how it began in Northern India, how priests started it and when it came over to the west. Also it’s really

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64. Christmas questions galore! Ft special guest Neil...

Everything Under The Sun ·

2020/12/24

In this week's show we answer lots of questions from Tabitha, Jensen, Eleanor, Alice, Ollie, Jack, Chessie and Eleanor with help from the wonderful writer Neil Gaiman.Neil is the author of lots of books for children and adults including Coraline, Stardust, Fortunately The Milk, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, picture books about a sneezing panda called Chu, American Gods and much more. He knows a lot about magic and mystery and helps us uncover the secrets of Christmas Eve.Neil answers lots of

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63. Why do mushrooms & toadstools not like light? Why...

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2020/12/18

In this week's show we answer questions from Orla, Emilia, Zac, Ambrose and Portiawith help from special guest expert Lee Davies from Kew Gardens in London.Lee is curator of fungi at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Lee tells us all about mushrooms and toadstools and why they like the dark. Plus we uncover the biggest living thing in the world, which happens to be an enormous mushroom!We find out about how the movement of the earth and the sun creates different seasons around the world as well as what

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62. Why does clay get hard? How is fire made? Why...

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2020/12/11

In this week's show we answer three questions from Evangeline, Roman and Clara with help from special guest expert the artist Grayson Perry.Grayson is a world-renowned artist, writer and TV presenter and works a lot with clay to make incredible pots so he is the perfect person to answer Clara’s question.We discover how to make clay last forever and what temperature it needs to go in the oven at in a great answer recorded in Grayson’s art studio.We also find out ways to make fire and how humans

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61. Why do rockets fly to planets? If you let go of a...

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2020/12/04

Welcome back to the second series of Everything Under The Sun! Thanks for sending in your questions.In this week's show we answer three questions from Ithaca, Benji and Elijah with help from special guest expert Sir Richard Branson.Richard Branson founded Virgin Records, Virgin airways and now Virgin Galactic which is working hard to make it easier for people to go into space. One day flying to space might be as easy as flying from London to Paris.Richard knows all about why rockets fly to planets

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60. How are Dictionaries Made? How are Blue Plaques...

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2020/05/19

This week we answer three questions, how are dictionaries made? How are Blue Plaques decided and how is earwax made? Our guest expert is Catherine Sangster from the Oxford English Dictionary! Find out who the first blue plaque ever was for and how they are made in Cornwall. Do subscribe to the podcast wherever you listen to it and tell all your friends! For more info go to www.everythingunderthesun.co.ukThank you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See

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59. How do Buds & Leaves appear on trees? W National...

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2020/05/08

Today we answer four spring like questions, they are from Seraphina, Alex, Elizabeth and Anurada they are: how do buds appear on trees?how do trees make their leaves?what the husks of seeds are made out of?Why are blueberries skin blue?A big thank you to Seraphina, Elizabeth, Anurada and Alex for this week’s questions and to Jess Evans at the National Trust and Alys Fowler for this week’s excellent answers about buds, leaves and the husks of seeds!Remember to send everyone who doesn’t know about it

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58. Why do We Dream? Why are Sloths so Sleepy? Why...

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2020/04/24

Hello and welcome to episode 58 of Everything Under The Sun – I hope everyone is doing okay at home!This week we're talking about sleepy sloths, dreams and camels.Our first question is about a sleepy animal, called a sloth and it comes from Alice, 5, she would like to know why do sloths sleep so much?We also discuss Catrin's question, which is why do we dream?I have David Eagleman who is a neuroscientist - that’s someone who studies the brain - and a best selling author. He has written books all

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57. How Many Countries are there in the World? Why is...

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2020/04/17

Hello and welcome to episode 57 of Everything Under The Sun – a weekly podcast answering all the most pressing questions children around the world have about life on earth!Even though we can’t visit any at the moment there are still lots of countries out there filled with children doing the same thing as you – staying at home! I thought we’d have an episode with questions about different things in other countries this week so we can imagine places we might go in the world in the future.Our first

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56. Who was the First Comedian? With Dan Schreiber...

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2020/04/10

Hello and welcome to episode 56 of Everything Under The Sun – a weekly podcast answering all the most pressing questions children around the world have about life on earth!My name is Molly and today I have three questions for you:The first is who was the first comedian? We find out all about the history of comedy and funny people of the past from Dan Schreiber from No Such Thing as A Fish and QI.The second question is from Martha and Heidi who sent me a photo of something they saw out on a run and

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55. Why do Koalas Climb? How do Frogs Jump? With...

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2020/04/03

Hello and welcome to episode 55 of Everything Under The Sun!I know a lot of you children listening might be at home at the moment, hopefully with lots of people around you having fun but still you might be missing your friends a bit as lots of schools have closed for a while - if so this is for you!I hope you enjoy the show and remember, do send in a question and I can answer it for you!To help all the other children around the world who are home from school please do send the link to the podcast to

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54. Who Invented Music? With Jack Savoretti. Why do...

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2020/03/27

Hello and welcome to 54th episode of Everything Under the Sun, a weekly podcast answering all the most pressing questions children around the world have about life on earth. My name is Molly and today I have three questions! They’re about armadillos, music and mermaids!Our first question comes from Wolf, who lives in Paraguay! He sent me a photo of an armadillo he saw on holiday in Uruguay and asked me a question about these curious creatures! It is...Why do armadillos have little heads and big

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53. How Can Bumblebees support their weight? Why do...

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2020/03/20

Bumblebees! Baboons! Saguaros!This episode is for all the children who are going to be at home for a while, this is so you can all hear each other's voices and learn new things! Please do send your favourite episode of Everything Under The Sun to your friends so they can listen and learn new things!Remember if you'd like to send in a question you record it using an adult's smartphone, using a voice recording app and send it into me at molly@everythingunderthesun.co.ukThis week's questions are from

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52. A Year Around The Sun! Why do Flowers Smell? With...

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2020/03/13

Hello and Welcome to a very special episode of Everything Under The Sun. Today is the 52nd episode of the podcast, which means this beloved podcast has taken a full trip around the sun! It has been such a lovely year of making Everything Under The Sun, because I’ve had such fun creating it. I love waking up to find your questions waiting for me each morning in my inbox, I love pressing play on the audio recordings you send me and hearing your clever, curious voices. I like the letters and emails

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51. Why do Bubbles Pop when you Touch them? With...

Everything Under The Sun ·

2020/03/06

Today’s questions are about DEW, BUBBLES and HICCUPS.First up is Maggie who would like to know - what isdew?Find out how water can be three things, and how it turns into dew. Our next question is why do bubbles pop? To answer it I have writer, physicist, oceanographer Helen Czerski, who knows all about bubbles! She’s written a book called Bubbles: A Ladybird Expert Book all about bubbles and she’s here to answer the question and even tell us about how dolphins use bubbles as toys! Our third question

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50. How Long would it take for my Hair to be like...

Everything Under The Sun ·

2020/02/28

Today we’re answering three questions about LONG things! One’s about long hair, the next about long necks and the last about long breaths! Our first question comes from Sophie, she would like to know: how long would it take for my hair to be like Rapunzel? Hear from top hairdresser Lino Carbosiero MBE about how long it would take as well as some tips on how to grow your hair long! Next up is a question from Livia who would like to know: how long is a giraffe’s neck?We discover giraffe’s necks are

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49. Why Do Horses wear Shoes? with Clover Stroud....

Everything Under The Sun ·

2020/02/20

This week on the podcast we find out about horses and their shoes, zebras and their noises and sneezing animals!Our first question is from Isabel, she would like to know, what noise does a zebra make?Have a listen to zebras bark, bray, nicker and snort, all the sounds they make depending on what they're up to.Next we hear from Ted who would like to know Why do horses wear shoes? Hear the answer from Clover Stroud, a brilliant writer who loves horses and horse riding and knows all about horses and

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