Episode 9: Pillows and plastics!

by | May 27, 2020 | Episodes

Surrogate baby birthdays, nice weather, and pillows. You can listen to this episode in your browser by clicking here. Coca Cola and Danone invest in plant based plasticsPillow bookThe Pillow Book (movie)

Episode 8: Midsummer And Lots Of Plants

by | May 12, 2020 | Episodes

Inventive ways to celebrate graduates, happy strawberries, and the longest lightest day of the year. Also: Showers! You can listen to this episode in your browser by clicking here. Graduation celebration billboard Weed name chalking

Episode 7: Cotton Candy and Singing Robots

by | May 5, 2020 | Episodes

This week, we find out how fairy floss came to be, and Julia recommends some very pretty historical crime TV. You can listen to this episode in your browser by clicking here. Miss Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Can A Robot Really...

Episode 6: Octopuses and Brand New Furniture

by | Apr 28, 2020 | Episodes

Did you know that octopuses don’t have tentacles? You will soon! Also, Julia got popsicles and Kermit sang a song. (If you’re listening with kids and don’t want them to know he’s a P-U-P-P-E-T maybe skip 06:45-07:40.) You can listen to this episode in your browser by...

Episode 5: Choose Joy, Question Mark?

by | Apr 21, 2020 | Episodes

A slightly different episode – we tell you a little bit about ourselves, and why we wanted to make this show. You can listen to this episode in your browser by clicking here. Jessica Kellgren Fozard on toxic positivity Reconcilable...

Episode 4: Bubbles and sourdough bubbles

by | Apr 14, 2020 | Episodes

This week, we discuss the science of soap bubbles – and really cool brainwave-to-speech technology! You can listen to this episode in your browser by clicking here. UCSF study about brainwaves The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Frozen soap bubbles Tom Noddy,...

Episode 3: Sheep and Quarantagging

by | Apr 7, 2020 | Episodes

This week, we talk about tiny dent pullers and saving old species of animals. You can listen to this episode in your browser by clicking here. Miniature dent puller Porcupine explores the zoo White-throated rail Shrek the escaped sheep Study about coal...

Episode 2: Tracking Cats and Tiny Libraries

by | Mar 31, 2020 | Episodes

This week we have birthdays, cat trackers, and other happy things to share. You can listen to this episode in your browser by clicking here. Cat Tracker Project Cat Tracker article in National Geographic Little Free Library Saltsjöbadens kallbadhus Cowboy...

Episode 1: Ice Cream Trucks and Blue Whales

by | Mar 24, 2020 | Episodes

There are good things. Sometimes it’s hard to remember, so we want to remind you as well as ourselves. We talk about our little joys, happy things in the news – and this week Julia tells you about dementia villages. You can listen to this episode in your...