5-Year-Olds Asked Us Science Questions. We Answer
Short Wave
NPR
4.7 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2024
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
5 Short Wave staffers
answer 5(x2) questions
from some of our 5-year-old listeners
and explain the science ... like they're 5.
SPOILER ALERT: The questions are brilliant, delightful and span everything from how colors work to insects, the formation of Earth and space.
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| 0:00.0 | This message comes from Indiana University. |
| 0:02.5 | Indiana University is committed to moving the world forward, |
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| 0:17.0 | You're listening to Shortwave from NPR. |
| 0:22.1 | Hey Shortwaivers, it's Emily Kwong, |
| 0:24.0 | and Regina Barber, and today is Shortwaives fifth birthday. |
| 0:27.0 | Our show was born five years ago. |
| 0:29.0 | And we love making this show for you all. |
| 0:32.0 | Yes, that's true. |
| 0:33.0 | And some of our most dedicated short waivers were born five years ago too, |
| 0:38.0 | like this listener in Hawaii. |
| 0:40.0 | My name is Willie, and my question is, is is magic real. |
| 0:49.0 | I don't want to mess this up like I messed this question up for my own kid. |
| 0:52.0 | Let's do it. |
| 0:52.8 | So today on the show we're handing over our programming to five-year-olds. |
| 0:56.6 | Yeah M and I and basically our whole team will answer as many of your questions as we can |
| 1:01.9 | and tackle Lily's ultimate ask at the end is |
| 1:05.4 | magic real. |
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