Going underground at Wind Cave National Park

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.5 • 14.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

What wonders are hiding underground? Producer Marc Sanchez finds out what it’s like to explore one of the biggest networks of caves in the world — and scientists are still discovering unmapped branches. Marc will show us the wonders hidden underground at this national park in South Dakota and how tricky it can be to brave uncharted territory with only a headlamp to light the way. This episode is sponsored by Aunt Fannie’s (auntfannies.com/summer and coupon code BRAINS), Raddish (RaddishKids.com/brains and coupon code BRAINS), and Madison Reed (madison-reed.com and offer code BRAINSON). You can support the show at brainson.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Brains on, where we're serious about being curious.
0:04.4	Whew, we made it to the peak. What a view.
0:08.0	Yeah, all that nature, all those plants and animals, national parks are the best.
0:13.2	Yeah, I could stand here all day staring at it.
0:15.8	Me too.
0:18.3	Wait, aren't we supposed to be doing something?
0:21.2	What do you mean we are doing something, we're taking in this view?
0:24.0	No, no, no. We're supposed to be hosting a special series on Brains on right now.
0:29.0	It's all about the national parks.
0:30.6	All right, was that today?
0:32.6	Yeah.
0:33.6	Oh, oh, okay. We gotta go.
0:35.6	We're gonna be late.
0:36.7	Oh, okay. Put the theme song on and that should buy us a little bit of time while we like scoot down this mountain.
0:41.2	Okay, let's go.
0:42.2	Keep listening.
0:51.4	Okay, back in the studio.
0:53.6	You are listening to Brains on from American Public Media.
0:56.6	I'm your host, Molly Bloom.
0:58.0	And I'm Carter Watley.
0:59.2	So Carter, we asked you to co-host this series with us because you have a very special relationship to a national park.
1:05.4	What is that?
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