Growth Spurts!

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.5 • 14.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Today we’re sharing with you part of an episode from our new special series, Brains On Universe Presents: Puberty! (the podcast). You can subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. This is an excerpt covering stuff that any one of any age might be interested in. Last week, we looked at skin, sweat and hair. Want to learn more about growing? Check out this Brains On episode: Why do our bodies take so long to grow? In the Puberty podcast feed, we’ll dive deeper into each topic. And answer your questions, with help from super smart experts. Want to support the show? Join ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Smarty Pass⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to listen to ad-free episodes or donate! Want to see Brains On live?!? We are probably coming to a city near you. For a complete list of shows and links to tickets ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠head to our events page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. More shows announced soon! May 30 - Electric City, Buffalo, NY May 31 - Royal Theatre, Toronto, ON (2nd show added!) June 6 - Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, MI June 20 - Southern Theater, Columbus, OH June 21 - Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI Click ⁠here⁠ for a transcript of this episode.

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0:00.0	Lemonada.
0:02.7	Today's episode is sponsored by Great Wolf Lodge.
0:10.7	At Great Wolf Lodge, there's adventure for the whole family.
0:13.4	You and your pack can splash away in the indoor water park where it's always 84 degrees.
0:18.0	There's a massive wave pool, a lazy river, and tons of water slides for your
0:21.9	pack to enjoy together. And the fun doesn't stop there. Get ready to explore and play at
0:27.4	adventure packed attractions from MagiQuest, a live action game that takes place throughout the
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0:36.8	complimentary daily events like nightly dance parties all under one roof.
0:41.2	And the best part, with 22 lodges across the country, you're always only a short drive away from adventure.
0:47.5	So bring your pack together at a lodge near you. Book your stay today at great wolf.com and strengthen the pack.
0:57.3	Brains on Universe.
1:01.0	You're listening to Brains On, where we're serious about being curious.
1:05.7	You're listening to Brains On part of the Brains on universe.
1:09.4	I'm your host, Molly Bloom, and my co-host today is Andrea
1:12.7	from Piscataway, New Jersey. Andrea loves to act, writes raps about science, and loves making
1:18.3	press-on nail sets. Hi, Andrea. Hello. So, Andrea, tell me about some of the favorite
1:24.4	roles you've had when you've been doing theater? My first ever musical role,
1:29.5	it was SpongeBob the Musical, and I was Karen the computer, and I loved it because I was in a shiny
1:34.5	silver outfit, and I got to Beatbox. Oh my gosh. Yes. Well, and that goes right with your rapping. Yes.
1:40.6	So, okay, so you say you rap about science. Mm-hmm. Tell me. Well, it started when my older sister needed help learning the periodic table, and then she needed help learning the organelles in the cells. And I feel like I was always the funny sibling. So this was just another way for me to help a sister out. That's so cool. Do you have any of the wraps you could do for us off the top of your head?
2:03.0	There is a cell. It's the building block of life. Then you step inside and you see the cytoplasm.
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