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Brains On! Science podcast for kids

High voltage! How electric power reaches your outlet

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

American Public Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.413.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2017

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

We use electricity all the time, but where exactly does it come from? How does it get to our homes? It’s a fascinating journey that can start hundreds of miles from your outlet.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi brains on listeners, one quick thing before we get started.

0:03.3

Brains on would not be possible without the financial support from our listeners.

0:08.0

Here to tell you a little bit more are a couple of friends of the show.

0:11.3

Hi, I'm Wormy.

0:12.5

Yes, I'm a worm.

0:13.9

But actually my name is short for Vermhelm Haleena, which is a family name going back, because my grandmother...

0:18.3

Gangadour is turn now.

0:20.1

Gangadour is strongest in land.

0:22.8

Right, thanks for keeping me on track, Gangadour.

0:25.6

We're here to ask you to support Brains on.

0:27.8

Gangadour is favorite show.

0:30.2

Mine too.

0:31.2

I was on an episode about soil and what about volcanoes?

0:35.6

Gangadour is in piano episode, instant classic.

0:39.8

Yeah, I may be small, but my voice is still a big part of the show, which is cool because

0:44.9

sometimes when you're small, people ignore you, or they don't take you seriously.

0:50.1

Not on Brains on, we've had lots of small voices on the show and even some big ones.

0:55.1

Gangadour big like dump truck.

0:57.7

Yeah, you are.

0:58.7

Lucky for me, you don't smell like one.

1:01.1

Gangadour recently discovered the odorant.

1:04.1

Gangadour's armpit smell like pine forest.

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