How do you whistle?

But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

Vermont Public

Nature, Language, Kids & Family, Science

4.4 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

How do people whistle? How does whistling make a sound? Why does your tongue change a whistle higher or lower? Can you get a trophy for whistling? Can people with laryngitis whistle? Get ready, we learn all about whistling with musician and champion whistler Emily Eagen and musician Yuki Takeda. And who whistles our theme song? We'll hear from musician Luke Reynolds, and a kid whistling chorus from our listeners!

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0:00.0	This is but why a podcast for curious kids.
0:19.1	I'm Jane Lindholm.
0:20.1	I'm Jane Lindholm.
0:28.9	Our theme music sounds a little different today, doesn't it?
0:39.8	Our theme music sounds a little different today because you are the ones whistling it.
0:43.7	I'm so excited to hear all of your wonderful whistles.
0:52.2	We just heard Audrey, Aaron, and Holden from Burlington, Ontario, Burnsville, Minnesota, and Southern Ontario, Canada, respectively.
0:55.0	Here are a few more of you. Hi, my name is Ava.
0:56.0	I'm 13 years old and I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
1:01.0	Bye, I love your show.
1:16.2	And here are twins Madison and Kayla from Lexington, Massachusetts. Those were
1:32.3	Those were so great, and so many more of you sent us your own versions of the but-why theme music and you whistling it.
1:54.9	It was so awesome to spend the last few days listening to all you great whistlers.
1:59.9	We've put together a chorus of all of the
2:02.3	whistling entries we got, and we're going to play that for you later in the episode. But first,
2:07.2	do you want to hear the guy who actually whistled the theme song you know so well? Hi, my name's
2:12.5	Luke Reynolds. I'm a musician, guitarist, and a multi-instrumentalist.
2:17.7	That means I play a lot of different instruments.
2:20.8	And I was glad when my friend Jane asked if I'd want to talk about whistling.
2:27.1	Luke performs in the band Guster, and he plays on a lot of other musicians' records as well.
2:32.4	He also makes really cool music and albums of his own. Luke told me he actually whistles a lot of other musicians' records as well. He also makes really cool music and albums of his own.
2:36.4	Luke told me he actually whistles a lot,
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