How Was The Universe Created?

But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

Vermont Public

Nature, Kids & Family, Science, Language

4.3 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

But Why explores the Big Bang, earth, stars and black holes in this call-in episode that aired live on Vermont Public Radio. Astronomer John O'Meara tackles the big bang, the origins of the universe and how we know humans landed on the moon. Plus, why is the earth round? What is space made out of? How are stars formed? Why do the stars shine so bright? What's beyond space? How long does it take to get to outer space? Will humans ever be able to go to Mars?

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0:00.0	But why? A podcast for curious kids is known for serious answers to silly questions sent
0:07.0	in by kids just like you. But did you know that but why is now a book series?
0:12.9	Our first book, Our Lama's Ticklish, answers questions from real kids about farm animals.
0:18.8	This colorfully illustrated book is perfect for kids ages 8 to 10. And our second book,
0:24.4	The Fish Breathe Underwater, explores the underwater world of the ocean. Learn more at
0:29.4	but why kids.org slash books.
0:32.4	Hey, but why listeners? This is Jane Lintholm. You might have heard recently that we brought
0:40.0	our shows to the airwaves of Vermont Public Radio. We took over the Daily News Show Vermont
0:45.8	edition, which I also host. We were so pleased to get so many questions from so many of you
0:52.3	around the world. And some of you were even able to call in during the live show. We know
0:57.7	not all of you were able to listen while it aired. So we thought we'd bring you the whole
1:02.4	hour now right here in your podcast feed. Now of course we can't take your phone calls
1:07.3	because the show already happened. But we do hope to do another one of these call-in
1:11.8	programs live sometime soon. Maybe this winter. Alright, so settle in and listen. This
1:17.7	is our show all about the big bang and space with astronomer John Omira. Here you go.
1:24.7	I'm Jane Lintholm and if you are a regular listener in this space, you might have noticed
1:49.5	that this is not the regular Vermont edition theme music that you usually hear at noon.
1:54.7	Today, but why is taking over the airwaves? But why is VPR's podcast for curious kids? We
2:01.6	put out a new episode every two weeks and we have listeners all over the world. In fact,
2:06.7	we've gotten questions from kids in more than 47 states and I think it's almost 40 countries
2:11.6	now. But we're not usually on the radio. So we thought we'd change things up today and
2:16.2	hope to catch some kids during school vacation. Luckily, the producers of Vermont edition
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