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Brains On! Science podcast for kids

Introducing: Million Bazillion

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.514.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

We’re thrilled to share a brand new show with you. It’s called Million Bazillion and it’s all about money -- how we earn it, how we save it and how we spend it.In the first episode you’ll travel back thousands of years to learn the ways people got what they needed before money was invented. Back then some people traded goods, others made pacts to share what they had. We’ll also meet the king who came up with the idea for coins. Plus, Kristen Bell designs her own money!This show is a collaboration between Brains On and Marketplace. It’s hosted by Jed Kim with Bridget Bodnar. You can listen to more episodes here, or subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

Hi friends, Molly here. Today we have something brand new to share with you. It's a podcast called

0:05.8

Million Basilian. It's all about money, how we earn it, spend it, and save it. It's hosted by

0:12.3

Jed Kim, who you might know from Smash Boom Best, Go Team Quicks and you can find Million Basilian

0:18.0

wherever you podcast. So now, without further ado, here's the first episode.

0:23.3

Hey everybody, welcome to the first ever episode of Million Basilian, where we help

0:32.1

dollars make more sense. For kids and the adults in their lives, I'm Jed. And I'm Bridget, and together,

0:39.2

we're all going to figure out how this thing money really works. Because yeah, it can get kind of

0:44.7

confusing, kind of awkward, kind of scary, but don't worry, we're going to have fun. And kids,

0:51.2

you're in charge. Because we're answering your questions. You can send them to us at our website

0:56.9

Marketplace.org slash Million. Speaking of questions, we're going to answer this one today.

1:03.1

When we flip a coin, why do we call it heads or tails? There are no tails, unless you know,

1:10.1

we never see the president's bodies. Did they have tails?

1:15.5

No, Jed, we're not answering your questions. We're answering Benny's question.

1:23.5

Oh, right. Benny from Irvine, California. His question is much better for the first episode.

1:29.8

Check it out. I would like to know who invented money and when?

1:34.3

Such a great question. Because money didn't always exist. So how do that even work?

1:40.9

Like how did people back then get stuff they wanted? Coming up next, we're going back thousands

1:46.5

of years to find out the answer. And now it's time for asking random kids not so random questions.

1:54.1

If you had all the money in the world, what would you do? If I had all the money in the world,

2:00.9

first I would fund my private jet to send you to my favorite taco place called the taco stand.

2:06.6

I would give it for some foundations that help the world.

2:10.4

I would give dogs from the shelter homes. Just buy my normal things and then I would just give

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