Journey to the Center of the Earth with Ta-Shana Taylor

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.3 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2017

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

What is the Earth made of? That’s the question at the core (pun intended!) of this episode. Geologist Ta-Shana Taylor shares the fascinating story behind a decades-long quest to drill into the Earth. You’ll be wanting to “Get Down to the Moho” after listening! Thanks to listeners Brody and Liam for sending in their questions. This is our first episode of Tumble, Season 2! We’ve got much more in store, including educational resources! Check out our blog at tumblepodcast.com and Patreon at patreon.com/tumblepodcast for additional information and a complete list of resources to stoke your curiosity! Like Tumble? Tell the world! Leave us a review on iTunes, Stitcher, or share on social media. Your enthusiasm means EVERYTHING to us - and helps more people discover our podcast! And don’t forget to fill out our partner survey for Wondery at wondery.com/survey. In this episode, we mentioned that we love Stories Podcast. Check them out, and our other friendcasts, at kidslisten.org. It’s an organization we started to advocate for more high quality children’s audio! #kidslisten

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0:00.0	Marshall, it's finally time! Time for what? It's time for season 2 of Tumble. We've got all
0:07.8	new episodes lined up for the foreseeable future. Oh yeah, it's time for that thing we've
0:12.6	been working on the past three months. Exactly. We want to thank all of our listeners for
0:17.2	waiting and welcome new listeners who have joined us during our break. We have new Patreon
0:22.8	supporters too. Thanks to Shayna Lake, Jalen Gaffigan, Patty Peter and Mora Dappin. And
0:29.0	L.C. Reya, Zeke Wilkinson, Jennifer Hodges, Jack and Anna McDonald, and Liam and Fiona. If
0:36.6	you'd like to join the ranks of these awesome people, go to patreon.com slash tumble podcast.
0:42.9	We also want to tell you about one of our favorite podcasts for kids. It's called Stories podcast.
0:48.8	There are classic fairy tales and completely original stories that are well written and wonderfully
0:54.2	told. We know because we listen as a family nearly every day when we're driving, are playing
1:00.4	trains, or before a nap. Our son is constantly requesting it. Subscribe on iTunes or wherever you
1:07.8	listen. It's the podcast with a green dragon that looks like an S. And one more thing before we start
1:12.9	the episode. The season we're going to have more educational stuff that goes along with each
1:18.3	episode. So check out our website tumblepodcast.com and our Patreon where we'll have more member
1:25.6	exclusive extras like lists of resources, listening sheets, music, and more. Okay, is it time yet?
1:32.8	Yes! Woohoo!
1:38.4	Hi, I'm Lindsay. And I'm Marshall. Welcome to tumble. The show where we explore stories of science
1:43.8	discovery. Today we journey inside the earth, or as far as we can manage to get into it.
1:50.6	We'll find out what happens when scientists get together to make a really, really deep hole.
1:55.8	That's right. We're sharing the real life quest to drill deep into our planet and uncover the secrets
2:01.8	of the earth beneath our feet.
2:04.0	Tumbles brought to you with support from Spotify for podcasters. If you're so inspired by me and
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