Tumble Mailbag: Your Questions about Language, Sandwiches, and Cats - and Our Oldest Patrons!

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.3 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

We’re wrapping up 2025 with a final Mailbag episode, featuring some of our longest-running Patrons! Did you know, when you sign up to support Tumble on Patreon, you’ll get a personalized message from Marshall? And if you’ve been supporting us for years, we might just call you up to chat! We’ll meet our mysterious patron, MiloSloth and his family, and learn why they love to support the show. Plus, why is the English language so weird? Who made PB & J a combo? And do all cats hate getting wet? We have the answers. If you want to join Milo and support Tumble on Patreon, just go to patreon.com/tumblepodcast and pledge at whatever level you want! $1 or more gets you ad-free versions of the show, and $5 and up gets you a birthday shout out! Also don't forget about gift subscriptions, which make great last-minute holiday gifts! Want Tumble merch? Just go to tumblepodcast.dashery.com for t-shirts, mugs, hats, tote bags, and so much more.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Lindsay.
0:03.0	And I'm Marshall. Welcome to Tumble, the show where we explore stories of science discovery.
0:07.0	Today, we've got an end-of-year mailbag celebration episode.
0:12.0	It is a festive mailbag.
0:14.0	We're going to be reviewing your reviews, answering a real grab bag of fascinating
0:19.0	listener questions, and revealing the true identity of
0:22.8	Milo Sloth, one of our oldest birthday shoutouts. Stay tuned.
0:32.5	Okay, so Marshall, for the final mailbag of the year, I thought it was time to turn the tables,
0:41.1	do something fun, and review our listeners' reviews.
0:45.6	Oh, wait, are we giving them a score?
0:48.9	Yes, yes, we are.
0:50.5	Oh, I love grading.
0:51.5	That's something I always used to do around this time of year.
0:53.9	All right, I set up a scale of
0:56.4	one to five random emojis. Okay. In the spirit of all of the random emojis we get in our reviews,
1:05.3	five random emojis being the highest score you can possibly get. Okay. Is five good or is that bad?
1:12.7	Five is good.
1:13.5	Okay.
1:14.0	It's like a lot of uncontrolled enthusiasm.
1:16.7	Got it.
1:17.0	If I like the review, I give it five random emojis.
1:20.0	And if I don't, I give it one.
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