What is puberty?

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.5 • 14.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

We’re making a special eight episode show called Brains On Universe Presents Puberty (The Podcast). You can subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Over the next few weeks we’re going to play some excerpts from the series for you here. These samples cover stuff like how hormones help us grow, how they change our skin - think zits – and how they affect our moods. We picked topics that should be appropriate for everyone interested in how bodies grow. In the Puberty podcast feed, we’ll dive deeper into each topic. And answer your questions, with help from super smart experts. Want to support the show? Join ⁠⁠⁠⁠Smarty Pass⁠⁠⁠⁠ to listen to ad-free episodes or donate! Want to see Brains On live?!? We are probably coming to a city near you. For a complete list of shows and links to tickets ⁠⁠⁠⁠head to our events page⁠⁠⁠⁠. More shows announced soon! May 30 - Electric City, Buffalo, NY May 31 - Royal Theatre, Toronto, ON (2nd show added!) June 6 - Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, MI June 20 - Southern Theater, Columbus, OH June 21 - Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI Click ⁠here for a transcript of this episode.

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0:00.0	Lemonada.
0:06.2	If you're looking for answers to all of your kids' questions about puberty, just find our new show, Brains on Universe presents Puberty, the podcast. Designed for kids age 7 to 12, the show answers their questions in a straightforward and digestible way.
0:21.1	Puberty, the podcast, is hosted by me, Molly Bloom, of the award-winning science podcast, Brains-on,
0:26.1	and co-hosted by high schoolers who've just been through it.
0:29.5	Experts are on hand to provide science-filled explanations.
0:32.9	Search for Brains-on Universe presents Puberty, the podcast.
0:37.8	Brains-On Universe presents Puberty, the podcast. Brains-on Universe.
0:41.8	You're listening to Brains-on, but we're a series about being curious.
0:48.7	Here at Brains-on, we answer your questions, and over the years, we've answered lots of them.
0:55.1	Here's my question.
0:56.3	I was wondering, my question is,
0:58.0	what is the science behind?
0:59.5	Why is...
1:00.8	What happens if you...
1:02.1	What does that mean?
1:03.6	Over the years, we've answered hundreds of questions.
1:06.9	Everything from what's at the edge of the universe to why is sugar so delicious?
1:12.7	But there's one topic our listeners ask about that we haven't covered yet.
1:18.5	What is puberty and why do we get puberty?
1:21.9	What is the science behind puberty and hormones?
1:24.9	That's right.
1:26.1	My question is, what happens to our bodies when we go through puberty?
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