What would your superpower be?

But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

Vermont Public

Nature, Language, Kids & Family, Science

4.4 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

If you could be a superhero, what would you want your superpower to be–and what would you call yourself? That’s what we asked kids for this special end-of-year episode, and we got some amazing answers! Some kids want to fly. Some want to go back in time. One wants to be able to draw everything perfectly the first time. And a surprising number of kids want a super ability to do math!

Stories about humans with special abilities have been around for as long as humans have been telling stories. But the word superhero is only about 120 years old. The first known use of the word was in 1899, but the term became more mainstream in 1930s comic books and movies. Now, superheroes are all over the pages of books and both the small and big screen. Give this episode a listen and think about what YOUR superpower might be!

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0:00.0	This is But Why?
0:07.0	This is But Why, a podcast for curious kids from Vermont Public.
0:24.5	I'm Jane Linton.
0:25.6	And I'm Melody Bodette.
0:27.2	All year long, you send us questions about things you are curious about, and we find interesting
0:32.1	people with answers.
0:33.5	But at least once per year, we ask you a question.
0:36.9	This year, for our end of your episode, we asked you, if you could have any superpower, what would it be?
0:44.0	And what would you call yourself if you could have any superhero name?
0:47.7	And you all delivered. You've been sending us so many responses, and today we're going to hear all of them.
0:55.8	Superheroes are kind of having a moment,
1:00.5	so it's no wonder we've also gotten some questions from you about superheroes recently.
1:08.3	Hi, my name's Elena. I'm seven years old. I live in America, Western Connecticut. And my question is, who invented the first superhero? And what was the first superhero?
1:13.6	Hello, my name is Asher and I am seven years old, and I live in Baryan Springs, Michigan.
1:19.6	How did superheroes and books get started?
1:23.6	There have always been stories of people with special powers.
1:32.3	The themes popular in superhero stories, like battles between good and evil,
1:36.1	characters needing to learn about who they are and use their power wisely,
1:41.1	those kinds of stories have been around for as long as humans have been telling stories.
1:45.0	The word superhero is really only about 100 years old.
1:50.0	Superheroes got their start with the creation of comic books in the 1930s, with the Phantom,
1:51.3	Superman, and Batman.
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