Anorak: The Happy Podcast For Kids

"What is your favourite sandwich?"

Our Little Editors have some very hard-hitting questions for chefs and chocolate makers for this special FOOD episode of our Happy Podcast for Kids.

And we have some superstars to answer them, namely Chef Eric Adjepong, Charlotte Flower from Charlotte Flower Chocolates, and Chef Chantelle Nicholson from Apricity Restaurant.

Find out why chocolate and pine make a good combination, what a chef does on a day-to-day basis and what's their favourite dishes, plenty to inspire a whole generation of budding cooks.

Thank you to our Little Editors for their wonderful questions, namely Edie (UK, 6 years old), Frida (UK, 6 years old), Edie (UK, 6 years old), Samuel (UK, 10 years old), and Maria (UK, 9 years old).

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"Where does the word 'word' come from?" "What does it feel like when you write a book?"

This latest episode of our Happy Podcast for Kids is all about WORDS. Our Little Editors have fascinating questions for Linguistics expert Dr Jing Huang and award-winning children's authors Chitra Soundar and Ming Chen of Ming & Wang. They kindly share with us tips about writing books and how many words the English language has.

Thank you to our Little Editors for their wonderful contributions, namely Leo (UK, 12 years old), Florence (UK, 10 years old), Valentina (USA, 8 years old), Molly (UK, 11 years old), Ema (UK, 7 years old), Alec (UK, 8 years old), Ines (UK, 7 years old) and Elias (UK, 6 years old).

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"How easy it to be a fashion designer?" "how did people dye their clothes?"

This latest episode of our Happy Podcast for Kids is all about FASHION. Fashion designer Katie Eary tells us how she designs fashion, how being a futurist helps and fashion historian Amber Butchart takes us on a trip back in time where we discover how the mucus glands of sea snails were used to die clothes!

Thank you to our Little Editors for their wonderful contributions, namely Alfie (UK, 10 years old), Tove (USA, 6 years old), Sage (USA, 8 years old), Lennie (UK, 10 years old), and Eliza (UK, 9 years old).

Our Happy Podcast is 100% self-financed so if you like what you hear and would like to support our mission to bring joy & creativity to childhoods, please click here.

Edit & music production by Kenji Productions.

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"Who makes toys?"

Yes who does? In this episode dedicated to our favourite things, TOYS, our Little Editors interview three amazing toy makers, YiYin Wang of brilliant doll company Noodoll, Alan Goldsmith, owner of the largest toy museum in Europe, Mountfitchet Castle and Louise Heard, owner of the amazing Benjamin Pollocks Toy Shop.

Thank you to our Little Editors for their wonderful contributions, namely Kiera (10 years old), Dylan (UK, 7 years old), Monty (UK, 5 years old), Ursula (USA, 9 years old), Tove (USA, 6 years old), Frida (UK, 6 years old), Quinn (USA, 7 years old) and Eliza (UK, 9 years old).

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Edit & music production by Kenji Productions.

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"How do you choose the items to put in the museum?"

Do you wonder what happens behind-the-scenes of a museum? Well, wonder no more as thanks to our Little Editors and some prestigious guests, we have the answers! In this MUSEUM-special, we speak to Dr Rebecca Rice, Curator Historical New Zealand Art of Te Papa (NZ), Naima J. Keith, Vice President of Education and Public Programs at LACMA (USA) and Tom Mahon, Founder of MoPA: The Museum of Play and Art (Australia).

Thank you to our Little Editors, Jude (UK, 8 years old), Elsie (UK, 7 years old), Sage (USA, 8 years old) and Elio (Italy, 10 years old).

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"Why are dreams so weird?"

That's one of the questions our Little Editors ask our experts for this DREAMS-special episode of The Happy Podcast for Kids. Our Happy Experts include Sleep Scientist & Professor of Psychology Antonio Zadra, Dr Caroline Horton, Director of DrEAMSLab and dreams analyst Jane Theresa Anderson. We explore why we dream and why we can remember some and not others.

Thank you to Little Editors Felix (UK, 9 years old), Elsie (UK, 7 years old), Naia (Canada, 8 years old), Ema (UK, 10 years old) and Eliza (UK, 9 years old) for their brilliant contributions.

Our Happy Podcast is 100% self-financed so if you like what you hear and would like to support our mission to bring joy & creativity to childhoods, please click here.

Edit & music production by Kenji Productions.

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"What is the scariest animal you have seen on a mountain?"

In this Mountains-special episode of Anorak: the Happy Podcast for Kids, our Little Editors have some questions for boulderer and scientist Dr Favia Dubyk, for the first African lady mountaineer to have climbed Everest, Deshun Deysel and for Professor of Geology Christopher Jackson.

Thank you to Little Editors Skye (7 years old), Rory (11 years old, USA), Ines (7 years old, UK), Oscar (7 years old, UK), Ema (10 years old, UK) and Eliza (9 years old, UK) for their brilliant questions.

Our Happy Podcast is 100% self-financed so if you like what you hear and would like to support our mission to bring joy & creativity to childhoods, please click here.

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The Happy Podcast for Kids is back with new themes, new jokes, new questions from our Little Editors and plenty of inspiring answers from a range of amazing guests such as dream researchers, geologists, international chefs, linguists, authors, fashion historian and designers, museum curators and mountaineers.

Tune in to find out what it means when you are flying in a dream, how words were invented and how much of the Earth is covered in mountains.

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“I love music cos it makes me feel fun. ”

In this Music episode of Anorak: the Happy Podcast for Kids, our Little Editors interview singer-songwriter Tim Wong from Dear Jane (Hong Kong), musician Attia Taylor from Strange Parts (USA), and lead singer James Alexander Graham from The Twilight Sad (Scotland, UK). We find out whether they have ever lost their voice from singing and how they became musicians. 

Thank you to Little Editors Dominic (6 years old, USA), Elsie (6 years old, USA), Molly (7 years old, UK), Eliza (7 years old, UK) and Zachary (11 years old, UK).

Created by Studio Anorak in collaboration with Audio Always.

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“Do you close your eyes when you imagine?”

In this Imagination episode of Anorak: the Happy Podcast for Kids, our Little Editors ask the artist Murugiah whether he has an imaginary friend,  the children’s author Chris Haughton whether he is still proud of his old work and street artist Indie184 why she makes art.  

Thank you to Little Editors Laurie (6 years old, UK) Edie (5 years old, UK), Ollie (8 years old, USA), Naia (7 years old, USA), Sage (8 years old, USA), Indie (8 years old, UK), and Natalie (8 years old, UK). 

Created by Studio Anorak in collaboration with Audio Always.

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