Everything Under The Sun

Hello and welcome to episode 56 of Everything Under The Sun – a weekly podcast answering all the most pressing questions children around the world have about life on earth! 

My name is Molly and today I have three questions for you:

The first is who was the first comedian? We find out all about the history of comedy and funny people of the past from Dan Schreiber from No Such Thing as A Fish and QI.

The second question is from Martha and Heidi who sent me a photo of something they saw out on a run and wanted to know what it was.

Also we find out why ducklings learn how to swim so fast.

If you get time you can leave a review and send me a question! To send a question just ask an adult to borrow their smartphone, record yourself saying your name and your age and a bit about yourself and send it into me at [email protected]

Thanks everyone! Sending lots of love for a good week ahead, thank you and GOODBYE!

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Hello and welcome to episode 55 of Everything Under The Sun!

I know a lot of you children listening might be at home at the moment, hopefully with lots of people around you having fun but still you might be missing your friends a bit as lots of schools have closed for a while - if so this is for you! 

I hope you enjoy the show and remember, do send in a question and I can answer it for you! 

To help all the other children around the world who are home from school please do send the link to the podcast to all of your friends, ask your Mummy or Daddy to do it and just tell everyone about it as I think that there will be lots of children who would like to hear each others voices and learn new stuff about our world right now. 

Now for our first question, which is about koalas comes from Frances, she would like to know...

Why do koalas climb?

Find out why koalas climb, how much time they spend in trees a day and why they HUG trees!

We also chat about water boatmen with Ingrid's question, how do water boatmen not sink? 

We find out how they have interesting legs that store air to help them skate over the water and how they manage to be the loudest singers of any creatures on earth compared to their size.

Our third question is about frogs, it comes from Eliza, who asks how do frogs jump?

Paolo Viscardi, who is a curator of zoology at the National Museum of Ireland and knows about all kinds of creatures, including frogs has the answer.

If you get time you can leave a review and send me a question! To send a question just ask an adult to borrow their smartphone, record yourself saying your name and your age and a bit about yourself and send it into me at [email protected]

Thanks everyone! Sending lots of love for a good week ahead, thank you and GOODBYE!

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Hello and welcome to 54th episode of Everything Under the Sun, a weekly podcast answering all the most pressing questions children around the world have about life on earth. My name is Molly and today I have three questions! They’re about armadillos, music and mermaids!  

Our first question comes from Wolf, who lives in Paraguay! He sent me a photo of an armadillo he saw on holiday in Uruguay and asked me a question about these curious creatures! It is...

Why do armadillos have little heads and big bottoms?

Find out all about the different armadillos from Pink Fairy armadillos to screaming ones and giant ones!

Our next question is about music and it comes from from Rose, she would like to know, who invented music! 

To answer Rose's lovely question I have Jack Savoretti who is a wonderful musician – his new album Singing to Strangers has songs he wrote along with with Bob Dylan and Kylie Minogue! He's got an answer he came up with alongside his musical director about where they think music came from.

Our third question is from Alice, it’s about mermaids...her question is how do mermaids wee?

I have a good guess, based on how fish wee and we discover how fish pee makes things in the ocean grow.

I wonder what creatures would be able to make use of mermaid pee? 

So that’s our three questions! Wishing you all a very lovely week!

A huge thank you to the wonderful Jack Savoretti and Shannon Harris for talking to us about music and of course a big thank you to Rose, Wolf and Alice for this week’s questions!  

I’ll be back next week answering more questions from children around the world in another episode of EUTS! 

If you like the show people do rate, review and subscribe and tell all your friends to do the same, it really does help! 

If you want to send me a question just record it and send it into me at [email protected]

Thank you and GOODBYE! X

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Bumblebees! Baboons! Saguaros!

This episode is for all the children who are going to be at home for a while, this is so you can all hear each other's voices and learn new things! Please do send your favourite episode of Everything Under The Sun to your friends so they can listen and learn new things!

Remember if you'd like to send in a question you record it using an adult's smartphone, using a voice recording app and send it into me at [email protected]

This week's questions are from Poppy, Alena and Archie! They are:

How do bumblebee wings support their wings? We find out how bumblebees move through the air like we swim through water.

Why do Saguaros have arms? Find out about these enormous cactus plants, their flowers, how they're like a sponge and why they have arms.

Why do Baboons Have Bare Bottoms? Discover why baboons have travel cushions on their bottoms.

I hope you all have a lovely week, coming up with fun things to do while you’re all at home, remember to send everyone who doesn’t know about it and might like it the link to the podcast and ask them to subscribe to the show.

If you get time you can leave a review and send me a question! To send a question just ask an adult to borrow their smartphone, record yourself saying your name and your age and a bit about yourself and send it into me at [email protected]

If your parents are on instagram tell them to follow @mollyoldfieldwrites so we can all stay in touch! 

Thanks everyone! Sending lots of love for a good week ahead, thank you and SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!

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Hello and Welcome to a very special episode of Everything Under The Sun. Today is the 52nd episode of the podcast, which means this beloved podcast has taken a full trip around the sun!

It has been such a lovely year of making Everything Under The Sun, because I’ve had such fun creating it. I love waking up to find your questions waiting for me each morning in my inbox, I love pressing play on the audio recordings you send me and hearing your clever, curious voices.

I like the letters and emails your parents and teachers send me and hearing about how happy you feel when you hear your questions answered on the show.

I love discovering new things about the world when I hear your questions and set off to find answers for them.

I’ve loved the generosity of all the experts who have given the time to answer your questions – we’ve had so many brilliant people taking part including curators at the museums, zookeepers, people who care for our world at The National Trust and Greenpeace, chefs, physicists, biologists, art historians and even a tornado chaser!

There’s also been a book created since the podcast began, the Everything Under The Sun book will be filled with all of your questions, 366 of them, one for every day of the years.

Thank you very much for listening and being such an important part of this first year around the sun! I am excited for another trip around our nearest star, so do keep sending in your questions and I’ll answer them for you on the podcast! Do tell your friends all about the show and help to spread the word so that no child’s curiosity need go unanswered again!

This week our first question is what is inside of tree trunks?

We discover all the layers that make up a trees trunk. How the rings inside the trunks help us work out things that the tree has lived through and how old it is, plus how to tell how old a fish is.

Next we answer a great question: why do flowers smell?

Sir Tim Smit, who founded The Eden Project in Cornwall - where you can see plants, trees and flowers from all over the world, go on England’s longest zip line and even explore a rainforest – has the answer!

Thirdly, find out how high do bees fly?

Plus there’s a chance to win family tickets to the Eden Project so do enter the competition!

Thanks to every one of you for listening and being such an important part of this first year around the sun!

If you want to send in a question or anything you like to the show record yourself on an adult’s phone asking the question, just say your name your age a bit about yourself and and ask them to send it into me at [email protected]

Or there’s lots of info about how to send in a question on the show’s website www.everythingunderthesun.co.uk

Wishing you all a lovely week full of flowers, trees and perhaps you’ll spot a bee or two!

Thank you and GOODBYE! X

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Today’s questions are about DEW, BUBBLES and HICCUPS.

First up is Maggie who would like to know - what is dew?

Find out how water can be three things, and how it turns into dew.

Our next question is why do bubbles pop? To answer it I have writer, physicist, oceanographer Helen Czerski, who knows all about bubbles!

She’s written a book called Bubbles: A Ladybird Expert Book all about bubbles and she’s here to answer the question and even tell us about how dolphins use bubbles as toys!

Our third question is from Charlie, who asks why do we get hiccups?

Find out all about how and why we get them and some funny ideas of how to get rid of them.

I’ll be back next week answering more questions from children around the world in another episode of EUTS. Do send in your questions, there’s info about how to do that on the show’s website, everythingunderthesun.co.uk.

If you like the show people do rate, review and subscribe and tell all your friends to do the same, it really does help!

Thank you, have a lovely bubbly week!

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Today we’re answering three questions about LONG things! One’s about long hair, the next about long necks and the last about long breaths!

Our first question comes from Sophie, she would like to know: how long would it take for my hair to be like Rapunzel?

Hear from top hairdresser Lino Carbosiero MBE about how long it would take as well as some tips on how to grow your hair long!

Next up is a question from Livia who would like to know: how long is a giraffe’s neck?

We discover giraffe’s necks are about the length of a Daddy, how many bones there are in the neck and how giraffes drink water with such short necks and long legs!

Our third question comes from Ben who would like to know: how long can humpback whales hold their breath for? As well as finding out how long they can hold their breath we also find out how they do it and what the record for a deep dive is among whales.

We find out who won a copy of Clover Stroud's new book.

Remember, if you have a question you would like answered just ask an adult to record you asking me on their smartphone and email it into me at [email protected]

If you and your family enjoy this podcast please do subscribe, rate it and give it a lovely review. It really helps!

I’ll be back next week answering more questions from children around the world in another episode of EUTS. Do send in your questions, there’s info about how to do that on the show’s website, everythingunderthesun.co.uk.

Thank you and GOODBYE! X

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This week on the podcast we find out about horses and their shoes, zebras and their noises and sneezing animals! 

Our first question is from Isabel, she would like to know, what noise does a zebra make?

Have a listen to zebras bark, bray, nicker and snort, all the sounds they make depending on what they're up to.

Next we hear from Ted who would like to know Why do horses wear shoes?

Hear the answer from Clover Stroud, a brilliant writer who loves horses and horse riding and knows all about horses and why they wear shoes. Plus what it's called when they don't wear shoes!

Find out how to win a copy of Clover's brilliant new book for your MUM, Godmum or any grown up woman in your life who would like to read about being a mother. My Wild And Sleepless Nights is all about what its like to be a MUM, Clover has FIVE children so she knows everything there is to know about it all. It’s not a book for children it’s one for MUMS! And you can win a copy for yours by entering the competition on the show.

Our third question is also about animals and it’s for anyone listening right now that has a cold! It's from Ivy and her question is can animals catch a cold? Find out about horse and dog colds as well as how scientists use drones to find out more about whale flu.

That's our three questions!

I’ll be back next week answering more questions from children around the world in another episode of EUTS. Do send in your questions, there’s info about how to do that on the show’s website, everythingunderthesun.co.uk.

If you'd like to send in a question just record it saying your name, your age, a bit about yourself and then ask your question! Do this with the help of an adult using their smartphone voice recording app and send it into me at [email protected]

If you like the show people do rate, review and subscribe and tell all your friends to do the same, it really does help!

I hope you have a lovely week, thank you and GOODBYE! X

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Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!

Today is a day people send cards, roses and chocolate to the ones they love.

So our first two questions are about those two lovely things!

Find out why roses have thorns to protect themselves, as well as what primrose means and what flowers to look out for right now in Europe - if that’s where you live - as signs of Spring!

Discover who invented chocolate long ago in Mexico! We talk about the cocoa beans chocolate is made of and how chocolate and hot chocolate got so famous!

Our third question is about the most romantic country in the world, Italy!

Nick Ross, founder of Art History Abroad - a wonderful company made up of brilliant, clever people who take families on trips to see art and eat delicious lunches in Italy and all over the world - is here to tell us all about the Leaning Tower of Pisa and why it is leaning.

Find out all about the soggy field the tower is built in, why it took 344 years to build it and why the Pisans kept building it even when it was wonky.

Thanks for listening!

I’ll be back next week answering more questions from children around the world in another episode of Everything Under The Sun.

Do send in your questions, there’s info about how to do that on the show’s website, www.everythingunderthesun.co.uk

If you like the show people do tell all your friends to listen then rate, review and subscribe and tell all your friends to do the same, it really does help!

Thank you, have a lovely Valentine’s Day!

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Merry Christmas Everyone!

This week we tackle four questions. They are:

Mrs Christmas help Father Christmas to see who is naughty and who is nice?

Neil Gaiman, author of Coraline, Stardust, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, the picture books about a sneezing panda called Chu and wonderful books is here to answer that one for us with a tale of Mrs Christmas.

Next up is Tommi who asks has an astronaut ever seen Father Christmas? Find out about NASA's encounter with Santa as well as how Jingle Bells became the first song played in space.

You'll also discover whether reindeers can see in the dark, why we have Christmas trees and who invented Christmas crackers.

One lucky listener has also won tickets to ice skate at the Natural History Museum in London.

Tune in and subscribe to be the first to hear each weeks show!

Do send in your questions, there’s info about how to do that on the show’s website, everythingunderthesun.co.uk.

Happy Christmas! Thank you and GOODBYE! X

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