Short & Curly

Short & Curly

Download on the App Store
  • Favorites

    756

    Followers

  • Typical duration

    22 min

    per episode

  • If it hooks

    84%

    finish an episode

Based on Podcast App listening data

Short & Curly episodes

  • Is it okay to read someone else's diary?

    Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl who was killed by the Nazi's a long time ago. Before she died she wrote a diary which ended up become a book. It has now been read by millions of people and is often given to school kids to read in English class. But should we really be reading her diary at all?

    Interview: Stephanie Irvine

    Brains Trust: Newtown Public School: Kate, Wolfgang, Gabriel, Jesse, Betty, Honey.

    24 min
  • Do toys and games shape who we'll become?

    People often give certain kinds of toys and games to girls when they are young and other kinds of toys and games to boys. But do the toys and games you are given as a child shape what sort of person you will become in life? And does it matter?

    Brains Trust: Lyneham Primary School: Oliver, Lanna, Toby, Riley, Elly

    26 min
  • Do you have to forgive someone who says sorry?

    If someone does or says something bad to you, but then apologises for it, should you forgive them no matter what? Even if you don't really feel it in your heart?

    Brains Trust: Lyneham Primary School: Neve, Ashwyn, Alice, Ava, Sammy

    24 min
  • Whose job is it to clean up space junk?

    There's so much junk flying around in outer space – broken bits of old rockets and thousands of dead satellites. There are even golf balls left on the moon! But who has the responsibility for cleaning up all this rubbish?

    Brains Trust: Newtown Public School: Oliver, Freya, Maggie, Arun, Heath, Malley

    20 min
  • BITE - Parents playing favourites

    If parents give more attention to one of your siblings does that mean they're playing favourites? Is it okay to give you less attention than you RIGHTLY DESERVE???

    Today's BITE: Is it okay for your parents to give more attention to your younger sibling?

    Thanks to Maddie for this excellent question.

    5 min
  • BITE — You look funny

    People get judged for how they dress, the way they do their hair and what kind of body they have.

    But what would life be like if we just ignored all our differences completely?

    Today's BITE: Would the world be a better place if everyone looked the same?

    6 min
  • BITE — Girls’ teams and boys’ teams

    Why are most sports trams girls only and boys only? Even when it's the same type of sport they are playing!

    Today's BITE: Should we get rid of separate boys and girls' sports teams?

    Thanks to Charlie for this excellent question.

    6 min
  • BITE — Murdering murderers

    If someone does something bad, is it just and fair to do that same thing back to them?

    Today's BITE: Is it wrong to murder a murderer?

    Thanks to Maddison for this excellent question.

    5 min

About Short & Curly

From the publisher's feed

Short & Curly is the fun and educational ABC Kids and Family podcast that makes philosophy and ethics easy, entertaining, and thought-provoking. Hosted by Molly Daniels, Carl Smith, and philosopher Eleanor Gordon-Smith, the show explores big questions for kids about right and wrong, fairness, truth, knowledge, logic, beauty, and art.

Best of Short & Curly

Ranked by our users in the last 21 days

More shows like Short & Curly

Brains On! Science podcast for kids by Brains On Universe

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

13,736 Listeners

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids by Tumble Media

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

2,640 Listeners

Conversations by ABC Australia

Conversations

806 Listeners

All In The Mind by ABC Australia

All In The Mind

760 Listeners

But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids by Vermont Public

But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

5,152 Listeners

Health Report by ABC Australia

Health Report

123 Listeners

The Big Fib by GZM Shows

The Big Fib

4,835 Listeners

Rebel Girls by Rebel Girls

Rebel Girls

6,147 Listeners

Imagine This by ABC Australia, ABC

Imagine This

160 Listeners

Smash Boom Best: A funny, smart debate show for kids and family by Brains On Universe

Smash Boom Best: A funny, smart debate show for kids and family

14,109 Listeners

Unravel by ABC Australia

Unravel

855 Listeners

ABC News Daily by ABC Australia

ABC News Daily

141 Listeners

The World Today by ABC Australia

The World Today

10 Listeners

News Time by ABC Australia, ABC

News Time

198 Listeners

No Feeling Is Final by ABC Australia

No Feeling Is Final

114 Listeners

Grimm, Grimmer, Grimmest by Pinna

Grimm, Grimmer, Grimmest

6,909 Listeners

Forever Ago by Brains On Universe

Forever Ago

6,432 Listeners

Greeking Out from National Geographic Kids by National Geographic Kids | Realm

Greeking Out from National Geographic Kids

18,658 Listeners

Squiz Kids by Squiz Media

Squiz Kids

43 Listeners

Stuff The British Stole by ABC Australia and CBC

Stuff The British Stole

1,008 Listeners

Bust or Trust: A Kids' Mystery Podcast by Small Wardour

Bust or Trust: A Kids' Mystery Podcast

225 Listeners

DO NOT Open This Book Series by Andy Lee by LiSTNR

DO NOT Open This Book Series by Andy Lee

51 Listeners

Silly Stories for Kids by Samuel Ramsden

Silly Stories for Kids

141 Listeners