Everything Under The Sun podcast

Everything Under The Sun

Children are full of curiosity and questions about the world. Each Friday, join Molly Oldfield, write of the weekly kids quiz in the Guardian each Saturday, the original QI elf and author and host of Everything Under The Sun (both the book and podcast) as she answers questions sent in by children around the world with the help of experts including Neil Gaiman, Heston Blumenthal, Grayson Perry, Lauren Child, Richard Branson and Sophie Dahl to the fish curators at the Natural History Museum. If you're a kid - big or small - with questions you want answered or if you want to learn interesting facts about life on earth, this is the award winning podcast for you. Do check out Everything Under The Sun - a curious question for every day of the year, published by Ladybird books now!

Children are full of curiosity and questions about the world. Each Friday, join Molly Oldfield, write of the weekly kids quiz in the Guardian each Saturday, the original QI elf and author and host of Everything Under The Sun (both the book and podcast) as she answers questions sent in by children around the world with the help of experts including Neil Gaiman, Heston Blumenthal, Grayson Perry, Lauren Child, Richard Branson and Sophie Dahl to the fish curators at the Natural History Museum. If you're a kid - big or small - with questions you want answered or if you want to learn interesting facts about life on earth, this is the award winning podcast for you. Do check out Everything Under The Sun - a curious question for every day of the year, published by Ladybird books now!

 

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#171 How do volcanoes erupt? w/ Robin George Andrews. How are continents made? How do we breathe in ...

Welcome to Episode #171 of Everything Under the Sun! Today Robin George Andrews returns to... more

12 Dec 2025

12 MINS

12:51

12 Dec 2025


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#170 Who came up with the idea of Unicorns? w/ Catherine Cawthorne. Why do you see lightning before...

Welcome to Episode #170 of Everything Under the Sun! On this week's episode the cunningly ... more

05 Dec 2025

12 MINS

12:05

05 Dec 2025


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#169 How are seeds made? w/ Leon Perrie. Why don't humans have fur? Why do Hippos have large teeth?

Welcome to Episode #169 of Everything Under the Sun! This week the naturally talented Leon... more

28 Nov 2025

11 MINS

11:32

28 Nov 2025


#171

#168 Can whales from Antarctica learn the language of whales from Iceland? w/ Tom Mustill. Why is se...

Welcome to Episode #168 of Everything Under the Sun! This week the brainy and brilliant To... more

21 Nov 2025

14 MINS

14:40

21 Nov 2025


#170

#167 How do power stations work? w/ Kathy Joseph. How deep can whales go? How does our body produce ...

Welcome to Episode #167 of Everything Under the Sun! This week the the brilliant Kathy Jos... more

14 Nov 2025

13 MINS

13:20

14 Nov 2025


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#166 Can some animals talk to others? w/ Jonathan Balcombe. Why do steam trains chuff? Why are panth...

Welcome to Episode #166 of Everything Under the Sun! This week the knowledgable Jonathan B... more

08 Nov 2025

11 MINS

11:29

08 Nov 2025


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#165 Why do giant squids have such excellent eye sight? w/ Sy Montgomery. How do spiders make their ...

Welcome to Episode #165 of Everything Under the Sun! This week is a spooky special! Happy ... more

31 Oct 2025

10 MINS

10:55

31 Oct 2025


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#164 How do clownfish switch from male to female? w/ Laura Tranfield. How was air made? How do firef...

Welcome to Episode #164 of Everything Under the Sun! This week Laura Tranfield imparts som... more

24 Oct 2025

12 MINS

12:53

24 Oct 2025


#166

#163 How do we know whether volcanoes or dormant, extinct or explosive? w/ Robin George Andrews. How...

Welcome to Episode #163 of Everything Under the Sun! This week we're joined by Robin Georg... more

17 Oct 2025

14 MINS

14:16

17 Oct 2025


#165

#162 Why does the ocean give us some of our oxygen? w/ Juli Berwald. Can snakes lose teeth? How does...

Welcome to Episode #161 of Everything Under the Sun! This week we’re joined by the a... more

10 Oct 2025

12 MINS

12:38

10 Oct 2025


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#161 How do planets float in space? w/ Brother Guy Consolmagno. How long have tortoises been on the ...

Welcome to Episode #161 of Everything Under the Sun! This week we’re joined by the k... more

03 Oct 2025

13 MINS

13:43

03 Oct 2025


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#160 How do plants grow? w/ Arief Rabik. How does the Shinkansen train go so fast? Why do mosquito b...

Welcome to Episode #160 of Everything Under the Sun! This week, we’re joined by the ... more

26 Sep 2025

13 MINS

13:24

26 Sep 2025


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#159 Why do reptiles lay eggs and mammals don't? w/ Felix Marx. How do babies learn how to talk? Whe...

Welcome to Episode #159 of Everything Under the Sun! This week, we’re joined by the ... more

19 Sep 2025

14 MINS

14:00

19 Sep 2025


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#158 Everything Under The Sun - All around the world, the book!

Welcome to Episode #158 of Everything Under the Sun! This week, we’re joined by the ... more

10 Sep 2025

14 MINS

14:00

10 Sep 2025