But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

22/10/2025

Spooky season is upon us... 👻🎃🕸️🦇

20/10/2025

We love seeing our books at local stores!! Thank you and !!! Get your copies there or at your own local booksellers!!

17/10/2025

We’re so excited to share that But Why has been recognized in this year's in the Kids podcast category (Silver) and Road Trip podcast category (Bronze). We’ve also been voted as the winner of the Listener’s Choice Award in the Road Trip category! Thank you to everyone who voted for us, and for listening to But Why. 🏆🏆🏆

16/10/2025

We’re thrilled to be recognized with three Signal Awards this year!

🥳 Congratulations to the more than 15 PRX podcast partners who were recognized in this year's Signal Awards. We are honored to work with each one.

Altered States ( UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics )
American Railroad ( Silkroad )
Apathy is Not an Option ( Southern Poverty Law Center )
But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids
Buzzkill ( Food & Environment Reporting Network )
Division Street Revisited
How God Works
Live From Mount Olympus ( Onassis Foundation USA )
Long Shadow: Breaking the Internet ( Long Lead )
Monumental
One By Willie
Peak Travel ( WHYY )
Plant People ( New York Botanical Garden )
Scene On Radio
Things That Go Boom ( Inkstick )
We Disrupt This Broadcast ( Peabody Awards )

07/10/2025

Who here loves cheese? WE DO! 🧀🧀🧀

Recently, we received an excellent question from one of our kid listeners: What makes sharp cheese “sharp?” And obviously…. we HAD TO go find out.😁 (Hint: it has a lot to do with how intense its flavor is.)

In search of answers, we visited in Greensboro, Vermont and got to peek into their famous cheese vaults! A deliciously cheesy video coming to you soon. (Subscribe to our YouTube channel and never miss an episode of our video series, But Why BITES!) 😍

What’s your favorite type of cheese? ⬇️🧀

03/10/2025

Did you know that horses in Iceland today are direct descendants of the horses that were brought over to the island country with the arrival of the Vikings over a thousand years ago? Iceland takes its horses so seriously that no foreign horses are allowed in, and even Icelandic horses that have left the country are never allowed back. That policy has been in place for centuries and It's part of an effort to protect the Icelandic horse breed.

Earlier this summer, But Why visited riding instructor Sonja Noack at , a riding school in Iceland, to learn about Icelandic horses (and horses in general)! Our newest episode, “Why do horses sleep standing up?” is out now. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 🐎🐎🐎

02/10/2025

We're so excited to share that But Why has been recognized as a finalist in the Signal Awards this year. 🏆

Please help us win the Listener's Choice Award by voting for But Why today! You can vote for us in two genres: KIDS and ROADTRIP. Check out the links in the comments to cast your vote. THANK YOU! 🌟🌟

05/09/2025

Joey and Jane had a really tough day at the office yesterday, filming footage for our video series at the beach and a local farm. Meanwhile, Melody and Sarah were toiling away on the new episode. No fair! They want a beach day, too!

18/07/2025

"What happens if federal funding for public media goes away?"

Congress has voted to eliminate all federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Local public media stations rely on funds distributed through the CPB, and that includes Vermont Public, where But Why is produced.

Vermont Public now faces a financial gap of $4 million dollars over the next two years. This puts our station’s ability to deliver unbiased news, provide emergency broadcast services and fund projects like But Why at risk.

Community support has always been the foundation of public media, and now we’re counting on you. If you’re able, join the But Why Fan Club or make a donation to ensure that we can continue making content for kids around the globe.

https://www.vermontpublic.org/podcast/but-why-a-podcast-for-curious-kids/fan-club

17/07/2025

It's World Emoji Day! If you were to invent a new emoji, what would it be? 😂🫶🔥🐮❤️

1/ Jane wants an emoji for when you want someone (....possibly your child!) to know you mean business ‼️‼️‼️

2/ Joey would like a smirk 😏 2.0! For maximum whimsy, we’re adding raised eyebrows 🤨 and a slight head turn ‍🙂 ↔️ .

3/ Sarah would like an emoji for when a song is stuck in your head! 🫣🎧🔁

11/07/2025

Iceland highlights: you can’t go to Iceland and not see some hot springs and geysers! So at the tail end of a very busy second day of work, we stopped to do some filming here, a powerful and popular geothermal area with many hot springs and geysers. Strokkur erupts about every 10 minutes, providing a reliable and exciting burst of water for gathered visitors. But for a long time it was much less reliable until it was artificially “reawakened” more than 60 years ago. Strokkur’s neighbor, Geysir, no longer erupts but is arguably more famous, since it’s the geyser that gave its name to this geological formation!

07/07/2025

Still Say 2: After recovering from our ferry ride back to the mainland, we visited two stunning waterfalls, Seljalandsfoss and Gljúfrabúi. We even caught a peek of some stunning wedding pictures being taken. These waterfalls used to be seaside cliffs, like Skógafoss, during the last ice age.