Best National Geographic Kids Podcasts (2024)

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Trailer - Season 10 2:41

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Mark your calendars! April 26th is the day Greeking Out Season 10 comes to your earbones! Two weeks early on Wondery Kids Plus! What's that? You want another book? Okay: https://bit.ly/grkoutbk2By National Geographic Kids

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Healing Words for Our Planet w/ Ann E. Burg, Force of Nature 26:22

1h ago26:22

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Welcome back to The Cosmic Companion. I’m James G. Maynard — science show host, terrible actor, worse puppeteer, and proud resident of this planet Earth. For our Earth Day 2024 episode, we’ll be exploring how fiction and storytelling have inspired environmental movements throughout history. Later in the show, we will be joined by Ann E. Burg, talki…

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Solar Eclipse 2024: Eclipse Viewing Guide 8:35

17d ago8:35

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This week, we are providing you with a viewing guide to the solar eclipse happening over much of North America on Monday 8th April. Sit back and enjoy. Take notes. There will be a test later. Maybe. naw, it’s only a quiz. Get ready for an incredible celestial event on 8th April — a solar eclipse! As the moon lines up perfectly between the Earth and…

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Solar Eclipse 2024: Predicting Eclipses with Stephen Wolfram 1:07:58

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Welcome back to The Cosmic Companion. I’m James G. Maynard. This week, we take the first of two looks at the upcoming solar eclipse coming on 8 April. Later in the show, we will be talking with noted physicist, mathematician, and developer Stephen Wolfram about his new book, Predicting the Eclipse. From ancient fears and superstitions to modern-day…

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Jaws, Claws, Life, and Death w/ Jennifer Szymanski, Nat Geo Kids 6:35

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Hello Everyone! Welcome back to The Cosmic Companion. This week, we’re talking about Jaws, Claws, Life and Death, and what they can teach us about staying alive in space! In a little bit, we’re going to be talking with Jennifer Szymanski from Nat Geo Kids about their new book, Deadliest Animals on the Planet. But first, the boring bit of the show w…

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00 – Prefatory Note 3:39

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01 – The Arizona Desert 36:10

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02 – The Range 34:01

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03 – The Last Herd 27:47

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04 – The Trail 32:45

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05 – Oak Spring 13:10

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06 – The White Mustang 18:18

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07 – Snake Gulch 24:16

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08 – Naza! Naza! Naza! 15:28

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09 – The Land of the Musk-Ox 20:39

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10 – Success and Failure 30:54

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S9E10 - Selene and Endymion 15:46

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Oh Muses! Help us tell the tale of a mortal who fell in love with a moon goddess. We encounter having fifty daughters, the ramifications of immortality, getting your affairs in order, Zeus’ jealousy, and eternal sleep. --- You can listen to Greeking Out early and ad free on Wondery+! Parents! We have another book! It’s every bit as hilarious, harro…

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11 – On the Siwash 31:09

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12 – Old Tom 27:48

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13 – Singing Cliffs 28:24

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14 – All Heroes but One 28:32

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15 – Jones on Cougars 15:41

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16 – Kitty 37:06

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17 – Conclusion 5:23

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S9E9 - Oh Muses! And Other Minor Gods 22:03

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Oh Muses! Today's tale is about.... well, you! The goddesses of creativity and art! We encounter bees, bees in cows, kidnapped bees, animal carcasses, revenge birds, epic poetry, dancing, and, of course, hubris. --- You can listen to Greeking Out early and ad free on Wondery+! Parents! We have another book! It’s every bit as hilarious, harrowing, h…

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The Inside Story on Planets with Sabine Stanley, Planetary Physicist, Johns Hopkins University 1:00

5M ago1:00

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We get the inside scoop on planets from famed 1940s space reporter James G. Maynard, talking with the planets themselves, together with Sabine Stanley of Johns Hopkins University. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecosmiccompanion.substack.com/subscribe…

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S9E8 - Bellerophon and Pegasus pt 2 - It All Goes Wrong 16:44

5M ago16:44

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Oh Muses! A classic hero with a classic end. Today we finalize the tale of Bellerophon and Pegasus. We encounter weapons of war, hubris, tactical retreats, and the death of a hero. --- You can listen to Greeking Out early and ad free on Wondery+! Parents! We have another book! It’s every bit as hilarious, harrowing, heartwarming, and Hellenistic as…

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S9E7 - Bellerophon and Pegasus pt 1 - Horse Bros 17:13

5M ago17:13

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Oh Muses! Today we tell the tale of the hero Bellerophon and his trials. We encounter a chimera, a large amount of siblings, diplomatic relations, attempted horse thievery, treacherous letter writing, and a boy and his horse. --- You can listen to Greeking Out early and ad free on Wondery+! Parents! We have another book! It’s every bit as hilarious…

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S9E6 - Nobody Likes Ares (All About Ares) 20:12

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Oh Muses! Help us speak of the god of war, Ares, son of Zeus and Hera and all his bad decisions. We encounter Aphrodite getting caught being unfaithful, unruly giants, sibling fights, vaguely worded prophecies, and forgotten family members. --- You can listen to Greeking Out early and ad free on Wondery+! Parents! We have another book! It’s every b…

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S9E5 - Bikol and Tagalog Me Back 30:24

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Oh Muses! Help us in our travels to the Philippines to tell some Filipino legends from the Tagalog and Bicol regions. We encounter arguing pixie sisters, many dialects, strategic lullabies and why it’s never a good idea to sleep on the job. --- You can listen to Greeking Out early and ad free on Wondery+! Parents! We have another book! It’s every b…

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S9E4 - A Multiverse of Helens 32:39

5M ago32:39

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Oh Muses! We tell some tales you already know -- of Helen, Menelaus, Odysseus, and Agamemnon -- but with secrets revealed! We encounter Herodotus, beach wrestling, cloud women, another water entity that changes shape, and lots of confusion. --- You can listen to Greeking Out early and ad free on Wondery+! Parents! We have another book! It’s every b…

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Exploring Exploration: with Jon Waterman, Atlas of Wild America, National Geographic 28:00

6M ago28:00

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Hello everyone! This week on The Cosmic Companion, we explore exploration, exploring the human need to… explore. Later in the show, we’ll be talking with Jon Waterman, creator of Atlas of Wild America from National Geographic. From the dawn of time, humans have been driven by a primal urge: the need to explore. This innate curiosity has shaped our …

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S9E3 - Howling Around - All About Wolves 27:48

6M ago27:48

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Oh Muses! We tell many tales of Canis lupus. In it we encounter anti-wolf propaganda, the unrequited love of a goddess, civic planning, new obsessions, and ecosystem facts. If you’re interested in other podcasts that are participating in the podcast party, here are some links – We’ll update with the specific episode links when they come out: Girl T…

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HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: The Top 10 Ways Space is Trying to Kill You! w/ Ethan Siegel, Starts with a Bang! 36:00

6M ago36:00

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE! (I mean, BOO!) This week on The Cosmic Companion, for our Halloween Special, we’ll be looking at The Top 10 Ways Space is Trying to Kill You! Later in the show, we’ll be talking with astrophysicist and science educator Ethan Siegel, host of Starts with a Bang! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with ot…

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S9E2 - Asclepius the Healer 25:15

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Oh Muses! We tell the tale of Asclepius and his heroic deeds. In it we encounter the first Cesarian section, love gone wrong, the off-stage death of a minor character, anatomically named gods, death by honey, and the perils of being the healer. --- You can listen to Greeking Out early and ad free on Wondery+! Parents! We have another book! It’s eve…

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Seeing the Invisible w/ Anand Varma, Invisible Wonders, Nat Geo 31:05

6M ago31:05

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Hello Everyone! This week on The Cosmic Companion, we are Seeing the Invisible. We’ll be discussing how astronomers study objects in space which are invisible to the human eye. Later on, we will be talking with Anand Varma, creator of a new book, Invisible Wonders: Photographs of the Hidden World, from National Geographic. This is a public episode.…

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S9E1 - Who's Who in Greek Mythology 27:03

6M ago27:03

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Oh Muses! Today we talk about all the gods on Mt. Olympus and beyond! In this episode we encounter some messed up family dynamics, Zeus’ many children, most of the gods on Mount Olympus, and some that aren’t. --- You can listen to Greeking Out early and ad free on Wondery+! Parents! We have another book! It’s every bit as hilarious, harrowing, hear…

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Global Warming - It's Not Just Hot Air! w/ Elizabeth Rusch, The 21 32:28

6M ago32:28

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Global warming and climate change is happening all around us. We look at the science of climate change, talking with Elizabeth Rusch, author of The 21. --- This week on The Cosmic Companion, we look at Global Warming - It's Not Just Hot Air! We will be talking with Elizabeth Rusch, author of The 21. Climate change, the ultimate uninvited guest, has…

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Greece is the Word: How science was born: With Kenny Curtis and Jillian Hughes, Greeking Out, Nat Geo Kids 29:13

6M ago29:13

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Hello everyone! This week on The Cosmic Companion, we are pondering why Greece is the Word, discussing the birth of science in the ancient world, and what it means for us today. Later on, we'll be talking with Kenny Curtis and Jillian Hughes, hosts of the Greeking Out podcast, and authors of a new book of the same name, from Nat Geo Kids. Once upon…

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