But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids
Vermont Public
4.4from 7,206 ratings
- 287
- Episodes
- 58
- Transcribed
- 7,206
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
- 1M
- YouTube views
About But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids
But Why is a show led by kids. They ask the questions and we find the answers. It’s a big interesting world out there. On But Why, we tackle topics large and small, about nature, words, even the end of the world. Know a kid with a question? Record it with a smartphone. Be sure to include your kid's first name, age, and town and send the recording to questions@butwhykids.org!
- Publisher
- Vermont Public
- Category
- kids & family
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Apr 2016
- Latest episode
- 18 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
58 of 287 episodes have a transcript.
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
300th Episode: What’s your favorite?
4 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why does my voice sound weird when it’s recorded?
21 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
What are fossils?
Inside a recent episode
300th Episode: What’s your favorite?
Published 18 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I am a musician of all kinds. I'm a singer. I am a ukulele player, a pianist, a guitarist. I write songs. And most of all, I whistle. What does it mean to be like a professional whistler or to say what you are as a job is a whistler? That's really cool. That's a really good question because it's something that I've kind of had to find my own way with. Um, I started out singing, but every time I sang and there was a chance to do a little bit of extra stuff, I would always throw in a little whistling line and people got really excited about it. And then I started whistling for things like sports games where I would go and whistle the Star Spangled Banner and I would whistle just to make people laugh. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Anne Hseu
- Charlotte Mehrtens
- Talia Sepersky
- John O’Meara
- Marco Wendt
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 1,132,148
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 5,419 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 1,787 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 97 / 100
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- Quality
- 99
- Social presence
- 94
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 100
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