The Bedtime Scientist
Hosted by Josh and The Bedtime Scientist · Josh Fleishman
4.8from 89 ratings
- 65
- Episodes
- 21
- Transcribed
- 89
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
About The Bedtime Scientist
Some shows you have to monitor. This one you can trust. The Bedtime Scientist turns real science into calm bedtime listening for curious minds. Press play and walk away. Sleep comes with it. No fairy tales. No chaos. Just one steady voice guiding kids through the true wonders of our world and beyond. Learn softly. Sleep soundly.
- Publisher
- Josh Fleishman
- Category
- kids & family
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 27 Aug 2025
- Latest episode
- 5 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
21 of 65 episodes have a transcript.
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Fire: What a Tree Gives Back
27 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ants: The City Beneath Your Feet │ Calm Bedtime Science for Kids & Adults
8 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Lighthouses: The Light That Comes Back
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Fire: What a Tree Gives Back
Published 5 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] That's because fire isn't a thing the way a log is a thing or a rock or a cup of water. Fire is something happening. Scientists call it a chemical reaction. It's a change, and you can only see it while the change is going on. When wood gets hot enough, it starts to give off gases. You can't see most of them. They rise up out of the wood, and when they meet the oxygen in the air, they join together very fast. That joining gives off heat, and it gives off light. That's the flame. This tells us that the flame isn't the wood itself burning, and I know that's surprising, but it's actually the gas from the wood. burning just above it that's why a flame can seem to float just a little bit over the top of a log the orange color comes from tiny bits of soot even finer than dust heated so hot that they shine they glow for a moment as they rise and then most of them burn away too The light moves over the faces around our circle. […]
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Who hosts The Bedtime Scientist?
Josh and The Bedtime Scientist host the show. Published by Josh Fleishman.
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