But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids But Why, from Vermont Public, is a podcast led by kids! Kids ask questions large and small and we find the answers. New episode every two weeks.

Two But Why books coming in June 28, 2022! www.butwhykids.org/books

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/672942/are-llamas-ticklish-by-jane-lindholm-and-melody-bodette-illustrated-by-neil-swaab/

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/673013/do-fish-breathe-underwater-2-by-jane-lindholm-and-melody-bodette-illustrated-by-neil-swaab/9780593384367/

06/11/2026

If you’ve got kids who are into soccer, send their questions our way! You can record them using one of the built-in apps that come with a smart phone. Have them tell us their first name, how old they are, and where they’re from as well as what they want to know about soccer. Send the file to [email protected] and we may be able to use it in our upcoming episode. We need all questions before Monday, the 15th of June.

06/08/2026

Science Friday has a very exciting guest host this week! Say hello to Jane Lindholm from But Why on Vermont Public! 👋

She’ll be chatting about future Artemis missions, the possible return of mountain lions to the Northeast, and more science you don’t want to miss.

Hear her on the podcasts starting this Wednesday or catch her on the radio this Friday 2–4pm ET.

04/27/2026

But Why is a love letter to our backseat listeners. 💗🎧

We find lizards fascinating... and clearly, lots of kids do, too, because we have received SO MANY lizard questions over...
04/24/2026

We find lizards fascinating... and clearly, lots of kids do, too, because we have received SO MANY lizard questions over the years. In Vermont, we have just one native lizard species: the common five-lined skink. They're endangered here, and not very easily spotted.

So when Jane was headed to San Diego for a conference back in February, we turned it into a lizard field trip... Jane saw lizards on her walks, AND she spent time deep in the basement of the San Diego Natural History Museum, home to thousands of jars filled with reptiles and amphibians.

We have not just one, but TWO whole episodes about lizards for you to check out. Listen where you get your podcasts. 🦎🦎🦎

04/22/2026

One 12yo entrepreneur we know says he’s made $80 bucks selling these sought-after toys to fellow kids at school.

04/21/2026

A question for Melody, who's been producing But Why with Jane from the very begin! 🌟

04/20/2026

It's Marathon Monday in Boston! Celebrated runners from all over the country and around the world participate each year, and today, among the runners is Suni Williams, a NASA astronaut who ran the marathon from SPACE back in 2007!! 🚀 A full marathon is about 26.2 miles, or 42km. According to a legend from Ancient Greece, that's the distance a messenger ran from a battleground named Marathon to the capital city Athens to convey that Greece had beat back a Persian invasion. 🏃

04/17/2026

Back in February, Jane got to spend time in the basement of to check out their impressive collection of herpetology specimens, and to learn all about lizards!!!

🦎 The chuckwalla is the second largest lizards native to California, behind the Gila monster.

04/13/2026

But Why just turned 10 years old! 🎂 So we asked Jane and Melody 10 questions kids have been wondering about... 🧐Here's three fabulous questions to start us off with!

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