Anorak: the Happy Podcast for Kids

We invite children to voice the burning questions that they have about the world around them, such as ‘how do whales pee?” and “should every house have a jetpack?”.

These questions are answered by a global cast of guests ranging from rock stars to scientists, architects to ice cream makers.

Series One is made of six bi-weekly episodes, each with a theme, and include jokes (of course!) as well as invitations to 'draw what you hear'.

If you'd like your child to be part of the next series, please register them here.

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"What is the scariest animal you have seen on a mountain?"

In this MOUNTAINS-episode of Anorak: the Happy Podcast for Kids, our Little Editors interview boulderer and scientist Dr Favia Dubyk, the first South African mountaineer to have climbed Everest, Deshun Deysel and Manchester-based Professor of Geology, Christopher Jackson.

Thank you to Little Editors Skye (7 years old), Rory (11 years old, USA), Ines (7 years old, UK), Oscar (7 years old, UK), Ema (10 years old, UK) and Eliza (9 years old, UK) for their brilliant questions. If you'd like your child to be part of the next series, please register them here,

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"Why are dreams so weird?"

That's one of the questions our Little Editors ask our experts for this DREAMS-special episode of The Happy Podcast for Kids. Thanks to Professor of Psychology & Sleep Scientist Antonio Zadra , Dr Caroline Horton, Director of DrEAMSLab and dreams analyst Jane Theresa Anderson., we explore why we dream and why we can remember some and not others.

Thank you to Little Editors Felix (UK, 9 years old), Elsie (UK, 7 years old), Naia (Canada, 8 years old), Ema (UK, 10 years old) and Eliza (UK, 9 years old) for their brilliant contributions. If you'd like your child to be part of the next series, please register them here,

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"Should every house have a jetpack?"

This episode is all about Cities (and buildings). We follow Ian (6 years old) on a tour around his city in South Korea, we discover how mushrooms can be turned into construction material, ask our guests 'should every house have a jetpack?' and 'why are cities built in a grid?"

Thank you Dr Margarethe Theseira, Head of Economics at Jacobs, Architects Basia Swierc and Shaun Ihejetoh at West Port Architects and Urban Designer Vaggy Georgali for being such amazing guests. Thank you to Little Editors Ian (6, South Korea), James (9, UK), Ethan (11, UK), Naomi (8, Germany), Ema (9, UK), Bruna (9, Spain) and Manjushri (9, USA) for their fab questions. Thank you George Wade and RIBA for your help!

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"How easy is it to be a fashion designer?" "how did people dye their clothes?"

This latest episode of our Happy Podcast for Kids is all about FASHION. Fashion designer Katie Eary tells us how she designs fashion, how having a vision of the future helps and fashion historian Amber Butchart takes us on a trip back in time where we discover how the mucus glands of sea snails were used to dye clothes!

Thank you to our Little Editors for their wonderful contributions, namely Alfie (UK, 10 years old), Tove (USA, 6 years old), Sage (USA, 8 years old), Lennie (UK, 10 years old), and Eliza (UK, 9 years old).

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Edit & music production by Kenji Productions.

"What is your favourite sandwich?"

Our Little Editors have some very hard-hitting questions for chefs and chocolate makers for this special FOOD episode of our Happy Podcast for Kids. Our Little Editors have some very hard-hitting questions for chefs and chocolate makers for this special FOOD episode of our Happy Podcast for Kids.

And we have some superstars to answer them, namely Chef Eric Adjepong , Charlotte Flower from Charlotte Flower Chocolates , and Chef Chantelle Nicholson from Apricity Restaurant.
Find out why chocolate and pine make a good combination, what a chef does on a day-to-day basis and what's their favourite dishes, plenty to inspire a whole generation of budding cooks.

Thank you to our Little Editors for their wonderful questions, namely Edie (UK, 6 years old), Frida (UK, 6 years old), Edie (UK, 6 years old), Samuel (UK, 10 years old), and Maria (UK, 9 years old).

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"Do you close your eyes when you imagine?"

In this IMAGINATION episode of Anorak: the Happy Podcast for Kids, our Little Editors interview the children's book author Chris Haughton, the NYC street artist Indie184 and the artist Murugiah.

Thank you to Little Editors Laurie (6 years old, UK) Edie (5 years old, UK), Ollie (8 years old, USA), Naia (7 years old, CANADA), Sage (8 years old, USA), Indie (8 years old, UK), and Natalie (8 years old, UK) for their amazingly imaginative questions! If you'd like your child to be part of the next series, please register them here.

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"Where does the word 'word' come from?"

This latest episode of our Happy Podcast for Kids is all about WORDS. Our Little Editors have fascinating questions for Linguistics expert Dr Jing Huang and award-winning authors Chitra Soundar and Ming Chen. They kindly share with us tips about writing books and how many words the English language has.

Thank you to our Little Editors for their wonderful contributions, namely Leo (UK, 12 years old), Florence (UK, 10 years old), Valentina (USA, 8 years old), Molly (UK, 11 years old), Ema (UK, 7 years old), Alec (UK, 8 years old), Ines (UK, 7 years old) and Elias (UK, 6 years old).

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Edit & music production by Kenji Productions.

"How do you choose the items to put in the museum?"

Do you wonder what happens behind-the-scenes of a museum? Well, wonder no more as thanks to our Little Editors , and some prestigious guests, we have the answers! In this MUSEUM-special, we speak to Dr Rebecca Rice, Curator Historical New Zealand Art of Te Papa (NZ), Naima J. Keith, Vice President of Education and Public Programs at LACMA (USA) and Tom Mahon, Founder of MoPA: The Museum of Play and Art (Australia).

Thank you to our Little Editors, Jude (UK, 8 years old), Elsie (UK, 7 years old), Sage (USA, 8 years old) and Elio (Italy, 10 years old).

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"Who makes toys?"

Yes who does? In this episode dedicated to our favourite things, TOYS, our Little Editors interview three amazing toy makers, YiYin Wang of Noodoll, Alan Goldsmith, owner of the largest toy museum in Europe, Mountfitchet Castle and Louise Heard, owner of the Benjamin Pollocks Toy Shop.

Thank you to our Little Editors for their wonderful contributions, namely Kiera (10 years old), Dylan (UK, 7 years old), Monty (UK, 5 years old), Ursula (USA, 9 years old), Tove (USA, 6 years old), Frida (UK, 6 years old), Quinn (USA, 7 years old) and Eliza (UK, 9 years old).



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"How do whales pee?"

"Have you ever got pinched by a crab?"
"How do whales swim if they're so heavy?"

In this Under the Sea episode of Anorak: the Happy Podcast for Kids, our Little Editors interview Ellie D’Silva, scuba diver & founder of Luna Dive (UK) , De’Marcus Robinson, ocean scientist (USA) and Tom Grove & Alyssa Stoller, co-founders, Whale Wise (Iceland).

Thank you to Little Editors Jack (4 years old, UK), Oskar (8 years old, UK), Uma (7 years old, Switzerland), Livia (8 years old, UK), Heliodore (10 years old, France) and Menandre (6 years old, France) for their brilliant questions.

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Sports-special

In this Sports-special episode of Anorak: the Happy Podcast for Kids, our Little Editors interview three top athletes about their disciplines, namely Paralympic powerlifter Ali Jawad, Team GB Hockey Player Giselle Anne Ansley and Ashok Das, founder of Kabaddi UK & Europe.

Thank you Little Editors Flo (6 UK), Dusty (8, UK), Molly (8, UK), Kian (11, USA) and Pritika (5, USA) for their brilliant questions.

Thank you Dan Gibson and Nick Booth for their help.

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"Have you ever sung the wrong words in front of a crowd?"

This is one of the candid but fun questions our Little Editors have asked three amazing rock stars in this MUSIC special of Anorak: the Happy Podcast for Kids.

In this episode, our Little Editors interview singer-songwriter Tim Wong from Dear Jane, musician and psych-pop singer Attia Taylor from Strange Parts (USA), and lead singer James Alexander Graham from The Twilight Sad (Scotland, UK).

Thank you to Little Editors Dominic (6 years old, USA), Elsie (6 years old, USA), Molly (7 years old, UK),and Zachary (11 years old, UK).

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"We sell joy!

In this Ice Cream episode of Anorak: the Happy Podcast for Kids, our Little Editors interview Cathrine Østerberg, founder of Østerberg Ice Cream (Denmark), , Anders Hennig-Olsen from Hennig-Olsten Ice Creams (Norway) and Yann Rey, founder of Unframed Ice Cream (South Africa).

Thank you to Little Editors Darcey (8 years old, UK), Zazie (10 years old, USA) Ena (9 years old, Norway), Jasper (4 years old, Germany), Bertie (5 years old, UK), Leo (11 years old, UK), Molly (10 years old, UK) and Tove (5 years old, USA) for their brilliant questions! If you'd like your child to be part of the next series, please register them here.

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