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Hey Smartypants

Smartypants Podcast

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Frequency: 1 episode/15d. Total Eps: 13

Welcome to Hey Smartypants — the podcast that turns big questions into epic adventures! 🌍🚀🦠 Hosted by curious Emma and powered by AI, each episode is a brain-boosting field trip for your imagination. From glowing sea creatures to outer space, we bring science and nature to life with fun facts, big laughs, and kid-friendly storytelling and home assignments to continue exploring. Perfect for curious kids 6+ and their grown-ups while on a long drive, or in the classroom. Subscribe and join the Smartypants crew! 🧠✨ #SmartypantsPodcast #STEMKids

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🇨🇦 Canada - educationForKids
24/01/2026
#81
🇨🇦 Canada - educationForKids
23/01/2026
#61

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Special Announcement - Our new website 🖥️

Season 1 · Episode 13

Thursday, January 22, 2026 • Duration 02:41

🎉 Big News, Smartypants! 🎉

We’ve got a special update to share — the Hey Smartypants website is LIVE!

That’s right! You can now visit heysmartypantspodcast.com to explore all our episodes, learn more about the show, and become part of the Smartypants adventure in a totally new way 🌍✨

We got the whole crew together in a REAL podcast room to record our special update. Come hear from our crew, and a get a sneak peak behind the scenes. And it's just the tip of the iceberg, lots more surprises are coming!

🌟 What You’ll Find on the New Website:

• All Hey Smartypants episodes in one easy place 🎧

• A simple way for parents to send in kids’ big questions 💡

• Fun extras and updates from the Smartypants world

• A safe, kid-friendly space designed just for curious minds

🎧 Perfect For:Smartypants who want to keep exploring beyond the podcast.Parents and educators looking for easy access to episodes and activities.

Anyone who wants to stay connected with the show and be part of our growing community.

🎒 Why We Built It:Hey Smartypants is all about turning curiosity into adventure — and now our website helps bring those adventures together in one place, anytime you want to listen, learn, or explore.

🎬 CreditsCreated by Leora and Nevo Cohen, two curious kids who love asking big questions and finding big answers — with a little help from their dad behind the scenes, who it turns out is not a bad vibe coder either 😉\

💌 Send Us Your Big Questions!Visit heysmartypantspodcast.com or email us at ⁠⁠⁠heysmartypants.podcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠ to submit your child’s question!

📣 Follow, Share & ExploreIf your kids love learning through stories and sound, tap Follow, share this update, and come visit us online!

🧠 Stay curious, Smartypants!

#HeySmartypants #KidsPodcast #EducationalPodcast #STEMForKids #LearningIsFun #CuriousKids 🎉

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Episode 12 - Jellyfish 🪼

Season 1 · Episode 12

Wednesday, January 14, 2026 • Duration 09:46

Welcome back, Smartypants! 👋
This time, we’re diving into a glowing, mysterious underwater adventure as Emma heads out on a nighttime scuba dive to meet one of the ocean’s strangest creatures — jellyfish!

In this episode, Emma teams up with Mark to answer Lev’s big question: How do jellyfish sting?
Floating through the dark ocean, surrounded by softly glowing jellies, you’ll discover how these ancient animals move, sense the world, and protect themselves — all explained in a fun, friendly way that makes science feel like magic ✨🪼

🌠 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:• What jellyfish are really made of (no bones, no brain — really!)• How jellyfish move by pulsing water instead of swimming• What nematocysts are and how jellyfish stings actually work• Why some jellyfish glow in the dark using bioluminescence• How jellyfish have survived in Earth’s oceans for over 500 million years

🎧 Perfect For:Kids ages 6+ who love ocean animals and asking big “how does that work?” questions, parents and teachers looking for smart, calming, adventure-filled listeningBedtime, bath time, car rides, or homeschool science momentsAnyone curious about the weird, wonderful world under the sea 🌊🪼

🎒 Why Kids Love Hey Smartypants:Each episode turns a real kid’s question into an exciting, fact-filled journey through science and nature — with playful conversations, imagination, and just the right amount of silliness to keep learning fun.

🎬 CreditsThis podcast was created by Leora and Nevo Cohen, two curious kids who love asking big questions and discovering big answers — with a little help from their dad, who records, edits, and keeps everything floating smoothly behind the scenes 😉
🎵 Theme music:
Bring the Fun by Andrey Rossi

Voices generated with Google AI Studio and other cool tools

Episode 3 - The Deep Sea 🦑

Season 1 · Episode 3

Monday, July 21, 2025 • Duration 09:33

Get ready to dive deep—really deep—with Emma and Ryley in this amazing underwater adventure! In today’s episode of Hey Smartypants, we’re exploring the mysterious world of the deep sea — the part of the ocean so dark, so deep, and so full of strange creatures, it feels like another planet! 🚀🦑

Join our submarine crew as we descend past the sunlit surface, down through the twilight zone, and into the midnight depths where glowing fish, ancient sharks, and GIANT squids roam. You’ll meet an angler fish with a built-in headlight, a shark that lives for 400 years, and even a fish with a see-through head! 😲

And that’s not all — we’ll also discover what bioluminescence is, how deep the sperm whale’s brain can take us, and how YOU can explore deep-sea creatures in your own living room using Google’s 3D search!

🎧 What you’ll learn in this episode:

Why the ocean gets darker the deeper we go
What bioluminescent animals are and why they glow
How the Greenland shark survives in icy waters
Just how giant a giant squid really is
What the deep sea and outer space have in common
How kids can help protect our oceans 🌍💙

🔗 Try This at Home!
Want to see the creatures we talk about?
Search “Angler Fish” or “Giant Squid” on Google and tap the 3D view to bring them into your space using Augmented Reality. It’s like having an aquarium in your living room!

Also check out the Monterey Bay Aquarium for more awesome ocean science and sea creature facts.

⏱️ Timestamps
00:00 – 🚀 Preparing to dive!00:22 – 👋 Today’s big question01:08 – 🌊 Welcome to the deep sea journey01:40 – 🐋 Bonus fact: How big is the sperm whale's brain?02:14 – 🌘 Why it gets darker as we dive deeper02:38 – 💡 The Angler Fish03:25 – 🦈 Meet the Greenland shark04:13 – 👀 A fish with a transparent head?!04:50 – 🐙 Undersea giants: How big are they really?05:20 – 🏠 Home activity: See sea creatures in your living room05:50 – 🧬 What is bioluminescence and why animals use it06:45 – 🧠 More fun facts: Deep sea vs. the Moon08:00 – 🌍 How you can help protect the ocean08:40 – ⬆️ Surfacing and goodbyes

Episode 2 - Venice 🇮🇹

Season 1 · Episode 2

Monday, July 21, 2025 • Duration 07:44

🌊 Why Does Venice Have Water Instead of Roads? | Hey Smartypants Ep. 2

Welcome back, Smartypants! 👋

In this episode, we’re heading to Venice — the magical, floating city in Italy where roads are made of water, and boats are the main way to get around! 🚤🇮🇹 Ever wondered why there are no cars in Venice? Or how the city stays above water? Or what a gondolier actually does all day?

Emma and her co-host are here to answer all those questions and more in this fun, fact-filled journey designed just for curious kids!

🏰 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

Why Venice is built on water instead of roads
How many islands Venice is made of
Why you’ll find canals instead of cars
What a gondola is and who drives them
Why Venice has a famous mask festival called Carnevale
What’s really happening with flooding in Venice (and is it sinking?!)
What the MOSE project is and how it’s helping protect the city

Whether you’re planning a family trip, learning about world geography, or just curious about weird and wonderful places, this episode is the perfect underwater(-ish) adventure for your ears.

🎧 Perfect For:

Kids ages 6+ who love asking big questions
Parents and teachers looking for educational audio fun
Homeschool lessons and road trip learning
Anyone fascinated by amazing cities around the world

💬 Listener Shout-Out:
This episode is inspired by a real question from one of our Smarty listeners, Leora! Do you have a big question? Ask a grown-up to help you send it to us — your voice might be featured in a future episode!

🎒 Each episode is like a brain-boosting field trip for your imagination. We take real questions from real kids and turn them into exciting adventures filled with science, history, geography, and just the right amount of silliness to keep you laughing and learning.

Episode 1 - Artificial Intelligence

Season 1 · Episode 1

Monday, July 21, 2025 • Duration 05:53

Welcome to the very first episode of Hey Smartypants — the podcast where BIG questions get answered in fun-sized, brain-boosting adventures for curious kids!Today’s episode takes us into the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI). What is AI, really? Can it think like humans? How does it learn stuff? And what can YOU do with it at home? Whether it’s robots, smart apps, or wild tech from the future — we break it all down in a way that’s super fun and easy to understand.🧠 In just a few minutes, you’ll learn:

What AI is and how it works
If AI can be creative like you
How AI is shaping the future
Cool ways kids can interact with AI today

Perfect for kids ages 6+, parents, teachers, and future tech wizards. If you love asking why, this one’s for YOU!#AIForkids #STEMforkids #HeySmartypants #PodcastForKids #EducationalPodcast #KidsAskWhy #FunLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #SmartypantsShow #CuriousKids #TechExplained

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