Little Thinkers!
Eight Worlds Full of Adventures
Whether big questions, creative stories, or wonderfully crazy family moments - here you'll find the perfect adventure for every mood. Discover all eight areas and let yourself be surprised where your curiosity leads you!
Let's Think!
Big Questions, Big Answers
Ben and Pia make complex science and philosophy exciting and easy to understand. From swarm intelligence to flying bumblebees - get ready for amazing discoveries that will blow your mind.
| Title | Description | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| Islands Born from the Sea | Ben and Pia explore how new islands magically appear in the ocean and what makes them safe for adventures! | |
| Kiwi Birds and Giant Eggs | Ben and Pia explore the amazing world of kiwi birds and their incredible egg-to-body size ratio, discovering fascinating facts about these unique New Zealand birds. | |
| Magic Triangle Number Patterns | Ben and Pia explore the mysterious world of magic triangles and discover how mathematicians find hidden patterns in numbers that seem invisible to us. | |
| Otter's Special Rock Collection | Ben and Pia explore why otters carry special rocks and what this teaches us about tools, attachments, and problem-solving! | |
| Penguin Poop Science Adventures | Ben and Pia discover the amazing world of penguin projectile poop and explore what makes scientists curious about the silliest things in nature! | |
| Seeing With Your Ears | Ben and Pia explore how bats 'see' with sound and wonder if we could ever truly understand what it's like to be a bat! | |
| Songs Stuck in Your Head | Ben and Pia explore the fascinating world of earworms and discover how our brains create musical loops that play over and over again. | |
| The Door to Different You | Ben and Pia explore a magical door that leads to a parallel world where all our choices were different, discovering what we might learn from other versions of ourselves. | |
| The Hope Flashlight Adventure | Ben and Pia explore how tiny sparks of hope can light up even the darkest moments, like having a magical flashlight that finds the smallest good things around us. | |
| The Impossible Puzzle Mystery | Ben and Pia discover why some sliding puzzles can never be solved, no matter how hard you try! | |
| The Magic Future Mirror | Ben and Pia explore a magical mirror that shows your future self and discover how seeing ahead might change the choices we make today. | |
| The Mystery Box Challenge | Ben and Pia explore a fascinating choice between guaranteed small rewards and risky big possibilities, discovering what makes decisions tricky and how different people think about risk and safety. | |
| The Never-Ending Story Mystery | Ben and Pia explore the mind-bending idea of quantum immortality through fun examples and child-friendly thought experiments about parallel worlds and infinite possibilities. | |
| The One Perfect Book Mystery | Ben and Pia explore what makes a book truly special when you can only choose one for a deserted island adventure! | |
| The Worry Collector's Garden | Ben and Pia explore a magical visitor who collects worries and transforms them into beautiful flowers in a special garden. | |
| Trees Can Walk and Dance | Ben and Pia discover the amazing secret of how trees slowly travel through forests without anyone noticing! |
Let's Ask!
Your Questions, Our Stories
Ask your burning question and get a custom audio story made just for you. Ben and Pia turn every curious question into a unique learning adventure.
| Title | Description | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| How Do Airplanes Fly? | Ben and Pia explore the amazing science of flight with Mason, discovering why airplanes stay up while toy planes fall down. | |
| How Do Fish Breathe Underwater? | Ben and Pia explore how fish can breathe underwater without noses, discovering the amazing world of gills and underwater breathing. | |
| How Do Trees Drink Water? | Ben and Pia explore how trees drink water without mouths or straws, discovering the amazing underground network of roots and the tree's incredible drinking system. | |
| Where Does the Sun Go at Night? | Ben and Pia explore Mia's wonderful question about where the sun goes when we can't see it, discovering how our spinning Earth creates day and night. | |
| Why Brush Our Teeth? | Ben and Pia explore tooth brushing with Ethan's curious question about what happens if we don't clean our teeth. | |
| Why Do Caterpillars Transform? | Ben and Pia explore the amazing metamorphosis of caterpillars into butterflies with Hunter's thoughtful question. | |
| Why Do Cows Make Milk? | Ben and Pia explore why cows produce milk and the amazing science behind it with curious Mia. | |
| Why Do Frogs Croak? | Ben and Pia explore Stella's fascinating question about frog sounds and discover the amazing world of amphibian communication. | |
| Why Do Frogs Jump High? | Ben and Pia explore the amazing world of frog jumping with Elijah's curious question about these incredible hoppers. | |
| Why Do Leaves Change Color? | Ben and Pia explore the magical science behind autumn's colorful leaf transformation with curious Olivia. | |
| Why Do Lions Roar? | Ben and Pia explore the amazing reasons behind a lion's mighty roar with curious Wyatt. | |
| Why Do People Wear Shoes? | Ben and Pia explore Nora's fascinating question about why humans wear shoes when our feet work perfectly fine without them, discovering the amazing journey from barefoot ancestors to modern footwear. | |
| Why Do Turtles Hide? | Ben and Pia explore Owen's question about why turtles can hide in their shells while we can't hide inside ourselves. | |
| Why Do Volcanoes Have Lava? | Ben and Pia explore with Levi why some mountains are hot and full of melted rock, discovering the amazing secrets hidden deep inside our planet. | |
| Why Do We Blink? | Ben and Pia explore why our eyes need to blink and what happens when we try not to, inspired by Lily's funny eye experiment. | |
| Why Do We Dream? | Ben and Pia explore the fascinating world of dreams with Noah, discovering why our brains create movies while we sleep. | |
| Why Do We Get Hiccups? | Ben and Pia explore the mystery of hiccups with curious Chloe, discovering how our breathing muscle sometimes gets confused and starts doing little jumps inside our body! | |
| Why Do We Have Eyebrows? | Ben and Pia explore the surprising reasons why eyebrows are actually super important body parts, with fun experiments and fascinating facts about these fuzzy face protectors. | |
| Why Do We Hiccup? | Ben and Pia explore the surprising mystery of hiccups with Layla's curious question. | |
| Why Do We Laugh? | Ben and Pia explore the mystery of laughter with Ella, discovering why our bodies giggle, chuckle, and burst into fits of giggles even when we don't know why! | |
| Why Does Earth Spin? | Ben and Pia explore Anna's question about why our planet spins and why we don't feel dizzy from it. | |
| Why Is Ocean Water Salty? | Ben and Pia explore why ocean water tastes salty while pool water doesn't, discovering the amazing journey of salt from rocks to sea. | |
| Why Is the Sky Blue? | Ben and Pia explore why the sky appears blue through playful light experiments and colorful explanations for young minds. |
Let's Create!
You're the Hero
Become the main character in your own story! Tell us your ideas and we'll create a personalized audio adventure that's completely unique to you.
| Title | Description | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| Mars Field Trip Mystery | Two young astronauts befriend gentle Martians and solve crystal puzzles to return to their spaceship in time. |
Let's Listen!
Magic for Quiet Moments
Relaxing audio stories filled with magic and wisdom. Perfect for dreaming, reflecting, and cozy family time when you want the world to slow down.
| Title | Description | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| Emma and the Invisible Friend | A shy girl meets an invisible friend and discovers her own courage. | |
| Felix and the Cloud Jars | A boy who collects clouds learns to share their rain. | |
| Leni and the Rainbow Bottles | A girl collects colors born from kind acts and paints her gray city bright again. | |
| Nils and Oskar Switch Dreams | A boy and his cat swap dreams and bodies for a day and learn to see the world with kinder eyes. | |
| The One-Handed Golden Clock | A busy girl finds a magic clock that can pause the world and learns that time is best when shared. | |
| Tom and the Hidden Garden | A boy restores a forgotten garden with tiny helpers and patient care. |
Let's Imagine!
When Things Come to Life
What would your teddy bear tell you? What secrets does the old oak tree know? Here everyday objects find their voice and share the stories they've been keeping to themselves.
| Title | Description | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| Kissy Cup Wonders | A chatty cup with a lip kiss wonders about hugs, mornings, and the tiny marks love leaves behind. | |
| Little Telescope, Big Thoughts | A chatty telescope wonders about time, space, and warm cocoa stars while giggling at twinkly night secrets. | |
| Pebble That Hugs Time | A small stone shares funny, gentle thoughts on waiting, change, and how time makes round, brave hearts. | |
| Spark of Small Wonders | A tiny matchstick muses about ideas, light, and quick bravery, with warm laughs and safe, gentle sparks. | |
| Stone of Quiet Wonders | A gentle paving stone shares funny street secrets, big little questions, and why being steady feels like love. | |
| The Bright Little Thinker | A tiny bulb wonders about shining, change, and quiet aha moments, with giggles, glow, and bedtime calm. | |
| The Dreamy Shopping Cart | A friendly cart wonders about picking things, finding treasures, and making light choices with a kind heart. | |
| The Fair and Steady Scale | A gentle scale shares fair, funny thoughts on balance and truth, and why magic kindness cannot be weighed. | |
| The Gentle Eraser's Wish | A gentle eraser turns mistakes into fresh space, and wonders how new tries sparkle like tiny stars. | |
| The Sleepy Battery | A tired little battery wonders about rest, purpose, and how energy comes back like morning light. | |
| The Zipper of Together | A shiny zipper explores click magic, cozy hugs, brave pauses, and how tiny teeth hold big worlds together. | |
| Ticket Machine Dreams | A shiny ticket machine wonders about trains, choices, and tiny freedoms that sparkle like stars. | |
| Whispering Kettle Wonders | A playful kettle puffs warm thoughts about change, heat, and tiny bubbles that hide big questions. | |
| Whispers of a Patchy Bear | A soft bear shares funny secrets, brave hugs, and big little questions about growing, waiting, and warm courage. | |
| Whispers of a Photo Album | A faded album wonders how pictures remember, giggles at smudges, and learns gentle ways to hold little moments. |
Let's Laugh!
Creative Kids, Patient Parents
Family life with a twist: when children come up with brilliant explanations and parents have to play along with a smile. Here we celebrate the wonderful chaos of everyday family life.
| Title | Description | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| Car Turns Into Rideshare | On a drive home, a pine-tree air freshener starts dispatching real stops, turning the family car into a chaotic rideshare until a seatbelt reset brings absurd order. | |
| Cleanliness Bends Household Physics | Family discovers their definition of clean controls a chaos-prone vacuum and a toy-hiding strategy war breaks out. | |
| Clothes Start A Union | The family's favorite T-shirt suddenly scratches, sparking a wild investigation into clothing conspiracies. | |
| Dessert Stomach Is Science | After dinner, a family discovers their table and fridge obey sticky notes and 'fullness' declarations, turning dessert into physics. | |
| Haircuts Rewrite Family Personalities | At the salon, they treat a haircut like survival training because every snip seems to edit their personalities. | |
| Hideletics Beats Sports | Family discovers their couch punishes the word 'sport' and only hide-and-seek makes them move. | |
| Selective Hearing Hears Wrappers | Family discovers candy wrappers control what the Kid hears and tries absurd fixes with escalating chaos. | |
| Toothpaste Breaks Gravity | Kid invents wild excuses to avoid brushing until Dad's gadget toothpaste makes the bathroom float. | |
| Toy Vanishes At Departure | Family tries to leave, but the key toy keeps vanishing, triggering absurd theories, teasing, and a surprising fix. | |
| Why Machine At Home | Breakfast turns into a why-loop when a gadget multiplies questions and the toaster prints answers. |
Let's Read!
Family Reading Corner
Articles that make sense of the world - from kid questions that finally get honest answers to family insights that actually work in real life. Reading that speaks to curious minds of all ages.
| Title | Description | Read |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Surprising Answers to Kids' Questions About Life (that will actually make you look smart at bedtime) | When your 6-year-old asks where thoughts come from or why we exist, these surprisingly simple answers will save your parental reputation and maybe teach you something too. | |
| 6 Clever Ways of Answering Kids' Questions That Make Them Think (and save your sanity on car rides) | Turn your child's endless 'Why?' questions into opportunities for brilliant conversations with these 6 game-changing response techniques! | |
| 7 Best Road Trip Games for Kids That Actually Work (and keep parents sane for more than 5 minutes) | Transform your next family car journey from survival mode into adventure time with these 7 brilliant road trip games that even grumpy kids will love! | |
| 7 Brilliant Ways to Answer Kids' Questions Without Going Insane (And Why They Never Stop Asking) | Ever wondered why your little one treats you like Google with legs? Discover the fascinating science behind children's endless questions and genius ways to respond without going mad! | |
| 7 Mind-Blowing Reasons Why Kids Hate Vegetables (And It's Not Your Fault!) | Ever wonder why vegetables taste like punishment? It's not just you being picky - there's actual science behind why kids hate vegetables, and it's way cooler than you think! | |
| 7 Mind-Blowing Reasons Why You Can Remember Pokémon Names But Can't Remember Math (And Why Your Brain Is Actually a Genius) | Your brain remembers Pokémon like a superhero database but forgets math like it's yesterday's lunch. Here's the wild science behind this brain mystery! | |
| 7 Reasons Podcasts for Kids Make Your Child Smarter (and Save Your Sanity During Car Rides) | Who knew that letting kids put on headphones could actually make them smarter? Here's why podcasts are every parent's new best friend! | |
| 7 Reasons Why Adults Don't Understand My Jokes (and why that makes you a comedy genius) | Ever wondered why grown-ups look confused when you tell your BEST jokes? Turns out, you're not weird - you're a comedy genius and they just don't get it! | |
| 7 Reasons Why Cleaning Up Is Annoying (And Why Your Parents Make Such Weird Faces) | Ever wonder why cleaning up feels like torture? Spoiler alert: It's not just you - there's actual science behind why your brain rebels against tidying up! | |
| 7 Reasons Why Farts Are Funny But Adults Turn Red Like Tomatoes (The Ultimate Giggle Guide) | Ever wonder why you crack up at farts but your mom looks mortified? We've got the hilarious science behind the world's most awkward sound effect! | |
| 7 Reasons Why School Is Boring But YouTube Is Like Magic (And How To Turn Your Brain Into A Fun Machine) | Your brain has a secret fun-detector that goes CRAZY for YouTube but falls asleep in math class. Let's crack the code and turn you into a learning superhero! | |
| 7 Secret Reasons Why You Have to Go to Bed When Not Tired (and why your brain is playing tricks on you!) | Ever wonder why parents make you sleep when you feel wide awake? Your body has some pretty sneaky tricks up its sleeve that even grown-ups don't fully understand! | |
| 7 Simple Ways How Kids Learn to Think (and how parents can help without losing their minds) | Transform everyday moments into thinking adventures with these parent-tested tips that boost your child's brainpower without the drama! | |
| 7 Ways to Make Philosophy for Kids Fun and Easy (without needing a philosophy degree yourself) | Turn everyday moments into philosophical adventures! Learn 7 simple ways to spark deep thinking in kids through play, questions, and wonder - no PhD required. | |
| 8 Gründe warum das perfekte Kinderzimmer hinterfragen sinnvoll ist (bevor alle unglücklich werden) | Das perfekte Kinderzimmer macht oft alle unglücklich. Wir erklären warum weniger manchmal mehr ist - mit viel Humor und praktischen Tipps für entspanntere Familien. |
Let's Rewind!
Adventures Through Time
Step back in time with Ben, Pia, and the Storyteller as they bring history's most amazing adventures to life. Real heroes, incredible journeys, and mysteries that still make us wonder today.
| Title | Description | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander Selkirk’s Island | A true survival tale of a Scottish sailor left alone on a wild island, whose courage inspired a famous book. | |
| Alice Ball’s Breakthrough | A vivid, true tale of a young chemist who turned a stubborn oil into hope for people with Hansen’s disease. | |
| Amelia Earhart’s Vanishing Sky | A cinematic, fact-true journey through Amelia Earhart’s life, courage, and the enduring mystery of her final flight—told with heart, detail, and wonder. | |
| Avicenna the Healing Scholar | The true journey of a brilliant boy from Central Asia who became a master doctor and writer, told with vivid scenes and hope. | |
| Brunel: Bridges and Steam | From a flooded river tunnel to a ship as long as a street, Brunel reshaped travel and hope—bold, true, and thrilling. | |
| Clara Schumann: From Prodigy to Power | A vivid, true story about a young piano prodigy who became a brave mother, a world star, and a shaper of modern concerts—told with scenes, sounds, and heart. | |
| Fabiola Gianotti and Higgs | From quiet piano notes to a giant ring under the earth, one scientist follows clues to a tiny secret of nature. | |
| Florence Nightingale's Lamp | A warm, thrilling journey with the Lady with the Lamp, from dark wartime halls to bright ideas that reshaped hospitals forever. | |
| Harriet Chalmers Adams Unbound | A vivid, true adventure of a fearless American explorer across South America, war zones, and bright lecture halls. | |
| Heraclitus: River and Fire | A vivid journey to ancient Ephesus, where Heraclitus watches rivers, studies fire, writes in riddles, and becomes known as the weeping philosopher—told with care, truth, and wonder. | |
| Ibn Battuta, World Walker | From sands to snow and shining seas, a young scholar leaves Morocco and crosses the world, meeting rulers, storms, and wonders. | |
| Jane Goodall in Gombe | A vivid journey with Jane Goodall into a forest by a great African lake, where patience, kindness, and science meet and change how people see animals. | |
| John Harrison and the Sea | The true story of a quiet clockmaker who solved the great sea puzzle of longitude and changed the world. | |
| Leonardo: Mind In Motion | A vivid journey through Leonardo da Vinci’s real life, from a Tuscan village to royal workshops, with flying dreams, bold machines, and world-changing art—told in simple, cinematic scenes. | |
| Marco Polo’s Wild Journey | From Venice to the court of Kublai Khan, a true tale of deserts, mountains, paper money, and a sea voyage with a princess. | |
| Marie Curie: Living Light | A vivid, true story of Marie Curie, the scientist who made hidden energy visible and helped heal soldiers with X-rays. | |
| Mary Celeste Ghost Ship | A vivid, fact-true voyage through the mystery of the Mary Celeste, told with warmth and wonder—exciting, but not scary. | |
| Neil Armstrong's Quiet Steps | From a shy boy in Ohio to a pilot who faced the unknown with steady hands. Engines roar, radios crackle, and careful footsteps change history. | |
| Nikolaus Otto's Singing Engine | A cinematic, kid-friendly journey through Nikolaus Otto’s long struggle from small workshop experiments to a Paris breakthrough, a factory by the Rhine, and a patent storm that set the four-stroke engine free. | |
| Orphan Trains of America | A vivid, child-friendly telling of the Orphan Train Movement, when thousands of children rode west seeking homes, and how it changed child welfare in the United States. | |
| Philo T. Farnsworth | A farm boy draws a bold idea on a chalkboard and transforms glowing lines into living pictures. This is the true story of the quiet inventor behind electronic television. | |
| Rachel Carson’s Spring | A warm, gripping journey through the life of Rachel Carson, the writer-scientist whose brave words helped protect birds, rivers, and seas. | |
| Temple Grandin’s Brave Designs | A warm, thrilling story about Temple Grandin, who thinks in pictures and changed how cattle are treated—kindly and smartly. | |
| The Steady Pulse | How Otis Boykin turned tiny resistors into lifesaving power and made pacemakers reliable for hearts around the world. | |
| Vera Rubin and the Dark | A cinematic journey through Vera Rubin’s starlit nights, the flat rotation mystery, and the quiet courage that helped reveal the unseen mass shaping galaxies. | |
| Wright Brothers: First Flight | Winds, sand, and a wooden machine leap into history as two bicycle makers turn careful notes into the first powered, controlled flight. |
