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What’s Happening Inside Me?The Skin We're In: Part 2 - What the Skin Does for Us | Season 3 Ep10In this follow-up episode on the integumentary system, we explore the amazing ways our skin keeps us safe, healthy, and balanced every single day. Last week, we learned what the skin is made of — this week, we focus on what it does for us and why we truly couldn’t live without it.Sloane continues doubting if skin is really that important… and ends up discovering it’s one of the most essential systems in the entire body!In this episode, kids learn how the skin:Acts like a protective wall, keeping germs outHelps prevent dehydrat...
2025-11-2117 minWhat’s Happening Inside Me?The Skin We're In: The Integumentary System | Season 3 Ep9Sloane thinks skin is no big deal — until she finds out it’s actually an entire body system!In this episode, Audra and Sloane explore the integumentary system — the body’s amazing outer layer of protection. Together, they discover that skin isn’t just skin — it’s the largest organ in our body and part of a team that includes hair, nails, and glands. From sweat to earwax to milk (wait… what?!), this episode uncovers the gross, cool, and important jobs your skin does every day. What Kids Will LearnThe integumentary system is made up of the skin, h...
2025-11-1415 minWhat’s Happening Inside Me?QFL | How many hits for a concussion? | Season 3 Ep8This week’s listener question comes from Dom, from Pennsylvania, who asked: “How many times do you have to get hit to have a concussion in football?”That’s a really good question — and one that every kid (and parent!) who plays sports should understand!In this episode, we talk about:⚡ What a concussion is and why doctors call it a “mild traumatic brain injury.”🏈 How our brains get hurt — from hits, hard stops, and even whiplash.💫 What symptoms can happen when the brain gets injured.🦺 And how to keep your brain safe by wearing helmets, pl...
2025-11-0707 minWhat’s Happening Inside Me?A Halloween Special: Scary Stories from the ER! | Season 3 Ep7It’s Halloween week — and Sloane has an idea! 👻This time, she convinces Mom to share some of her “scary” stories from the ER. Don’t worry — these stories aren’t too scary, but they’re definitely interesting, a little gross, and packed with lessons to keep kids safe. 💀 From fishhooks to helmets to beads (and even blood!), this episode has it all.You’ll hear:🪝 A fishing trip gone wrong — and what happens when a fishhook ends up in someone’s cheek.🚴♀️ A bike ride that turned into a real-life lesson about helmets.💎 A bead-in-the-nose story that might sound f...
2025-10-3116 minWhat’s Happening Inside Me?Burps and Farts | Season 3 Ep6My brother told me I had to do an episode on burps and farts… so here it is!Let’s be honest — everyone does it. But have you ever wondered why? In this episode, Sloane and I dive into the science behind burping and tooting. We’ll talk about what’s really going on inside when gas builds up, why it’s totally normal, and how our amazing body systems all work together to make it happen. We’ll learn about:What happens when you swallow air (and where it goes!)The tiny bacteria living inside you that make gasF...
2025-10-2414 minWhat’s Happening Inside Me?QFL | Why Do I Have A Belly Button? | Season 3 Ep5Ever wondered what your belly button actually does? (Spoiler alert: not much!) But don’t worry — that tiny spot on your tummy used to be one of the most important parts of your body when you were a baby growing inside your mom!In this episode, Audra — a former teacher, emergency room PA, and mom of four curious kids — takes listeners back to before they were even born to explain how the umbilical cord and placenta helped them eat, breathe, and grow long before their actual birth day. Kids will learn:🩸 How oxygen and nutrients travel from...
2025-10-1708 minWhat’s Happening Inside Me?Zooming In: What are Cells? | Season 3 Ep4What’s smaller than small and busier than busy? It’s the cell—the tiny building block of every living thing! In this episode, Audra and her 8-year-old cohost Sloane explore what cells are, where we find them, and why they’re so important. Using fun examples (and a few Lego bricks), they zoom in layer by layer—from body systems to organs to tissues—all the way down to the microscopic world inside every cell. Along the way, they meet three superstar organelles:🧠 Nucleus – the control center that holds DNA, the instructions for building you⚡ Mitochondria – the “powerhouse” that turns food and oxyge...
2025-10-1018 minWhat’s Happening Inside Me?QFL | Why Do I Get Hiccups? | Season 3 Ep3✨ Questions from Listeners: Why Do I Get Hiccups? Submit your own question at WHIMpodcast.com/contact-us✨ Laura sent in a fantastic question for today’s Questions from Listeners episode:👉 Why do I get hiccups, and what are they?If you’ve ever had hiccups, you know how annoying they can be. But what’s actually going on inside your body when they happen?In this episode, we’ll:✅ Discuss how your body breathes with the help of your diaphragm and intercostal muscles✅ Learn why nothing sucks in science (and how air really gets into...
2025-10-0307 minWhat’s Happening Inside Me?Broken Bones: How Do Bones Heal? | Season 3 Ep2Click HERE to visit our site and get activity pages to support today's learning!Welcome to What’s Happening Inside Me? In this episode, we will go on a journey to discover how our bones heal when they break.Last week, we kicked off the season with a special guest, Lea, one of Sloane’s school friends with a broken arm. Now, we’re diving into one of the body’s coolest secrets: how do bones repair themselves after a fracture?In this episode, you’ll learn:🦴 The difference between a fracture and a broken bone...
2025-09-2617 minWhat’s Happening Inside Me?Busy Bones: Wait, My Bones Do Stuff?? | Season 3 Ep1Click HERE to get FREE activity sheets to go along with today's episode.🦴✨ We all know we have bones—but did you know they’re some of the busiest parts of your body? In this episode, Sloane brings her friend Lea (who just broke her arm!) to ask what bones actually do. Spoiler: they do way more than just sit there! Join us as we discover how bones…🔹 Protect our soft organs like armor🔹 Give our body structure (so we’re not a squishy pile!)🔹 Work with muscles to help us move🔹 Store minerals (like calci...
2025-09-1916 minWhat’s Happening Inside Me?Season 2 Wrap UpHey listeners! You’re probably wondering where we’ve been. We had to end our summer season a little early because Sloane and I both got really sick—two weeks without a voice (that’s called laryngitis!) plus high fevers making us feel terrible plus a bad cough that just wouldn't go away meant no recording.But don’t worry—those last two planned episodes will be back in Season 3! 🎉 New episodes start September 19 with fun topics like bones, lots of listener questions, and the much-requested Crazy Stories from the Emergency Room!In the meantime, follow us on Instagram...
2025-08-2901 minWhat’s Happening Inside Me?Ouch! What’s Going On In My Ear? | Part 2: Ear Infections & Ear Tubes! | Season 2 Ep6This week, we’re diving even deeper into the ear! In this second part of our ear adventure, Audra and Sloane explore ear infections—and what happens when you get those little ear tubes some kids need to help!We’ll talk about:👂 Swimmer’s ear vs. middle ear infections🦠 What causes all that pressure and pain🧫 How doctors figure out what’s going on🧴 How medicine or ear drops help🔊 And of course—ear tubes! What they are, why some kids get them, and how they help keep ears healthy and clear.If your child has...
2025-07-2521 minWhat’s Happening Inside Me?ANNOUNCEMENT - A week off for some real-world fun!!🎧 No New Episode This Week — But Come See Us in Person!Stay in touch on our website HEREWe’re taking a short break from new episodes this week, but for a good reason — we’re getting ready for TWO fun family events happening this Saturday, July 19th in the Pittsburgh area!🎉 Come meet us, spin the prize wheel, enter a raffle to be on the show, and grab some free WHIM podcast goodies!🕛 Event #1: Macaroni Kid’s Party Palooza📍 Dave & Buster’s, The Waterfront⏰ 12–3 PM🎈 Stop by our table and say hi!🎂...
2025-07-1801 minWhat’s Happening Inside Me?How Do Ears Work? A Journey Into Hearing! | Season 2 Ep5Click HERE for free downloadable pages to go with this episode🎧 Episode Title: How Do Ears Work? A Journey Into Hearing! 🧠 Episode Summary:In this episode of What’s Happening Inside Me?, Sloane has a big question after dealing with an ear infection: What’s actually going on inside our ears? Why do kids get ear infections? What is an eardrum? How do we hear sounds? Join us for a fun, kid-friendly adventure into the science of hearing, the anatomy of the ear, and the journey sound waves take from your ears to your brain.👂...
2025-07-1119 minWhat’s Happening Inside Me?QFL | How much blood do we have & blood color optics! | Season 2 Ep4Got questions? We’ve got answers! In this special “Questions from Listeners” episode, Sloane and Audra tackle some curious questions sent in by real kids just like you! 🩸 How much blood is actually in our bodies?🟥 Why is blood red?🔵 And wait… if blood is red, why do veins look blue??We’ll talk about the science of blood, a little light magic (aka optics!), and why your skin plays a trick on your eyes when you look at your veins. As always, it’s silly, smart, and packed with kid-friendly facts! Perfect for curious kids ages 4–12
2025-07-0409 minWhat’s Happening Inside Me?I Gotta Go!!!!! But first, where does pee come from? | Season 2 Ep3Get ready to go on a potty-powered adventure! In this episode of What’s Happening Inside Me?, we’re flushing out all the facts about pee (urine) — what it is, why we make it, and how it leaves the body! 💦Join Audra and Sloane as they explore your body’s amazing urinary system, following the journey from your blood to the bathroom! You’ll learn about:🧽 How your kidneys act like filters, cleaning your blood🌊 How pee travels through ureters, into your bladder, and out through the urethra⚗️ What pee is made of (hint: it’s more than just water!)
2025-06-2718 minWhat’s Happening Inside Me?Ouch! Where does the blood come from when I get a cut!?! | Season 2 Ep2CLICK HERE to join our mailing list for free printables and activites to go along with the episode Get ready to keep the blood adventure going in this brand-new episode of What’s Happening Inside Me?! 🩸 This time, Audra and Sloane are diving into the amazing highways and roads of the body — your blood vessels! Find out how blood travels to every tiny part of your body and what happens when you get a cut, scrape, or bruise!You'll learn about:🔴 Arteries — the big blood highways that carry fresh, oxygen-filled blood from your heart 🚗❤️
2025-06-2020 minWhat’s Happening Inside Me?Vampire Soup! What's In Your Blood? | Season 2 Ep1CLICK HERE for fun freebies and activities that go along with the episodeWelcome back to What’s Happening Inside Me? — the fun, kid-friendly podcast where we explore the amazing human body! Season 2 kicks off with a spooktacular episode all about blood — and what better way to learn than by making a pretend bowl of “Vampire Soup”? 🧛♂️🍲In this episode, Audra and Sloane mix up a silly (but super scientific) soup to teach kids the important components of blood — including:🔴 Red blood cells (carrying oxygen to your body!)⚪ White blood cells (the brave defenders that fight germs!)💧 Pla...
2025-06-1317 minWhat’s Happening Inside Me?Mini Season Wrap Up & Announcements🎉 Season Wrap-Up! What’s Next for What’s Happening Inside Me? 🎉We did it! In this special episode, we're wrapping up our very first mini season of What’s Happening Inside Me?—and what a ride it’s been! With 6 amazing core episodes, a bonus guest interview, and a super fun Q&A episode with questions from YOU, we’re celebrating everything we learned, laughed about, and loved. 💛✨ Here’s what’s inside this episode:A HUGE thank you for supporting our first season 🙌A sneak peek at what’s coming in Season 2 (hint: blood! ears! bones! pee!) 🩸👂🦴💦A teaser for ou...
2025-04-2502 minWhat’s Happening Inside Me?What Is Autism? A Kid-Friendly Chat with Jill Calkins for Autism Acceptance Month | Season 1 Ep7🎙️ NEW EPISODE: Autism Acceptance Month Special — Meet Our First Guest! In this special episode of What's Happening Inside Me?, we're celebrating Autism Acceptance Month with our very first guest interview!Join us as we chat with Jill Calkins, a first-grade teacher and proud mom of an autistic son, who helps us understand what autism is and how we can be great friends to people whose brains work a little differently.Perfect for kids ages 4–12 (and their grown-ups!), this episode explores:What autism means in a kid-frien...
2025-04-1829 minWhat’s Happening Inside Me?Accessory Organs - The Digestive System Sidekicks! | Season 1 Ep6CLICK HERE for free activity pages that go along with the episode!In this exciting episode of What’s Happening Inside Me?, we explore the unsung heroes of the digestive system—the accessory organs! These organs may not be part of the main digestive tract, but they play essential roles in helping our bodies break down food and stay healthy. Designed for curious kids ages 4–12, this episode introduces listeners to the teeth, salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas. We learn how they...
2025-04-1118 minWhat’s Happening Inside Me?QFL | Why Do I Throw Up?🎉 Bonus Episode – What’s Happening Inside Me When I Throw Up? 🤢In this special bonus episode of What’s Happening Inside Me?, we’re answering a listener-submitted question that kids everywhere are curious about: “What’s happening inside me when I throw up?”Following our recent deep dive into the digestive system, this episode takes a closer look at the science behind vomiting—what triggers it, how your stomach and brain work together to make it happen, and why it’s sometimes actually a good thing! 🤯💡Perfect for curious kids ages 4–12 (and the grown-ups who love learning w...
2025-04-0806 minWhat’s Happening Inside Me?Eating and Digestion - A Water Park Adventure Inside Your Body | Season 1 Ep5CLICK HERE for free activity pages that go along with the episode!Have you ever wondered what happens to your food after you swallow it? 🤔 Well, buckle up and grab your floaties because in this episode of What's Happening Inside Me?, we’re taking a wild ride through the digestive system—just like a water park! 🌊🎢From the moment you take a bite, your food goes on an exciting adventure, slipping, sliding, and splashing through your body. We’ll follow it down the esophagus water slide, into the stomach wave pool, thro...
2025-04-0418 minWhat’s Happening Inside Me?Cough, Cough, Cough: The Respiratory System | Season 1 Ep4What’s the deal with coughing? Why do we do it, and what’s really going on inside our bodies when we have a cough? In this super fun episode of What's Happening Inside Me?, we take a ride through the respiratory system to discover how our lungs and airways work, and why coughing is actually one of our body’s best defenses! But wait—what happens when coughing won’t stop? We’ll dive into two big-time illnesses, bronchitis and pneumonia, and find out what causes them, what's happening inside us, and what doctors do to help us get better.Join o...
2025-03-2817 minWhat’s Happening Inside Me?Choking!! What Happens When Food Goes Down the Wrong Pipe?! | Season 1 Ep3😲 What Happens When Food Goes Down the Wrong Pipe?CLICK HERE for free activity pages that go along with the episode!🍽️💨Have you ever taken a bite of food and suddenly started coughing like crazy? Or maybe someone told you that your food "went down the wrong pipe"? In this episode of What's Happening Inside Me?, we explore exactly what that means and why it happens!We’ll introduce two important parts of the body—the respiratory tract (for breathing) and the digestive tract (for eating)—and...
2025-03-2114 minWhat’s Happening Inside Me?Cavities Again?! - Part 2: How and Why We Fix Cavities | Season 1 Ep2🦷 Cavities Part 2 – How Do Dentists Fix Cavities?CLICK HERE for free activity pages that go along with the episode! 🦷In this exciting follow-up episode of What's Happening Inside Me?, we dive into what happens when you get a cavity—and how dentists help fix them! If you've ever wondered why we want to avoid cavities or what it feels like to get a cavity filled, this episode is for you!Plus, the 7-year-old co-host will share her own experience with getting cavities treated. From numbing g...
2025-03-1410 minWhat’s Happening Inside Me?Cavities!! - Part 1: How Do They Form? | Season 1 Ep1🦷 Cavities Part 1 – What’s Really Happening Inside Your Mouth?CLICK HERE for free activity pages that go along with the episode!🦷Welcome to the very first episode of What's Happening Inside Me?, the fun and educational medical podcast for kids! In this episode, we dive into a question that boggles many young minds—how do cavities really form?Kids know that too much sugar is bad for their teeth, but did you know that tiny bacteria and their POOP inside your mouth are the real culprits?
2025-03-0714 minWhat’s Happening Inside Me?Season 1 Mini - TrailerWelcome to What's Happening Inside Me, the fun and educational medical podcast for kids! In this Season 1 trailer for What's Happening Inside Me?, we give you a sneak peek into our 6-episode mini-season designed to make anatomy, physiology, and medicine easy and exciting for kids ages 4-12.Join us as we explore how the human body works, answer big medical questions, and challenge young minds to go beyond the basics. Whether your child is curious about the heart, lungs, brain, or how doctors help us stay healthy, this podcast will spark their love for...
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