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Episode 47: The Jet That Blasts Off
Today we discuss how video games are made, how Ezra comes up with songs (including a world premiere of a new song!), and how God makes us and animals. Sponsored by Ray...

Episode 46: How the World Works
We're back! It's just Z and D this time, talking about how the world works, if it's warm in space, the confusing son, and where we want to travel to next. Sponsored by...

Episode 45: The Magical Snap
We're back to talk mostly about PowerPets, magical animals that only my kids can turn into. Also we visit Promontory Point, where Ezra and Zella's mommy and daddy got...

Episode 44: Brown County Hike
We hike through the woods of Brown County, Indiana and discuss trees, caterpillars, beavers, tiny frogs, moss, and turtles. Stay to the end for a short outtake. Sponso...

Episode 43: When Old People Are Born
Just Zella and Daddy today. We discuss how stuff gets into space, the big bang, the difference between pre-school and Kindergarten, how animals survive, and the reward...

Episode 42: Pokémon
We're back! Turns out the only way to get Ezra to make another podcast was to make it all about Pokémon. Which he's just gotten into. Deeply. Brought to you by our spo...

Episode 41: The Fortress
We climb inside our pillow fortress for a talk all about fortresses. And Abraham Lincoln.

Episode 40: Brownstone Love
We visit Aunt Lilli and Cousin Rufus in upstate New York. We discuss why some people are funnier than others, how trees fall down, what dogs are thinking, how rocks gr...

Episode 39: Everchanging Gobstobbers
The eating episode! We weigh and discuss our Halloween take, consider the merits of eating paper and trees, and determine what monsters might eat. Brought to you by Ha...

Episode 38: The Invisible Skateboarders
We discuss our earliest memories, Joey and his troupe of invisible skateboarders, eyeballs, and what we're going to be for Halloween. Plus a special beatboxing perform...

Episode 37: On the Train
Today we bring the mic onto the L and talk all about trains — how they go, where they go, how big they are, what color they are, and who takes them. Also we talk about...

Episode 36: Come Out of Town
We sit around the breakfast table and talk about the difference between babies and kids, how slingshots work, what would happen if people had wings, the magic store, a...

Episode 35: First Day of First Grade
Join Ezra on his walk to school on the first day of first grade. We wonder how much a school weighs, the most important things to learn in school, where daddy went to ...

Episode 34: A Spring Inside Your Brain
Recorded on location at the Morton Arboretum. We talk about hedge mazes, cutting down trees, fairies, the cost of ice cream, and thanks to Alison, where we would go, i...

Episode 33: Miller the Caterpillar
Eleanor asks about the most afraid we've ever been. We consider what it'd be like to have a giraffe for a pet, talk about our pet caterpillar, the difference between b...

Episode 32: How a Robot Survives
Our first Kickstarter-supported episode! We cover a lot of robot stuff, like how they survive (thanks Martin!), how they walk, and some good jobs they could do. We als...

Episode 31: Kentucky Adventure
The Weiszes travel to Kentucky and learn all about creeks, caves, stalag…things, barbeques, and the Earth's magnetic field. Brought to you by, naturally, Kentucky.

Episode 30: Why Am I Talking?
Our 30th episode! We cover trees and why they blow in the wind, the last day of Kindergarten, ice cream socials, what we'd name a lizard, how chairs work, and how to t...

Episode 29: Dodoplex Plus One
We discuss sword fighting, how wheels move, why bodies move, pokey pins, Candyland in Mexico, hinges, simple machines, very high numbers, and whether we'd chose to be ...

Episode 28: Super Mario Galaxy Florida
Cousin River joins us to talk about planets, galaxies, the universe, aliens, Florida, and what Nana wore as a teenager.
