Growth Spurts!
5/26/202621 min
Today we’re sharing with you part of an episode from our new special series, Brains On Universe Presents: Puberty! (the podcast). You can subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. This is an excerpt covering stuff that any one of any age might be interested in. Last week, we looked at skin, sweat and hair. Want to learn more about growing? Check out this Brains On episode: Why do our bodies take so long to grow? In the Puberty podcast feed, we’ll dive deeper into each topic. And answer your questions, with help from super smart experts. Want to support the show? Join Smarty Pass to listen to ad-free episodes or donate! Want to see Brains On live?!? We are probably coming to a city near you. For a complete list of shows and links to tickets head to our events page. More shows announced soon! May 30 - Electric City, Buffalo, NY May 31 - Royal Theatre, Toronto, ON (2nd show added!) June 6 - Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, MI June 20 - Southern Theater, Columbus, OH June 21 - Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI Click here for a transcript of this episode.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
[upbeat music] Lemonada.
Louis· Soundbite0:02
[upbeat music] Brains On Universe. You're listening to Brains On, where we're serious about being curious.
Molly Bloom· Host0:15
You're listening to Brains On, part of the Brains On Universe. I'm your host, Molly Bloom, and my co-host today is Andrea from Piscataway, New Jersey. Andrea loves to act, writes raps about science, and loves making press-on nail sets. Hi, Andrea.
Andrea· Host0:31
Hello.
Molly Bloom· Host0:32
So Andrea, tell me about some of the favorite roles you've had when you've been doing theater.
Andrea· Host0:37
My first ever musical role, it was SpongeBob the Musical, and I was Karen the computer, and I loved it because I was in a shiny silver outfit and I got to beatbox.
Molly Bloom· Host0:46
Oh my gosh.
Andrea· Host0:47
Yes.
Molly Bloom· Host0:48
Well, and that goes right with your rapping.
Andrea· Host0:50
Yes.
Molly Bloom· Host0:50
So okay, so you say you rap about science.
Andrea· Host0:53
Mm-hmm.
Molly Bloom· Host0:53
Tell me.
Andrea· Host0:54
Well, it started when my older sister needed help learning the periodic table, and then she needed help learning the organelles in the cells, and I feel like I was always the funny sibling, so this was just, oh, another way for me to help a sister out.
Molly Bloom· Host1:07
That's so cool. [laughs] Do you have any of the raps you could do for us off the top of your head?
Andrea· Host1:12
There is a cell, it's the building block of life. Then you step inside and you see the cytoplasm. It's a jelly-like substance keeping afloat all of the little organelle boats [laughs].
Molly Bloom· Host1:25
Oh my gosh, I love that. Also, press-on nails. I know you have some amazing