The Fun Kids Science Weekly

Hosted ByDan Simpson

Dan from Fun Kids takes a look at the week’s biggest science stories. There’s also some amazing special guests, episodes from our favourite science series, and top experts answering all your science-related questions!

Science has got to be one of the coolest subjects around… there’s so many amazing things to discover, from terrifying triceratops to gigantic galaxies!

So if you love everything science as much as we do, check out the Fun Kids Science Weekly! In each episode, Dan from Fun Kids takes a look at the week’s biggest science stories. There’s also some amazing special guests, episodes from our favourite science series, and top experts answering all your science-related questions!

The Fun Kids Science Weekly is the flagship podcast from the children’s radio station Fun Kids, with over 50,000 downloads each month.

Starting in 2017, the podcast has produced over 100 episodes and has been the recipient of two nominations at the British Podcast Awards in both the Kids & Family and the Radio categories.

The podcast has been popular with advertisers with campaigns for ITV, Learning Resources, Drayton Manor and Young Imagineers.

ITV’s campaign was for its Thunderbirds Are Go franchise and consisted of bumpers, adverts and content from the Thunderbirds characters. Here’s the sponsor credit.

For Drayton Manor we amplified their sponsorship by running promotion on Fun Kids Radio and on the podcast network:


All Episodes

Can YOU eat 5000 YEAR OLD CHEESE?!

Exploring the future that lies beyond Earth, or investigating the history of our planet down below – we’ve got it all in this week’s episode! 
Archaeologist Miranda Evans is here to talk to us all about cheesemaking over 5,000 years ago! It turns out …

Can YOU eat 5000 YEAR OLD CHEESE?!

Exploring the future that lies beyond Earth, or investigating the history of our planet down below – we’ve got it all in this week’s episode! 
Archaeologist Miranda Evans is here to talk to us all about cheesemaking over 5,000 years ago! It turns out …

BONUS: New series, Badger and The Blitz

A story of love and hope, inspired by the real-life events of World War II.
When Jack’s dog and best friend Badger finds her life on the line, he must act fast to save her.
An act of survival becomes an adventure, as they journey across war-torn Lond…

Jupiter’s icy moons and how we’re going to explore them!

This week, Claire Medhurst is on the show to tell Dan about her experience at the JUICE launch! No, we’re not flinging some Tropicana into the atmosphere – that name stands for Jupiter’s Icy Moons Explorer! What insights can we gain about our solar sys…

Amazing Robots, Mind-Blowing Space Facts and Martian Mysteries!

How can we help Robots to interact with the world around them? Enter Thomas Thuruthel, biorobotics expert who is helping robots to grip objects – we answer your questions too, this week we find out what exactly a light year is! We spin the wheel learn …

BONUS: National Trust Kids’ Podcast – Ranger Rae and The Wildlifers

I wanted to share with you a brand new episode of a podcast we’ve been working on at Fun Kids. 
It’s called the National Trust Kids’ Podcast. 
Take a listen – and if you like what you hear, remember to follow the podcast wherever you’re listening to …

What is NASA’s plan for the moon?

Happy Earth Day! This week, Dan is chatting to an expert on lunar bases Ed Turner from the National Space Centre! The moon, like many celestial objects, is not the most inhabitable place for humans. This means there are challenges we need to overcome -…

Putting the fun in fun-gi and some hair on a frog!

Are fungi just misunderstood marvels of nature? Jassy Drakulic, mycologist and fungus expert, chats to Dan about how interesting and complex fungi really are! 
Dan’s been doing his homework for your science questions – this week, we find out if electr…

We’re going BACK TO THE MOON and are ALIENS IN CONTACT?

Ever wonder what your pet is thinking, Jess French joins us to chat all about the connection we have with our furry (and not so furry) friends! We look at the strange signals coming from planet that could contain life… and meet the 4 astronauts takin…