Science is not just something that happens in laboratories. It is the explanation for why your feet fall asleep, why paper cuts hurt more than they should, why the ocean is salty, and why the bones inside your body can do something no engineered material has ever quite matched.
Smile with Daniel is a science podcast for curious kids and families, exploring the natural world through questions that start at home and end somewhere surprising. Each episode takes something familiar and follows the science until the familiar thing becomes genuinely extraordinary.
The show does not simplify science by removing what makes it interesting. When the answer is uncertain, Daniel and Mom say so. When scientists disagree, that disagreement becomes part of the story. Curiosity is treated as the starting point, not the destination.
Here you’ll find every Smile with Daniel science episode, from human biology to chemistry, physics to materials science, always starting with something you can touch or see or wonder about on an ordinary day.

Episode 92 · 10 min

Episode 87 · 8 min

Episode 67 · 9 min

Episode 65 · 11 min

Episode 62 · 10 min

Episode 60 · 10 min

Episode 55 · 7 min

Episode 46 · 6 min

Episode 44 · 7 min

Episode 39 · 8 min

Episode 38 · 8 min

Episode 22 · 8 min
One email when a new one lands. No spam, no newsletter essays, just the episode.