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Big questions. Simple answers. With jokes.
Ever wondered why we sleep, what electricity actually is, how airplanes fly, or why Pluto got fired as a planet?
Welcome to Explain It Like I’m 5—the podcast that tackles life’s biggest, weirdest, most wonderfully human questions… and makes them make sense.
Hosted by Alex, each episode breaks down a complex topic—from science, history, politics, and technology to philosophy, emotions, and everyday “wait… what?” moments—into an easy, entertaining, and curiosity-sparking conversation you could share with a five-year-old… or your most confused adult friend.
💡 Topics include:
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What Is AI?
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Why Do We Poop?
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How Does the Stock Market Work?
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What Is DNA?
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Can Animals Talk?
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Why Do We Fight Over Beliefs?
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What Is the Internet Made Of?
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How Did We Go from Dinosaurs to TikTok?
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…and 50+ more questions you didn’t know you were dying to understand.
Whether you're 5, 15, or 105, this podcast is your fun, friendly, no-intimidation zone to learn how the world works—one wildly interesting question at a time.
🎧 New episodes every Monday and Wednesday. Perfect for curious kids, overthinking adults, teachers, students, and anyone who loves learning without lectures.
Episodes
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7 days ago
How did language begin, and did someone actually invent the first word? In this episode of Explain It Like I’m 5, Alex unpacks one of humanity’s biggest mysteries: the origin of language.
From early grunts and gestures to full-blown grammar, we explore how humans evolved from pointing and miming to building vocabularies, writing systems, and even emojis.
You'll learn about theories like the Bow-Wow and Yo-He-Ho models, how language helped us survive and cooperate, why grammar makes human communication unique, and how babies mirror our evolutionary past by babbling their way into speech.
We also look at how emojis fit into the language puzzle, and why no one person invented the first word, it was a group effort, thousands of years in the making.
🎙️ New episodes every Monday and Wednesday.
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