Terrestrials

A nature walk in your ears, from Radiolab's podcast for kids. Lulu Miller, who co-hosts Radiolab, picks a plant or animal that behaves in a way nobody expects, from carnivorous plants to monarch butterflies, and tells its story, with original songs by Alan Goffinski in the new episodes. It has the storytelling polish of the grown-up show without the parts you would rather explain later. New episodes come every other week, and the feed also carries family-friendly Radiolab nature episodes and some in Spanish. This is the pick most likely to send kids out into the yard to look under a leaf when you get home.