The Bedtime Scientist
Bedtime begins with wonder.
Listen tonightThe show
Real science, told softly.
The Bedtime Scientist is a calm, factual science podcast for curious kids and the grown-ups beside them. One steady voice, real science, and nothing that startles: no music, no sound effects, no sudden anything.
Each episode is written in layers, so a four-year-old can feel it, an older child can learn from it, and the grown-up in the doorway can be quietly moved.
Where Mr. Rogers meets Carl Sagan, at bedtime.
More than 150,000 bedtime journeys, in 76 countries.
- #12 in Kids and Family, Apple Podcasts
- Nominee, NYC Podcast Awards
- Featured in The Week Junior
- A featured show on Yoto
Listen
Tonight, wherever you listen.
Every episode arrives the same way: softly. Find the show on your favorite platform, lower the lights, and press play.
And everywhere else you listen. On a Yoto player, add the show free from the Yoto app.
Featured episodes
Choose a world.
Every episode is a place. Pick one, and we will go there slowly, in the dark, together.
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A Thunderstorm
Why the sky rumbles, and why you are safe as you listen.
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The Rings of Saturn
A billion pieces of ice, traveling together in silence.
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The Snowfall
How every flake builds itself on the long way down.
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The Beehive
Ten thousand sisters, one warm hum.
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The Black Hole
The quietest place there is, and what it keeps.
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Sixteen Sunrises
Life aboard the station where the sun rises sixteen times a day.
The book
Thunder and Lightning: The Sky's Electric Lullaby
The storm episode families ask for most, set gently on paper: billions of ice crystals dancing inside a cloud, the flash that feeds the earth, and a rhythm written to slow small breathing.
It joins a shelf of six published Bedtime Scientist books, from volcanoes to tides to dolphins. Each one is an episode you can hold.
Coming soon
Browse the shelf
One growing world
The why
Made for two boys, shared with everyone.
I made the first episodes for my older son, who found bedtime hard. I wanted the last voice he heard at night to be calm, and honest, and full of wonder.
Somewhere along the way, I understood what I was really making. Even if no one else ever listened, my two boys would always have my voice, and the way I see the world. A public show, and a private gift, at the same time.
Thanks for wondering with me.
Josh, The Bedtime Scientist
Membership
Become a Field Researcher.
For families who want to wander further. Membership keeps the show independent, ad free, and calm, and it comes with a few quiet privileges.
- Early access to new episodes
- Printable field notes for little hands
- A vote on the next world we visit
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The letter
One quiet letter a month.
Episode news, sky events worth stepping outside for, and one good question to ask at dinner. No noise, ever.
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