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Stuck in the Rain

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Michael is disappointed when rain cancels his baseball game, so his neighbour Stillwater, a wise panda, shows him another way to see the day. Stillwater explains that he treats the rain as a raincoat and tells the story of Odette, a gardener who removes the bees from her garden and then loses all her fruit. Michael takes the lesson to heart, realises rain helps things grow, and starts having fun racing leaf boats and jumping in puddles. The episode closes with the children playing happily in the rain.

Big Dreams And Blue Skies

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Molly, an Alaska Native girl, hears how a pilot named Ellen Peniak inspired her mother to fly. When the library's books leave women pilots out, Molly digs deeper online and through Auntie Midge's stories, then flies along on a mail run where her mom lands safely by reading the wind off a lake. Together they write a booklet about Ellen and two other women pilots and leave it at the library so others can learn about them.

Tusk, Tusk, and More Tusk

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Molly and her friends Tooey and Trini discover a large tusk buried in the mud near the river in their Alaska village. Grandpa Nat and an archaeologist named Olin Benedict identify it as a woolly mammoth tusk and explain the Ice Age, permafrost, and how the warming climate erodes the riverbank. The children help free the tusk through trial and error, measure it, photograph it, and give it the Gwich'in name 'Trilzok', meaning gentle. The episode ends with a separate live-action segment where children visit a museum to learn whether dinosaurs once lived in Alaska.

Amazing Cave Animals

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Host Jessi, a male co-host and Squeaks the robot rat get ready to visit their friend Sam the bat in his cave. Along the way they explain that a cave is a habitat, show real footage of an olm, a Mexican tetra and a cave spider, and point out that these animals have no eyes. They walk the viewer through why deep cave animals rely on smell and touch instead of sight, and invite the child to close their eyes and notice their own senses. The episode ends back in the studio as the hosts finish packing for the trip.

The Sleeping Moon

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Three siblings and their panda neighbor Stillwater set up a backyard party to watch a lunar eclipse. Just as the moon starts to darken, clouds roll in and hide the best part, leaving the children disappointed. Stillwater helps them talk about how the letdown feels and tells a story about a woman named Antonia and a songbird that visits her garden and then flies away for good. The children realize the evening was still worth it, hand out the moon pops, and close the night with shadow puppets and a song.

Happy Birthday, Qyah!

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Molly and her best friend Tui set out to answer one question: how old is their Alaska Native village of Qyah, really? After Molly's dad finds a cave revealed by an earthquake, the two join archaeologists Nina and Olin to investigate signs that ancestors once sheltered there. They uncover a painted pictograph that matches an oral origin story, get briefly trapped by an aftershock before climbing out, and help carbon-date the find. The episode ends with a new museum exhibit, a corrected town website, and the news that people have lived in the area for at least 13,000 years.

The Scientist Who Studied Bug Brains

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Two hosts and their robot rat Squeaks watch honey bees in a garden and then tell the true story of Dr. Charles Henry Turner, a scientist who proved that bugs can learn and remember. The episode explains his colored-box experiment, which showed bees can see color and return to where they found food, and notes that he was refused a university job because he was Black. It closes with the hosts wondering about their own bee questions and inviting children to experiment. Real bee footage and simple animations illustrate the science and Turner's life throughout.

Saving Ayati

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In a prehistoric jungle, a group of young dinosaur friends is playing games when their giant long-necked friend Ayati topples over and cannot get back up. Led by the inventive Mazu, they try one plan after another, tickling her, pulling with vines, and levering a boulder off a cliff, each of which fails. In the end they lure the enormous Gigantosaurus with a walnut, and he knocks the boulder loose in a way that finally lifts Ayati to her feet. The friends celebrate as Ayati heads home to the jungle before nightfall.

Super Slugs

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Host Jessi and her robot rat Squeaks explore how a sea slug called the emerald Elysia can make its own food from sunlight. From a bright studio set, Jessi explains that plants and algae use chloroplasts to turn light into food, and that the slug keeps those tiny machines running after eating algae. Real footage of slugs, algae and ponds is mixed with simple animated diagrams. The episode closes with Jessi and Squeaks heading to the garden to pick tomatoes for a salad.

Animals That Eat Poop

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Host Jessi and her robot rat Squeaks explore why some animals, especially dung beetles, collect and eat poop. From a bright studio set, Jessi explains what beetles are, describes the dung beetle's horns, wings, and strong legs, and works through the mystery of the ball Squeaks saw one pushing. Using real footage and simple diagrams, she shows how nutrients pass from grass through cows into poop, which beetles then reuse for food and to feed their young. The episode ends with Squeaks eager to learn about more unusual animals.

Blobfish: The World's Ugliest Animal

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Live-action host Jessi and her robot puppet Squeaks introduce the blobfish, a deep-sea animal once labeled the world's ugliest. They explain that it lives near the ocean floor off Australia, where it is dark, cold, and under heavy pressure, and that its soft, jelly-like body lets it float and feed with little effort. Jessi adds that the fish only looks blobby once nets pull it up from that pressure, and looks more ordinary at depth. The episode ends with the two practicing silly faces together.

Itchy Head Lice

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Host Jessi and her robot rat Squeaks explain head lice from a bright studio set, using close-up footage and simple diagrams. Jessi describes what lice are, how they spread through shared hats and brushes, their life cycle from egg to adult, and how to treat them with a fine-tooth comb and special shampoo. She reassures children that anyone can get lice and it is nothing to worry about. The episode ends with her advice to tell an adult whenever something feels unusual.