Today, Lindz talks to Lily and Kaia, the masterminds behind The Butterfly Effect, a national art project bringing awareness to child detention. They talk about how to use art as a tool for activism, how they started The Butterfly Effect, and, of course, their favorite animals!

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There is so much happening in your brain when you read. From recognizing shapes as letters to discovering empathy, our brains really get a workout when we read books.

In this episode, Ben Bergen from the Language and Cognition Lab at UC San Diego drops by to shed some light on how our brains process the meaning of words. We also learn how printing books has evolved and how the invention of the printing press brought worldwide change. And Newberry Award-winning author Kelly Barnhill shares a little of what’s going on in HER brain as she’s writing a story.

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The Force is with us on Book Club as we tackle a tale of middle grade angst and paper cuts. Who can rescue these hapless heroes? How about a Yoda finger puppet who seems to have all the right answers. THE STRANGE CASE OF ORIGAMI YODA by Tom Angleberger is our book this week. Cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz is celebrity reader. Kitty Felde is host.

This is the favorite episode of 2017 Summer Intern Nan Ding. Read more about our interns here.

Ages 4-12. Learn new creative skills with this virtual art class! Your teacher, Sasha, walks you through a different art project over the course of five episodes and you follow along to create your own art. Each project begins with a warm-up and, at the end, you have artwork spanning painting, drawing, sculpture, collage and more.

Practice with this warm up exercise for building a paper sculpture. Supplies needed for this episode are a piece of white paper, a pencil and scissors. 

Why is tape sticky? How do erasers erase? We'll tackle arts and crafts in this episode, answering not just those two questions but learning how to make paint out of rocks and spit!! Vermont artist and wildcrafter Nick Neddo joins us with some tips on how to create your own paint and art supplies.