Everything Under The Sun

91. What was the first poem? Why do we have curse words? Why is Pluto no longer a planet?

On this award-winning show Molly Oldfield, the original QI elf, Guardian kids' quiz compiler and writer (of four books), answers questions sent in by children around the world. This week poetry expert William Sieghart tackles the question 'who wrote the first poem?' and there's a chance to win a copy of William's amazing book, Everyone sang! We also answer Ellie's question about why Pluto is no longer a planet and we explore - thanks to a question from Denis - why we have curse words. Tune in and subscribe so you don't miss an episode! Enjoy! Everything Under the Sun is also a book! Check it out here: <a href="https://www.mollyoldfield.com/everything-under-the-sun" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.mollyoldfield.com/everything-under-the-sun</a>! Follow us on social media:Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everythingunderthesunpod/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@everythingunderthesunpod</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mollyoldfieldwrites/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mollyoldfieldwrites</a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MollyOldfield" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@MollyOldfield</a>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/everythingunderthesunbymollyoldfield" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Everything Under the Sun</a> Thank you! Have a lovely week. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Children are full of curiosity and questions about the world.
Each Friday, join Molly Oldfield, write of the weekly kids quiz in the Guardian each Saturday, the original QI elf and author and host of Everything Under The Sun (both the book and podcast) as she answers questions sent in by children around the world with the help of experts including Neil Gaiman, Heston Blumenthal, Grayson Perry, Lauren Child, Richard Branson and Sophie Dahl to the fish curators at the Natural History Museum.
If you're a kid - big or small - with questions you want answered or if you want to learn interesting facts about life on earth, this is the award winning podcast for you.
Do check out Everything Under The Sun - a curious question for every day of the year, published by Ladybird books now!