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What’s Happening Inside Me?

What’s Happening Inside Me?

Written by: Audra Tobin
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 Welcome to What's Happening Inside Me—the ultimate medical podcast for kids who love to learn!

Designed for curious minds ages 4–12, this fun and engaging podcast makes anatomy, physiology, and medicine exciting and easy to understand.

Hosted by an Emergency Room PA-C with a background in education and co-hosted by her curious 8-year-old daughter, What's Happening Inside Me? turns learning about the human body into a lively adventure for the whole family. Together, they explore fascinating facts, share kid-friendly explanations, and connect medicine to the real world in ways that spark curiosity and wonder.

Parents—if you're looking for an educational podcast that goes beyond the basics and keeps your child entertained while learning, this is it! Perfect for road trips, bedtime, or screen-free enrichment.

Subscribe now and help your whole family explore the amazing world of medicine, one episode at a time!Copyright Audra Tobin Hygiene & Healthy Living Physical Illness & Disease
Episodes
  • Ep25 | Heart Basics

    Ep25 | Heart Basics
    Feb 6 2026
    ❤️ What’s Happening Inside My Heart? Valentine’s Day is coming up, and that means hearts are everywhere! 💕
    But… have you ever wondered what a real heart actually looks like—and what it really does? In this episode of What’s Happening Inside Me?, Audra is joined by Sloane and new co-host Ransom to talk all about the human heart. Together, they discover that real hearts don’t look like Valentine’s candy hearts at all—and that the heart is actually a pretty amazing double-pump machine! Using fun comparisons like stomp rockets and Hot Wheels tracks, kids learn how the heart pumps blood all around the body and why it has a right side and a left side that don’t mix. This episode focuses on big ideas made simple—perfect for curious kids and the grown-ups learning alongside them.

    🫀 In This Episode, Kids Will Learn:
    • What the heart really looks like (spoiler: it’s not Valentine-shaped!)
    • What the heart’s main job is
    • How the heart pumps blood all over the body
    • Why the heart is like two pumps stuck together
    • What “right heart” and “left heart” actually mean
    • How blood travels in two separate tracks through the body
    🎧 Helpful to Know
    • This episode builds on ideas from Episodes 9 and 10 about blood vessels
    • Listening to those episodes first can make this one even easier to understand (and you’ll get to hear the catchy vascular system song again!)
    🖼️ Bonus Resource Want to see what a real human heart looks like?
    Ask a grown-up to visit WHIMpodcast.com to download:
    • A kid-friendly coloring picture of the human heart
    • An extra learning pages to help visualize the heart’s parts and pathways
    👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Perfect For:
    • Kids ages 4–12
    • Curious families
    • Classrooms and school nurses
    • Valentine’s Day learning with a science twist
    Join us next time as we dive deeper into the heart and explore the two tracks the blood travels on.
    Until then—keep wondering what’s happening inside you! 💛






    💡 Enjoying What’s Happening Inside Me?
    If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend or leave us a review—it helps more curious kids and families discover the show! 🌟 👉 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com to:
    • Send in your own question for a future episode
    • Grab free learning resources
    • Stay up to date on new releases
    Thanks for listening, learning, and exploring what’s happening inside YOU! 🩺✨
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    16 mins
  • 2026 Announcements - We're back!!

    2026 Announcements - We're back!!
    Jan 30 2026
    We’re back! What’s Happening Inside Me? is returning with brand-new episodes—now released on the first Friday of every month. You’ll still hear fun, kid-friendly explanations about the human body, plus occasional bonus episodes, listener questions, and two-part deep dives.

    We’re also excited to welcome a new co-host, Ransom, joining Audra and Sloane on the mic! Our next episode drops February 6, so be sure to subscribe and mark your calendar—we can’t wait to explore what’s happening inside you!

    💡 Enjoying What’s Happening Inside Me?
    If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend or leave us a review—it helps more curious kids and families discover the show! 🌟 👉 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com to:
    • Send in your own question for a future episode
    • Grab free learning resources
    • Stay up to date on new releases
    Thanks for listening, learning, and exploring what’s happening inside YOU! 🩺✨
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    1 min
  • Ep24 | The Skin We're In: Part 2 - What the Skin Does for Us

    Ep24 | The Skin We're In: Part 2 - What the Skin Does for Us
    Nov 21 2025
    In this follow-up episode on the integumentary system, we explore the amazing ways our skin keeps us safe, healthy, and balanced every single day. Last week, we learned what the skin is made of — this week, we focus on what it does for us and why we truly couldn’t live without it.

    Sloane continues doubting if skin is really that important… and ends up discovering it’s one of the most essential systems in the entire body!

    In this episode, kids learn how the skin:
    • Acts like a protective wall, keeping germs out
    • Helps prevent dehydration by keeping our body’s water inside
    • Uses sweat to cool us down when we’re hot
    • Works with hair and the hypodermis to keep us warm
    • Uses blood vessels to control body temperature through vasodilation and vasoconstriction
    • Sends messages to the brain through nerves to help keep us safe
    We talk about how all these parts — skin, hair, glands, fat, and nerves — work together to protect us and regulate our temperature, making the integumentary system absolutely essential for life.

    💡 Enjoying What’s Happening Inside Me?
    If you loved this episode, please share it with a friend or leave us a review—it helps more curious kids and families discover the show! 🌟 👉 Visit us at WHIMpodcast.com to:
    • Send in your own question for a future episode
    • Grab free learning resources
    • Stay up to date on new releases
    Thanks for listening, learning, and exploring what’s happening inside YOU! 🩺✨
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    18 mins
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