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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
  • Ep27 | Heart Part 3 - Inside the Heart

    Ep27 | Heart Part 3 - Inside the Heart
    Apr 24 2026
    What’s inside the human heart? In this kid-friendly episode of What’s Happening Inside Me?, we explore the anatomy of the heart in a fun and easy-to-understand way!

    Building on what we learned about the heart’s double pump and two blood flow tracks, this episode breaks down the structure of the heart, including the four chambers, four valves, and major blood vessels. Kids will learn how blood moves through the heart, why valves are important, and how the heart works with the lungs and body to keep us alive and energized.

    Perfect for elementary-aged kids, parents, teachers, and homeschool families, this episode makes complex human body science and cardiovascular anatomy simple, engaging, and memorable.

    What Kids Will Learn:
    • The 4 chambers of the heart: left atrium, right atrium, left ventricle, right ventricle
    • The difference between atria (collection chambers) and ventricles (pumping chambers)
    • The 4 heart valves and how they keep blood flowing in one direction: mitral valve, tricuspid valve, aortic valve, pulmonary valve
    • The major blood vessels of the heart: aorta, vena cava, pulmonary arteries, pulmonary veins
    • A step-by-step explanation of blood flow through the heart
    • How the circulatory system, respiratory system, and cells work together
    Hands-On Learning Activity:
    Go to whimpodcast.com to download or print a heart diagram and have your child trace the path of blood through the heart while listening. This reinforces understanding of cardiovascular anatomy and blood circulation.

    Why This Episode Matters:
    Understanding how the heart works helps kids build a strong foundation in biology, human anatomy, and health education. This episode connects multiple systems of the body, showing how everything works together like a team. Perfect For:
    • Kids ages 4–12
    • Parents teaching health and science at home
    • Elementary teachers and school nurses
    • Homeschool science curriculum
    • Anyone looking for a kid-friendly explanation of the heart and circulatory system
    What’s Next?
    You’re officially becoming a heart expert! Stay tuned for our next episode where we explore a brand new topic—and don’t forget to send us your ideas!

    Keywords:
    heart anatomy for kids, how the heart works, chambers of the heart, heart valves explained, blood flow through the heart, circulatory system for kids, human body podcast for kids, elementary science podcast, homeschool anatomy, cardiovascular system basics














































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    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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    19 mins
  • Ep26 | Heart Part 2 - The Two Tracks

    Ep26 | Heart Part 2 - The Two Tracks
    Mar 6 2026
    ❤️ After last episode, did you start to wonder WHY the heart has two tracks for pumping blood?

    🫀 In this episode of What’s Happening Inside Me?, Audra is joined by her kids, Sloane and Ransom as they dive deeper into the amazing double-pump heart. Building on last week’s episode, they explore why the heart pumps blood in two separate loops—one delivering oxygen to the whole body, and the other refilling blood with oxygen in the lungs. Using fun metaphors and kid-friendly explanations, they connect the heart to other systems in the body, including:
    • Cells and mitochondria, the body’s energy factories
    • Blood vessels, highways that carry oxygen and glucose
    • The lungs, where blood picks up oxygen and drops off carbon dioxide
    • The digestive system, which provides glucose to make energy
    This episode is perfect for curious kids who love learning how everything in the body works together as a team.

    🫀 In This Episode, Kids Will Learn:
    • How the heart’s double pump works
    • Why blood travels on two separate tracks
    • How oxygen and glucose get to the cells to make energy
    • How the body gets rid of carbon dioxide waste
    • How multiple systems in the body work together
    🎧 Helpful to Know
    • Builds on ideas from previous episodes on the heart (Ep 25), cells (Ep18), blood (Ep 9 and 10), respiratory system (Ep 4) and digestive system (Ep 5 and 7)
    • Listening to the last episode (Episode 25) will help make this one extra clear
    👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Perfect For:
    • Kids ages 4–12
    • Families and curious learners
    • Classrooms and school nurses looking for fun science lessons
    Next time, we’ll slice open the heart and explore what’s inside—including atria, ventricles, and valves! 🫀 Stay tuned and 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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    15 mins
  • Ep25 | Heart Part 1 - The Basics

    Ep25 | Heart Part 1 - The 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
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