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Smash Boom Best producers Rosie duPont and Aron Woldeslassie are a little early for the BIG game. Looking to kill some time they decide to play Impression Sound. Just like the great Brains On game Mystery Sound, Impression Sound has players guessing sounds. BUT unlike Mystery Sound, Aron and Rosie will be making the sounds with their mouths -- like an impression. Hence the very appropriate name for this game: Impression Sound!

Could your brain ever run out of storage space?

Can it ever be good for you to be bored? 

Jellyfish are some of the most unique creatures on the planet!

Join Molly and co-host Olive as they explore what makes parties so fun – and why they make some of us nervous sometimes.

Guess who’s just turned 10 years old! Brains On that’s who! It’s been 10 years of learning, laughing, and mystery sounding. To celebrate all the fun and hard work, Brains On creators Molly Bloom, Marc Sanchez, and Sanden Totten are going to play an epic game of Mystery Sound. Grab your Smarty Pass and listen to some of the best sounds we’ve been playing for the past 10 years!

Hi Smarty Pals! Forever Ago host Joy Dolo and Moment of Um Producer Anna Weggel are looking pretty good in their brand-new blazers! How good? So good that they decide to host a game show called Hot Bell — and Brains On host Molly Bloom is in the hot seat! Grab your popcorn, because this bonus episode will have you guessing, giggling and grinning!

Hey Smarty Pals! Forever Ago Host Joy Dolo is trying to pack all her camping gear for her big Memorial Day camping trip! Trouble is, Joy hates packing almost as much as she loves camping. Lucky for her, fellow camper and Brains On host Molly Bloom makes camping a breeze with our favorite Forever Ago game: First Things First!

Ever wondered what birds mean when they’re singing their little birdy hearts out?

What would life look like in other parts of the galaxy, or beyond?

Video games are fun, challenging and sometimes hard to put down. But are they good for you?

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We’ll unpack one of the most important ideas in science, the Theory of General Relativity!

Hey Smarty Pals! Have you heard of Forever Ago Host Joy Dolo’s new exciting game, History Sound? No I didn’t say Mystery Sound, I said History Sound. It’s an entirely new thing that bears no resemblance to that other game. Why would you even think that? Listen as Joy pulls intriguing, silly, stupendous, sounds from her pocket and see if you can guess when the sounds came from and what made them!

Why do some people like certain foods and others don’t?

Reading is your one-way ticket to adventure! But have you ever wondered how we learn to read?

Plastic is useful but also a danger, because a lot of it is ending up in our oceans, where it’s sucked into swirly twirly whirlpools of garbage.