Jay Fowler

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The Explanatory Series

48 stories · 1 hr 45 min

Short answers to good questions: why feathers, why thunder, why zippers, why rust. Forty-eight two-minute explanations of everyday things.

Living Things

Feathers

2:11download

Caterpillars

2:02download

Honey

2:00download

Bones

2:20download

Teeth

2:46download

Scabs

1:37download

Noses

1:51download

Seeds

2:12download

Cactus

2:25download

Webs

1:29download

Hair

1:32download

Sky, Weather, and Earth

Tide Pools

4:45download

Sky

2:12download

Stars

1:42download

Sand

2:23download

Rainbows

2:03download

Clouds

2:04download

Thunder

1:52download

Rain

1:55download

Wind

2:24download

Moon

1:48download

Volcanoes

2:22download

Snow

2:49download

Earthquakes

1:46download

Made Things

Fire

3:13download

Refrigerators

2:15download

Mirrors

2:18download

Soap

1:45download

Bread

1:47download

Cars

1:56download

Lightbulbs

2:26download

Cloth

2:01download

Glass

2:22download

Locks

1:30download

Magnets

2:27download

Paper

1:34download

Zippers

1:45download

Glue

2:11download

Everyday Physics

Bubbles

2:25download

Heat

2:06download

Floating

2:25download

Ice

2:12download

Color

2:13download

Static

2:13download

Shadows

2:04download

Echoes

2:08download

Sound

2:11download

Rust

2:34download