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Episodes
  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Do you ever think your sibling comes from a different species entirely?

    Ant Clones
    Do you ever think your sibling comes from a different species entirely?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    Ever heard of Goldilocks and the three… black holes?!

    Medium Black Hole
    Ever heard of Goldilocks and the three… black holes?!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Snack time! Brownie or...cucumber?

    Smells Delish
    Snack time! Brownie or...cucumber?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Hey, freshmen - is college WEIGHING on you - literally?

    01/03/24

    Freshman Fifteen
    Hey, freshmen - is college WEIGHING on you - literally?

    01/03/24

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Is fat LITERAL food for thought?

    Communication Breakdown
    Is fat LITERAL food for thought?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    If you can potty train a dog, can you potty train... A COW?

    Potty Trained Cows?
    If you can potty train a dog, can you potty train... A COW?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Regeneration - it’s a TAIL as old as time!

    A Tale of Two TAILS?
    Regeneration - it’s a TAIL as old as time!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    What do you call a pink bird who loves to socialize? A fla-mingle!

    Fla-mingling
    What do you call a pink bird who loves to socialize? A fla-mingle!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Ring ring! Got a call from... the forest?

    Forest is Calling
    Ring ring! Got a call from... the forest?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    It all happens in a flash!

    Flash Dance
    It all happens in a flash!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Let it snow? Nah! Make it snow!

    Make it Snow
    Let it snow? Nah! Make it snow!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Everybody needs a wingman!

    Trick or Treat
    Everybody needs a wingman!

Episodes
  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Learning your A-B-Cs? Piece of cake!

    Alphabet Soup-er
    Learning your A-B-Cs? Piece of cake!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    They gather at dawn, lifting their voices high in sweet rhythms. Oh, and they're lemurs!

    Primate Popstars
    They gather at dawn, lifting their voices high in sweet rhythms. Oh, and they're lemurs!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    It’s election season! Time to get out the… SNEEZE?!

    Super Pack
    It’s election season! Time to get out the… SNEEZE?!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Why is Cookie Monster blue? Discuss!

    Netflix and Chat
    Why is Cookie Monster blue? Discuss!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Can love ACTUALLY make the world more beautiful?

    RX Love
    Can love ACTUALLY make the world more beautiful?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Is your dog giving you the side-eye?

    Cranium Cockin' Canines
    Is your dog giving you the side-eye?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Is this milk still good to drink?

    Scents and Scents-ability
    Is this milk still good to drink?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    One fish, two fish, red fish,...male fish?

    Fossil Fishing
    One fish, two fish, red fish,...male fish?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Munch munch munch… Someday I will be a beautiful butterfly!

    Very Hungry Caterpillars
    Munch munch munch… Someday I will be a beautiful butterfly!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    It’s “Tool Time!”

    Carpenter's Secret
    It’s “Tool Time!”

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Life will be AWESOME in – oh – two hundred years...?!

    Rockin' Rockfish
    Life will be AWESOME in – oh – two hundred years...?!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Remember Rocky J. Squirrel? His Parkour skills were NUTS!

    Squirrel Tricks
    Remember Rocky J. Squirrel? His Parkour skills were NUTS!

Credits
  • Sandra Tsing Loh