Busy Bodies with Mr Snot Bottom

Hear it first on LiSTNR! Enjoy new fortnightly episodes from June 15 when you download the LiSTNR app. Imagine a world FULL of emotions….Where a sensitive hero sets out on a quest......A quest to discover ‘all the feels’!! Get ready kids! Because everyone's favourite silly guide to the human body - Mr Snot Bottom - is back and he is getting ready to explore our FEELINGS. Why do we get butterflies in our stomach when we are scared? Why do we cry when we are sad? And how can laughing keep you...

Hey it’s Mr Snotbottom here and I hope you’re keeping safe and well. Can you imagine if you filled a car tank with pop-corn? Or plugged your TV into a donut? Or poured ice-cream into a washing machine? It’d be a disaster! And same thing can happen when you put the wrong foods in your body! Wanna find out what you should eat? This episode is part of the Busy Bodies: Healthy Heroes series. Proudly supported by The City of Melbourne (COVID-19 Arts Grants). See omnystudio.com/listener for...

Hey it’s Mr Snotbottom here and I hope you’re keeping safe and well. In this Healthy Heroes episode of Busy Bodies, we head into ‘inner space’ for a battle like no other. Yes! Get ready for the ultimate showdown between THE IMMUNE SYSTEM v’s THE VIRUS!!! But what is the immune system? Come on a journey into the icky world of boogers, pus, dribble, and gastric juices.. Ewwww...yes, they are all disgusting but guess what? They’re also all part of your immune system! Listen now to find out...

Hey it’s Mr Snotbottom here and I hope you’re keeping safe and well during this time. This is the first episode in a new Busy Bodies mini-series called Healthy Heroes. Over the next three episodes we'll be finding out about 'Exercise, 'Immunity' and 'Eating Well'. All the things that help to keep our bodies, and minds, strong during a pandemic. In this first episode called 'Exercise', join me and Rufus as we get active in the park. We are going to move around and get our heart rates up as we...

Like all the other kids and grown ups, Mr Snot Bottom is staying home right now while we all do our bit to help stop the spread of the pesky new virus, COVID-19. But what is this virus? And why can’t we see our friends right now? If your kids are curious, Mr Snot Bottom is here to explain…. All information contained in this episode was reviewed on 9th April 2020 by Dr Allison Salmon - Public Health practitioner, PhD in Epidemiology, Masters of Public Health. Works with NSW Health to provide...

Imagine if you were a slug. Just a heap of slimy guts slithering on the floor! Well that’s exactly what you would be without your skeleton. Your bones! All 206 of them! Want to find out how they all work?! Well come with me and lets have some fun! Find out all the fun facts about Bones in this episode of Busy Bodies with Mr Snot Bottom. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Did you know you we breathe in about 900 litres of air a day?! That means In one year you breathe enough air to fill an entire Olympic Swimming pool. I wouldn’t dive into a pool of air though! Would you? Find out all the fun facts about Breathing in this episode of Busy Bodies with Mr Snot Bottom. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Crunch, Nash, Munch, Mash! Gee! Your Mouth sounds like a pretty dangerous place doesn’t it?! Guzzle, Slurp, Gulp, Slobber, not to mention pretty gross as well! That’s why we’re going to find out all about it! Have fun learning more about Teeth in this bite-size episode of Busy Bodies with Mr Snot Bottom. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

your teeth chew up your food, then it gets covered in saliva. You‘ve heard of saliva right? Or maybe you’ve called it dribble, spit, drool, slobber? Which means, (gasp), this isn’t a waterslide - oh no I’m sliding in slobber!! Go on a theme park adventure through the Digestion in this episode of Busy Bodies with Mr Snot Bottom. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Open your eyes really wide, as wide as you can! Gosh, look at all that eyeball! But did you know that’s not even the whole thing? Your eyeball is actually 5 times bigger than what you can see right now! It’s about the size of a ping pong ball! Find out about all the incredible things your eyes can do in the Eyes episode of Busy Bodies with Mr Snot Bottom. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Did you know your face has 43 different muscles? And each muscle is made of thousands and thousands of little strands called fibres! They’re a bit like spaghetti and they’re packed tight, one layer on top of the other, on top of the other until they form... A MUSCLE! Have fun learning more about in the Muscles episode of Busy Bodies with Mr Snot Bottom. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Take a look at your fist! It’s around the same size of your heart! Now lightly squeeze it in and out, in and out. Can you feel that pumping sensation? It’s just like your heartbeat! Find out more about your mysterious Heart in this episode of Busy Bodies with Mr Snot Bottom. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Did you know your brain is more powerful than any computer every invented? Its job is to send instructions to your body about everything it needs to do! Everything! Like move, talk, breathe, see, think, or even just sit there and do nothing! Learn more about how our amazing Brain works in this episode of Busy Bodies with Mr Snot Bottom. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Did you know hearing is one of our 5 senses? Like seeing, tasting, touching, smelling. Hearing helps you to find out some really useful things about the world around you! Like if there’s something dangerous we should stay away from! Your ears are really special. Learn lots more about them in this Ears episode of Busy Bodies with Mr Snot Bottom. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do you know a sneeze goes 160 kilometres per hour! That’s even faster than a cheetah! In fact when we sneeze we release over 10,000 germs from our nose, which is why when you get a cold your nose becomes a sneezing snot factory trying to get rid of all those germs. Have fun learning more about the Nose in this hilarious episode of Busy Bodies with Mr Snot Bottom. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is your brain more powerful than a computer? How fast is a sneeze? Find out all this and more on Busy Bodies with Mr Snot Bottom launching Thursday 11th April. Subscribe now! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.