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Happy birthday to us. Happy birthday to us. Happy birthday, who Smarted. Happy birthday to us. That's right, smarty pants. It was on October 18, 2020, that who smarted was born. Or more like it was launched.
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T minus 3, 2, 1. We have liftoff.
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Um, not that kind of launch. But still, it was five years ago that the first episode of who Smarted? Was released into the wild. No, not that kind of wild. I'm talking the wild jungles of podcasting.
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Who Smarted?
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Here's a question for all you super smarty fans. Does anyone know what our very first episode was? Was it dogs, Pizza? A pizza, or gravity? The law of gravity. Why, of course it was gravity. And while gravity might keep you firmly stuck on Earth, with the release of our gravity episode, there was no holding who Smarted down slowly at first, and then gaining momentum. In just five years, WhoSmarted has risen to the top of the kids and family in education for kids podcast charts all around the world, with over 900,000 downloads a month.
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Whoa.
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Who knew that this little show that started in a couple of best friends apartments would go on to rank in the top 1% of all podcasts and become a beloved show for hundreds of thousands of smarty pants around the globe? To help celebrate five years of smarting, we thought it would be cool to tell the who Smarted origin story and reveal fun facts about how it all started. How some of the funny characters and trademarks of the show and came to be.
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Who wants meat cake?
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And take a peek under the hood to learn how who's Smarted is actually made. Get ready to hear from some of the people behind the show as we take a special behind the scenes whiff of science and history on who's Smarted.
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Who's Smarted? Who's smart? Is it you? Is it me? Is it science? Or history? Listen up, everyone. We make smarting lots of fun on who's Smarted.
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Hey there, smartypants. Want even more who's Smarted? And less ads. Introducing WhoSmarted Plus More who Smarted.
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Yay.
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That's right. With WhoSmarted plus, you unlock an extra new episode every week. Zero ads. Plus our special segment SmartYqs, where we tackle your curious questions like, why is the sky blue? Exactly. And guess what? There are even more surprise bonuses from me, your trusty narrator. Wow.
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How much?
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Less than $4 a month with an annual subscription. And hey, try it out with an adult's permission with a one week free trial from Apple Podcasts or from WhoSmarted.com I'm in. Let's get smarter. WhoSmarted. Plus more to learn, more to love. Subscribe. Okay. Where to begin? Hmm. Well, while the Whosmarted podcast first hit the airwaves in 2020, the groundwork for our show actually began about eight years earlier. That's when I, working under my pseudonym, Jerry Colber, began working on a show that taught you all about how your brain works. It was a show called Brain Games for the National Geographic Channel. To help make that show, I brought in my best friend, Adam texdavis, a comedy writer who has a rare gift of turning complicated science into fun entertainment. You probably recognize Adam's name from the credits of who Smarted? And you hear his voice on every single episode.
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We make smarting lots of fun on who's Smart? And hey, smarty pants, you probably know me better when I sound like this. This is Chet Nickerson reporting live. But before there was a Chet Nickerson or a meat cake lady. Who wants meat cake? Or who Smarted? Jerry, trusty narrator Kolber and I were using optical illusions, magic, and fun experiments with real people to show how your brain works or sometimes lead you astray.
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Together with a really talented team of writers, editors, directors, and the best production crew ever, our show Brain Games became a huge hit for National Geographic. We were even nominated for an Emmy Award.
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And the Emmy goes to Notch. Brain Games.
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We lost. But that didn't matter so much, because the important thing was we saw firsthand that people loved learning about science and not just adults. Even though it was a show made for grownups, it turned out that lots of kids and families were watching Brain Games together. Pay attention. This is a test.
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Try to count the number of footballs.
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Like this one as they fly across the screen. Smarty pants. If you still want to watch Brain Games today, you can find it on Disney. However, after doing over 50 episodes of Brain Games, Jerry and Adam decided they wanted to make another family show that would be even more geared to kids and would explore topics outside the human brain. Things like space, the ocean, emotions, social media, dreams, and the hidden superpowers that we all have. So they came up with a new idea and sold it to Netflix. Smartypants, any idea what the name of this show is? Is it Brain Fart, Brain Salad, or Brainchild? The answer is Brainchild.
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Hey, would you like a donut? They're really good.
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Yeah, sure.
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Thank you.
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But believe me, we would happily make a show called Brain Fart. But get this. We didn't make Brainchild alone. It seemed a very famous musician Slash music producer, loved brain games and watched it with his son. He too wanted to make a smart science show for kids. Any idea who this famous musician is? Well, here's a musical hint. Have you heard this song from the movie Despicable Me? Why, it's none other than Pharrell Williams. Soon, we were working with Pharrell and his team to make Brainchild for Netflix.
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What exactly are memories? How big is the universe? Do you control your emotions or do emotions control you?
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And even though we only got to do one season of Brainchild, those 13 episodes we did do are still playing today. And every year, a new crop of 7, 8, 9 and 10 year olds Discover Brainchild, which is why it's still one of the most beloved kids educational shows on Netflix. In fact, many of our earliest WhoSmarted listeners came to check out WhoSmarted because they were fans of Brainchild. And it was the fun of making Brainchild, as well as seeing just how many and how much kids, parents and families loved and appreciated a smart show that they could all feel good watching together, that gave us the motivation to make who Smarted Who Smarted. Of course, brainchild aired in 2018, which means it would still be another two years before the launch of who smarted.
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We have smarty, smarty pants. What major life changing historical event was the catalyst or cause for the invention of who smarted in 2020? Was it a, the invention of podcasts, B, the global pandemic, or C, trustee finally graduating from narrator school? If you said be the global pandemic, you're right. Podcasts have been around since 2003, and there is no such thing as narrator school. Nope, it was the global pandemic due to the spread of the coronavirus that actually spawned the who Smarted? Podcast into existence. But how?
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It was March 2020. The world was shut down. Many schools closed. Kids were home. We were home. And we knew kids would be spending lots of time sitting around staring at screens.
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Oh, no.
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Playing video games, watching YouTube or streaming, which, don't get me wrong, is all super fun, but not a great environment for learning. And so Jerry and Adam thought, what if we could provide something like Brainchild that's both fun and educational, that keeps kids off of screens while teaching them and their family and friends really cool things about stuff they already love, like space, the ocean, animals, pizza, and the human body.
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Well said, Chet. So we got microphones and started writing and recording our first episode. Of course, we needed a name for the show, something that would instantly make Kids, parents, grandparents, tweens, teens, and, well, anyone realize that this show was going to be funny and educational. Luckily, we already had a title just sitting there.
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That's right, Trusty. As it turns out, during the making of Brainchild, Netflix suddenly had second thoughts about the title of the show. So Adam began to brainstorm some new show titles, including Brainstorm. But he also came up with the title who Smarted. Yeah, it just kind of came to me. I was like, who farted? Who Smarted? You know, kids are gonna love it, adults will probably get a kick out of it, and it's really easy for people to remember. So we got really excited. I mean, after all, who wouldn't love that title? As it turns out, the name who Smarted did not make Pharrell Williams happy, because I'm happy. Instead, Pharrell convinced Netflix to keep the name Brainchild, which we still loved, but it also meant who Smarted was available. And we just thought who Smarted would be the perfect way to signal that this educational show was going to be funnier and a little cooler than all the other ones out there. And it gave us a chance to make a lot of fart jokes and what kid doesn't love farts?
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So now we had a fun show idea and a funny title. The next question became, should we have a theme song? Most fun shows that we grew up watching had theme songs that you could sing along to. So that became the mission of our amazing composer, Mr. Brian Suarez. Previously, Brian had created the music for both Brain Games and Brainchild, so we knew he'd come up with something great. But neither of those songs have lyrics.
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With both Brain Games and Brainchild, there were cool things to look at during the theme song. You know, visuals, so you didn't really need to have lyrics. But with a podcast, you know, there's nothing to look at. So we thought, let's come up with something fun for our listeners to sing and maybe even dance along to. So I started noodling around some lyrics, and the first thing I thought of, of course, was who smarted? Sounds like who farted? So you could ask, was it you? Was it me? And since our episodes were about science and history and history rhymes with was it you? Was it me? You know, became, was it science or history? Then telling everyone to listen up. And we make Smarting lots of fun. And that's also when we realized, oh, we're going to start to own the word smart and smarting, and we're going to call our listeners the Smartypants. And it all Just started to come together.
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There was just one thing missing. We needed someone to sing the song, so Brian asked Adam to just sing a version of it so he could make some music to go along with it.
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As you probably guessed, I'm not a singer. I had no idea how to sing the words I even wrote. I just started doing funny voices. Who smarted? Who smart? And, you know, again, this was just supposed to be what we call a scratch track, which is just sort of a placeholder, so then Brian could come and create music to it. And then once the music was done, we'd get a real singer to do it. But instead, Brian, you know, he's a genius. So he just kind of took the different voices I did and used them to make it sound really funny. And we played it, and everyone laughed and kind of liked it, so we just left it. Now I get to say I wrote and sang the theme song of Whosmarted, but it was actually Brian Suarez who made the magic happen. Who smarted.
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Okay, now that we had all that in place, including a script for our Gravity episode, it was time to record on our iPhones. But that didn't last very long. That's because we hired the incredible Josh Hahn, audio engineer extraordinaire, to come in and do our mixing, mastering in music and sound effects. Josh had previously worked for the podcast Story Pirates, among others, and he said, no way, dude. You're not recording your podcast on an iPhone. And so I bought myself a decent microphone. Problem solved, right? Wrong. Because Adam decided I wouldn't be the only one talking on the episode.
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You know, for the Gravity episode, I was just gonna have trusty narrator tell the story of the apple falling on Sir Isaac Newton's head. But then I thought, you know, it would be a lot more fun if, you know, I just played Sir Isaac Newton, and we recreated the scene with the apple. And then later, there's a scene where a girl and her mom, they float off into space because there's no gravity. And so I just got my wife Kim and my daughter Gia to do it, and I didn't even have a microphone yet, so I just recorded them on my iPhone. And that's when I got the angry call from Josh.
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Dude, no more using iPhones.
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Nope.
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If who's Smarter? Was going to be taken seriously, it had to sound good. And thanks to Josh, it does. But that's not the only big realization we had.
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See, the great thing about podcasts, unlike TV or film, is you can literally set a scene anywhere. Space, the ocean, the deck of The Titanic. It all costs the same, which is nothing. And also, on a show like ours, we can have anything. Talk. A sea creature, your nose, a pencil, a bubble, a pickle. It really doesn't matter. Everything talks on who's smarted. This way, Trusty can interact and learn from all kinds of fun characters, some of whom show up more than once.
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Smarty pants. True or false? A character that shows up on multiple episodes is known as a recurring character. The answer is true. A recurring or recurrent character is someone who might not be in every episode, but definitely shows up a bunch. Can you name any recurring characters on WhoSmarted? Did you say my grandma? The meat cake lady?
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Who wants meat cake? Oh, and happy birthday, WhoSmarted.
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Fun fact, the voice of the meat cake lady is based on Adam's own mother.
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Sorry, Mom. As for why we decided to have Trusty's grandma constantly making meat cake, it's kind of a mystery even to us, right, Meat cake lady?
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Sure.
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I mean, yeah, there's meatballs and meatloaf and meat pie, and there's carrot cake and cheesecake and fruitcake. There's even crab cakes. But for some reason, if you put meat and cake together, it's instantly weird and hilarious. Especially if someone keeps trying to feed some to you. And you just know that if you were to actually eat some meat cake, it would probably make you.
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Then there's my longtime friend Dino Hunter and lunch thief, Robert Maroon.
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That's it. We're going to find some real alligators.
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And of course, how could we forget?
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This is Chet Nickerson reporting. I believe I first made an appearance in the Hurricanes episode. And we loved Chet Nickerson so much, we decided to bring him back whenever there's any kind of news, sports, weather, or traffic reporting. And as an announcement and as Trusty's.
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Best friend, besides the fun characters who appear on the show, we also love having custom reactions to things that happen in the show. And one of the most well known and loved is the slightly sarcastic but still impressed Whoa. Which is provided by one of our favorite cast members. In fact, here she is now.
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Hey, Smartypants. This is Gia, otherwise known as the Woah girl. Whoa. I was actually in the very first episode on Gravity. I was around 15 or 16 at the time. And then we thought it would be fun for me to do some reactions that could be in the show. Things like, hmm, I don't know.
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And of course, whoa.
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One of my favorite things was reading a comment where someone called me the iconic Woe Girl. And I just thought, wow, I'm iconic. I don't know about that, but I know who. Smarted is definitely an iconic show that's taught lots of fun facts to lots of cool and curious kids, and I'm so proud to be a part of that. Whoa.
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Of course, Gia appears in other episodes as my niece, and some smarty pants have wondered if she's actually my niece. Well, since Gia is the daughter of Adam texdavis and he's one of my best friends, and I've known Gia since she was a child, so technically, I am her Uncle Trusty.
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This is Chet Nickerson with an important recurring question from a lot of Smartypants. They want to know how is an episode of who Smarted made? And how long does it take?
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Great question, Smartypants. I'll be back with the answers right after this quick break and a word from our sponsors. Now back to Whosmarted.
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Hi, Smartypants. This is Melissa Del Toro Schaffner, and I'm a voice actor. You may remember me as Grandma Elephant or Hannah the Hummingbird. I want to wish who Smarted the bestest, most funnest fifth birthday in the whole universe. This is Erin Yemen.
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I'm one of the voice actors who.
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Gets to play several characters on who's Smarted.
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One of my favorites was a cicada named Ada. She was not only darling, but taught.
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All about cicada cycles. Happy birthday, Whosmarted. My name is Jenna Hoban Trastain, and I've written a couple of episodes of who Smarted.
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And I've also lent my voice to many, many characters and maybe my favorite.
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A character named Miss Gusting. I'm Miss Gusting.
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Happy birthday, Whosmarted. And I'm Sheffield Chastain. And I've had the pleasure of voicing over 50 characters on WhoSmarted. And of course, my favorite character, Buzzy McFly.
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Buzz, buzz, buzz.
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Happy birthday, who Smarted?
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I'm Katie Lynn Chest Stain. I voiced many characters such as Cindy Lou and Baby Owl. I just wanted to wish who Smarted a very happy 5th year birthday. Happy birthday, who Smarted?
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Aw, thanks. That's right, we've been smarting for five years now, and we're giving you the Smarty Pants a sneak peek at how we make our show, which happens to be a question we get a lot from the Smarty Pants. So how do we make who's Smarted?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. How do you make Whosmarted? Cause I know with meat cake, you just need meat and eggs and gravy and pineapple and cumin.
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And okay. Okay, Grandma. Making whosmarted is nothing like making a meat cake. Smartypants, what do you think is the first thing we need to make an episode of whosmirted? If you said a topic, you're right, but where do whosmirted topics come from?
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This is Chet Nickerson with some breaking news. As it turns out, a lot of the topics are for who Smarted. Come from the Smartypants.
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That's right. I get tons of emails, and we see the comments you leave on Apple or Spotify asking for things like Minecraft and Roblox, but also really interesting and smart topic suggestions like socks and Axolotls and Cryptids. Of course, in the beginning, before anyone knew about WhoSmarted, the ideas came from us and our writers.
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You know, we picked Gravity as the first episode because we knew how cool and important it is. And, you know, we wanted to start out with something kind of sciencey. But very quickly, we started writing about just the things that we love, like pizza and dogs and video games. As long as there's a whiff of science or history, we can do pretty much any topic on who Smarted. Of course, one of our early writers who worked on brain games with us is a mom, and she suggested broccoli. And we were like, I don't know if kids like broccoli. But she said, well, broccoli sure makes you fart. And we were like, broccoli it is. And now it's one of our most downloaded episodes.
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So once we've decided on a topic, then what? Adam, can you walk us through the process?
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Sure thing, trusty. Okay, so once I have a topic, the next step is finding a writer. And the rule is you're not going to be able to tell us everything there is to know about, say, sharks in 15 minutes. So instead, I just want you to think like a kid and ask yourself four or five questions that a smarty pants would want to know about that topic, and then just answer them in the most creative way possible using any fun characters, fun locations, or fun facts that you want. Simple, right? Then after the script is written, I myself go through it and I add some more jokes and some fun, and then it's off to being recorded.
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I record my parts separately in my little portable booth, and the actors record wherever they are.
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I gotta say, it's a real testament to the skill of our performers and our editing team that it sounds like everybody's together talking in the same room, but in reality, everybody's recording separately. Some of the actors have Professional recording booths. Others are just jumping into their closet with a microphone to do it.
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As long as they have a good mic, dude. Right. Okay, after everyone records their parts, then what happens, smarty pants? Why? It's time to assemble the episode. And that's where Max Kamasky comes in. I'm sure you've heard Max's name in the credits. Max picks out the best takes and puts the episode together following the script.
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Hey there, smarty pants. This is Max Kamasky, and I'm the associate producer for who's Smarted? I edit and piece together the best takes of all the voice actors and paste them so they follow the script and sound like they're actually talking to each other. So when Trusty is talking to a talking pizza, a talking armpit, or talking poop emoji, it sounds like they're actually together and talking to each other in real time. My favorite thing about working at Whosmarted is getting to hear all the bloopers and keeping them in my blooper folder. Maybe someday we can release a trusty blooper reel. Ooh, five years is a lot of bloopers. Anyways, happy birthday, Whosmarted. I gotta say, Max is a genius at knowing the right takes and the speeding and slowing of the pace in which people talk so that it all sounds very natural. And then from there, it all goes to Josh and he does his magic, adding music and sound effects and more.
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Hey, smarty pants. This is Josh Hahn, and I'm the technical director and sound designer for Whosmarted. As a technical director, I collaborate with the producers and actors to make sure.
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The audio quality for Whosmarted is the.
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Best that it can be. And as a sound designer, I take that audio and make it sound even better.
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I also score the music and create.
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The background settings, as well as adding sound effects, including lots of of fart noises. Happy birthday. Who Smarted? And that's basically it. Of course, a lot of smartypants like to ask, how long does it take to make an episode of who's Smarted? What do you think, Smartypants? Is it a month, a week, or three days? The answer is.
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This is Chet Nickerson with the answer. While the entire process of making a Whosmarted episode could take as as long long as a month or more, the actual time to pick a topic, find a writer, write, rewrite, cast, record, assemble, edit, sound, design, mix, and master and post takes roughly a week.
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Whoa. Well, smarty pants, I hope you enjoyed our sneak peek at how the smarting is made I also want to thank all the smartypants, smartie parents, smartie families, smarty educators, and smartie homeschoolers for five wonderful years that have far exceeded anything we thought possible. We went into this thinking it would be a good thing to put into the world during a dark time for the world. Instead, we began an adventure that's become one of the most fun and rewarding things that we've ever done. The comments, reviews, emails and episode suggestions we've received have been nothing short of amazing. There's nothing better than inspiring curious minds and filling our smarty family's lives with fun facts and topics and for debate long after the episode has ended. We are thrilled to hear how kids ask to put on who's Smarted every time they get in the car. Or how Smarty pants fall asleep to the show every night. Or how some parents continue listening even after the kids have left the car. There are no words to express how grateful and thankful we are to all of you smarting with us.
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Sorry.
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My name is Brian Suarez and I helped create the theme song for who's Smarted. My favorite part of the process was going down a rabbit hole of looking up all the kids TV show theme songs that I grew up with in the 80s and the early 90s. Happy birthday Whosmarted.
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Hi Smartypants. I'm Sarah Sweetak. I'm a writer and voice actor for WhoSmarted. My favorite thing that I've done for WHOSMARTED so far is writing and recording for the episode on capybaras because they're my favorite animal. I hope Whosmarted has a happy Kappy birthday.
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Hey Smartypants, this is Taya Garlett. I do voice acting work for WhoSmarted. I've played characters of all kinds on this show. Crazy goofy characters, characters with specific accents.
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Or straight up dude bros. Just having a good time.
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I love learning about all the random cool factoids when I'm reading and recording for the show. It's just a blast to be a part of. This is Mike Priviti.
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I play a ton of characters on.
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The whole there was Richard Maroon.
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How are we doing today? Trusty? And also I played a pufferfish. I might look little now, but just watch. Happy 5th birthday to the Whosmarted podcast. Hey smarty pants.
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Voice actor Chris Okawa here.
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I've had the privilege of voicing characters like Phalanx in the Fingernails episode, Ally, the Alligator in the Sewers episode, Guillermo the Waiter, Pumpernickel Pete, and many, many more. Thank you guys so Much for your support of this wonderful and impactful show. Five years is no small achievement. And here's to many, many more.
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Hey, this is Dave Beaudry, and I've been writing for who's smarted?
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For nearly five years.
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In that time, I've covered all kinds of topics like the planets, the weather, snack foods, hamburgers, alligators, kangaroos, dogs and cats, the human body, and so much more. So who's smarted? Happy 5th birthday, and let's keep smarting for many more years. My name is Jason Williams. I'm Charlotte Cohn, and I write some episodes of who Smarted? And I also do some voices. And I also do some voices. My favorite voice that I ever get to do, it's kind of a slightly recurring character, is whenever they need, like, a teenage boy, and I go, oh, gosh. Oh, no. What's your favorite voice?
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Tanya. She hosted a show called who invented said that.
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Happy birthday, who smarted? We are so happy to be a part of the first five years and we want to be part of the next 5, 10, 15, 20. Absolutely.
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Hey, smartypants.
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My name is Leanne loves whosmarted French.
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And I'm a writer for the show.
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And a favorite part of my job.
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Is hearing what you smarty pants want.
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To learn about, then researching the cool topics and turning them into fun episodes. Cheers to who's Smarted and celebrating five fantastic years of smarting together. Hey there, smarty pants. This is Dave Davis. I'm a writer for who's smarted? As a former educator, I really enjoy creating episodes that allow listeners to use their imagination while at the same time learn fun, interesting facts about lots of different subjects. Keep on smarting, smarty pants. Hey, smarties. My name is Dan Bromfield, and I am one of the original writers and voice actors of who smarted. My favorite moments of are getting to learn all about whale evolution and getting to do an impersonation of Pelvis Presley. Happy birthday and may you smart profusely.
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For many more years. This is Phil Jeremy, one of the.
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Writers of who Smarted?
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And also a voiceover guy of a few fun characters on the show, including my personal favorite, Grady the gravy boat. My favorite thing about writing for who smarted? Is learning about all the crazy topics. A very happy birthday to who smarted.
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And here's to lots more episodes who smarted?
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It's not how the theme song goes at all. It's not all.
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It's okay. It'll be the backup theme song.
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I paid attention.
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I've been paying attention all right, smarty pants. Happy birthday, everybody.
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Happy birthday.
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This episode, the making of who's Smarted, was written by Adam Tex Davis and voiced by Adam Chetz Davis. Gia. Whoa. Davis.
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Josh.
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No iPhones. Hahn and Jerry Colbert. Technical direction and sound design by Josh Hahn. Our associate producer is Max. I'm missing a line. Kamasky. The theme song is by Brian soundtrack savant Suarez with lyrics written and performed by Adam. Didn't expect to be singing. Davis who Smarted was created and produced by Adam Tex Davis and Jerry Colbert. This has been an atomic audio production.
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Who's Marty.
Podcast: Who Smarted? (Atomic Entertainment / Starglow Media)
Episode Theme: Behind the Scenes – The Making, History & Magic of Who Smarted?
In this special fifth birthday episode, the Who Smarted? team pulls back the curtain to reveal how the show went from a funny idea among friends to a top-rated educational podcast for kids and families around the world. The episode blends the show's signature humor, lively banter, and interactive trivia while walking listeners through its origin story, beloved characters, the creative process, and the collaborative work it takes to produce each episode. Members of the cast and crew pop in to share personal stories and birthday wishes, making this an affectionate, inside look at the Who Smarted? phenomenon.
Show Launch & Growth (00:01 – 01:28):
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"Who knew that this little show... would go on to rank in the top 1% of all podcasts and become a beloved show for hundreds of thousands of smarty pants around the globe?"
— Narrator/Jerry (01:28)
The Team’s Background (03:40 – 06:59):
The Pandemic Spark (07:50 – 08:32):
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"We knew kids would be spending lots of time sitting around staring at screens... what if we could provide something like Brainchild that's both fun and educational, that keeps kids off of screens?"
— Chet/Adam (08:32)
Naming Journey (09:31 – 11:02):
Creating the Theme Song (11:02 – 13:06):
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"We just thought Who Smarted would be the perfect way to signal that this educational show was going to be funnier and a little cooler than all the other ones out there."
— Adam (10:15)
Recording Evolution (13:06 – 14:20):
Creativity of Podcasts (14:30 – 15:46):
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"The great thing about podcasts, unlike TV or film, is you can literally set a scene anywhere... everything talks on Who Smarted."
— Adam (14:30)
Cast & Crew Shoutouts (17:00 – 18:40, 25:56 – 29:46):
Production Pipeline (19:30 – 24:32):
Notable Segment:
The associate producer keeps a personal "bloopers folder" and hopes to share a blooper reel in the future.
— Max Kamasky (22:50)
Making an Episode (24:07 – 24:55):
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"The actual time to pick a topic, find a writer, write, rewrite, cast, record, assemble, edit, sound design, mix, and master and post takes roughly a week."
— Chet/Adam (24:32)
Appreciation for Listeners (24:55 – 25:56):
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"There are no words to express how grateful and thankful we are to all of you smarting with us."
— Narrator/Jerry (25:55)
True to Who Smarted?'s schtick, the episode is packed with chuckles, silly asides, playful trivia, and fourth-wall-breaking quips. Banter between voices (and recurring gags about “meat cake” or fart jokes) keeps everything light and accessible for young listeners and amusing for grown-ups.
This birthday edition of Who Smarted? is a loving look at how a simple idea between friends grew into a worldwide hit by making learning fun, funny, and truly interactive. You’ll hear cast and crew’s affection for both the material and their fans, discover how strange ideas become classic recurring bits, and find out how a tight-knit team can create educational joy—even when recording from kitchens and closets.
If you or your kids are fans of science, history, laughter, and learning—Who Smarted? is for you. And now, you know everything behind the magic of how it’s made.