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How it works

Ask. Wait a moment. Listen.

Your child asks about anything. A few minutes later there is a podcast, narrated and ready to play. Here is what happens in between.

  1. A child asks a question out loud while a parent nearby listens, at ease.
    01

    Ask

    Type or say a topic. Choose who is listening and how long.

  2. Curio researching, writing, checking and recording a podcast, drawn as one simple picture.
    02

    We make it

    You can leave the screen. Curio tells you when it is ready.

  3. A child listening to the finished podcast with no screen in the way.
    03

    Listen

    Play it anywhere, even with the screen off. It stays in your library.

Behind the scenes

What happens while you wait.

A typed topic, Why volcanoes erupt, turning into a written story and then into a 6 minute podcast, drawn left to right with arrows.

  1. The topic is screened

    Before anything is made, a safety screen looks at the topic. If a topic is not suitable, nothing is written and nothing is recorded.

  2. Curio researches

    It researches the topic, so the writing has something real to work from.

  3. Curio writes

    A script in the style of a short documentary, written for the age group you chose, with a beginning, a middle and an end.

  4. Curio checks

    A checking pass goes over the script against what the research found. This makes mistakes less likely, not impossible: podcasts are made with AI and can still be wrong.

  5. A narrator records

    The script is read aloud. Music, background sound and sound effects are mixed in, and the podcast is saved.

  6. It stays in your library

    The audio is kept, so you can play it again, with the screen off. A topic that has been made before can play at once.

Want the longer version? Read How Curio makes a podcast from a question.

Good to know

Length and age.

The new podcast screen: choose who is listening (0 to 4, 5 to 7, 8 to 11, 12 to 15 or Adults), how long (3, 6 or 10 minutes) and who reads it.
  • Podcasts come in 3, 6 or 10 minutes, written for an age group such as 5 to 7 or 8 to 11.
  • A new free podcast arrives every day, and your first 3 podcasts of your own are on us.
  • There are no ads inside the podcasts.
The Curio player showing Sea Turtles and the Long Way Home, with skip 15 seconds, speed and a sleep timer, and a note that it keeps playing with the screen off.

Let the next question be a good one.

Your first 3 podcasts are on us.

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