But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids What’s on your bucket list?
Dec 26, 2025
Explore the exciting concept of bucket lists as the hosts dive into their personal dreams, like hiking Vermont’s Long Trail and visiting Australia. Listeners share athletic goals like climbing V10 and finishing a 10K, alongside travel aspirations to destinations like Ireland and Antarctica. Culinary ambitions shine as kids express wishes to become chefs and savor cuisines worldwide. From whimsical career fantasies to adventurous skills, this discussion sparks imagination and inspires future goals!
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Hosts’ Personal Bucket List Stories
- Jane Lindholm shares her childhood bucket list of seeing koalas and kangaroos and still hasn’t visited Australia.
- Melody Beaudet mentions her unfinished goal of hiking Vermont’s Long Trail, showing bucket lists can span decades.
Fantasy Versus Achievable Goals
- Bucket lists include impossible fantasies and realistic goals people can work toward.
- The hosts distinguish between uncontrollable wishes and achievable lifetime goals.
Ambitious Young Climber’s Goal
- Hannah, 10, from Washington, D.C., wants to climb a V10 boulder, a level many climbers never reach.
- The hosts explain the V-scale and underline how ambitious some kids’ goals are.