Child
Episodes
6. Awe
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
India Rakusen explores the awe-inspiring world of awe. Discover how narratives and storytelling, as well as the awesome natural world, have the power ...
5. Sadness
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
India Rakusen examines why humans cry, what tears mean and why we might want to question our ability to read the mind in the face. Taking a look at th...
4. Anger
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
India Rakusen reaches the wild storm of toddler anger - once feared as fairy mischief, now often misunderstood by science and society alike. We move f...
3. Surprise
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
India Rakusen explores the emotion of surprise — from classic knock-knock jokes to the complex, messy business of toddler toilet training. Along the...
2. Fear
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fear shows up early in childhood - taught through cautionary tales and parental reactions. In this episode, we explore how fear shapes young minds, ho...
1. Happiness
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
India Rakusen dives into the emotional lives of toddlers, starting with the complex and often misunderstood emotion of happiness. Through giggling gam...
Trailer: Child Series 2
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
India Rakusen returns with the second series of Child for the next chapter of the story of us all. The series will capture the joy and the pain of tod...
27. Birthday Cake
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We get inside the mind of a one year old with Professor of psychology and baby expert Alison Gopnik. What can babies teach us, and how are they influe...
26. Nursery
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Whenever an infant heads to nursery, it can feel like an enormous step. Things are changing for everyone. There are all sorts of feelings flying aroun...
25. Lullaby
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lullabies. Simple, soothing… nonsense. Right? Wrong. Here we’re getting behind the importance of music and singing in a baby's development. India ...
24. Attachment
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Attachment is an interesting word. It conjures up images of love, security, but also a specific focus and intensity that has encircled modern parentin...
23. Crawling
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Seeing a baby make its first moves is a magical time. It marks the beginning of their independence. And it’s something that is often tracked using d...
22. Baby Food
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Baby food is about so much more than mashed carrot. It’s another important foundation for the rest of the child’s life. But it isn’t an equal pl...
21. Sleep
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Go on, be honest. Is this the first episode you clicked? It drives people crazy. It’s a firecracker of a topic, and emotions run high around sleep. ...
20. Playtime
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As parents start to think about the development of the child within, they might head out to classes. The advice on how a baby ‘should be’ and the ...
19. Time Warp
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re taking a pause to lose ourselves down the rabbit hole of time. Because something strange happens to time in those first weeks of a baby's arri...
18. Fingers and Toes
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How are mother and baby developing? Sure, we’ve counted their toes - but what happens now? So many huge emotional shifts are happening in the “Fou...
17. Milk
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Milk. However it comes its a vital source of life. India Rakusen explores it’s various forms and the history and politics that have shaped the way w...
16. First Love
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The chemical and emotional connection between a parent and baby is really important but just how quickly are babies making emotional connections? Ind...
15. Golden Hour
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The baby is born and takes its first breath. But it’s not over. India examines how the body reacts and recovers in this first hour, how the placenta...
14. Pain
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The baby is almost here. In this episode, India Rakusen explores how the baby moves through the cervix into the birth canal to the moment the baby’s...
13. Trust
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With near-constant headlines of problems in our maternity services here in the UK, what does the word ‘trust’ mean today when it comes to birth, a...
12. Consent
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Being in control and having a sense of choice can be the difference between a positive or negative birth experience, but how much choice do women real...
11. Oxytocin
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Labour begins. The womb begins its grinding dance into contractions and the hormone Oxytocin steps onto the scene. In this episode, India Rakusen exp...
10. Due Date
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At the end of a pregnancy, a lot is going on. The baby might be descending and moving into place, and the pregnant body is changing every day. It’s ...
9. Birth Plan
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How can we truly plan for something as big and unknowable as birth? What are we forgetting to prepare for - or not being told? India Rakusen talks to ...
8. Mother Brain
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The huge changes that occur during pregnancy have been felt by people for millennia, but it's only in recent years that we've had data to back those f...
7. Are They What You Eat?
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
India explores the complicated world of nutrition with the help of Dr Emma Derbyshire. How much of the advice out there is crucial, and how much is ju...
6. The Unforeseen
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Talking about pregnancy loss, miscarriage and unexpected news in pregnancy is difficult, not just for those going through it but for the whole society...
5. Birth of a Mother
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to suddenly take on this role, this mantle of ‘mother’. It’s a powerful world and it’s meaning has changed through time. We ...
4. Every Heartbeat
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ultrasound scans are an amazing window into a previously utterly mysterious world. Having one can bring a whirlwind of emotions, but they also provide...
3. The Secret Within
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pregnancy tests are so easy to take at home, but that wasn’t always the case. In this episode, India examines the moment of finding out you’re pre...
2. Source of Life
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
All around the world, the placenta is revered in rituals - but in many places it’s mainly seen as medical waste. What is this incredible organ, who ...
1. The Dance Begins
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After that very first moment, when sperm meets egg - the life of a human begins to unfold. But how does that one cell begin to divide and differentiat...
Introducing Child
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this new look at the beginnings of life we tell the story of a child from fertilisation to first birthday through the lens of society, history, and...