Actor and Comedian Joel Mchale Joins ‘Growin’ Up’ Podcast
Lingokids, an educational tech and media company that is helping transform the way children learn through the power of play, announced today that its award-winning podcast for kids, ‘Growin’ Up,’ is returning for Season 2. Hosted by MIT-engineer turned EMMY-nominated, science TV host, Emily Calandrelli, and produced by Paradiso, ‘Growin’ Up’ will captivate young audiences once again with inspiring stories of how real people achieved their dream careers like marine biologist, NBA player turned coach, illustrator, film director and race car driver. Season 2 premieres on September 20, 2023 and will be available on platforms like Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and Amazon. The show trailer is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
The inaugural episode of Season 2 will feature a conversation with the actor, comedian, and presenter, Joel McHale. After bumping into Joel in a Hollywood coffee shop, Emily talks with him about how he became an actor, where he finds inspiration, and what it is like working on a Hollywood set. The interview will also candidly address the highs and lows of McHale’s acting career, offering young listeners valuable insights into the power of perseverance.
“It was a pleasure working with Lingokids and Paradiso on ‘Growin’ Up.’ I’m excited to share my journey as an actor and host with kids around the globe. I hope this podcast helps them get a better understanding of all the great careers available to them and inspires them to strive for whatever future they wish.”
As a mom, aerospace engineer, science communicator, children’s book author and passionate STEAM advocate, Emily is no stranger to trying new things.‘Growin’ Up’ Season 2 takes young listeners on a weekly adventure with Emily and her new child assistant, Winston (played by actor/comedian Brock Powell), as they talk with real people about how they achieved their ‘dream jobs’. Season 2 will feature 30 episodes, giving kids an inside look on 30 of coolest careers imaginable.
“Since launching Growin’ Up last year, we’ve heard from countless kids around the world about how they have been inspired to work hard toward their new dream career that they heard about on the show,” said Emily Calandrelli. “Season 2 will feature amazing guests who will help us shine a light on 30 amazing careers that kids can aspire to have one day. For me, there is nothing better than sparking curiosity and opening young minds to the endless possibilities that are out there for them.”
Paradiso Co-Founder and CEO Lorenzo Benedetti says “Lingokids and Paradiso Media share a passion for enriching young minds through great audio storytelling. It’s been a pleasure to collaborate on ‘Growin’ Up,’ a wonderful podcast in which education and entertainment converge.”
‘Growin’ Up’ Season 2 is now available on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and Amazon.
ABOUT LINGOKIDS
Lingokids is an educational tech and media company that is helping transform the way children can gain traditional educational and modern life skills. Its unique PlaylearningTM approach puts children in the center of the Lingokids universe, which provides thousands of engaging, interactive learning experiences in a variety of mediums and surrounds them with choice and exploratory child-led learning paths. With a commitment to traditional, educational objectives for preschool through second grade, Lingokids knows today’s child needs engineering and empathy; reading and resilience; math fluency and mindfulness. A captivating cast of original characters seamlessly brings life to each immersive learning adventure and blends play with a modern skills curriculum to engage and motivate kids around the globe. Since launching in 2015, Lingokids has achieved category-leading viewership on YouTube and its portfolio includes the Lingokids app (Voted Best Original Learning App 2022 and 2023, Kidscreen) trusted by more than 60 million families, Lingokids Studios, Lingokids Podcasts, and Lingokids Music Publishing.
For more information, please visit www.lingokids.com and follow @Lingokids.
About Emily Calandrelli
Emily Calandrelli is the host and co-executive producer of the hit Netflix series Emily’s Wonder Lab. Each episode features Emily and a group of kid-scientists as they learn about STEAM through experiments and fun activities. Emily is also an Executive Producer and Emmy nominated host of FOX’s Xploration Outer Space and was a correspondent on Netflix’s, Bill Nye Saves The World.
Emily, who was named to Adweek’s“11 Celebrities and Influencers Raising the Bar for Creativity in 2017”, is also an accomplished writer and speaker on the topics of space exploration, scientific literacy, and equality. Her chapter book series, The Ada Lace Adventures, centers around an eight-year-old girl with a knack for science, math, and solving mysteries with technology, the second book in the series, Ada Lace: Sees Red, was included in the National Science Teachers Association’s list of best STEM books for 2018. The third book, Ada Lace: Take Me To Your Leader, was part of the initiative from NASA and CASIS, Story Time from Space where the book was launched into space and read by an astronaut aboard the ISS to an audience of kids. The fifth and most recent book in the series, Ada Lace: and the Suspicious Artist which was released in February 2019. All 5 books in the series are available at Barnes and Noble as well as Amazon. Earlier this year Emily released a children’s book, Reach For The Stars, an uplifting book about love and shared discovery.
Emily frequently gives talks about the importance of science literacy, the benefits of space exploration, and the challenges for women in STEM careers for clients like Google, Pixar, MIT, Texas Instruments as well as dozens of K-12 schools across the nation. Her first two TEDx talks, “I Don’t Do Math” and “Space Exploration Is The Worst,” have garnered over one million views on YouTube.
Prior to her work in science communication, Emily attended West Virginia University, where she received a Bachelors of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, and MIT where she received two Masters of Science degrees, one in Aeronautics and Astronautics and the other in Technology and Policy. Through her work, she wants to make science relatable, easy to understand and more exciting today than ever before in history.
