{"podcast":{"title":"Reimagine Childhood","slug":"reimagine-childhood-6065024","podcast_index_feed_id":6065024,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/458196/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/458196","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/0/f/b/e/0fbeb9ff4fa52e74e55e3c100dce7605/Podcast_Cover_all_blue.png","author":"Early Childhood Christian Network","episode_count":92,"summary":"Welcome to Reimagine Childhood brought to you by Early Childhood Christian Network—where we equip you with the tools you need so you can confidently care for and teach young children. We know early childhood is prime time for all development and, yet, we often overlook our critical role in providing optimal learning experiences. In every episode, you'll find seasoned experts sharing their passion and expertise in a way that is easily applied to everyday experiences in the classroom and anywhere else you're involved with young children. We want to protect and celebrate early childhood in all its wonder and imagination, rather than rushing through it to get \"prepared\" for the next stage. So….how will you reimagine your approach to early childhood? We'd love to invite you on this journey with us!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-29T14:18:02.763347+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reimagine-childhood-6065024"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 88: Faith, Family, Fun, and Fizz: Connecting Science and Faith with Brock Eastman","slug":"ep-88-faith-family-fun-and-fizz-connecting-science-and-faith-with-brock-eastman","published_at":"2026-06-15T06:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reimagine-childhood-6065024/ep-88-faith-family-fun-and-fizz-connecting-science-and-faith-with-brock-eastman","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reimagine-childhood-6065024","url":"https://f6c33904-a9bf-4671-b4fb-2621039c2a9c.libsyn.com/ep-88-faith-family-fun-and-fizz-connecting-science-and-faith-with-brock-eastman","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/f6c33904-a9bf-4671-b4fb-2621039c2a9c/08.15.26_Brock_Eastman.mp3?dest-id=3860268","summary":"In this episode of Reimagine Childhood from the Early Childhood Christian Network, host Monica Healer welcomes Brock Eastman (aka Dr. Phineas Einstein Fizzlebop), an award-winning author, Clubhouse and Clubhouse Jr. contributor, and dad of four, to discuss why connecting science and faith matters for young children. Brock shares how Dr. Fizzlebop began as a Clubhouse Jr. science column and grew into videos, a 52-week family devotional (Faith and Science with Dr. Fizzlebop), and Super Simple Science board books covering basics like colors, counting, alphabets, weather, and space. They talk about planting early \"memory seeds\" that help children integrate faith with everyday learning, the importance of parent-child reading and shared experiences amid modern distractions, and the power of saying \"I don't know—let's look it up.\" Brock demonstrates simple experiments—baking soda and vinegar balloon inflation, \"cluck from a cup\" amplification, and a straw rocket launch—each paired with a faith connection, and he also mentions his middle grade series Parable Port where Jesus' parables come to life. 00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro 02:29 Brock Science Origins 04:57 Dr Fizzlebop Resources 31:05 Why Moments Matter 36:51 Curiosity Builds Trust 39:37 Fizz Inflator Experiment 48:34 Cluck From a Cup 53:57 Rocket Launch and Sendoff Connect with Brock Eastman (aka Dr. Fizzlebop) on his website - https://www.brockeastman.com/dr-fizzlebop.html or on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@fizzlebop or on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fizzleboplabs/ Find all of his picture and board-books here - https://www.brockeastman.com/picture--board-books.html Fun experiment for Father's Day! - https://www.brockeastman.com/fizzlebop-lab-updates/fathers-day-fizztastic-experiment-water-balloon-strength-…","meta_description":"In this episode of Reimagine Childhood from the Early Childhood Christian Network, host Monica Healer welcomes Brock Eastman (aka Dr. Phineas Einstein Fiz…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3601,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/reimagine-childhood-6065024/episodes/ep-88-faith-family-fun-and-fizz-connecting-science-and-faith-with-brock-eastman/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reimagine-childhood-6065024/ep-88-faith-family-fun-and-fizz-connecting-science-and-faith-with-brock-eastman.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}