The Happiest Animal Show

What spiders are making you happy today? What’s spider fishing? What spider catches its prey with a net? Hear Laura and Rob choose spiders, a song about tarantulas in Colorado, awesome animal clues from 5 year old Miles from Portland, Oregon, plus our special guest, spider specialist Red Armstrong from the PDX Insectarium! What animal did Red choose? Here’s a hint: It jumps, it’s cute, and Red found it in a compost bin.The Happiest Animal Show (on Planet Earth) is an educational comedy podcast for kids who love animals, filled with animal clues, songs, jokes and special guests from comedians to scientists to kids. It's all hosted by the sister/brother duo of Laura Sams and Robert Sams, who are both zoologists, film-makers and children’s songwriters. We promise this podcast is a comedy safari for your ears! And if you’re parents, it’s something to listen to in the car! And if you’re a person, it’s something happy for your brain!

It’s a special episode packed with animal clues from you, the fans! Plus a Halloween song about owls! Guess the animal that is making our fans happy today with Happiest Fanimal submissions from Adam and Elena from Adamsville, Alabama, Miles from Grand Rapids, Michigan, Aspen from Buffalo, New York,  LJ from Moscow, Idaho, Bennett from Raleigh, North Carolina, Baer and Charley from Northbrook, Illinois, Willow from Eugene, Oregon and Harry from British Columbia, Canada. Plus, we’re excited to announce our new album of kids songs is out! You can stream or buy our Happiest Animal Songs, with 24 kid songs about animals from our first year of the podcast. They’re the best animal songs on Planet Earth, at least according to our fans and our parents.The Happiest Animal Show (on Planet Earth) is an educational comedy podcast for kids and families who love animals, with original animal songs, stories, jokes and special guests from comedians to scientists to kids. It’s all based around the very important question, “What animal is making you happy today?” and is hosted by sister/brother zoologists, filmmakers and songwriters Laura Sams and Robert Sams. The podcast is like a comedy safari for your ears!

What red animals are making you happy today? What red animal landed on Rob’s face? Hear Laura and Rob choose animals with the color red on them, a song about wolves howling at the moon, awesome animal clues from 5 year old Larkin and 7 year old Finn from Moscow, Idaho, plus our special guest, touring stand-up comedian Laura Peek! Laura has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and now she is here. What animal did Laura choose? Here’s a hint: It mostly eats bamboo, and it’s very cute.The Happiest Animal Show (on Planet Earth) is an educational comedy podcast for kids who love wildlife, filled with animal clues, songs, jokes and special guests from comedians to scientists to kids. It's all hosted by the sister/brother duo of Laura Sams and Robert Sams, who are both zoologists, film-makers and children’s songwriters. We promise this podcast is a comedy safari for your ears. And if you’re parents, it’s something to listen to in the car. And if you’re a person, it’s something happy for your brain. If you like red pandas, wolves, coyotes, hummingbirds, cardinals, or songbirds, this is a good episode for you.

What loud animals are making you happy today? What bug is as loud as a chainsaw? Who is Jimothy the famous Seattle raccoon? Hear Rob and Laura choose loud animals, plus an incredible dance song about Jimothy the Raccoon, awesome animal clues from 8 year old Eve from Elkhorn, Nebraska, and our special guest, artist Mike Matola who lives in Seattle, Washington. What animal did Mike choose? Here’s a hint: It is blue and black. Seriously, you don’t want to miss this episode or the new Jimothy the Raccoon song, bound to be the song of the summer.The Happiest Animal Show (on Planet Earth) is an educational comedy podcast for kids who love wildlife, filled with animal clues, songs, jokes and special guests from comedians to scientists to kids. It's all hosted by the sister/brother duo of Laura Sams and Robert Sams, who are both zoologists, film-makers and children’s songwriters. We promise this podcast is a comedy safari for your ears! And if you’re parents, it’s something to listen to in the car! And if you’re a person, it’s something happy for your brain! If you like lions, raccoons, cicadas, foxes, birds, Steller’s Jays or crows, this is a good episode for you.

What animal with a shell has been around since the dinosaurs? What fish has an absolutely hilarious name? What animals did Rob and Laura see on vacation? Hear Rob and Laura choose animals from their Michigan vacation adventure, plus The Peg Leg Song (a song from a one-legged singing pirate), awesome animal clues from 2 year old Maxine from Kansas City, and special guest 8 year old Fin from Portland, Oregon. What animal is making Fin happy today? Here’s a hint: it can fly, and  it has a red tail.The Happiest Animal Show (on Planet Earth) is a comedy podcast for kids and grownups who love wildlife, filled with animal clues, songs, jokes and special guests from comedians to scientists to kids. It's all hosted by the sister/brother duo of Laura Sams and Robert Sams, who are both zoologists, film-makers and children’s songwriters. We promise this podcast is a comedy safari for your ears! And if you’re parents, it’s something to listen to in the car! And if you’re a person, it’s something happy for your brain! If you like pirates, frogs, snapping turtles, fish, horses, owls or hawks, this is a good episode for you.