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The Bridge: How Rainbows Connect Worlds

Radiolab for Kids by WNYC

Dec 11, 202500:28:49Kids & family

What is a rainbow? An optical illusion? Or a thing out there in the world? For centuries, cultures around the world believed that rainbows were bridges - pathways to gods and to the afterlife. Then in 1665, during a plag...

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The Bridge: How Rainbows Connect Worlds is an episode from Radiolab for Kids by WNYC. What is a rainbow? An optical illusion? Or a thing out there in the world? For centuries, cultures around the world believed that rainbows were bridges -...

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Published Dec 11, 2025, 00:28:49 long, audio available.