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PBS Digital Studios

PBS has been producing thoughtful programming for diverse audiences since 1970, and since 2012, PBS Digital Studios has been an innovator in digital-first educational programming, constantly exploring new directions to educate audiences about history, science, culture, and the world around them. PBS Digital Studios includes a network of YouTube channels with millions of subscribers and billions of lifetime views.

Man in glasses and cardigan holds palms together with lips parted in mid-speech. He stands before a green background with white scratches.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 5 / Ep 13
5 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
ASL
Many hot air balloons taking off into the sky.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 3 / Ep 10
5 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 10
ASL
Graphic shows a gray fish with a fart cloud next to it. Inside the fart cloud is text that reads, “It’s Okay To be Fart.”
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 6 / Ep 18
5 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Man talks to us in a room with a bookcase filled with books and knick-knacks like bird figurines, a Gundam toy, and a small globe. Next to his head is a cartoon overlay of a person being electrocuted coming out of an outhouse.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 8 / Ep 23
8 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Man sits at a desk that has a computer, wires, and electrical and lab equipment on it. He holds a blue wire to a battery. Behind him is a bookcase filled with books and knick-knacks like a framed butterfly and different dinosaur skeleton miniatures.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 9 / Ep 7
18 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
ASL
A graph plots pressure in Pascal’s versus temperature in degrees Celsius. The horizontal axis is marked at negative 5, 0, and 100. The vertical axis ranges from 1 kilo Pascal to 100 Mega Pascal’s in increments of exponents of 10. At 1 atmospheric pressure water is in solid ice at negative 5 degrees to 0 degrees, in liquid state from 0 degrees to 100 degrees Celsius, and in vapor form above 100 degrees Celsius.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 7 / Ep 29
7 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
ASL
Scatter plot graph plots the relationship between spices per recipe and mean annual temperature in Celsius. The higher the temperature the more spices per recipe. Next to the graph is a small map of the world with different foods and spices in the continents.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 6 / Ep 19
5 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Digital illustration of an underground tunnel that goes from San Francisco to New York City.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 9 / Ep 4
11 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Man with glasses raises eyebrows and parts lips mid-speech. Toys and books are on bookshelves in background.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 7 / Ep 25
13 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
ASL
Different math equations and graphs are drawn, with a butterfly as the backdrop.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 7 / Ep 7
9 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
ASL
Seven different butterflies, where four are placed at the corners facing the butterfly at the center and two at either side of the central butterfly.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 7 / Ep 11
11 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Man in glasses gestures with hand and parts lips in mid-speech. Toys and books on shelves displayed in background. Text at right reads, "Gimme that science!"
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 8 / Ep 27
14 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
ASL
A photo depicts many branches of a large tree.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 7 / Ep 24
8 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Man talks to us in a room with a bookcase filled with books and knick-knacks like a Gundam toy, small globe, and a model of a space rocket.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 9 / Ep 3
19 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
ASL
Line graph titled, "Exponential Growth, Covid-19." Y axis reads, "Cases open parentheses Outside of China close parentheses" and X axis reads, "Feb twelfth" at left and "March fifteenth" at right. Pink dots gradually curve upward from left to right where they're labeled "X, 1 point 4."
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 8 / Ep 6
7 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Man looks at us with a stern expression and points his finger up like he’s telling us to stop. Behind him is a bookcase filled with books and knick-knacks like a Gundam toy, little bird figurines, and a small globe.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 8 / Ep 22
15 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Neon green cartoon eel swimming in water with small fish swimming around it.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 9 / Ep 6
11 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Eight different screens with the same man’s face. He makes different exaggerated expressions like smirking, pouting, surprised, grimacing, and more.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 6 / Ep 20
4 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
Man talks to us with his eyebrows furrowed a bit as he stands in front of a black background.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 6 / Ep 12
4 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Man looks at us as he sits in a room with a bookcase filled with books and knick-knacks such as Gundam toys, bird figurines, and dinosaur skeleton miniatures. A white rectangle labeled, “Self-Centered" is next to text that reads, “Other Oriented.”
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 8 / Ep 26
16 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12