Jun 3, 2026 · 35 min · 21 segments
Comedian Negin Farsad on esoteric allergies, the power of fire hydrants, and growing up Muslim... all in this edition of Kids' Unanswerable Questions. ⭐️ This episode originally ran on February 1…
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We are back with comedian Negin Farsad, and it's time to hear her answers to your kids' unanswerable questions.
We gave Negin these questions beforehand so she'd have a chance to think 'em over a bit.
My name is Shelby, and I'm five.
Um, I'm wondering if I'm allergic to falling.
Um, yeah, I mean, I, like, my answer to Shelby is that, like, that e- everybody is allergic to falling, um, because it's our body's way of reminding us that we should either be standing or sitting or, like, responsibly running, um, and basically everything but falling, you know what I mean? So, like, the allergy to falling is to help you remember not to fall-
Um, so yes, Shelby, you are allergic to falling, and if you're like me, you're also allergic to, uh, dust mites, um, and I'm just quoting my allergy doctor here.
Um, I'm also allergic to 75% of trees, all known grasses, um, and my favorite is a winter mold.
So when I was a kid, um, I would tell other parents that I was allergic to soda because my parents didn't allow me to have soda.
And so there was one time I can remember being like five or six years old and at a birthday party where we, like, went to the zoo or something, and they were like, "Hilary, what kind of soda do you want?" And I was like, "Oh, I can't have soda.
We are back with comedian Negin Farsad, and it's time to hear her answers to your kids' unanswerable questions.
We gave Negin these questions beforehand so she'd have a chance to think 'em over a bit.
My name is Shelby, and I'm five.
Um, I'm wondering if I'm allergic to falling.
Um, yeah, I mean, I, like, my answer to Shelby is that, like, that e- everybody is allergic to falling, um, because it's our body's way of reminding us that we should either be standing or sitting or, like, responsibly running, um, and basically everything but falling, you know what I mean? So, like, the allergy to falling is to help you remember not to fall-
Um, so yes, Shelby, you are allergic to falling, and if you're like me, you're also allergic to, uh, dust mites, um, and I'm just quoting my allergy doctor here.
Um, I'm also allergic to 75% of trees, all known grasses, um, and my favorite is a winter mold.
So when I was a kid, um, I would tell other parents that I was allergic to soda because my parents didn't allow me to have soda.
And so there was one time I can remember being like five or six years old and at a birthday party where we, like, went to the zoo or something, and they were like, "Hilary, what kind of soda do you want?" And I was like, "Oh, I can't have soda.
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