Podcast Episodes

More Joy

Season 5 Episode 550

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NARRATOR:
It’s Christmas Eve at the Metropolitan Museum of Toys and Childhood Artifacts—
after the last visitor has gone,
after the gift-shop lights click off,
after the lobby wreath stops …

Published on 6 hours ago

Man in Motion

Season 5 Episode 548

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This episode begins with the night watchmen engaged in conversation with Rubik's Cube.

NIGHT WATCHMAN:
Mr. cube, I want the museum-tour version of how to start.

RUBIK’S CUBE:
Very well.
Rule…

Published on 2 days, 6 hours ago

Christmas Eve

Season 5 Episode 549

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NARRATOR:
It’s Christmas Eve at the Metropolitan Museum of Toys and Childhood Artifacts—
after the last visitor has gone,
after the gift-shop lights click off,
after the lobby wreath stops …

Published on 2 days, 6 hours ago

The Color of Thinking

Season 5 Episode 547

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NARRATOR:
In the center of the case sits a classic 3×3 Rubik’s Cube—
a pocket-size universe that has humbled presidents, professors, and perfectly confident ten-year-olds.
It’s the kind of…

Published on 3 days, 6 hours ago

The Hidden Reel

Season 5 Episode 546

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NARRATOR (WARM, LOW):
Welcome to Celebrate Creativity…
and Conversations with Toys.  This episode is VIEW-MASTER: CLICK INTO WONDER.

This podcast is a dramatization that blends historical …

Published on 4 days, 6 hours ago

Practice Baby

Season 5 Episode 545

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NIGHT WATCHMAN (reading):
“Betsy Wetsy. Vintage baby doll.
A ‘practice baby’—a caretaking toy reflecting changing ideas about childhood play and domestic life…”

NARRATOR:
He pauses, as if t…

Published on 5 days, 6 hours ago

The Tell Tale Toy

Season 5 Episode 544

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The alphabet blocks are gathered around the bobble head figure of Edgar Allan Poe - complete with Raven.  The alphabet blocks seem to be fascinated by Mr.Poe’s use of language and are c…

Published on 6 days, 6 hours ago

Poe and the Stars

Season 5 Episode 543

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Tonight we leave the playhouse wing and walk—quietly—into a different kind of stage: a mirrored room, a window, and a tube of glass and brass pointed at the sky. 

Because when Edgar Alla…

Published on 1 week ago

Jealous Angels

Season 5 Episode 542

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NARRATOR / NIGHT WATCHMAN (gentle, amused):
It’s amazing what feels different in a museum at midnight.
In the daytime, the lights are bright, the brochures are tidy, the gift shop is chee…

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

Bard's Curtain Call

Season 5 Episode 541

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NARRATOR (WARM, INVITING)
Welcome to Celebrate Creativity and Conversations with Toys,
our after-hours visit to the Metropolitan Museum
of Toys and Childhood Artifacts—
where the lights are…

Published on 1 week, 2 days ago