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Ep. 21: Journeys! Horatio and Bud, John Ledyard and more!
The history podcast for kids and adults joins the Kids Listen Sweeps party and tells two stories about two great adventures. Melinda Beck tells the t…
8 years ago
Ep. 20: Bridges - Emily Roebling, Sonny Rollins and more!
Join us for two tales connected by bridges. First, Emily Roebling winds up as a lead engineer in the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, the first Amer…
8 years, 1 month ago
Ep.19 The Statue Of Liberty!
The Statue of Liberty could have wound up in Egypt, Philadelphia, or the bottom of the ocean. Once she wound up in New York she had to wait for Amer…
8 years, 2 months ago
Ep. 18: Music! Marian Anderson, The Great Caruso and more!
Episode 18 of the most engaging history podcast for kids! Did the invention of the record player make an opera singer named Enrique Caruso the first …
8 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 17 Spies!
Kate Warne saved Abraham Lincoln's life on the way to his inauguration. John Honeyman may (or may not)have been a double agent who helped George Wash…
8 years, 4 months ago
Christmas Special - Mummies and Bladders!
Christmastime means two things to us: mummies and bladders. Join us as we meet a young William Clark, an accidental and enterprising watch salesman …
8 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 16 Up In The Air!
Have you ever heard about the time Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt ducked out of a dinner to take a flight over Washington DC? Or about how Bess…
8 years, 5 months ago
Bonus Episode: Curious Names
There are a lot of really great names in the past - like, just really cool sounding names. So we're picking a few of our favorites and telling a stor…
8 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 15 Cartoons!
Everyone loves cartoons! So we’re taking an unusual look at two big moments in cartoon history – when a vaudeville performer and comic-strip writer m…
8 years, 6 months ago
Bonus Episode: Ghost Ships! A Kids Listen Halloween Sweep
Have you heard of the Mary Celeste? If you've heard of a ghost ship, this is probably the one. In 1872 it was found under sail in the Atlantic Ocean…
8 years, 7 months ago