The Past and The Curious: A History Podcast for Kids and Families

Two guys who grew up on farms. Both were tinkerers. Benjamin Banneker, a free Black Americ... more

Episode 101 tells the story of Tori Murden-McClure's solo row across the Atlantic Ocean. I... more

Episode 100, y'all! Beautiful Jim Key was born sickly and weak, but became world famous an... more

Our 99th Episode! This episode features the narration talents of musician Will Oldham, als... more

The Resolute Desk is a fixture in the Oval Office. American Presidents have used it during... more

Episode 98 goes to the Netherlands. There is something remarkable about the Dutch when it ... more

Episode 97 is all about ice cream. Eat it anytime of year - it's a treat that we might tak... more

Episode 96 is all about Ice - in preparation for our following episode about Ice Cream. Bo... more

Episode 95 covers two great stories of international competition. First, The Field of Clot... more

Minerva Hoyt was a wealthy socialite who loved to escape to the desert of California and s... more

Episode 93: Milk has been a lot of things through the years, but it was often poisonous, s... more

Did Captain Hanson Gregory invent the donut? Did the Lord Mayor of Nottingham get trucked ... more

Episode 91 is about Anne Carrol Moore and The Western Library! Anne Carroll Moore is one o... more

In The Meatshower Part 2 (Electric Burgoo) the saga continues. Originally we aired a segme... more

Episode 89 looks into the origin of time zones in America and Daylight Saving across the g... more

Episode 88 features two incredible Black Americans who were friends born in the 18th Centu... more

Episode 87: Potatoes and Rocks It’s our annual end-of-year episode dedicated to toys and w... more

Walt Whitman was inspired after hearing Ralph Waldo Emerson speak, and self-published a bo... more

Cuddly as a cactus and charming as an eel, he’s your new favorite snarky talk show host. J... more

Stephen Bishop was an enslaved man who became one of the most famous tour guides in the wo... more

Episode 84 is more tales of walking. Meet competitive and record setting pedestrians like ... more

Episode 83 features the stories of two unusual men who walked a lot. One was a mysterious ... more

Episode 82 features the story of the Transcontinental Railroad, including the famous Golde... more

Episode 81: The Washington Monument is just one of many Obelisks in the world. Somehow sev... more

Episode 80: Fabian Garcia, changed agriculture (and people's taste) with his ground breaki... more