The Children's Hour (Subscribable)

Series produced by The Children's Hour Inc.

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The Children’s Hour is an hour long weekly radio show created for and with kids, available 54 and 58 minutes. A wide diversity of themes are explored using interviews, storytelling, poetry, music, and discussion with our Kids Crew. Learn something new with us.

Content from this series will deliver automatically to station automation systems. Please reach out to katie@childrenshour.org for more information.

“The Children’s Hour” has been a popular Saturday morning staple of the KUNM, 89.9 FM lineup for decades. The show provides a free, easily accessible weekly educational service for listeners of all ages, while offering fun, exciting, and useful production opportunities for children involved in making the show happen.

Each episode seeks to entertain while recognizing that almost no topic is too “sophisticated” for children, and that through exposure to science, technology, community service, civic engagement and cultural collaboration, we can successfully address both educational gaps and trends toward low public participation by young people. We feature young performers and thinkers, as well as adult expert guests in all fields, and weave the show themes together with great music.


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186 Pieces

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We learn all about New Mexico's state bird, the roadrunner, which had never really been studied by biologists until recently.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
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The Children's Hour goes to the Albuquerque Aquarium to learn from the aquarists who swim with the sharks.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
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We take a deep dive into the very basics of civics education, with lifelong educator Arthur Lieber.

  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
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Everyone has a favorite game, what's yours? We explore ours and we get riddled by our puzzle maker, Riya Joshi.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
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The Kids Crew interview Dr. Anthony Fauci and NM Education Secretary Dr. Ryan Stewart about Covid-19 and education during a pandemic.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
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We visit with award winning children's musician and songwriter Susie Tallman, and our Kids Crew member Zen teaches us about a newly discovered ance...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
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Learn Black History with our Kids Crew in conversation with Dr. Marsha Hardeman from UNM's Africana Studies Department, and explore Civil Rights wi...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
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The Kids Crew talks with an indigenous farmer who runs a research lab blending tradition and modern agriculture, and we learn about school gardens....

  • Added: Feb 19, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
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We meet kids who taking action to address climate change, including Mica Kantor from Our Children's Trust who suing the government for the right to...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
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We're joined by by the Lady Gaga of children's music, Twinkle for a Twinkle Time Children's Hour.

  • Added: Mar 02, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
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We learn financial literacy from an associate professor of finance. This show is a perfect tie-in for a fundraiser.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
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Learn all about lemurs with Faye Goodwin from the Duke Lemur Center. Mixed with great music!

  • Added: Mar 18, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
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Learn about the United States Senate on this edition of The Children’s Hour. We’ll visit with New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich in an interview he...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
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In a "ribbeting" conversation with the senior zookeeper of the ABQ Biopark Zoo's Amphibians & Reptiles, the Kids Crew learn all about frogs and toads.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
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Get inspired by SaulPaul, a musician with a message in a fast paced show who will show us how we can rise to all challenges, and be the change.

  • Added: Apr 08, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
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The Kids Crew learn about autism from authors Justin & David Flood who wrote A Kids Book About Autism, and from renown scientist with autism, Templ...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
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We learn how poetry can heal with our friends at Well Beings Studio, who create art with kids and families going through medical trauma like cancer...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
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This edition of The Children's Hour is for all the moms, just in time for Mother's Day.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
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The Children's Hour Kids Crew and our team of creatives have made a musical! This show has the full length musical and concludes with more music ex...

  • Added: May 13, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
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Once declared extinct, the black footed ferret is slowly recovering thanks to the work of our guest Paul Marinari. We learn about Elizabeth Ann, th...

  • Added: May 16, 2021
  • Length: 58:00