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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187 Pieces

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Trees have birthdays too, and scientists find out when they are by studying the rings of trees. This week on The Children's Hour, we learn how to d...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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This time on The Children’s Hour, we’re celebrating Thanksgiving in a musical special dedicated to gratitude, family, and appreciation of each anot...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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This time on The Children's Hour, we learn about a canine that is thriving across North America: coyotes. They may look like wild dogs, but we lear...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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Join The Children's Hour Kids Crew in a field trip to the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market, the largest in the world! Learn what makes someth...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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Astronomy begins at home, just looking up and seeing what we see. The Kids Crew meet with Professor Raman Prinja, Head of Astronomy and Physics at ...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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Celebrate the holidays with The Children's Hour in a holiday musical special. We will play some of the latest and greatest in Kindie releases, and ...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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We showcase some of the best of 2023 for kids music. The Kids Crew is joined by guests Bob Odenkirk and his daughter Erin Odenkirk. Their book Zilo...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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We learn all about skunks with world renown mephitologist, Dr. Jerry Dragoo. Mixed with great music sure to captivate kids of all ages.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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This time on The Children's Hour we visit with the inspiring and talented children's musician, author, motivational speaker and change-maker SaulPa...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
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Our planet is alive, and not just because it enables life to live here, but also the land on Earth is constantly shifting and moving. In Kids Crew ...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
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What makes a good meal great? It’s when it tastes delicious and is nutritious, all at the same time. Get cooking with The Children’s Hour, and lear...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
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The Children's Hour Kids Crew meets Ms. Caitlyn Gooch from Saddle Up And Read, a North Carolina based organization encouraging literacy through rea...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
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This time on The Children’s Hour, we explore the skin we are in. We are joined by Dr. Holly McGee and Dr. Nina Jablonski, who have written a book t...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
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Megan Piphus is living the dream. A ventriloquist and singer, as the six year old Muppet Gabrielle, Megan is Sesame Street's first Black woman pupp...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
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This time on The Children's Hour we learn from author and historian Byron Motley about the Negro Baseball Leagues, the only way Black baseball play...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
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Who’s hooting? On this episode of The Children’s Hour, we learn all about owls with Mrs. Charles second graders from Albuquerque’s Coronado Element...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
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Mega Ran is one of the most prolific hip hop artists you have heard, but likely have not heard of. His music is featured in hundreds of video games...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
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Imagine a world where kindness is a habit. The Kids Crew explore kindness, as a practice, science and feeling on this edition of The Children's Hour.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
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This week on The Children’s Hour we’ll explore New Zealand through stories and songs, and in conversation with our friends, Kiwi musicians Lucy Hik...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
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This time on The Children’s Hour we learn about the concept of querencia: the feeling of “home” in a place, and with our communities. Using poetry,...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2024
  • Length: 58:00