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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185 Pieces

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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: Jul 18, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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This time the Kids Crew are joined by two renowned parasitologists, Dr. Matt Bolek, and Dr. Sarah Bush, to explore parasites. Mixed with excellent ...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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This show is super cool! We learn about penguins from Dr. Charles Bergman, who has visited all 18 species of penguins in the wild. Mixed with great...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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This time on The Children’s Hour, we learn about Manatees, the gentle giants of the sea. In a visit with Andrea Hermann from the Clearwater Marine ...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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This time on The Children’s Hour, we immerse ourselves in good vibes with a summer fun soundtrack. Be uplifted with us!

  • Added: Jun 15, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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We get into the woods with ecologist Dr. Lisa Markovchick to learn about forests, trees, and the critical role they play in sustaining life on Plan...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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This week on The Children's Hour we honor fathers in a musical special for the dads, stepdads, granddads, papas, and fellas in our lives who help u...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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This time on The Children's Hour we get onboard and learn about trains. The Kids Crew went on a field trip to The Wheels Museum of Albuquerque, and...

  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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This time on The Children's Hour we explore the most inexpensive energy source in the world: solar power, in a show recorded live at the Solar Fies...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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This time on The Children's Hour we learn how everyone can contribute to active scientific research by participating in Community Science with grou...

  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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This time on The Children's Hour we explore what sounds classic. First we learn about classical music with prodigy pianist Kayden Kelly. Then we pl...

  • Added: May 22, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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We honor moms and motherhood in a musical special featuring the latest in Kindie music. Happy Mother's Day from all of us at The Children's Hour!

  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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We take a step back in time, to over 80 years ago to World War II, one of the biggest conflicts in human history, which changed modern humanity for...

  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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This time on The Children's Hour we explore how reading to dogs can help kids feeling confident and excited about reading. Read To The Dogs program...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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We celebrate Earth Day on The Children’s Hour with students working to save the environment around them. RiverXchange is a program that partners wi...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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The Kids Crew learn about autism from the authors of A Kids Book About Autism, David and Justin Flood. We also hear from scientist Dr. Temple Grand...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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It's National Poetry Month in the USA, and we are celebrating with a Poetry Palooza on The Children's Hour!

  • Added: Mar 31, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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Colorful, mysterious, delicious squid are among the most ancient and diverse creatures in the world. We learn all about them with Skype A Scientist...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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This time on The Children's Hour, we're joined by three cave biologists who are researching life underground. Learn the basics of caves, spelunking...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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The Kids Crew learn about voice acting from the Epic Voice Guy himself, Jon Bailey. We also hear about a butterfly that is on the road to recovery ...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2023
  • Length: 58:00