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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The Kids Crew explore the physical, emotional, and spiritual benefits of running with blind Olympic champion runner George Mendoza, kids and adults...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2022
  • 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: Sep 28, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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This time on The Children's Hour, we learn about the largest animal on earth, that still can be found swimming in our oceans today: whales.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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Just in time for Banned Books Week (September 19 to 24, 2022), we learn about the history, practice, and effectiveness of book bans with The Childr...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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The Children's Hour Kids Crew do a deep dive into how birthdays are celebrated in different cultures around the world.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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The Kids Crew on The Children's Hour are joined by two time Grammy nominees, Alphabet Rockers for a lively discussion about the power of music to c...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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We collectively cook together with Kids Cook, learning kitchen skills like cutting, measuring, and of course tasting along the way

  • Added: Aug 08, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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This time on The Children's Hour, we explore wolves. We learn about their role as an apex predator, and how conservation efforts are saving them fr...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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On this episode of The Children's Hour, we explore the oldest wind instruments in the world: whistles and flutes through stories, poetry and music,...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2022
  • 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: Aug 03, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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Learn all about lemurs with Faye Goodwin from the Duke Lemur Center. Mixed with great music!

  • Added: Jul 22, 2022
  • 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: Jul 18, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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We enjoy a mini concert with Laurie Berkner, find out about albatrosses, and a newly discovered species of dinosaur.

  • Added: Jul 15, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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The Kids Crew learn about GoGo and Hip Hop musical genres with Uncle Devin Walker from WeeNation Radio, who also guest deejays our show. This is a ...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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This week on The Children's Hour, we re-visit a show we recorded in April 2020 with one of the funniest storytellers of our time, Grammy winning si...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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The Kids Crew talk with an exoplanetologist and find out if there's life on other planets, and how we can join the hunt to find new ones. Mixed wit...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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This week on The Children’s Hour we chat with Julie from Ants on a Log, a band that performs music for children and other childlike people that adv...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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Celebrate Father's Day with The Children's Hour in a musical special full of excellent Dad-loving songs, poetry, and history. Plus learn about June...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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Summertime is the perfect time to get outdoors and have an adventure with kids. The Kids Crew talk with adventure guide author Christina M. Selby a...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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This time on The Children's Hour we learn about two of the most endangered big wild cats: tigers and snow leopards through conversations with a car...

  • Added: May 27, 2022
  • Length: 58:00