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Negro Baseball Leagues

From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour

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...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RadioFreePalmer, KRSC, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KSTK and more

20240219: Negro Baseball Leagues, 2/19/2024

From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)

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...

The Skin We're In

From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour

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...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTNA, KECG, RadioFreePalmer, KDLG and more

A School for All

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

Caption: Louise Fraser, Credit: Fraser School

Minnesota children with disabilities didn’t go to public school in the early 1900s. They were often sent away to institutions where they lived in h...

Friendly and Not So Friendly Ghosts

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: The Houlihans, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo

This week we encounter the supernatural with Beth and Chris Houlihan.

Falling Into Autumn

From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour

This time on The Children’s Hour we are falling into autumn in the northern hemisphere. We learn the science about equinox, and hear from 5th grade...

Bought by KTNA, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RadioFreePalmer, KRSC, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more

20230911: Falling Into Autumn, 9/11/2023

From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)

This time on The Children’s Hour we are falling into autumn in the northern hemisphere. We learn the science about equinox, and hear from 5th grade...

Southwest American History

From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour

This week on The Children’s Hour, it’s the three hundred eighty third anniversary of the Pueblo Revolt on August 10th, 2023 and we cover the origin...

Bought by WSMC, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RadioFreePalmer, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KMXT and more

Southwest American History, 8/7/2023

From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)

This week on The Children’s Hour, it’s the three hundred eighty third anniversary of the Pueblo Revolt on August 10th, 2023 and we cover the origin...

"You do not have to do this alone": A History of Women's Advocates

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

Caption: Sharon Rice Vaughn, one of the founders of Women's Advocates, Credit: Women's Advocates

The St. Paul nonprofit Women’s Advocates founded one of the first shelters in the country for women escaping domestic violence. It started in the e...

Debut novelist Laura Spence-Ash’s “BEYOND THAT, THE SEA”

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

Inspired by a 25-year-old New York Times article about evacuated English children revisiting their U.S. foster homes as adults, ⁠Laura Spence-Ash⁠ ...

The Untold Story of the Stearns History Museum's Upcoming Programming

From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota

In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits with Amy Degerstrom and Caitlin Carlson from th...

A More Humane Society

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture Podcast

Caption: Animal Rescue League shelter in Golden Valley, MN. 1926., Credit: Animal Humane Society

The Minneapolis Humane Society formed in the late 1800s to protect animals — and even children — who could not speak for themselves. The early year...

The EXTENDED Untold Story of the Martin Luther King Community Celebration of 2023

From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota

In today’s EXTENDED Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with Debra Leigh, Sarah Drake, Janet Re...

20230102: A Brief History of the American Southwest Radio Special, 1/2/2023

From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)

This time on The Children's Hour, we explore the unique history of our region: the high desert southwest United States in the radio special of our ...

A Brief History of the American Southwest Radio Special

From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour

This time on The Children's Hour, we explore the unique history of our region: the high desert southwest United States in the radio special of our ...

Bought by KECG, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WUTC and more

School's Out! Time for a Pop Quiz

From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library

Will you visit your library this summer? To kick off a season of reading, we thought we'd have some fun! How many Brooklyn and library trivia quest...

COVID-19 Presents Opportunity to Rethink Caribbean Education

From: Jewel Fraser
Series: COVID-19 and Its impact on Caribbean Students

In the final episode of this NatGeo-funded series, we hear from education experts in the region. Dr. Didacus Jules, former head of the Caribbean Ex...

The Origins of Vaccine Hesitancy

From: Celine Gounder
Series: Coronavirus Pandemic

More than half of all American adults have received a COVID-19 vaccine. But even though we’ve made great strides in our vaccination efforts, there ...

The Untold Story of the Stearns History Museum Reopening to the Public as the COVID Pandemic Fades

From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota

In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack sits down with Stearns History Museum Executive Direct...

Motherhood recorded 5/2003

From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

This generational discussion studies the nature of motherhood as the decades have passed.

StoryCorps: Sam Dow and Josh Belser

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Caption: Friends for 30 years, Sam Dow (left) in Ann Arbor, Mich., and Josh Belser in Syracuse, N.Y., are both working on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic., Credit: Josh Belser.

Longtime friends Josh Belser and Sam Dow, who are healthcare workers in different states, have a conversation to check in with each other during th...

Bought by WYAP

King Denslow

From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds

The Wizard of Oz started as a perfect partnership between L. Frank Baum and W.W. Denslow -- until they became bitter rivals, with each owning half ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix

For Kids' Sake

From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library

Caption: Borrowed, from Brooklyn Public Library, Credit: Meryl Friedman

It turns out that libraries weren’t always so friendly toward children. That started to change around the turn of the 20th century, thanks to a lib...

Bought by PRX Remix

Unlocking Family History & Frida Kahlo

From: The Children's Hour Inc.

Caption: Mrs. Antillon's 2nd Grade Historians, Credit: Katie Stone

We learn about using music to pull out family stories from our elders, and 2nd graders teach us about the legendary painter, Frida Kahlo

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, WCNY, and Allegheny Mountain Radio

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