The Past and The Curious: A History Podcast for Kids and Families

History stories for kids covering spies, inventions and notable figures AI summary

Mick Sullivan Visit website › Kids & Family · EN · 153 episodes · latest 2026-11-01

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A History Podcast for Kids! Parents love us, Teachers love us, and most importantly, kids do too! History can be amazing, inspiring and relevant to anyone. We love to share the stories of Spies, funny foods, George Washington's foibles, early advancements in cartooning and ballooning and much more! A professional music score and important songs accompany nearly every themed episode. Proud Kids Listen Member @pastandcurious

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Big Fences: Australian Rabbits, Dingoes, and the Emu War

2026-11-01 · 32 min

Australia has some amazing animals - and some big fences. Some fo these were necessary thanks to some "acclimatizers" of the 1800s who introduced non-native species to the island. Today a fence on the eastern side is…
Hazards of The Wild: George Shannon, Rattlesnake Kate and more!

2026-10-01 · 33 min

George Shannon was the youngest member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and his inexperience showed itself a time or two. He did get lost once for 16 days, the longest span of time anyone was separated from the…
Important Animals: Blisters, Shin Splints, Museum Spiders and more

2026-09-17 · 16 min

The Bunion Derby (featured in the last episode) also featured a few four-legged friends, including dogs named Blisters and Shin Splints. We'll also re-visit the Pony Express and meet the Chilean Recluse Spiders who have…
Bunion Derby and Route 66

2026-08-31 · 30 min

November of 2026 will mark the 100th Anniversary of Route 66, a highway that inspired road trips, neon signs, writers, singers, and even a movie about talking cars. But first, the Bunion Derby was a publicity stunt for…
War and Pigs : Danish Protest Pigs and the Pig War of 1859

2026-07-31 · 31 min

It was the best of swine, it was the worst of swine. This is a much requested episode: the great Pig War that almost launched a 3rd violent conflict between American and Great Britain. Enjoy the history and absurdity of…
Mary Katharine Goddard, Independence Hall, and The Declaration of Independence

2026-07-01 · 34 min

Episode 119 looks at some key moment inside Indepedence Hall (and the time they almost tore it down). Likewise, we'll meet Mary Katharine Goddard, who published the first version of the Declaration to contain the names…
Emily the Cow, Geronimo The Beaver, and the Rostocker Pfeilstorch

2026-06-17 · 18 min

An escaping cow, Operation Beaver Drop, and a migration mystery solved by a bird with a spear - all on this episode of Important Animals From History - Volume 4!
Lost Woods and Found Amendments

2026-05-31 · 33 min

The story of the Lost 40 - an old growth forest in Minnesota that got lost for nearly a century thanks to a surveying error. We're talking lumberjacks, old growth trees, and silly mistakes. Also, the 27th Amendment…
Animals Vol 3: Signalman Jack, Cacareco, and Pickles!

2026-05-18 · 17 min

Signalman Jack was a baboon who worked in the railway in South Africa. Cacareco was a Black Rhino elected to political office in Brazil. Pickles was the dog who found the missing World Cup trophy. All of them were…
Past Scent (and Other Senses)

2026-04-30 · 34 min

How did an extinct flower not seen since 1881 wind up being the subject of a modern day project to recreate a scent from the past? It was a long path from Dr. Charles Short in the 1860s to Dr. Christina Agapakis in the…

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Owner: The Past and The Curious History Podcast for Kids
Oldest episode in feed: 10/2016 · over 10 years
Typical length: 29 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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