Communication Nation: Together We Can

Together we can do anything, and this time on The Children’s Hour we explore teamwork, improv, and how playing games brings builds community. The Kids Crew gets a workshop in improvisation as a team building exercise. Then, we learn about games kids have played...

Communication Nation: Mother Tongues

Communication Nation Episode 2: Mother Tongues focuses on the incredible diversity of language around us, from appreciation of the way names sound, to the saving of endangered indigenous languages. We meet author Joanna Ho, and we take a visit to Keres...

Communication Nation: Speaking the Truth

Communication Nation Episode One: Speaking the Truth: Media Literacy & Misinformation is the first of a four part radio series exploring communication to better understand one another. We can only have effective communication when we can trust our sources. We...

Banned Books

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More This time on The Children’s Hour, our summer interns Julia Wolfe and Sophie Anderson-Haynie have co-written and produced a program about Banned Books. They teach us what that means, the history of...

Water Treatment

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More This week on The Children’s Hour, how do cities and towns ensure the water coming out of our tap is clean, and where does it come from? Then, when we flush or when water goes down the drain, where does...

Protecting Earth

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More It’s Earth Day on The Children’s Hour, and we meet Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM) who explains how National Parks and National Wilderness areas are created. Kids can play a big...

Gun Safety

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More Because kids are seeing guns in so many places, The Children’s Hour has tips on gun safety that hunting families have taught their kids for generations. We learn from kids who are hunters...

Journalism

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS This time on The Children’s Hour, we learn about a profession with the task of informing the public of the truth: Journalism.  We will learn from journalists themselves, including two from New Mexico...

Being A Leader

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | MoreThis time on The Children’s Hour, we learn from two people who have dedicated their lives to being leaders in their communities. First, the kids chat with Pierce Freelon, who is a multi-Emmy...