Welcome Stranger

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More In this episode of The Children’s Hour, Grammy-winning oud player Rahim AlHaj shares his story of leaving Iraq as a refugee and finding a new home in New Mexico. Listeners will discover the oud, a...

Animation

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More On this episode of The Children’s Hour, junior producer and intern Thaniel Lentz takes us through the incredible history and science of animation. From early tools like the zoetrope and flipbooks to...

Mars

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More The Red Planet is our closest neighbor in our solar system, and this time on The Children’s Hour we explore Mars. Our guest is a scientist who drives the Mars Rover. We learn about what makes Mars...

Every Kid Outside

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More This time on The Children’s Hour, we go outdoors to discover why learning in nature helps kids grow, think, and feel better. You’ll hear from students in New Mexico summer programs and from a fourth...

Petroglyphs

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More The Kids Crew explores the ancient rock carvings known as petroglyphs. We visit Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project in northern New Mexico and talk with a ranger, an archaeologist, educator and volunteer...

Community Science

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More This time on The Children’s Hour we learn how everyone can contribute to active scientific research by participating in Community Science with groups like BEMP: the Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring...

Sloths

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More Hang with The Children’s Hour Kids Crew to learn all about sloths with author Georgeanne Irvine from the San Diego Zoo, and biologist Sam Trull from the Sloth Institute in Manuel Antonio Costa...

Fossils

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More Learn about fossils in a Kids Crew field trip to a secret fossil quarry in the mountains outside of Albuquerque, as well as in a chat with New Mexico Natural History Museum educator Mike Sanchez. Will...

Sleep

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More Why do we spend so much of our lives sleeping? Is anything happening in our brains while we sleep? Do animals sleep the same way we do? On this episode of The Children’s Hour, we explore the...