Lemurs

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More Lemurs are extraordinary primates found only in Madagascar, and they’re also some of the most endangered animals on Earth. On this episode of The Children’s Hour, the Kids Crew and Katie Stone talk with...

Composers

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More In Composers, we explore how songs are created by people from long ago and today. We meet Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven, and learn how their lives shaped their sounds. We also hear from Sesame Street, and...

Pumpkin Spice

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More In this Halloween special of The Children’s Hour, the Kids Crew explores the history and traditions of pumpkins, jack-o’-lanterns, costumes, and trick-or-treating. We learn the story of Stingy Jack,...

Dating Trees

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More In this episode of The Children’s Hour, we explore how scientists study tree rings to uncover the secrets of the past. The Kids Crew talks with Dr. Peter M. Brown, a dendrochronologist, about how trees...

Animals In The Backyard

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More The Kids Crew discover the animals living right outside our doors. From prairie dogs, coyotes, and roadrunners in New Mexico to monkeys in Thailand, stray dogs in India, koalas in Australia, and...

Balloons

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More In this episode of The Children’s Hour, we lift into the skies to explore balloons. From the first hot air balloon flight in France to the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, the Kids Crew learns...

Renewable Energy

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More In this episode of The Children’s Hour, we explore renewable energy with experts in solar, wind, geothermal, and hydro power. The Kids Crew ask big questions about how renewable energy works, why it’s...

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...