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The US Senate
Learn all about the United States Senate on this edition of The Children’s Hour. We’ll visit with New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich in an interview he says is “a lot harder than I get from CNN.”
Making ¢ent$ of Money
This week on The Children’s Hour, we try to make sense of money with Dr. Reilly White from the University of New Mexico, Associate Professor of Finance at the Anderson School of Management.
Kids Save The World
This week on The Children’s Hour meet kids who are standing up to demand adults take action on the issues that directly impact their lives. We’ll be joined by Our Children’s Trust attorney Nate Bellinger, and the crew talks with Mica Kantor, a 12 year old plaintiff in a case against the Montana government over the state’s inaction on climate change.
Growing With Kids
This time on The Children’s Hour we’re growing with kids, in a visit with farmer Joseph Brophy Toledo from the Flower Hill Institute in Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico. We learn about their farming research lab and where kids fit in.
We also meet Kateri Seva from the Albuquerque Public School Gardens program, and we learn about how gardens fit into the mission of education.
Sing & Learn
This time on The Children’s Hour, we visit with acclaimed children’s musician Susie Tallman, whose music makes everyone want to sing along. From the classics to her original work, her music enables kids of all ages to sing and learn.
Pandemic Schooling With Dr. Fauci
This time on The Children's Hour, the kids want to know more about school in the middle of...
Games People Play
What games do you play, and why do you love to play them? This time on The Children's Hour, the...
Civics
This time on The Children’s Hour, we take a dive into the very basics of Civics education with lifelong educator and community leader Arthur Lieber. We explore how kids can help bring our country together, and build a brighter future. Then we hear from our friends at the Extinction Diaries about marine plankton, a tiny ocean critter upon whom life on Earth depends. Mixed with excellent music. Learn with us!
At The Aquarium
This time on The Children’s Hour we head under the sea, to the Albuquerque Aquarium. Our program was recorded before a live audience in 2019 and features three of the aquarists. One swims with the sharks, another grows coral, and the third is the keeper of the aquarium’s otters. We also hear a Nigerian folktale told by storyteller Ramona King. Mixed with great music, and featuring our Kids Crew & Katie.
Roadrunners
New Mexico’s State Bird is famous as a cartoon character, but it turns out not much was known by scientists about the roadrunner until Tina Guo took on these birds for her senior thesis. Learn about roadrunners with us on The Children’s Hour.
At Keshet Dance
Live from Keshet Arts with dance instructors and students, and live music by Felix y Los Gatos. Join us for an hour of dance education, music, and fun.
Best of 2020
This time on The Children’s Hour we are celebrating the best of 2020, which came to us in the form of Children’s Music! The Kindie music industry exploded with creativity, releasing hundreds of amazing songs. We hear from longtime children’s favorites like Laurie Berkner and Raffi, as well as soon to be legendary artists like Pierce Freelon and SaulPaul.
Holidays 2020
We're celebrating the holidays on The Children's Hour with some of our favorite traditional and...
Gratitude Is An Attitude with Ziggy Marley
This week on The Children’s Hour we have an interview with Ziggy Marley, a book review and we learn about a rediscovered chameleon that was thought to be extinct.
Science Fiction
This week on The Children’s Hour, we explore the genre of science fiction with our musical friends from Ramah, New Mexico, MeriDean. This type of storytelling allows our imagination to become immersed in other worldly places, with advanced technologies, on exoplanets, or flying through space, and using actual science to help us believe the impossible. With excerpts of famous works of “Sci-Fi” like The War of the Worlds, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and Slaughterhouse Five, and original pieces recorded by masterful storytellers, we immerse ourselves in futuristic fantasy.
Puppets
This week on The Children’s Hour, we explore Puppets with a tribute to one of the master puppeteers on Sesame Street, The Muppets, Star Wars and more, Jim Henson, the Kids Crew talk with his daughter Cheryl Henson, and we’re all treated to a one of a kind performance by the captivating Loren Kahn Puppet Theater.
Practicing Peace
How do we stay calm and centered during times of anxiety, and how do we practice being peaceful? The Children’s Hour Kids Crew explore strategies together, and with Andy Mason, a singer songwriter from Santa Fe New Mexico who helps kids find their inner strength through music.
Pandemic Halloween
What could be more spooky than a pandemic Halloween? The Kids Crew are joined by Drs. Bop ‘n Pop, who are on a mission to help normalize lifesaving public health behaviors for children and families through their songs and videos. We get an update from the doctors about how Covid can be contained and we find out how to have a safe Halloween, in spite of the pandemic.
Celebrating Indigenous People
This week on The Children’s Hour, we learn about Indigenous Peoples Day. Plus we are treated to live music from an all women mariachi band, Mariachi Flor del Alma, we’ve got a book review of Under The Cottonwood Tree, a new graphic novel for kids based on an ancient New Mexican folk tale, and the Extinction Diaries cover the bird die-off that happened late this summer in the southwestern United States.
Unpolluting Earth
This episode of The Children’s Hour focuses on pollution, which is a problem around the globe, but there are ways to un-pollute dirty and contaminated places. How we do that is explained by chemist and journalist Dr. Marina Philip, and we check in with mycologist Peter McCoy from the world’s first school for mycology, Mycologos about how mushrooms can transform some of our most toxic pollutants into building materials and more. We also hear from the kids in the Extinction Diaries about the problem of plastic pollution worldwide. Kids can help solve this international crisis and we learn how. This show is mixed with great music from the Beat Buds, Zee Avi, Mister G, One More Song, Ellis Paul, Earthworm Ensemble and more.
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