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...

Falling Into Autumn

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More This time on The Children’s Hour we are falling into autumn in the northern hemisphere. We learn the science about equinox, and hear from 5th graders on learning different perspectives about the...

Understanding Vaccines

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More The Kids Crew learn the science, history, and current schedule of vaccination from Newberry Honor winning author Dr. Rajani Larocca, and from the Center for Disease Control’s Dr. Georgina Peacock....

Happy Birthday to Us

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More Celebrate The Children’s Hour’s fifth birthday in a show full of memorable moments from our last five years, and mixed with some of our favorite tunes. It’s a radio birthday party for...

Whales

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More This time on The Children’s Hour we’re learning about the largest animal to ever live on Earth, which still roams the oceans today: whales. Once hunted to near extinction, some whales are making a...

Black Footed Ferret

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More This week we explore a creature that used to live throughout the mountain west United States, the elusive and nearly extinct black footed ferret.  Once declared extinct, the highly endangered specialist...

Parasites

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More This time on The Children’s Hour, we learn about parasites. What makes a creature a parasite, and how do parasites find their hosts? Parasitologists Dr. Matt Bolek, Associate Professor of...

Penguins

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More The Kids Crew is joined by Charles Bergman who is a writer, photographer, and speaker and longtime professor at Pacific Lutheran University. He also wrote Every Penguin in the World: A Quest to See Them...

Manatees

Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More This time on The Children’s Hour, we learn about Manatees, the gentle giants of the sea. In a visit with Andrea Hermann from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, the Kids Crew and Katie discuss the current...