Banneker's Clock and Pearse's Plane

The Past and The Curious: A History Podcast for Kids and Families

The Past and The Curious History Podcast for Kids

Kids & Family

4.5 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Two guys who grew up on farms. Both were tinkerers. Benjamin Banneker, a free Black American created the first striking clock built in America. Richard Pearse, from New Zealand, was a pioneer in flight. Was he a first? we don't know for sure. But he was pretty interesting!

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0:00.0	going to be in Boston.
0:03.9	Hey everybody, my favorite weekend of the year, the WBUR Kids Podcast Festival,
0:08.7	the super awesome, wicked cool podcast playdate, is in Boston and it's in February this year.
0:14.1	And I, me, Mick Sullivan, will be there, the past and the curious live.
0:18.8	Music, stories, quiz time, the whole bit, it's going to be a blast.
0:23.4	So if you're nearby or you've been thinking about going, this is the time.
0:28.3	I'll be live on stage Sunday, February 16th at noon.
0:32.7	And I'll be hanging around the festival to meet you as well.
0:35.3	The fest starts Saturday and feature Circle Round, the Big Fib,
0:39.9	But Why, Terrestrials, and Greaking Out.
0:43.8	Oh, and The Past and the Curious.
0:45.6	It all happens at WBUR's City Stage, and I'm really excited to perform.
0:49.9	Live The Past and the Curious.
0:51.7	It's always so much fun.
0:53.7	And this year, we might just have a visit from Dr. Awkward.
0:57.8	More details on my website, but also at WBUR's.
1:01.0	I really hope to see you on February 16th in Boston. Awesome, super huge, wicked fun. Podcast play date.
1:13.7	Yeah.
1:24.4	All you need is a few minutes to start your day off with something historic when you listen to the This Day in History podcast.
1:32.0	Every day there's a new episode for you to listen and learn about what happened that day way back when.
1:36.8	So listen and subscribe to This Day in History wherever you get your podcasts.
1:42.9	That's This Day in History wherever you get your podcasts. That's this day in history,
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