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Episode 3: Strangers Arrive
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids
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In July of 1540, the Ashiwi people watched as a group of armed strangers – who turned out to be Europeans – came into the desert Southwest, on hors...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 04, 2023
  • Length: 16:54
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 2: Settling Down
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids
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For over 10,000 years, communities grew in the desert, with elaborate roads and structures that remain today. The complexity of Chaco Canyon’s arch...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 04, 2023
  • Length: 19:11
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 1: Footprints
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids
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We begin 23,000 years ago at what is today called White Sands National Park with footprints discovered in the sands that tell a story of a mom, her...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 04, 2023
  • Length: 20:24
  • Purchases: 2
Condalia correllii in the Borderlands
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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What a fun discovery in the desert east of Douglas, Arizona. There is just something about these large spinescent shrubs in the buckthorn family, R...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2022
  • Length: 04:22
Coral Bells
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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The genus Heuchera is found in the saxifrage family, Saxifracaceae, with 80 other genera that includes the genus Saxifraga and its 400 species. Yikes!

  • Added: Nov 16, 2022
  • Length: 04:16
Fall Festival of Fall Blooming Asteraceae
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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It's true that every year I jump and shout about the fall blooming plants in the Aster family (Asteraceae) and I proclaim that there should be a fe...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2022
  • Length: 04:19
Mountain Oxeye and Red Bordered Satyrs, Oh My!
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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Fall gets me excited and fall color is a crazy combination of blooming plants and plants with leaves changing color as they prepare to go dormant. ...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2022
  • Length: 05:03
Watersheds and Fire
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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This time on The Children's Hour we learn about watersheds, and what happens to them after a wildfire. Watersheds which provide the water source fo...

Bought by KECG, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), Allegheny Mountain Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
20221107: Watersheds and Fire, 11/7/2022
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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This time on The Children's Hour we learn about watersheds, and what happens to them after a wildfire. Watersheds which provide the water source fo...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
20220627: Exoplanets, 6/27/2022
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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The Kids Crew talk with an exoplanetologist and find out if there's life on other planets, and how we can join the hunt to find new ones. Mixed wit...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
Fungus Among Us
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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On this episode of The Children’s Hour we explore mushrooms with mycology educator and author, Peter McCoy.

Bought by KECG, KCHU, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KSTK and more


  • Added: Mar 07, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
20220307: Fungus Among Us, 3/7/2022
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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On this episode of The Children’s Hour we explore mushrooms with mycology educator and author, Peter McCoy.

  • Added: Mar 03, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
Governing A State
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
Caption: NM Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signs a bill for universal pre-k education
The Kids Crew interview New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham about her job, leading during a pandemic, and how governors can help address the...

Bought by KCHU, RadioFreePalmer, KSTK, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
20210906: Governing A State, 9/6/2021
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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The Kids Crew interview New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham about her job, leading during a pandemic, and how governors can help address the...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
The Brain
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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The Children's Hour Kids Crew dig into brain science with neuroscientists Nick Aase and Ingrid Lane from the Mind Research Network at the Universit...

Bought by KCHU, RadioFreePalmer, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KSTK, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Aug 23, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
20210823: The Brain, 8/23/2021
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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The Children's Hour Kids Crew dig into brain science with neuroscientists Nick Aase and Ingrid Lane from the Mind Research Network at the Universit...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
Drying Out
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
Caption: Rio Grande is now dry in summer, Credit: Laura Paskus
The kids learn about drought and extreme weather with an environmental journalist and a meteorologist. Mixed with excellent music, learn with us!

Bought by KCHU, RadioFreePalmer, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KSTK and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
20210705: Drying Out, 7/5/2021
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
Caption: Rio Grande is now dry in the summer, Credit: Laura Paskus
The kids learn about drought and extreme weather with an environmental journalist and a meteorologist. Mixed with excellent music, learn with us!

  • Added: Jul 02, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
Black Footed Ferret
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
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Once declared extinct, the black footed ferret is slowly recovering thanks to the work of our guest Paul Marinari. We learn about Elizabeth Ann, th...

Bought by KMXT, KQRU FM LP, RadioFreePalmer, KRSC, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 13
20210517: Black Footed Ferret, 5/17/2021
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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Once declared extinct, the black footed ferret is slowly recovering thanks to the work of our guest Paul Marinari. We learn about Elizabeth Ann, th...

  • Added: May 16, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
12282020: Roadrunners, 12/28/2020
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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We learn all about New Mexico's state bird, the roadrunner, which had never really been studied by biologists until recently.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
Roadrunners
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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We learn all about New Mexico's state bird, the roadrunner, which had never really been studied by biologists until recently.

Bought by KMXT, KQRU FM LP, WCNY, RadioFreePalmer, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Dec 28, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 12
Presidential Elections
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
Caption: Photo by Jennifer Griffin on UnSplash
We learn how Presidential elections work with the New Mexico Secretary of State and a Presidential Elector.

Bought by KQRU FM LP, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KSTK, WCNY, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 8
10122020: Presidential Elections, 10/12/2020
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
Caption: Photo by Jennifer Griffin on UnSplash
We learn how Presidential elections work with the New Mexico Secretary of State and a Presidential Elector.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
Wild Wolves
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
Caption: Mexican Grey Wolf, Credit: USFWS
The kids learn about re-wilding wolves in North America from a documentary filmmaker, a biologist leading wolf recovery, and a zookeeper who breeds...

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, Allegheny Mountain Radio, WXPR, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: May 25, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 9