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, a

Its Halloween time on The Childrens Hour! In this episode, we celebrate pumpkins, jack-o-lanterns, costumes, and trick-or-treating. Our Kids Crew shares their own traditions, from trunk-or-treat cl

Trees have birthdays too, and scientists find out when they are by studying tree rings. This episode comes with a learning guide.

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 wildl

This time on Childrens Hour get blown away with us as we learn all about balloons. We begin with the history of hot air balloons, and we end up in the air on a real balloon. Then we explore latex bal

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 its cleaner than fossil fuels, and what the

In this episode of The Childrens 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 5,0

On this episode of The Childrens 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 f

On this episode of The Childrens Hour, we travel to Mars with planetary volcanologist Dr. Larry Crumpler. He shares the secrets of the Red Planet from its rusty surface and giant volcanoes to its t

What is journalism, and why does it matter? On this episode of The Childrens Hour, we learn what journalism is and how journalists help us understand the world around us. We meet trailblazing reporte