Forever Ago

By American Public Media

Kids & Family

What's Forever Ago about?

Forever Ago is a history show for the whole family. Every episode explores the origin of one thing – like sandwiches, video games and clocks – while teaching listeners to think critically about the past. Produced by APM and Brains On. @foreveragoshow

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Shoes: How French Royalty B...

12.27.2018

The oldest known pair of shoes didn’t look like much, but foot fashion has come a long ways since prehistoric sandals. Joy Dolo and her co-host Daria lace up some matching footwear and take a hike through shoe history with ...

Forever Ago episodes:

12.27.2018 Shoes: How French Royalty Became the Fashion Police The oldest known pair of shoes didn’t look like much, but foot fashion has come a long ways since prehistoric sandals. Joy Dolo and her co-host Daria lace up some matching footwear and take a hike through shoe history with ...
12.20.2018 Umbrellas: The Magic Invention of the Sculptress Umbrellas have been shielding us from the elements for thousands of years, but they haven’t always been in style. Time-traveling reporter Josie Huang takes Joy Dolo and co-host Bella on a bumpy ride through “brolly” history. We’ll meet the fashion-forward ...
12.13.2018 Emojis: The :-) That Changed Everything From simple smiley faces to sparkly unicorns, we have a lot of emoji options. But it wasn’t always this way. Joy Dolo and co-host Melissa search for the very first emoji with reporter Elyssa Dudley. They’ll meet the man behind ...
12.06.2018 Clocks: A Brief History of Telling Time Long before clocks, humans found creative ways to track time. From falling sand to burning incense, we tried it all. But it took a daydreaming astronomer and a whole lot of inventors to get us to the precise clocks we ...
11.29.2018 Sandwiches: A Hillel By Any Other Name It’s a simple recipe: bread, filling, bread. But sandwiches had to get their scrumptious start somewhere. Joy Dolo and co-host Ben travel back to a time when putting food between two slices of bread was a culinary revolution. Reporter Tracy ...
11.22.2018 Skateboards: When Roller Skates Met Surfboards The first skateboards didn’t come from a store. Kids had to make them from scratch! And they made for a bumpy ride… Joy Dolo and twelve-year-old pro skater Minna kickflip their way through history with reporter Chris Greenspon. We’ll get ...
11.15.2018 Cameras: From Pinholes to Perfect Selfies Did you know that the ancestor of our smartphone cameras was just a box with a tiny hole in it? This week, Joy Dolo and kid co-host Elena explore the wide world of cameras with the help of reporter Paulina ...
11.08.2018 Video Games: A Tale of Two Pongs Video games are a lot older than you probably realize, but it took a long time for them to catch on. Join host Joy Dolo and kid co-host Kai on an epic quest through history to figure out how video ...
10.24.2018 Season One: The Trailer Forever Ago is a history show for the whole family. Every episode explores the origin of one thing – like sandwiches, video games and clocks – while teaching listeners to think critically about the past. Hosted by Joy Dolo and ...

Forever Ago

What's Forever Ago about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Forever Ago episodes:

Shoes: How French Royalty Became the Fashion Police

Umbrellas: The Magic Invention of the Sculptress

Emojis: The :-) That Changed Everything

Clocks: A Brief History of Telling Time

Sandwiches: A Hillel By Any Other Name

Skateboards: When Roller Skates Met Surfboards

Cameras: From Pinholes to Perfect Selfies

Video Games: A Tale of Two Pongs

Season One: The Trailer

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