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HootPODS: Smart Stories & Curious Podcasts for Kids episodes
- Your Brain Is Deleting Your Homework On PurposeA grown man in Germany spent five years memorizing words that don't even exist, like ZOF and QAX, completely on purpose. His name was Hermann Ebbinghaus, and those fake words explain why you forget almost everything you study. Great, so my science grade is being destroyed by QAX. Kind of, yes. Welcome back to…Hosted by Atlas (Gen X Anchor) and Rex.HootPODS is the screen-free audio platform for curious kids. Create your own custom podcasts on any topic at hootpods.com.#hootpods #kidspodcast #educationalpodcast #curiouskids #screenfreelistening #howitworks #psychology #brainscience #deleting #homework #purpose9 min
- The Ghost Story Writer Who Made Columbus FamousThe man who wrote the Headless Horseman story also wrote the most famous book about Columbus. And some of the most famous parts of it were made up. Welcome back to HootPODS. Today, one thing to remember: famous stories can be changed over time. A story can be changed?! Quietly, and by someone with a good pen. So a…Hosted by Sage and Pip.HootPODS is the screen-free audio platform for curious kids. Create your own custom podcasts at hootpods.com.#hootpods #kidspodcast #educationalpodcast #curiouskids #screenfreelistening #historyforkids #untoldhistory #biography #columbus #writer #famous9 min
- Why a Whole Month Turns PinkThere's a woman who sat at her kitchen table and made ribbons by hand, one at a time, and she handed them out at grocery stores. And the color wasn't pink. It was peach. Peach?! So how did we end up with pink everywhere? Welcome back to HootPODS. Today we're finding out why October turns pink.Hosted by Atlas (Gen X Anchor) and Pip.HootPODS is the screen-free audio platform for curious kids. Create your own custom podcasts at hootpods.com.#hootpods #kidspodcast #educationalpodcast #curiouskids #screenfreelistening #historyuncovered #holidayfacts #realhistory #whole #month #turns9 min
- The Emperor’s Notes to HimselfThe most powerful man on Earth is sitting in a freezing army tent, and he's writing himself a note that says, be nicer to the annoying people. Not a speech. Not an order. A note to himself, by lamplight, with a hundred and forty thousand soldiers camped outside. A hundred and forty THOUSAND?Hosted by Luna and Nova.HootPODS is the screen-free audio platform for curious kids. Create your own custom podcasts on any topic at hootpods.com.#hootpods #kidspodcast #educationalpodcast #curiouskids #screenfreelistening #ancientwisdom #lifelessons #philosophy #emperor #himself #notes7 min
- The General Nobody Taught You AboutThree Union warships. A pitch-black river. Confederate mines hidden underwater. And the person guiding them through? A formerly enslaved woman with a bounty on her head. June 1st, 1863. The Combahee River, South Carolina. And this wasn't a rescue mission that got lucky — it was a military operation, planned for…Hosted by Atlas (Gen X Anchor) and Nova.HootPODS is the screen-free audio platform for curious kids. Create your own custom podcasts on any topic at hootpods.com.#hootpods #kidspodcast #educationalpodcast #curiouskids #screenfreelistening #general #nobody #taught10 min
- Half a Million People Who Freed ThemselvesA 23-year-old man stole a Confederate warship. In the middle of the night. Sailed it past five forts. And handed it to the enemy. And the people who controlled that ship called him property. he did THAT while being considered property? Welcome back to HootPODS. Today we're talking about how hundreds of thousands of…Hosted by Atlas (Gen X Anchor) and Rex.HootPODS is the screen-free audio platform for curious kids. Create your own custom podcasts on any topic at hootpods.com.#hootpods #kidspodcast #educationalpodcast #curiouskids #screenfreelistening #themselves #million #people8 min
- The Man Who Stole a Confederate WarshipA 23-year-old stole a Confederate warship, sailed it past five military forts, and handed it to the enemy — and the Confederates didn't notice until it was gone. May 13, 1862. Charleston Harbor. And the man at the helm was enslaved. he was ENSLAVED? Welcome back to HootPODS. His name was Robert Smalls, and what he…Hosted by Sage and Pip.HootPODS is the screen-free audio platform for curious kids. Create your own custom podcasts on any topic at hootpods.com.#hootpods #kidspodcast #educationalpodcast #curiouskids #screenfreelistening #confederate #warship #stole9 min
- The Man Who Sent Thomas Jefferson His HomeworkA free Black man, in 1791, sent a letter to a slaveholder — and used that slaveholder's own words to call him a hypocrite. And the slaveholder was Thomas Jefferson. Author of the Declaration of Independence. Secretary of State. he wrote BACK?! He wrote back. Welcome to HootPODS — today we're talking about Benjamin…Hosted by Atlas (Gen X Anchor) and Pip.HootPODS is the screen-free audio platform for curious kids. Create your own custom podcasts on any topic at hootpods.com.#hootpods #kidspodcast #educationalpodcast #curiouskids #screenfreelistening #jefferson #homework #thomas10 min
- The Chief Who Made the Spanish Empire BlinkIn 1503, the Spanish invited eighty Taíno chiefs to what they called "peace talks" — and then set the building on fire. The boy who survived that day grew up to make the entire Spanish Empire negotiate with him. hold up. Welcome back to HootPODS. His name was Guarocuya — and the Spanish would come to know him as…Hosted by Luna and Nova.HootPODS is the screen-free audio platform for curious kids. Create your own custom podcasts on any topic at hootpods.com.#hootpods #kidspodcast #educationalpodcast #curiouskids #screenfreelistening #spanish #empire #chief7 min
- The Temple That Ate a MountainThere's a temple in India carved out of a single mountain, and the most amazing thing about it is everything that ISN'T there anymore. We're talking about the Kailasa Temple at Ellora — one hundred feet tall, the largest single-rock structure on earth. And the internet has quietly decided humans couldn't possibly have…Hosted by Atlas (Gen X Anchor) and Rex.HootPODS is the screen-free audio platform for curious kids. Create your own custom podcasts on any topic at hootpods.com.#hootpods #kidspodcast #educationalpodcast #curiouskids #screenfreelistening #scienceforkids #todayilearned #discovery #mountain #temple8 min
About HootPODS: Smart Stories & Curious Podcasts for Kids
From the publisher's feed
HootPODS is the podcast that makes big ideas hit different.
Two hosts. Real facts. Zero boring.
Every episode takes one surprising topic — ancient samurai strategy, why Roblox is designed to addict you, the thinking traps your brain sets for itself — and breaks it down in a fast, funny, dual-host conversation designed for kids aged 8–14 (and the parents who keep listening after drop-off).
From history's untold stories to the science behind your screen time, HootPODS delivers the "wait, WHAT?" moment that makes curious kids want to learn more. No lectures. No worksheets. Just two hosts, one wild topic, and the kind of conversation that makes you smarter without trying.
Screen-free. Kid-safe. Parent-approved.
New episodes weekly. Subscribe so you never miss one — or create your own custom podcast on any topic at hootpods.com. Follow us on Instagram @hootpods for clips and new episode drops.