A 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 #thomas

In 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 #chief

There'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 #temple

There is a bronze head of the most powerful man in the world sitting under a temple floor — so that everyone who walks in has to step on his face. The man is Emperor Augustus. The person who put it there is Queen Amanirenas of Kush. And she beat him. she BEAT the Roman Empire? Welcome back to HootPODS. Negotiated a…

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 #queen #eyed #beat

Somebody says something mean to you in the hallway — what you do in the next three seconds decides everything. And it's not what most kids think it is. it's definitely not throwing a punch Welcome back to HootPODS. Today we're talking about one of the most skill-based things you'll ever have to do — and nobody teaches…

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 #performer #bullying #moves

Eight hundred years ago, an emperor gathered his people after winning a war — and instead of just dividing the land, he declared that every single human life was a life. That line became the founding law of one of the largest empires on earth. wait, he wrote that DOWN? He didn't write it at all — and that's where the…

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 #empire #rights #before

There's one thing you own that no army, no thief, no bad day can ever actually take from you. And the Romans figured this out so early they put it on their coins. wait, on COINS? Welcome back to HootPODS. A handshake in ancient Rome wasn't a greeting — it was a contract.

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 #growthmindset #kidsmotivation #lifeskills #nobody #thing #word

There are over 100,000 songs uploaded to Spotify every single day. That's more than four songs every second, around the clock. wait but HOW — like, who's uploading all of that? Welcome back to HootPODS. That question has a genuinely strange answer.

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 #actually #spotify #song

Before electric lights existed, people used to wake up in the middle of the night on purpose. Not because of a nightmare. It was just — normal. They called it their "first sleep" and "second sleep." wait, so sleeping through the night is actually the weird version? Welcome back to HootPODS. Today we're figuring out…

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 #always #reason #grown

A teacher once looked at a kid and said, out loud, that he was "mentally slow, unsociable, and adrift forever in foolish dreams." That kid was Albert Einstein. WAIT. Welcome back to HootPODS. Today we're talking about something that might be stressing you out right now — your grades.

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 #grades #proof #here