Little Mavericks

By Little Mavericks

True stories of real people who did what everyone said was impossible. A big-wave surfer, a scientist, an inventor, an explorer, an artist. Every episode is one maverick's story, told as an adventure ... more

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How many episodes does Little Mavericks have?

The podcast currently has 16 episodes available.

Little Mavericks episodes:

August 11, 2026 Helio Gracie: The Boy Who Was Too Weak to Fight
A sickly boy too weak to train in his family's martial art invents an entirely new way to win, now practiced by millions. A true story about ingenuity.
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8min
July 27, 2026 Dolly Parton: The Girl in the Coat of Many Colors
A dirt-poor mountain girl, teased for her patchwork coat, who became herself out loud and now gives free books to millions of children. A true story about being you.
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9min
July 20, 2026 Jose Andres: The Chef Who Runs Toward the Storm
A chef who runs toward hurricanes and earthquakes with a kitchen, feeding millions. A true story about generosity.
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9min
July 16, 2026 Tu Youyou: The Scientist Who Read an Ancient Book
When malaria was beating modern medicine, a scientist found the cure in a thousand-year-old book and saved millions. A true story about persistence.
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7min
July 13, 2026 Mozart: The Boy Who Heard Whole Symphonies in His Head
A boy who composed by ear at three and wrote down forbidden music from memory, and why the work mattered more than the gift.
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10min
July 09, 2026 Sky Brown: The Kid Who Gets Back Up
A thirteen-year-old stands at the top of a giant Olympic ramp, about to drop in.
Meet Sky Brown: a kid who taught herself to skate, came back from a frightening fall, and won an Olympic medal at thirteen.
The big idea: everybody falls, and that part is not the scary part. The brave part is getting back up.
A true story for curious kids, ages 6 and up. Part of Little Mavericks.
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5min
July 06, 2026 The Wright Brothers: The Bicycle-Shop Boys Who Taught the World to Fly
Could a person ever really fly? Two brothers who fixed bicycles for a living decided to find out.
Meet Wilbur and Orville Wright: the bicycle-shop brothers who asked a smarter question than everyone else and made the first flight in history.
The big idea: ask a better question, then test and fail and fix until it flies.
A true story for curious kids, ages 6 and up. Part of Little Mavericks.
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8min
July 02, 2026 Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted a Forest
One woman kneels in the dry, cracked dirt and plants a single tiny tree.
Meet Wangari Maathai: a Kenyan scientist who answered a whole country losing its forests by teaching village women to plant trees, one at a time, until there were more than forty million.
The big idea: you don't have to fix the whole forest by yourself, you just have to plant your one tree. Be the hummingbird.
A true story for curious kids, ages 6 and up. Part of Little Mavericks.
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7min
June 29, 2026 William Kamkwamba: The Boy Who Caught the Wind
High on a tower of scrap metal, a fourteen-year-old touches two wires together and pulls electricity out of the wind.
Meet William Kamkwamba: a boy in Malawi who taught himself from library books to build a windmill out of junk and light up his village.
The big idea: you don't need money or permission, just a question you can't stop asking and the nerve to build.
A true story for curious kids, ages 6 and up. Part of Little Mavericks.
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9min
June 25, 2026 Katherine Johnson: The Woman Who Counted the Way to the Stars
With the whole world watching, an astronaut refuses to fly until one woman checks the math by hand.
Meet Katherine Johnson: the girl who counted everything and grew up to do the math that sent astronauts around the Earth and all the way to the Moon.
The big idea: stay curious, and get so good at what you love that they cannot do it without you.
A true story for curious kids, ages 6 and up. Part of Little Mavericks.
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9min

FAQs about Little Mavericks:

How many episodes does Little Mavericks have?

The podcast currently has 16 episodes available.