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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The podcast currently has 16 episodes available.

Little Mavericks episodes:

June 22, 2026 The History of Lego: Ole Kirk and the Brick That Still Clicks
A Lego brick made today still snaps perfectly onto one made more than sixty years ago.
Meet Ole Kirk Christiansen: a Danish carpenter who lost his workshop to fire more than once, and lived by one rule, only the best is good enough.
The big idea: care enough to make a thing exactly right, and what you build can last for lifetimes.
A true story for curious kids, ages 6 and up. Part of Little Mavericks.
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9min
June 18, 2026 Simone Biles: Brave Enough to Stop
With the whole world watching and gold on the line, the greatest gymnast alive chooses to stop.
Meet Simone Biles: the tiny girl from a hard start who became the most decorated gymnast in history, and showed the world a braver kind of strong.
The big idea: sometimes the bravest thing is to stop and take care of yourself.
A true story for curious kids, ages 6 and up. Part of Little Mavericks.
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8min
June 15, 2026 Walt Disney: The Man Who Kept Betting on a Mouse
A young man is fired from a newspaper for "having no imagination."
Meet Walt Disney: the boy who delivered papers in the freezing dark and grew up to gamble everything on a mouse, on sound, and on the first full-length cartoon the world had ever seen.
The big idea: imagination, plus the courage to keep going, can outlast you for a hundred years.
A true story for curious kids, ages 6 and up. Part of Little Mavericks.
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14min
June 03, 2026 Mary Anning: The Girl Who Dug Up a Lost World
A girl your age, alone on a storm-lashed cliff with a small hammer, starts digging a monster out of the rock.
Meet Mary Anning: a poor girl in seaside England who taught herself to read the cliffs, pulled giant sea-dragons out of the stone, and helped prove there was a whole lost ancient world.
The big idea: you do not have to be rich, or grown up, or anybody's favorite to discover something true. You just have to look harder than everyone else.
A true story for curious kids, ages 6 and up. Part of Little Mavericks.
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10min
June 01, 2026 The History of Cars: Henry Ford and the Wall He Smashed
It's the middle of the night, and a young man has just finished building his very first car, only to find it's too big to fit through the door of his workshop.
Meet Henry Ford, a farm boy obsessed with machines who didn't invent the car but figured out how to build one that almost everyone could afford.
The big idea: a giant job becomes possible when you break it into small, simple steps. And an idea you can share with the whole world is how you change it.
A true story for curious kids, ages 6 and up. Part of Little Mavericks.
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10min
May 31, 2026 Justine Dupont: Rider of Giant Waves
Off the coast of Portugal, a wall of water taller than a building comes roaring in, and instead of running, she rides it.
Meet Justine Dupont, a girl from the French coast who became one of the best big-wave surfers in the world, in a sport almost everyone said wasn't for women.
The big idea: courage isn't the absence of fear. It's the preparation that lets you act anyway.
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.