The Cub Club History Podcast

A steam engine that worked could still work better… and James Watt had an idea!

In this episode, little listeners will meet James Watt and discover the problem he noticed with Newcomen’s steam engine, how his separate condenser helped save heat and use less coal, and why improving an invention can be just as important as creating one.

Warm up your hands, keep the hot side hot, and send the cooling somewhere else as we discover how Watt helped make steam power more efficient.

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🎧 Listener Companion: Follow along with picture clues and activities made especially for the September episodes. Get the FREE September Listener Companions

📚 Journey Through the Industrial Revolution: Want to take the adventure beyond the podcast? Explore the hands-on curriculum for ages 5–8 with experiments, activities, games, and more. Explore the Industrial Revolution Journey

A big problem underground needed a new kind of solution… steam power!

In this episode, little listeners will meet Thomas Newcomen and discover how his steam engine helped power pumps that removed water from coal mines, how its giant rocking beam worked, and why the machine was an important step forward.

Rock back and forth like Newcomen’s giant beam and listen closely… because even though his engine worked, there was still something that could be made better.

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🎧 Listener Companion: Follow along with picture clues and activities made especially for the September episodes. Get the FREE September Listener Companions

📚 Journey Through the Industrial Revolution: Want to take the adventure beyond the podcast? Explore the hands-on curriculum for ages 5–8 with experiments, activities, games, and more. Explore the Industrial Revolution Journey

There’s a problem deep underground… and it’s getting in the miners’ way!

In this episode, little listeners will head back into the coal mine to discover how water could seep underground, why it became such a big problem for miners, and the ways people tried to get it out.

Grab your pretend hard hat, scoop up a bucket, and listen closely… because the miners need a better solution.

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🎧 Listener Companion: Follow along with picture clues and activities made especially for the September episodes. Get the FREE September Listener Companions

📚 Journey Through the Industrial Revolution: Want to take the adventure beyond the podcast? Explore the hands-on curriculum for ages 5–8 with experiments, activities, games, and more. Explore the Industrial Revolution Journey

Travel underground to discover the fuel that helped power the Industrial Revolution!

In this episode, little listeners will discover how coal formed a long, long, LONG time ago and what it was like for miners to dig deep underground to find it.

Put on your pretend hard hat, grab your lamp, and listen closely… because there’s a problem waiting for us deep inside the mine.

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🎧 Listener Companion: Follow along with picture clues and activities made especially for the September episodes. Get the FREE September Listener Companions

📚 Journey Through the Industrial Revolution: Want to take the adventure beyond the podcast? Explore the hands-on curriculum for ages 5–8 with experiments, activities, games, and more. Explore the Industrial Revolution Journey

What was the Industrial Revolution, and how did it change the world? In this history podcast for kids, little listeners travel back more than 250 years to Great Britain to discover how new machines began changing the way people worked, traveled, and lived.

Designed especially for kids ages 4–8, this interactive history adventure invites children to do more than listen. They'll put on their inventor glasses, turn their hands into moving gears, answer questions, and help uncover a problem that leads us straight into our next adventure.

Perfect for homeschool history, car rides, quiet time, or curious little learners discovering the Industrial Revolution for the first time.

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🎧 Listener Companion: Follow along with picture clues and activities made especially for the September episodes. Get the FREE September Listener Companions

📚 Journey Through the Industrial Revolution: Want to take the adventure beyond the podcast? Explore the hands-on curriculum for ages 5–8 with experiments, activities, games, and more. Explore the Industrial Revolution Journey

Big history for little listeners!

The Cub Club History Podcast brings history to life for curious kids ages 4–8 through stories, clues, sounds, imagination, and plenty of opportunities to join the adventure.

Listen to the trailer for a peek at what's waiting inside the Cub Club, then follow the show so you don't miss our very first adventure beginning September 1st!

New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday! 

Free Listener Companions with picture clues and visuals are available at www.littlelionhistory.com