The Past and The Curious: A History Podcast for Kids and Families

Episode 109 tells the story of Lincoln's the speech Lincoln lost before his inauguration in 1861.

Also included is the story of Ely S. Parker, an indigenous Seneca man who made an impact in the Civil War - and who had really nice handwriting.

Composer Joseph Haydn is buried with two skulls. You'll never believe why (hint: it has to do with phrenology).

Meanwhile Thomas Paine's bones went missing thanks to an overly enthusiastic fan.

Henriette D'angeville was the first woman to climb Mount Blanc in the Alps, despite everyone advising her not to try it.

Decades later, Julia Archibald Holmes (a friend of John Brown's) became the first woman to summit Pike's Peak, a feat that Pike himself never did.

Philo Farnsworth loved electricity so much he came up with a way to invent television - as a 14 year old!

Centuries beforehand Stephen Gray, a British scientist, learned more about electricity than anyone before him - and he used children to show how it worked!

This episode will make you hungry!

Rufus Estes and Chin Foin both left a big mark on food, both lived in Chicago at the same time, and both had their food featured in important cookbooks in 1911.

The year 1917 gave us both the birth of the Cottingly Fairies and the silly fake history known as the Bathtub Hoax.

A man named Hadji Ali, but known as Hi Jolly, was an important figure with the US Army's short lived Camel Corps, and his legend lives on today.

Around the same time a man named Elisha Otis changed the world with the elevator brake. It was safe and carried people higher and higher!

Two guys who grew up on farms. Both were tinkerers.

Benjamin Banneker, a free Black American created the first striking clock built in America.

Richard Pearse, from New Zealand, was a pioneer in flight. Was he a first? we don't know for sure. But he was pretty interesting!

Episode 101 tells the story of Tori Murden-McClure's solo row across the Atlantic Ocean. In addition to her story, hear her speak with Mick on the 25th anniversary of her successful solo crossing.

Learn more about Tori in her book, "A Pearl in the Storm," or from the Audible recording of Dawn Landes's musical, Row: https://www.amazon.com/Row/dp/B091QB7SMS

Or hear Dawn's album of the same name, based on Tori's story here: https://dawnlandesofficial.bandcamp.com/album/row

Episode 100, y'all! Beautiful Jim Key was born sickly and weak, but became world famous and is remembered as the smartest horse in the world. His training and care came from a former enslaved man named Doctor William Key, and together, they made a profound impact on the world.

Likewise, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer was a museum curator in South Africa who discovered a fish believed to be extinct in 1938. The discovery made a tremendous impact on science and natural understanding. Plus, she was very cool.