Forever Ago
A podcast by American Public Media
89 Episodes
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Smarty Pass Sneak Peek: Sesame Street So and So’s
Published: 1/27/2025 -
Smarty Pass Sneak Peek: A whale of a game show
Published: 12/24/2024 -
Songs of the Humpback Whale: How one record helped save the whales
Published: 12/18/2024 -
Hip-Hop History: How teenagers invented rap music
Published: 12/11/2024 -
Jobs that don’t exist anymore
Published: 12/4/2024 -
How Sesame Street tried to change the world
Published: 11/27/2024 -
Smarty Pass Sneak Peek: Black Friday Special
Published: 11/25/2024 -
What’s the history of Black Friday?
Published: 11/20/2024 -
Who were the gladiators?
Published: 11/13/2024 -
The Ten News: Election Day Kid Takeover
Published: 11/5/2024 -
Gotcha! The history of April Fool’s Day
Published: 10/30/2024 -
Smarty Pass Presents: Truth or Truth
Published: 10/28/2024 -
Who was the first Black woman to run for president?
Published: 10/23/2024 -
Why do we carve pumpkins on Halloween?
Published: 10/16/2024 -
How did we send messages before cell phones?
Published: 10/9/2024 -
Join us for the first-ever Forever Ago live show!
Published: 9/20/2024 -
Smarty Pass Sneak Peek: Ragin’ road trip
Published: 8/19/2024 -
Banjos Pt. 2: Bluegrass, Beyoncé and Beyond
Published: 7/24/2024 -
Smarty Pass Sneak Peek: Olympic History
Published: 7/22/2024 -
Banjos Pt. 1: From Gourds to Grammys
Published: 7/17/2024
Brains On presents Forever Ago®, a history show for the whole family! Every episode looks into the surprising and fascinating history of things we think are ordinary, but they’re not -- like ice cream flavors, video games, baths and more. We make learning about the past fun while teaching listeners to think critically about history.