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Curious Kid Podcast

Curious About The American Colonies

Curious Kid Podcast

Bleav + Olivia

Education, Family & Kids, Kids, National, Education For Kids, Kids & Family, Learning, Family

4.7733 Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In episode 350, we get curious about the American Colonies.

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0:00.0

Hello! And welcome back to the Curious Kid podcast. This week, we are getting curious for a listener that sent us an email three years ago. And there's a very good reason we selected this moment to get curious about the suggested topic.

0:38.3

2026 happens to be a very special milestone birthday.

0:42.3

I'm turning 45 this year, and I guess that's a milestone, but it's not really a big deal.

0:48.3

Olivia has a bigger milestone birthday this year because she will be celebrating her lucky number 13th birthday.

0:56.0

That's certainly an exciting birthday, but dare I say, there is an even bigger birthday to celebrate

1:01.8

this year.

1:02.8

Believe it or not, the United States of America turns 250 years old this year.

1:08.7

That makes it a perfect time to get curious about how it all started.

1:14.6

Mailbag!

1:16.6

Mailbag!

1:19.6

Hi, my name is Nicole. I am 5.5 years old. I listen to your podcast every day with my mom. We love it. I'm

1:29.1

curious about the colonies and how America started. What was it like back in the day? Thank you,

1:35.5

Nicole from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Nicole, we are so excited to get curious for you this week.

1:43.0

My dad loves learning and studying American history,

1:46.6

so prepare yourselves because this episode is going to be overflowing with facts.

1:52.4

There is so much to learn, so let's get right to it. What's the question of the week?

1:57.8

The current U.S. population, as record this episode is 342 million, 365,665. Not as many people lived in the United States

2:12.5

250 years ago in the year 1776. The question of the week is, what was the population of the United States back in 1776?

2:24.0

All right, it's time to do something we haven't done in a while.

2:29.0

It's time to dust off the time machine and climb inside.

2:32.6

Once we're inside, we want to dial the time machine back

2:35.4

more than 400 years. Please keep your powdered wigs inside the time machine at all times. Yes,

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