Ep. 6 Heights: Ferris Wheel, Charles Blondin, East of the Sun and more!

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

The Past and The Curious History Podcast for Kids

Kids & Family

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2017

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Episode 6 is all about Heights! Victoria Reibel reads a story about the time The Chicago World's Fair had to build something to top the Eiffel Tower. Jason Lawrence tells the tale of the the world's leading antebellum funambulist. The Tamerlane Trio performs "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" Episode written by Mick Sullivan. Steal it and you are lame.

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1:13.6	Well, hey,
1:14.6	everybody.
1:16.6	Well, hey everybody. Well, hey everybody, welcome back to the past and the curious, if you're just joining us for the first time, this is a great episode.
1:30.0	It's our sixth episode, so if you like it, you can go back and listen to the others.
1:35.0	There's more to come. We're really excited about some of the things we have planned for the future.
1:39.0	But today, all of our stories and questions and songs are about heights, things that are high up in the air, things that are tall.
1:49.2	The first story is about America's answer to the Eiffel Tower. After that, quiz time, about Heights, you
1:56.7	guessed it. And the third story, Jason Lawrence in New York is going to read for you. It is about a man who was the most famous tightrope walker of his day.
2:08.0	After that, the Tamir Lane Trio, which is myself, Rob Collier and Amber Esthenaman, will perform east of the sun and west of the moon.
2:18.0	But first, here's Victoria Rival.
2:22.0	With the enormous crash and bang of 200 pounds of dynamite, the giant wheel rattled off its
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