Lost Woods and Found Amendments

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

🗓️ 31 May 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The story of the Lost 40 - an old growth forest in Minnesota that got lost for nearly a century thanks to a surveying error. We're talking lumberjacks, old growth trees, and silly mistakes. Also, the 27th Amendment which was brought back from the dustbin of history thanks to a college student who didn't get the grade he had hoped for on an essay!

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0:00.0	I did not use any AI to make this episode.
0:03.7	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:07.1	And before we get started, I want to share the special message from my friend Rebecca Shear.
0:12.4	Hi, Rebecca Shear here.
0:14.5	You may know me as writer and host of the Kids and Family podcast Circle Round.
0:18.8	My husband, Eric Shimalonis, has done all the music and sound.
0:23.0	We started Circle Round in 2017, back when our now 10-year-old son was in diapers.
0:29.4	Nine years later, Eric and I are stepping away from Circle Round and starting a new storytelling
0:34.6	podcast, a 100% independent storytelling podcast called Lions and Legends.
0:41.5	Lions and Legends will bring you fun, fantastical retellings of legends, myths, folk tales, and fables
0:48.1	through the ages. You'll be treated to unforgettable characters, Eric's amazing original music,
0:56.6	plus groovy merch, a membership club for super fans, and fingers crossed, live recordings across the United States.
1:02.3	Grownups, please visit Lions and Legends.org to join our mailing list.
1:07.0	And please consider contributing to our Lions and Legends Fundraiser.
1:12.3	Eric and I are starting this podcast from scratch, from the ground up,
1:15.6	so any donation you can offer will help us keep bringing you spectacular stories for years to come.
1:21.8	Help support us today at lions and legends.org.
1:25.5	That's lions and legends.org. Now back to you, Mick.
1:31.7	Oh, thanks, Rebecca. Us Andy podcasters and creators, we got to stick together, you know.
1:38.4	So welcome to the past and the curious. As always, I am Mick Sullivan. And yeah, also as always, I'm delighted to bring you a new
1:46.3	episode. You might be surprised to learn that an entire forest got lost. It happened in the
1:52.5	1800s. We'll hear about it, how it got lost, along with all the lumberjacks from whom the trees
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