Hey, it's Mick from The Past and the Curious, a history podcast for kids and families.

I will be live on stage with a bunch of other great kids and family podcasts in Boston at WBUR's

mega awesome super huge, wicked fun, podcast playdate in February.

The Past and the Curious will be live on Sunday, February 16th at WBUR's City Space in Boston.

For tickets, go to WBUR.org.org-forward-slash events. I hope to see you there and tune in to

the past and the curious. Before we begin today's show, a quick message from a great podcast for kids called Girl Tales.

Once Upon a Time. Cool story, bro, but let us take it from here.

Girl Tales is a kids podcast where girls are the heroes of their own stories.

And you're invited.

Slay a cyclops.

Fly on the wings of a swan. Dean defeat a mouse king and his mouse army find girl tales wherever you get your

podcast and join the fairy tale revolution today now that your noodles in a bloom the loaf's in your ear. Oh yeah. Hey kids. Hey, groans. It's me,

Joni. Your noodle host with the noodle loaf. It's time to relax your minds. Now let the music

carry you away. Ready? To the choir. Hold up.

Wait a minute. Joining the choir this week, we've got Milo from Northville, New York,

Kalinda from Kampala, Uganda, and birds in the background from both those places.

I thought it was so cool to hear birds on these recordings from opposite

sides of the world who also wanted to join the noodle love choir, that I'm going to start this one

off with just voices, child and bird voices, and then I'll bring in the rest of the choir,

and then I'll fade out the rest of the choir, and then there will be just birds singing,

and then we'll start the show.

All right, check it out.

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