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

Peanut Butter and Jelly

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

The Past and The Curious History Podcast for Kids

Kids & Family

4.72.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

You might be surprised to learn the history of the iconic sandwich and all of the ingredients that go into the recipe. First published in 1901, the availability of peanut butter, jelly and sliced bread has changed a lot over the years. And that's great, so let's eat (or just listen). Special thanks to Lindsay and Marshall from Tumble Podcast for their inspiration on the subject, and help with this episode!

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0:00.0

Pam, are you here to game with me?

0:02.3

In a minute, Ryan, but first, it's time to share what's happening on the 10 News podcast.

0:07.1

The 10 News is a kids' news podcast for curious 8 to 12-year-olds that even grown-ups can learn from.

0:12.9

What else is there to say?

0:14.3

That we cover everything from the Supreme Court in the war in Ukraine to Pokemon and Minecraft,

0:22.8

and will always tell you 10 things you need to know. And we're available wherever you get your podcasts. Is it game time now, Pam?

0:27.7

It's game time, Ryan. Let's go! You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.

0:45.5

Hey, everyone. Welcome to the past and the curious. It's your old pal Mick. And if you've listened before, you know that every so often I get fascinated by a food. We've covered ice cream,

0:50.8

donuts, tomatoes, even early cookbooks. But today's episode came from a question

0:56.0

that my friends sent my way. Perhaps you know them. Lindsay and Marshall from Tumble.

1:03.5

Hey Mick, it's Lindsay. And it's also Marshall from Tumble. So the question in question

1:09.6

doesn't actually come from us. It came from our listener, Layla.

1:13.4

She wanted to know the history of the peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

1:18.5

Which is like, that's a really great question, but it's definitely not a science question because

1:22.6

PB and Jay happened like after the Big Bang, I think.

1:28.0

So we wanted to get your perspective since you focus on history.

1:33.4

Oh yeah, I was recently on Tumble to offer a quick answer to Leila's great question, but, you know, I kept poking around and it turns out there's a lot that goes into the old peanut butter

1:44.4

and jelly sandwich. Yeah, we figured there was more to the story. Like sometimes people put

1:48.6

raisins in it. What? I mean, actually, I've never heard about that. I think you're confusing that

1:54.4

with ants on a log. Can you give me a full history of ants on a log? Well, I wasn't really prepared for that.

2:04.2

I'm going to go, I'll go ahead and plant some celery seeds.

2:07.2

And I'll get back to you on the ants on a log thing.

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