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

The Past and The Curious History Podcast for Kids

Kids & Family

4.5 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Episode 110! Peter the Great, The Hairy Eagle and more! Did I decide on an episode about Peter the Great just so I could say 6-7 a few times to be cringe and make kids laugh? Yes, yes I did. But it's a really fun story about when the Tsar of All Russia travelled "incognito" through Europe. And as a bonus, we're talking hair sales, hair wreaths, and even the not-so-famous "Hairy Eagle!"

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone. It's your old pal Mick Sullivan, and I want to let you know that I am coming to perform in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, October 4th, and I hope that you can make it.
0:13.6	More specifically, I'll be in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mount Lebanon, thanks to the Historical Society of Mount Lebanon.
0:20.7	I am really excited. So come
0:22.8	join us for a live performance on Saturday, October 4th at 4 p.m. It's going to be a blast,
0:28.4	stories, laughs, music, and a book signing to boot. It will take place at the Mellon Middle School
0:34.1	Auditorium and we will have fun. The Past and the Curious Live in Pittsburgh area.
0:39.1	You can find the details and a link to tickets at the past and thecurious.com
0:43.6	and also at LiboHistory.org.
0:47.0	forward slash events.
0:48.3	That's L-E-B-O-History.org-Ford-slash events.
0:53.3	See you on October 4th, Pennsylvania.
1:00.2	We've all been there. You're standing in a museum, staring at a painting, and all you can
1:04.7	think is, I don't get it. To me, knowing the story behind it in artwork is a huge part of knowing how to look at it.
1:13.0	I'm Amanda, the host of the Art of History podcast, where we view history through the lens of
1:18.2	some really great works of art. Each episode, we dive deep into the bigger picture behind some
1:23.3	familiar and maybe not so familiar pieces. Check out Art of History now wherever you get your podcasts.
1:31.4	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
1:38.1	Yeah, that's right.
1:39.2	Just an appointment for a regular haircut.
1:42.1	Trim my beard?
1:43.1	Yeah, sure.
1:47.5	Trim my eyebrows? Yeah, sure. Trim my eyebrows? Um, yeah, sure. That's a,
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