Curious Explorer is a history and science podcast for all curious kids. Join Miss Cam with her son, Nate, and daughter, Emma, as they travel back in time and across the universe to discover the things every kid wonders about - how the Pilgrams crossed the sea, what's hidden deep inside the pyramids, what is in space, and so much more.
Each episode turns a big topics into a fun, story-filled adventure, with questions to shout out, moments to giggle at, and just the right about of "wait, really?!"It's screen-free learning kids actually ask for - perfect for car rides, quiet time or winding down before bed.
So turn your imaginations ON, explorers. Adventure is calling!
How Golf Was Invented: The Game a King Made Illegal
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The very first time golf is written down anywhere in history, it is being banned. This one is a special request from Nat — Nate and Emma's dad. Join Miss Cam, Nate, and Emma on the windy sandy coast of Scotland to find out where golf actually came from, and why in 1457 the King of Scotland passed a law making it illegal to play. Discover what the first golf balls were stuffed with, why a ball maker could only finish four of them in a whole day, why the game was banned twice more and still could not be stopped, and how one course in a little Scottish town decided that a round of golf should be eighteen holes — which is why it still is, everywhere in the world, today. Plus the strangest question in the sport: why is a golf ball covered in dents? Turn your imaginations ON!
13 Sept 2026
How Sunscreen Was Invented — And What People Did Before
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What did people do about sunburn before sunscreen existed? This one is a special request for Scottie and her brother Wick, Nate and Emma's beach friends. Join Miss Cam, Nate, and Emma to find out how people protected their skin for thousands of years before anybody could buy a bottle — from olive oil in ancient Greece, to the red clay-and-butter paste of the Himba people of Namibia, to thanaka, the golden bark paste that children in Myanmar have worn for over two thousand years and still wear today. Meet the young climber whose terrible sunburn on a Swiss mountain led to the first real sunscreen, discover that modern sunscreen was invented on a stove in Miami Beach in 1944, see how it's mixed in enormous steel tanks like a giant milkshake, and learn the surprising truth about what sunscreen actually does to sunlight — because it isn't what almost everyone thinks. Turn your imaginations ON!
12 Sept 2026
The Secret Life of Flowers: Why They Grow and Why They Smell
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Why do flowers smell so good — and who are they actually trying to impress? This one is for Emma. Join Miss Cam, Nate, and Emma to discover that a flower is not a decoration at all, but a message, and almost none of it is meant for us. Find out how a flower climbs out of a seed no bigger than a crumb, why petals are really a billboard, why some flowers save their perfume for the middle of the night, and how a bee accidentally does the most important job in the garden while trying to get a snack. Meet the corpse flower, taller than a grown-up, that grows six inches a day and smells like rotten meat on purpose. Meet baby sunflowers that follow the sun all day and swing back east while you sleep. And find out what a bee can see on a flower that you never will. Turn your imaginations ON!
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