Little Mavericks

About Little Mavericks

True stories of real people who did what everyone said was impossible. A big-wave surfer, a scientist, an inventor, an explorer, an artist. Every episode is one maverick's story, told as an adventure for curious kids, and it ends with one big idea worth keeping. Living legends and history's boldest, side by side. Made for ages 6 and up, and the grown-ups listening along. Each episode is written and narrated with AI, then fact-checked and reviewed by a real person before it's published.

Publisher

Little Mavericks

Category

kids & family · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

31 May 2026

Latest episode

11 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

16 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 Aug 2026

   Helio Gracie: The Boy Who Was Too Weak to Fight

   A sickly boy too weak to train in his family's martial art invents an entirely new way to win, now practiced by millions. A true story about ingenuity.

2. 

   27 Jul 2026

   Dolly Parton: The Girl in the Coat of Many Colors

   A dirt-poor mountain girl, teased for her patchwork coat, who became herself out loud and now gives free books to millions of children. A true story about being you.

3. 

   20 Jul 2026

   Jose Andres: The Chef Who Runs Toward the Storm

   A chef who runs toward hurricanes and earthquakes with a kitchen, feeding millions. A true story about generosity.

4. 

   16 Jul 2026

   Tu Youyou: The Scientist Who Read an Ancient Book

   When malaria was beating modern medicine, a scientist found the cure in a thousand-year-old book and saved millions. A true story about persistence.

5. 

   13 Jul 2026

   Mozart: The Boy Who Heard Whole Symphonies in His Head

   A boy who composed by ear at three and wrote down forbidden music from memory, and why the work mattered more than the gift.

6. 

   9 Jul 2026

   Sky Brown: The Kid Who Gets Back Up

   A thirteen-year-old stands at the top of a giant Olympic ramp, about to drop in.

7. 

   6 Jul 2026

   The Wright Brothers: The Bicycle-Shop Boys Who Taught the World to Fly

   Could a person ever really fly? Two brothers who fixed bicycles for a living decided to find out.

8. 

   2 Jul 2026

   Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted a Forest

   One woman kneels in the dry, cracked dirt and plants a single tiny tree.

9. 

   29 Jun 2026

   William Kamkwamba: The Boy Who Caught the Wind

   High on a tower of scrap metal, a fourteen-year-old touches two wires together and pulls electricity out of the wind.

10. 

    25 Jun 2026

    Katherine Johnson: The Woman Who Counted the Way to the Stars

    With the whole world watching, an astronaut refuses to fly until one woman checks the math by hand.

11. 

    22 Jun 2026

    The History of Lego: Ole Kirk and the Brick That Still Clicks

    A Lego brick made today still snaps perfectly onto one made more than sixty years ago.

12. 

    18 Jun 2026

    Simone Biles: Brave Enough to Stop

    With the whole world watching and gold on the line, the greatest gymnast alive chooses to stop.

13. 

    15 Jun 2026

    Walt Disney: The Man Who Kept Betting on a Mouse

    A young man is fired from a newspaper for "having no imagination."

14. 

    3 Jun 2026

    Mary Anning: The Girl Who Dug Up a Lost World

    A girl your age, alone on a storm-lashed cliff with a small hammer, starts digging a monster out of the rock.

15. 

    1 Jun 2026

    The History of Cars: Henry Ford and the Wall He Smashed

    It's the middle of the night, and a young man has just finished building his very first car, only to find it's too big to fit through the door of his workshop.

16. 

    31 May 2026

    Justine Dupont: Rider of Giant Waves

    Off the coast of Portugal, a wall of water taller than a building comes roaring in, and instead of running, she rides it.

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