MASHUPS - by Kids Listen – Details, episodes & analysis

Ready to find your new favorite podcasts? It’s a Summer Sampler time! MASHUPS is a proud member of Kids Listen, a non-profit organization advocating for great children’s podcasts. Because summer is a great time to try out new things, we thought you might enjoy trying out a selection of different Kids Listen member podcasts. This episode features small tastes of shows to pique your curiosity, stretch your imagination, tickle your funny bone, and help you find calm.

Learn more about Kids Listen at https://www.kidslisten.org/

Girl Tales: www.girltalespodcast.com
Book Club for Kids: http://www.bookclubforkids.org
Like You: www.likeyoupodcast.com
Power Dog Adventures: https://www.powerdogadventures.com/
Unspookable: www.soundsingtonmedia.com
Stoopkid Stories: https://stoopkidstories.com/
Peace Out: www.peaceoutpodcast.com
What If World: http://www.whatifworldpodcast.com/
Newsy Pooloozi: https://www.newsypooloozi.com/
Dorktales Storytime Podcast: http://dorktalesstorytime.com
Fina Mendoza Mysteries: http://finamendozamysteries.com

Kids Listen audio transitions by Dan Saks of www.noodleloafshow.com
Summer Sampler artwork by Jodi Murphy of http://dorktalesstorytime.com
KL Summer Sampler 2023 produced by Lynn Hickernell of http://goodwordspodcast.com

This season finale has a few games for you to play along with, and they are all about ears. That’s because our Kids Listen friends are none other than Ear Snack’s Andrew & Polly mashed up with Little News Ears’ Dan Buck, Genesis and little Addie. Ears - a perfectly sound season finale topic with lots of fun gunk to explore. We start off with a highlight they each share showcasing their mash-up partner’s pod, and end with a personal contribution created just for your listening ears. 

Mashups is a podcast that introduces you to some of our talented Kids Listen friends:

Ear Snacks

Little News Ears

Music: Melly & Miss Lynn

Produced & hosted by Tal Kelly 

 

Meet two smart podcasts that make learning fun! The Good Words Podcast’s Lynn and Cool Facts About Animals’ Ali and her kids Grady, Clara & Teddy bring their collective wit, acumen and phat lexicon to the table. See if you can play along and test your knowledge of words used to describe groups of different animals. We start off with a highlight they each share showcasing their mash-up partner’s pod, and end with a personal contribution created just for you listeners. 

Mashups is a podcast that introduces you to some of our talented Kids Listen friends:

Cool Facts About Animals

The Good Words Podcast

Music: Melly & Miss Lynn

Produced & hosted by Tal Kelly 

 

Mashups is a new podcast, brought to you by Kids Listen, that introduces you to some of our talented friends. We want you to get a taste of these kidcasts and their pods. In each episode we ‘mash up’ two KL podcasts, first through an introductory clip, then a game that mashes up their styles and brings out their personalities, and ending with a behind the scenes bit they chose to share with you. 

Get in the ‘back to school’ mindset and have a listen. Eight of us Kids Listen member podcasts created a short offering on the theme of this year’s return to school as a sampling for you and your family. Collaborators in the order in which they appear in the episode:
The Fina Mendoza Mysteries - www.chesapeakepress.org/finamendozapodcast
All Things Madison - www.ShopMadisonLauren.com
Nature Narratives - www.NatureNarrativesPodcast.com
At Your Level - www.AtYourLevelPod.com
Journey with Story - www.journeywithstory.com
Best Whatever Ever - www.thebestwhateverever.com
Stories for Wonderful Children - www.storiesforwonderfulchildren.com
Book Club For Kids - www.bookclubforkids.org

In this episode, we hear from Jonathan Cormur, host and storyteller of the Dorktales Storytime Podcast. Travel back in time to listen to “The Dorktales Broadcasting System” radio broadcast about the life of Hedy Lamarr! Who knew that Hollywood’s famous film star from the 1930s and 40s was one of the most brilliant minds of her time? Adored by the public as “the most beautiful woman in the world,” Hedy Lamarr’s real talent was technological innovation and invention—from light up dog collars and updated stop lights to aircraft wing design. Her crowning achievement—frequency-hopping—is what makes cell phones, GPS, Bluetooth and wi-fi networks possible. 

After you listen, we’ll challenge you to use your imagination in an activity inspired by Hedy Lamarr’s curiosity  and passion for invention.

Now let’s listen to the story and learn more about this amazing hero of history!

Do you like to say the words, Activity Books? Do you like all the puzzles and games found in Activity Books? Then you'll love comedy musician Mike Phirman's new album titled, "Activity Books".  In this episode you'll get to hear one of the songs from his new EP, "Word Search/Vacuum", featuring the voice of Weird Al Yankovich, and you'll get to hear our funny and fabulous interview with Mike about how he became famous and about his unfortunate experience with a vacuum. Buttons & Figs kids will also share ways to wordplay, inspired by this fabulous album. https://buttonsandfigs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/buttons_figs_activity_ep_7_111516.pdf

 

Today, we hear from Story On, a podcast about creating and sharing stories. Laura talks about how she created a silly story about friendship. Then, she shares the story "Dotty and Stripes Forever."    Dotty and Stripes are a mismatched pair of socks. Stripes gets tired of the same old thing and decides to take off on an epic adventure. Things go wrong almost immediately but, lucky for Stripes, Dotty will do anything to help his best friend. Are they just two stray socks destined for the garbage or the perfect pair? Find out in this foot-warming tale.   After the episode, choose from a sewing or a writing activity. 

What’s more fun than playing video games?  Listening to this video games episode of course!  Ari interviews [minecraft.net]Minecraft’s Rebecca Gordius, plays out some “would you rather” scenarios in the Virtual Beastro and nerds out about how video games affect us.  We packed lots of fun segments for you to play along!

Kid guests:
Interview: Eli, Ben, Mason & Oliver
Virtual BeastRo: Dominic & Roland
biZaRrE ASMR: Madrona, Audrey, Zea, Claudia & Isla

[minecraft.net]Minecraft interview: Rebecca Gordius, Global Communications Manager, Minecraft at Microsoft

Cover Art: Thomas R.

Nerd Out references:
This is Your Child's Brain on Video Games
How Addiction Hijacks The Brain

 

Kids Listen Activity Podcast: Download the PDF for the 'Riddle Me This' activity

Kids Listen recommendations:
The Past & The Curious
April Eight
All Things Madison

 

Celebrate Earth Day with Nature Just Got Real, and then head to KidsListen.org for the activity