Best of 2024

Best of 2024

Author: The Children's Hour Inc. December 29, 2024 Duration: 59:00
Celebrate the best in Kindie musical releases in 2024. We hear from all five Grammy nominees for best children’s release and meet Andre DeShields, the star of the hit kids podcast: Live from Mount Olympus, along with the show founder and showrunner, Julie Burnstein. We've got a Kids Crew review of this podcast, and we keep you dancing, singing and humming for the whole hour.  Find the full episode post at https://childrenshour.org/best-of-2024 It's that time of year, when we review all the great music for kids and families, and think about what we love the best. This episode starts with a sample of each of the 2025 Grammy nominees for Best Children's Release, including John Legend, Divinity Roxx, Joanie Leeds and the Jazz Cats, Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band, and Rock for Children. Which one do you think will win the Grammy award on February 2, 2025? Hear from more of our favorite musical releases of the year, too! There were so many great ones, we couldn't fit them all into this episode, but if you follow our playlist, you can see which bands made the cut. These songs are played throughout the episode. The Kids Crew meet the star of the podcast series Live from Mount Olympus, André DeShields and show creator and showrunner, Julie Burnstein. We learn why Greek myths are something we should all know, and how the show came to be. Live from Mount Olympus is a wildly popular podcast series which can be used in classrooms, or just for fun at home. Marcel from our Kids Crew has a review. This episode of The Children's Hour was written and produced by Katie Stone, with production support from Jacqui Fulton. Chad Scheer is our recording engineer at Outpost Performance Space in Albuquerque New Mexico. Thaniel Lentz is our intern.  The Children's Hour is distributed by Native Voice One: The Native American Radio Network.  © 2024 The Children's Hour Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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The Sun [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Dragons [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Banned Books [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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This time on The Children’s Hour, our summer interns Julia Wolfe and Sophie Anderson-Haynie have co-written and produced a program about Banned Books. They teach us what that means, the history of banning books, and how…
Mom [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Bill Harley [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Whales [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Duration: 59:00
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Duration: 59:00
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The Moon [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:00
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