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

Mick Sullivan

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Art Spies and Underwater Toilets

11/30/2025 • 31 min

Two fascinating stories from World War II. One is about Rose Valland, a French woman who worked as a spy in Nazi-occupied Paris. Her bravery saved thousands of works of art, many of which were returned to the families who originally owned them. Secondly, the story of German U-boat U-1206 is a doozy. The new toilet onboard was confounding, and it got the the be… Play episode

Moving Water
Kids Listen Big Emotions
Halloween Special: Twain's Ouija Novel
Very Hairy
Handwritten
Lost Bones
Mountains To Climb
Electric Kids
Good Things to Eat
One Year, Two Hoaxes
Moving Stuff Around - Hi Jolly and Elisha Otis
Banneker's Clock and Pearse's Plane
Oceans to Cross with Tori Murden-McClure
Animal Surprises
Bone Wars and The Ghost Town Rhyolite
A Very Special Desk - an Election Season Special Episode
Microscopes and Telescopes
I Scream for Ice Cream
No Chill - Pioneers in Ice
International Games: Field of Cloth of Gold and Olympic Marathon
Park People
Bad Milk
Donuts and Cheese
Librarians!
The Meatshower Part Two (Electric Burgoo)
What Time Is It?
Forten and Frank
Potatoes and Rocks
Walt and Dr. Mary
Listen Now: ‘Tis The Grinch Holiday Talk Show
In A Cave
Walkin' (Part Two)
Walkin' (Part One)
Rail Tales
Obelisks: Tall and Sometimes Stinky
The Power of Plants
Stars Fell
Imperfect Pitch
Strange Place for a Steamboat
Wright Brothers and Sister and a Smithsonian Spat
Underwear Roundup with Benedict Arnold, Abram Spanel and the Playtex Space…
Underwear Chronicles Fourteen: Al Capone
Eggs!
Video Games!
Underwear Chronicles Thirteen Garrett Morgan
Rufus vs. Poe
Underwear Chronicles Twelve: Buzz Aldrin
Episode 71: Houdini and Grandma Moses
Underwear Chronicles Eleven: John Wesley Powell

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