Forever Ago

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  • Brains On presents Forever Ago®, a history show for the whole family! Every episode looks into the surprising and fascinating history of things we think are ordinary, but they’re not -- like ice cream flavors, video games, baths and more. We make learning about the past fun while teaching listeners to think critically about history.
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  • Smarty Pass Sneak Peek: Ragin’ road trip

    Smarty Pass Sneak Peek: Ragin’ road trip
    Aug 19 2024

    Joy and Anna are amped to go on a fun road trip! And with a garage full of transportation options nothing is gonna stop them from hitting the road. Grab your smarty pass to see what they use for their ragin road trip!
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    2 mins
  • Banjos Pt. 2: Bluegrass, Beyoncé and Beyond

    Banjos Pt. 2: Bluegrass, Beyoncé and Beyond
    Jul 24 2024

    We’re back with part two of our string-tastic story of the banjo! In the last episode, musician Rhiannon Giddens helped tell the origin story of the banjo, an instrument many think of as American. But it actually comes from Africa.

    Today, we’re focusing on how the banjo went from an instrument played mostly by enslaved people to one of the most popular instruments in the United States. The reason for this was a popular form of entertainment in the mid to late 1800s called minstrel shows. Later on, the banjo helped create the genre known as bluegrass. Now it's having a resurgence thanks to artists like Beyoncé.

    Featured expert: Rhiannon Giddens is a Grammy Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning singer and instrumentalist. You can check out her website here!
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    25 mins
  • Smarty Pass Sneak Peek: Olympic History

    Smarty Pass Sneak Peek: Olympic History
    Jul 22 2024

    This summer it’s the 2024 Olympic games! In honor of this sporty season, Forever Ago host Joy Dolo quizzes producers Rosie duPont and Anna Weggel all about Olympic games of the past.
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    1 min
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Omg this is GREAT

I love this podcast you have to make more PLEASE my favorite is temple breaker-inner you are AWESOME also can you do a history of manatees?

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it was great. 👍👍👌👌

this pod cast is great. my favorite episode is the Rubik's cube episode because I know how to solve one.

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Such an important story and so cool!

So funny that they spent the episode in a "black hole"! Ha ha 😂

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The best

Can it pls come back it is so good please come back forever ago .


Have a good day.

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THE GREATEST PODCAST IN THE WORLD!!!💪👍🤞👍😄😄❤

I love this podcast ❤️ history is so good😀 you should definitely listen to this if you want to know about history📚 there's nothing better than listening to forever ago. I listen to this at breakfast with my brother while eating 🥞. What's better than listening to forever ago? Answer: nothing.👍💪👍

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Joy you bring me joy

I love your podcast and was so happy when “Way to Play” came out and just would be so sad if you stopped making episodes. This is me if you stop making episodes: 😭😭😭😭😭 So do not stop making episodes please? 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 Thanks!

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amazing

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I loveee it❤️

Joy is hilarious. Its such a great history podcast. Highly recommend.
It has taught me so much. Great for the family. Me and my mom love it🥰

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Actual Factual Facts!

I learned so much! Please could you do a Forever Ago episode on the history of Pokémon?

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Amazing show!

It’s a great podcast. Great performance, great story, and overall, a very great podcast. I wish that you could do an episode on how life began.

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