Historical Records

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  • Summary

  • Get ready for an explosive fusion of hip-hop and history, tailor-made for music-loving kids and families. From executive producers Questlove and the Story Pirates comes Historical Records, the show that proves that in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Each week, host Nimene, her in-house crew of hilarious historians, and a team of beat-making raccoons broadcast from a top-secret underground bunker where they learn about the unsung heroes of the past by turning their history into hip-hop.

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Episodes
  • Just the Songs: Season 1 Playlist

    Just the Songs: Season 1 Playlist
    Feb 14 2025

    Listen to a playlist of all the songs from season 1 of Historical Records. For lyric sheets and extension activities, visit storypirates.com/historicalrecords

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    49 mins
  • Mitsuye Endo (feat. Anna Suzuki)

    Mitsuye Endo (feat. Anna Suzuki)
    Feb 7 2025

    Season Finale. Nimene makes a brand new hip-hop track with special guest Anna Suzuki about Mitsuye Endo, a Japanese American who took her fight against racism all the way to the Supreme Court, helping to bring about the end of Japanese American internment during World War II.

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    30 mins
  • Samuel Rodney Browne (feat. Kamasi Washington)

    Samuel Rodney Browne (feat. Kamasi Washington)
    Jan 31 2025

    Great musicians aren’t just born knowing how to play their instruments. On today’s episode, Nimene learns about one of the greatest music teachers of all time, jazz musician Samuel Rodney Browne, who broke the color barrier for Black teachers in the secondary schools of Los Angeles. Featuring an interview between modern-day jazz legend Kamasi Washington and a saxophonist in the 6th grade named Elijah.

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    27 mins

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