Episodes

  • William Kamkwamba: The Boy Who Caught the Wind

    William Kamkwamba: The Boy Who Caught the Wind
    Jun 29 2026
    High on a tower of scrap metal, a fourteen-year-old touches two wires together and pulls electricity out of the wind. Meet William Kamkwamba: a boy in Malawi who taught himself from library books to build a windmill out of junk and light up his village. The big idea: you don't need money or permission, just a question you can't stop asking and the nerve to build. A true story for curious kids, ages 6 and up. Part of Little Mavericks.
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    9 mins
  • Katherine Johnson: The Woman Who Counted the Way to the Stars

    Katherine Johnson: The Woman Who Counted the Way to the Stars
    Jun 25 2026
    With the whole world watching, an astronaut refuses to fly until one woman checks the math by hand. Meet Katherine Johnson: the girl who counted everything and grew up to do the math that sent astronauts around the Earth and all the way to the Moon. The big idea: stay curious, and get so good at what you love that they cannot do it without you. A true story for curious kids, ages 6 and up. Part of Little Mavericks.
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    8 mins
  • The History of Lego: Ole Kirk and the Brick That Still Clicks

    The History of Lego: Ole Kirk and the Brick That Still Clicks
    Jun 22 2026
    A Lego brick made today still snaps perfectly onto one made more than sixty years ago. Meet Ole Kirk Christiansen: a Danish carpenter who lost his workshop to fire more than once, and lived by one rule, only the best is good enough. The big idea: care enough to make a thing exactly right, and what you build can last for lifetimes. A true story for curious kids, ages 6 and up. Part of Little Mavericks.
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    9 mins
  • Simone Biles: Brave Enough to Stop

    Simone Biles: Brave Enough to Stop
    Jun 18 2026
    With the whole world watching and gold on the line, the greatest gymnast alive chooses to stop. Meet Simone Biles: the tiny girl from a hard start who became the most decorated gymnast in history, and showed the world a braver kind of strong. The big idea: sometimes the bravest thing is to stop and take care of yourself. A true story for curious kids, ages 6 and up. Part of Little Mavericks.
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    8 mins
  • Walt Disney: The Man Who Kept Betting on a Mouse

    Walt Disney: The Man Who Kept Betting on a Mouse
    Jun 15 2026
    A young man is fired from a newspaper for "having no imagination." Meet Walt Disney: the boy who delivered papers in the freezing dark and grew up to gamble everything on a mouse, on sound, and on the first full-length cartoon the world had ever seen. The big idea: imagination, plus the courage to keep going, can outlast you for a hundred years. A true story for curious kids, ages 6 and up. Part of Little Mavericks.
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    13 mins
  • Mary Anning: The Girl Who Dug Up a Lost World

    Mary Anning: The Girl Who Dug Up a Lost World
    Jun 3 2026
    A girl your age, alone on a storm-lashed cliff with a small hammer, starts digging a monster out of the rock. Meet Mary Anning: a poor girl in seaside England who taught herself to read the cliffs, pulled giant sea-dragons out of the stone, and helped prove there was a whole lost ancient world. The big idea: you do not have to be rich, or grown up, or anybody's favorite to discover something true. You just have to look harder than everyone else. A true story for curious kids, ages 6 and up. Part of Little Mavericks.
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    9 mins
  • The History of Cars: Henry Ford and the Wall He Smashed

    The History of Cars: Henry Ford and the Wall He Smashed
    Jun 1 2026
    It's the middle of the night, and a young man has just finished building his very first car, only to find it's too big to fit through the door of his workshop. Meet Henry Ford, a farm boy obsessed with machines who didn't invent the car but figured out how to build one that almost everyone could afford. The big idea: a giant job becomes possible when you break it into small, simple steps. And an idea you can share with the whole world is how you change it. A true story for curious kids, ages 6 and up. Part of Little Mavericks.
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    9 mins
  • Justine Dupont: Rider of Giant Waves

    Justine Dupont: Rider of Giant Waves
    May 31 2026
    Off the coast of Portugal, a wall of water taller than a building comes roaring in, and instead of running, she rides it. Meet Justine Dupont, a girl from the French coast who became one of the best big-wave surfers in the world, in a sport almost everyone said wasn't for women. The big idea: courage isn't the absence of fear. It's the preparation that lets you act anyway. A true story for curious kids, ages 6 and up. Part of Little Mavericks.
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    9 mins