Episode 47 Featuring Ishi and Intelligence

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:34:41 +0000

HOBBES HOUSE features stories from ancient mythology as told by TV actress, Valerie Harper. In this episode we hear the tale of Daedalus and the Minotaur… Dad hates having sweets around the house – because he eats them all… TUCKER JONES is charged with the task of finding the culprit who replaced valuable Mickey Mouse ears with cheap imitations…On POWER-UP Jessica relates the pride in completing a task that doesn’t need to be re-done… NATURAL WONDER: They are some of the biggest, most intelligent animals that have ever lived on earth, yet humans continue to hunt them down… On BOOM Radio, Devin the Duff weighs in on the effectiveness of strikes in professional sports… SOUNDS: Hmmm…what is it about the random sounds of popcorn popping… Ishi’s relatives on the Pacific Coast were killed off one by one until he was alone in the wild. For three years he roamed the forest, afraid to start a fire or make a sound that might bring the enemy. Josie goes back in time to hear first-hand the tale of famed Native American, Ishi.

Episode 43 Featuring Jim Thorpe and Wild Places

admin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:18:20 +0000

Mom gets all excited about going shopping. But when she gets there, she freaks out… Caroline goes back to 1928 to speak to Native American athlete Jim Thorpe. How good was he? Well, All-American in football, decathlon gold medal winner in the 1912 Olympics, and then he also played major league baseball… In this episode’s Power-Up, Natalie discovers the power of an introduction… When Tucker Jones is asked to look in on a friend’s grandmother, he stumbles onto the lukewarm trail of a foiled robbery….Caroline has an ingenious idea about converting freeway trash to freeway cash on BOOM Radio… Considering the fact that some folks actually wanted to turn the Grand Canyon into a landfill, Hayley and the King of Complicated Stuff consider the value of wild places… Natalie portrays the wondrous, scandalous, mischievous hermit crab in this episode’s Natural Wonder.

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Episode 47 Featuring Ishi and Intelligence

Episode 43 Featuring Jim Thorpe and Wild Places