Curious Explorer

Cameron Pariseau

Curious Explorer is a history and science podcast for all curious kids. Join Miss Cam with her son, Nate, and daughter, Emma, as they travel back in time and across the universe to discover the things every kid wonders about - how the Pilgrams crossed the sea, what's hidden deep inside the pyramids, what is in space, and so much more.

Each episode turns a big topics into a fun, story-filled adventure, with questions to shout out, moments to giggle at, and just the right about of "wait, really?!"It's screen-free learning kids actually ask for - perfect for car rides, quiet time or winding down before bed.

So turn your imaginations ON, explorers. Adventure is calling!

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S3 · E9
September 14 · 10 min
How Golf Was Invented: The Game a King Made Illegal
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. The very first time golf is written down anywhere in history, it is being banned. This one is a special request from Nat — Nate and Emma's dad. Join Miss Cam, Nate, and Emma on the windy sandy coast of Scotland to find out where golf actually came from, and why in 1457 the King of Scotland passed a law making it illegal to play. Discover what the first golf balls were stuffed with, why a ball maker could only finish four of them in a whole day, why the game was banned twice more and still could not be stopped, and how one course in a little Scottish town decided that a round of golf should be eighteen holes — which is why it still is, everywhere in the world, today. Plus the strangest question in the sport: why is a golf ball covered in dents? Turn your imaginations ON!
S3 · E8
September 13 · 12 min
How Sunscreen Was Invented — And What People Did Before
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. What did people do about sunburn before sunscreen existed? This one is a special request for Scottie and her brother Wick, Nate and Emma's beach friends. Join Miss Cam, Nate, and Emma to find out how people protected their skin for thousands of years before anybody could buy a bottle — from olive oil in ancient Greece, to the red clay-and-butter paste of the Himba people of Namibia, to thanaka, the golden bark paste that children in Myanmar have worn for over two thousand years and still wear today. Meet the young climber whose terrible sunburn on a Swiss mountain led to the first real sunscreen, discover that modern sunscreen was invented on a stove in Miami Beach in 1944, see how it's mixed in enormous steel tanks like a giant milkshake, and learn the surprising truth about what sunscreen actually does to sunlight — because it isn't what almost everyone thinks. Turn your imaginations ON!
S3 · E7
September 12 · 10 min
The Secret Life of Flowers: Why They Grow and Why They Smell
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Why do flowers smell so good — and who are they actually trying to impress? This one is for Emma. Join Miss Cam, Nate, and Emma to discover that a flower is not a decoration at all, but a message, and almost none of it is meant for us. Find out how a flower climbs out of a seed no bigger than a crumb, why petals are really a billboard, why some flowers save their perfume for the middle of the night, and how a bee accidentally does the most important job in the garden while trying to get a snack. Meet the corpse flower, taller than a grown-up, that grows six inches a day and smells like rotten meat on purpose. Meet baby sunflowers that follow the sun all day and swing back east while you sleep. And find out what a bee can see on a flower that you never will. Turn your imaginations ON!
S3 · E6
September 12 · 9 min
Erling Haaland: How the Boy from Bryne Became a Goal Machine
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. How did Erling Haaland get SO good? This one is a special request from Nate. Join Miss Cam, Nate, and Emma for the true story of a boy from Bryne, a tiny farming town in Norway, who grew up to break the Premier League scoring record in his very first season. Find out about the day he scored nine goals in a single match — and why he was still annoyed afterwards — plus the world record he set when he was only five years old, the two athlete parents who raised him, and the surprising fact that he spent his childhood playing skiing and handball as well as football. Kids will follow his climb from a second-division Norwegian club all the way to Manchester City and Norway's first World Cup quarter-final ever, in the summer of 2026. And they will find out the strangest thing about being a striker: how little time you actually spend touching the ball. Turn your imaginations ON!
S3 · E5
September 11 · 13 min
The Pink Palace: How the Don CeSar Was Built on Sand
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. There is an eight-story rosy-pink castle standing on a Florida beach — and the story of how it got there is stranger and cleverer than it looks. Join Miss Cam, Nate, and Emma at the Don CeSar, the hotel their family stops at for candy and ice cream. Curious kids will find out how builders in 1924 solved an impossible problem — how do you put an eight-story castle on soft sand without it sinking? — and meet Thomas Rowe, who named the whole thing after Don Cesar — the penniless nobleman from William Vincent Wallace's 1845 opera Maritana, who gets into enormous trouble for defending a boy nobody else would stand up for. Along the way: the movie stars, writers, ballplayers, and at least seven U.S. presidents who have slept there, the famous films shot in its halls, the years it healed soldiers during World War Two, and the day the neighbors refused to let it be knocked down. A true local history adventure right on our own beach. Turn your imaginations ON!
S3 · E4
September 10 · 12 min
Jellyfish and Eagle Rays: Neighbours at Our Beach
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. There is an animal drifting past our beach with no brain, no heart, no bones and no blood — and it has been on this planet since long before the first dinosaur. This one is a special request from Nate and Emma's beach friends Wick and his sister Scottie. Join Miss Cam, Nate, and Emma for a shallow-water adventure with two of the strangest neighbours in the Gulf: the jellyfish and the spotted eagle ray. Curious kids will find out why a jellyfish is ninety-five percent water and isn't a fish at all, how its sting is really thousands of microscopic harpoons that fire all by themselves, why a jellyfish washed up on the sand can still sting you, and why the old playground advice about peeing on a sting is completely, gloriously wrong. Then meet the eagle ray — a ray with a ten-foot wingspan that flaps like a bird, cracks clams like a nutcracker, wears a pattern of white spots as unique as your fingerprint, and leaps clean out of the sea for a reason scientists still cannot explain. Turn your imaginations ON!
S3 · E3
September 9 · 11 min
The Mighty Megalodon: The Biggest Shark That Ever Lived
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. How big was the megalodon, really? This one is a special request from Nate's buddy Ragner, who loves sharks. Join Miss Cam, Nate, and Emma on a dive into the warm, shallow sea that once covered the whole state of Florida, back when a shark the length of two school buses swam right over the spot where we live. Curious kids ages 4–10 will find out why a single megalodon tooth is as big as a grown-up's hand, why baby megalodons were born already up to thirteen feet long, how this shark kept its body warm like ours in a cold ocean, and why you can still walk a Florida beach today and pick up a real piece of the biggest shark that ever lived. Plus the forty thousand teeth one shark went through in a lifetime, and the puzzle that stumps almost everybody: why do we find those teeth everywhere, and almost nothing else? Turn your imaginations ON!
S3 · E2
September 4 · 10 min
Rainbows and Prisms: The Secret Colors Hiding in Sunlight
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Did you know the color white is hiding a secret? Join Miss Cam, Nate, and Emma to discover that plain white sunlight is really a whole rainbow squished together! Curious kids will meet the brilliant scientist Isaac Newton and his magic glass triangle, find out how raindrops act like nature's tiny prisms to paint rainbows across the sky, learn why every rainbow is secretly a full circle and why a double rainbow's colors run backwards, and solve a wonderful mystery: why no one can ever reach the end of a rainbow. Packed with guessing, hand-actions, and "let's-try-it-at-home" science. This one was requested by our friends Megan, Forrest and Henry! Turn your imaginations ON!
S3 · E1
September 4 · 11 min
Story of Our School: Montessori by the Sea
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Today's adventure is a special one — it's the true story of our very own school! Join Miss Cam, Nate, and Emma to discover how Montessori by the Sea came to be, right on Pass-a-Grille Beach overlooking the Gulf of America. Curious kids ages 4–10 will meet Maria Montessori, one of the first women doctors in all of Italy, who over a hundred years ago figured out that children learn best by doing, touching, and choosing — and started the very first "Children's House." Kids will find out how our little school by the beach began, why Maria's face ended up printed on Italy's money, why classrooms mix all different ages together, and what makes learning by the sea so special. This episode is a gift from our family to our Montessori family, with a warm shout-out to the teachers and staff who make that little school by the water feel like home. Turn your imaginations ON!
S2 · E7
September 4 · 6 min
Seven Wonders: The Colosseum: Ancient Rome's Giant Stadium
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Step into the roaring crowds of ancient Rome with Miss Cam, Nate, and Emma to explore the Colosseum — a giant stone stadium built almost two thousand years ago that could hold fifty thousand cheering people. Curious kids ages 4–10 will discover how the Romans could fill and empty this enormous arena in just minutes (with a trick modern stadiums still use), how sailors stretched a giant sunshade over the crowd, and even how they once flooded it for pretend sea battles. A true story of clever engineering and one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Turn your imaginations ON!
S2 · E6
September 4 · 8 min
Seven Wonders: Petra: The Secret City Carved Into a Desert Cliff
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Squeeze through a hidden desert canyon with Miss Cam, Nate, and Emma to discover Petra — an entire city carved straight into rose-red cliffs in the country of Jordan, more than two thousand years ago. Curious kids ages 4–10 will meet the Nabataeans, the clever desert traders who grew fabulously rich from camel caravans, learn why the giant "Treasury" holds no treasure at all, and uncover the genius trick that let thousands of people live in a place where it almost never rains. A true story of cleverness, curiosity, and one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Turn your imaginations ON!
S2 · E5
September 3 · 7 min
Seven Wonders: Machu Pichu, The Inca City in the Clouds
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Climb high into the mountains of Peru with Miss Cam, Nate, and Emma to discover Machu Picchu — a whole city of stone built by the Inca people among the clouds, more than five hundred years ago. Curious kids ages 4–10 will learn how the Inca fit giant stones together so perfectly that you can't slide a piece of paper between them — with no cement at all — and why their walls are still standing after centuries of earthquakes. A true, respectful story celebrating the brilliance of the Inca, whose Quechua descendants still live in those mountains today. One of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Turn your imaginations ON!
S2 · E4
September 3 · 5 min
Seven Wonders: The Taj Mahal: A Palace Built Out of Love
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. In the country of India stands one of the most beautiful buildings ever made — a shimmering white palace called the Taj Mahal. In this episode, Miss Cam, Nate, and Emma discover why an emperor built it, how twenty thousand people and even elephants helped, and its most magical secret: why it seems to change color throughout the day. Curious kids ages 4–10 will learn about symmetry, gleaming marble, and one of the greatest love stories in history — told gently and warmly. One of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Turn your imaginations ON!
S2 · E3
September 1 · 7 min
Seven Wonders: Christ the Redeemer
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. High above the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a giant statue with open arms watches over everyone — and in this episode, Miss Cam, Nate, and Emma climb the mountain to find out how it got there. Curious kids ages 4–10 will discover how builders carried an enormous statue up a steep mountain on a little forest train, why it's covered in six million tiny stone tiles (with a sweet secret hidden inside them), and why its arms are stretched open wide. A true story of teamwork, cleverness, and one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Turn your imaginations ON!
S2 · E2
September 1 · 6 min
Seven Wonders: Chichén Itzá: The Maya Pyramid That's a Giant Calendar
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. In the jungles of Mexico stands a giant stone pyramid built by the brilliant Maya people — and in this episode, Miss Cam, Nate, and Emma discover its amazing secrets. Curious kids ages 4–10 will find out why the pyramid has exactly 365 steps, how a shadow-serpent magically slithers down its staircase twice a year, and why the clever Maya were some of the greatest star-watchers and mathematicians who ever lived. A true, respectful story celebrating the Maya — whose families still live in Mexico and Central America today. One of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Turn your imaginations ON!
S2 · E1
August 25 · 10 min
Seven Wonders: The Great Wall of China
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Miss Cam and Nate go walking on the Great Wall of China — thirteen thousand miles of stone and earth winding across mountains, deserts, and grasslands, built a little at a time over two thousand years. Kids will find out why the Great Wall isn't actually one wall, how Ming dynasty builders glued it together with boiled sticky rice (scientists finally figured out why that works), how guards sent warnings hundreds of miles in a single day using nothing but fire and smoke, and why the famous "you can see it from space" fact is not true at all. Packed with marching, galloping, guessing, and stirring along at home, this is history made for curious kids ages 4-10. First stop in our tour of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Turn your imaginations ON!
S1 · E16
August 24 · 10 min
Episode 16: How Minecraft Was Invented
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Did you know Minecraft was built in about six days — and that creepers were a mistake? Join Miss Cam and Nate for the true story of Markus Persson, a Swedish kid who loved LEGO and the woods, wrote his first computer game at eight years old, and grew up to build a world out of blocks in his spare time after work. Kids will find out what Minecraft was called before it was called Minecraft, why a creature that was supposed to be a pig turned into the game's most famous monster, and how millions of players helped finish a game that was shared before it was done. A true story about tinkering, happy accidents, and letting other people build on your idea, for curious kids ages 4–10. Turn your imaginations ON!
S1 · E15
August 22 · 10 min
Episode 15: How Mario Was Invented
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Why does Mario wear a hat? Why does he have a mustache? And who was the real man named Mario? Join Miss Cam and Nate for the true story of Shigeru Miyamoto — a boy in the Japanese countryside who had no toys and no television, so he made his own puppets and went exploring. One summer he found a cave, and the feeling he had inside it became the feeling in some of the most famous video games ever made. Kids will discover how a company that started out making playing cards, a warehouse full of games nobody wanted, and a screen too small to draw a mouth on all added up to the little jumping character the whole world knows. A true story about curiosity, creativity, and turning problems into ideas, for curious kids ages 4–10. Turn your imaginations ON!
S1 · E14
August 22 · 9 min
Episode 14: Baby Sea Turtles: The Midnight Race to the Ocean
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. How does a sea turtle no bigger than your hand dig itself out of a nest buried deep in the sand — in the dark — and find the ocean all by itself? In this episode, Miss Cam takes explorers to a moonlit beach to watch a mother loggerhead haul herself ashore, dig a nest with her back flippers, and lay around a hundred soft, round eggs before slipping back into the waves. Then we go underground with the hatchlings: the tiny "egg tooth" on their snout, the way warm sand and cool sand decide whether they're boys or girls, and the incredible teamwork it takes to climb out together. Four-year-old Emma asked for this one, and she brought her big brother Nate along for the flipper-run to the sea. Perfect for curious kids ages 4-10 who love animals, oceans, and beaches. Turn your imaginations ON!
S1 · E13
August 20 · 9 min
Episode 13: Buongiorno! A Trip to Italy
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Pack your bags — we're off to Italy! Join Miss Cam and Emma on a whirlwind trip through one of the world's most beautiful countries. Discover why Italy is shaped like a boot, explore the ancient Roman Colosseum, float through the magical canal city of Venice, visit the tower that leans but never falls, and find out which of your favorite foods were born in Italy. Kids even pick up a few Italian words along the way! A fun geography and culture adventure for curious kids ages 4–10. Turn your imaginations ON!

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