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Little Mavericks
True stories of real people who did what everyone said was impossible. A big-wave surfer, a scientist, an inventor, an explorer, an artist. Every episode is one maverick's story, told as an adventure for curious kids, and it ends with one big idea worth keeping. Living legends and history's boldest, side by side. Made for ages 6 and up, and the grown-ups listening along. Each episode is written and narrated with AI, then fact-checked and reviewed by a real person before it's published.
Episodes
- Little Mavericks
Hilma af Klint: The Paintings That Waited
Enormous paintings, an unbuilt spiral temple, and an audience that arrived decades later. Meet Hilma af Klint: a Swedish painter who developed a bold language…
Little MavericksHelio Gracie: The Boy Who Was Too Weak to Fight
A sickly boy too weak to train in his family's martial art invents an entirely new way to win, now practiced by millions. A true story about ingenuity.
Little MavericksDolly Parton: The Girl in the Coat of Many Colors
A dirt-poor mountain girl, teased for her patchwork coat, who became herself out loud and now gives free books to millions of children. A true story about…
Little MavericksJose Andres: The Chef Who Runs Toward the Storm
A chef who runs toward hurricanes and earthquakes with a kitchen, feeding millions. A true story about generosity.
Little MavericksTu Youyou: The Scientist Who Read an Ancient Book
When malaria was beating modern medicine, a scientist found the cure in a thousand-year-old book and saved millions. A true story about persistence.
Little MavericksMozart: The Boy Who Heard Whole Symphonies in His Head
A boy who composed by ear at three and wrote down forbidden music from memory, and why the work mattered more than the gift.
Little MavericksSky Brown: The Kid Who Gets Back Up
A thirteen-year-old stands at the top of a giant Olympic ramp, about to drop in. Meet Sky Brown: a kid who taught herself to skate, came back from a…
Little MavericksThe Wright Brothers: The Bicycle-Shop Boys Who Taught the World to Fly
Could a person ever really fly? Two brothers who fixed bicycles for a living decided to find out. Meet Wilbur and Orville Wright: the bicycle-shop brothers who…
Little MavericksWangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted a Forest
One woman kneels in the dry, cracked dirt and plants a single tiny tree. Meet Wangari Maathai: a Kenyan scientist who answered a whole country losing its…
Little MavericksWilliam Kamkwamba: The Boy Who Caught the Wind
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…
Little MavericksKatherine Johnson: The Woman Who Counted the Way to the Stars
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…
Little MavericksThe History of Lego: Ole Kirk and the Brick That Still Clicks
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…
Little MavericksSimone Biles: Brave Enough to Stop
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…
Little MavericksWalt Disney: The Man Who Kept Betting on a Mouse
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…
Little MavericksMary Anning: The Girl Who Dug Up a Lost World
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…
Little MavericksThe History of Cars: Henry Ford and the Wall He Smashed
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…
Little MavericksJustine Dupont: Rider of Giant Waves
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…