Let's Rewind! - Heroes Who Changed Everything - Little Thinkers!

Step into a steamy Annapolis workshop and meet Benjamin Bradley, the brilliant young inventor who built a working steam engine while enslaved at the U.S. Naval Academy! This episode is full of invention, bravery, and the strange unfair laws that tried to hide his achievement. Perfect for curious minds who love machines, history, and real-life heroes. Ben & Pia guide the adventure with excitement a...

Explore the amazing life of Johannes Kepler in this WOW-Story full of mystery, math, and courage! Join Ben & Pia as they take you from a small German town to candlelit observatories and courtroom battles. This episode shows how a short-sighted boy followed a tiny error in the sky and discovered that planets move in ellipses. It's a mix of science, adventure, and a son who defends his mother agains...

Travel back to ancient Greece for an AMAZING and slightly mysterious adventure! Join Ben & Pia as they tell the story of Pythagoras: a brilliant thinker who taught a powerful rule about right triangles and a surprising rule about beans that became part of his legend. This episode mixes math discovery, secret clubs, and a dramatic moment in a bean field — told gently and with wonder. Historical Fun...

Dive into an unbelievable space rescue: the Hubble Space Telescope launched with a tiny mirror mistake and astronauts performed a daring repair in orbit! This story is perfect for young explorers — it mixes science, teamwork, and a real-life mystery solved by clever engineering. Follow the journey from launch day confusion to the thrilling spacewalks that fixed the telescope and changed astronomy...

Step into the world of Galen, the bold doctor who learned medicine in gladiator arenas and taught emperors! This MEGA exciting WOW-Story follows his curious experiments, careful notes, and unforgettable lessons that changed how people thought about the body. What makes this story special for young explorers: gentle experiments, ancient scrolls, oil lamps, and a doctor who loved proving ideas with...

Join Ben & Pia on a gentle but MEGA exciting journey into the life of Rachel Carson and her book Silent Spring! This episode tells how a curious naturalist and careful scientist noticed birds and rivers growing quiet, gathered evidence, and used words to spark a new way of thinking about nature and chemicals. It's full of wonder, science, and brave choices — perfect for young explorers who love my...

Step into a quiet hospital in 1929 and meet Werner Forssmann, the brave young doctor who walked through the halls with a thin tube to prove a daring idea! This MEGA exciting historical adventure shows how one careful experiment changed medicine and opened a safe path to the heart. What makes this story special for young explorers? It mixes smart science, everyday courage, and the calm choices that...

Join Ben & Pia on a sparkling scientific adventure about Rosalind Franklin, the hidden hero whose careful X-ray photos helped reveal the double helix! This kid-friendly true story follows a quiet darkroom in 1950s London, a glowing photograph called Photo 51, and the steady, careful work that changed how we see life itself. Perfect for curious young minds who love mysteries, science, and real peop...

Meet Otis Boykin — the quiet inventor whose small, steady parts helped machines and hearts keep their promise! This MEGA exciting, CRAZY but TRUE story follows Otis from a warm kitchen radio in Dallas to busy labs in Chicago and even workshops in Paris. Perfect for curious listeners, it shows how patient tests, neat notebooks, and tiny inventions can change lives. Historical Fun Fact: Otis Boykin...

Meet Shakuntala Devi, the incredible human computer from India — a true WOW-story of numbers, courage, and wonder! This episode takes you from noisy circus tents to huge university halls where a quiet woman in a sari solved giant math problems faster than room-sized machines. Perfect for curious young minds who love mystery, adventure, and amazing facts about real people! Historical Fun Fact: Shak...

Join a MEGA exciting adventure into the life of Louis Pasteur and the secret that saved milk! This episode tells the unbelievable true story of a gentle scientist whose careful tests and warm ideas stopped spoiled milk from making people sick. Perfect for curious listeners who love lab flasks, farm mornings, and brave thinking. Ben & Pia welcome you on this calm, thrilling journey through labs, fa...

The incredible true story of Mansa Musa - the richest emperor in history who amazed Cairo with his golden caravan! Historical Fun Fact: Mansa Musa gave away so much gold in Cairo that it changed the city's prices for over 10 years! Did you know that Mansa Musa's caravan had 60,000 people and 80 camels carrying gold? His journey helped make Timbuktu a famous center of learning! Ben & Pia take y...

Dive into the incredible story of Charles Henry Turner — a brave scientist who listened to bees and revealed secrets about tiny minds! This episode brings a MEGA exciting mix of science, patience, and discovery perfect for curious listeners. Watch how simple tools like cardboard cards, jars, and a schoolyard table became the lab for UNBELIEVABLE experiments about color, memory, and time. Historica...

Join Ben & Pia for an unbelievable journey to the frozen top of the world! This episode tells the inspiring story of Matthew Henson, a boy from Maryland who learned the sea, then learned the skills of the Arctic, teamed up with Inuit experts, and helped lead a daring push toward what they believed was the North Pole. Perfect for young explorers who love maps, dogs, and real-life teamwork! Historic...

Travel back to ancient Alexandria in an AMAZING adventure with Ben & Pia! Join a patient librarian named Eratosthenes as he uses sunlight, a simple stick, and a well to measure the size of our whole planet. This WOW-Story shows how curiosity and careful notes can solve HUGE mysteries without ships or telescopes. What makes this story special: a real science experiment from 2,200 years ago, a royal...

Meet Jagadish Chandra Bose — a gentle genius who made invisible waves ring a bell and taught us how plants whisper back! This episode is a MEGA exciting adventure through smoky labs, buzzing coils, curious instruments, and gardens where leaves write their own stories. Perfect for young explorers who love science, invention, and brave choices. Hosted by Ben & Pia, who guide you through Bose’s disco...

Step into a glowing 15th-century workshop and meet Johannes Gutenberg in an unbelievable tale of invention and hope! This episode of Lets Rewind brings a lively, gentle adventure perfect for curious 7-13 year olds — stained fingers, bubbling ink, tiny metal letters, and a giant wooden press that changed the world. Ben & Pia guide you through sparks, mistakes, teamwork, and the very first movable t...

Join Ben & Pia on a MEGA exciting journey inside NASA's Langley lab to meet Mary W. Jackson — from human computer to NASA's first Black female engineer! This episode turns real science into an adventure: roaring wind tunnels, late-night study lamps, courtroom courage, and a life spent opening doors for others. Perfect for curious minds who love history, science, and inspiring heroes. Historical Fu...

Meet Al-Biruni in a MEGA exciting historical adventure! In this episode of Lets Rewind we follow a curious scholar who learned new languages, climbed a rocky summit, and used simple tools and clever math to measure the size of the Earth. Why this story is special: It's a calm, inspiring tale about curiosity, respect, and how careful observation and clear steps can reveal BIG secrets about our worl...

Join Ben & Pia on an amazing Lets Rewind! adventure about Milton Hershey — a boy from Pennsylvania who fails again and again and then builds chocolate for the people and a whole town around it! This story is full of hope, clever inventions, and big choices. Kids will love the candy-making machines and the idea of turning mistakes into something amazing. Teens and grown-ups will spot the hard decis...

The incredible true story of Dr. Charles Drew - the brilliant doctor who invented modern blood banks and saved countless lives! Historical Fun Fact: Dr. Drew discovered that plasma (the clear part of blood) could be stored much longer than whole blood, revolutionizing emergency medicine! Did you know that Charles Drew's blood banking methods helped save thousands of soldiers during World War II an...

A vivid true story of curiosity, burrs, and the invention that stuck with the world! Join Ben & Pia as they explore how a Swiss engineer's walk in 1941 led to an invention used in hospitals, space, sports, and everyday life. This episode shows how careful observation, playful experiments, and clever machines turned a tiny seed into hook-and-loop fasteners that changed how we close things. Perfect...

Join Ben & Pia on a warm, thrilling journey from sawdust to snapping studs! This episode tells the true story of Ole Kirk Christiansen, a Danish carpenter who rebuilt after fires, learned new crafts, and — with his son Godtfred — helped create the LEGO brick we know today. Expect cozy workshop scenes, brave choices, and the clever moment when the stud-and-tube system clicked into place. Historical...

Join Ben & Pia on an incredible Lets Rewind! adventure about Bessie Coleman — the brave woman who flew past unfair rules and became the FIRST Black woman to earn an international pilot license! This story is full of daring flights, old wooden planes, French airfields, and the bright hope of a girl who wanted to touch the sky. Perfect for curious young minds who love history, heroes, and real-life...

Join Ben & Pia as we rewind to the real-life adventure of Temple Grandin, a brilliant inventor who used picture-thinking to make animals safer and calmer. This episode shows how a picture-thinking mind turned quiet observations into clever designs like curved cattle chutes and the famous squeeze machine. It's a warm, brave, and science-filled story that inspires curiosity and kindness. Historical...