Little Mavericks

Little Mavericks
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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.

  1. 4d ago

    Jose 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.

    Jose Andres: The Chef Who Runs Toward the Storm

  2. Jul 16

    Tu 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.

    Tu Youyou: The Scientist Who Read an Ancient Book

  3. Jul 13

    Mozart: 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.

    Mozart: The Boy Who Heard Whole Symphonies in His Head

  4. Jul 9

    Sky 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 frightening fall, and won an Olympic medal at thirteen. The big idea: everybody falls, and that part is not the scary part. The brave part is getting back up. A true story for curious kids, ages 6 and up. Part of Little Mavericks.

    Sky Brown: The Kid Who Gets Back Up

  5. Jul 6

    The 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 asked a smarter question than everyone else and made the first flight in history. The big idea: ask a better question, then test and fail and fix until it flies. A true story for curious kids, ages 6 and up. Part of Little Mavericks.

    The Wright Brothers: The Bicycle-Shop Boys Who Taught the World to Fly

  6. Jul 2

    Wangari 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 forests by teaching village women to plant trees, one at a time, until there were more than forty million. The big idea: you don't have to fix the whole forest by yourself, you just have to plant your one tree. Be the hummingbird. A true story for curious kids, ages 6 and up. Part of Little Mavericks.

    Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted a Forest

  7. Jun 29

    William 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 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.

    William Kamkwamba: The Boy Who Caught the Wind

  8. Jun 25

    Katherine 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 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.

    Katherine Johnson: The Woman Who Counted the Way to the Stars
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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.

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  • Creator
    Little Mavericks
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    14
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Little Mavericks