Highlights Hangout
Kids & Family Podcasts
Highlights Hangout is a monthly podcast that brings Highlights Magazine, an American icon, to life in a whole new way. This magazine-style show hosted by Tim Kubart and Juanita Andersen offers a unique audio spin on the stories, characters, puzzles, and jokes that millions of kids dive into each month in the pages of Highlights including "Goofus and Gallant", "The Hidden Sound Game" ("Hidden Pictures" with sounds!), and listener submitted jokes, tongue twisters, poems and wow-worthy science questions answered by Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz from "Wow in the World"!
Location:
United States
Genres:
Kids & Family Podcasts
Description:
Highlights Hangout is a monthly podcast that brings Highlights Magazine, an American icon, to life in a whole new way. This magazine-style show hosted by Tim Kubart and Juanita Andersen offers a unique audio spin on the stories, characters, puzzles, and jokes that millions of kids dive into each month in the pages of Highlights including "Goofus and Gallant", "The Hidden Sound Game" ("Hidden Pictures" with sounds!), and listener submitted jokes, tongue twisters, poems and wow-worthy science questions answered by Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz from "Wow in the World"!
Language:
English
Episodes
Heroes and Sanya’s Hope For Children
10/22/2018
October is State of the Kid month at Highlights, and Juanita and Tim are looking up to the kids who called in to answer our big question: Which people do you look up to and why? Also, the Hangout shines a bright "highlight" on Sanya Pirani and her nonprofit, Sanya's Hope for Children. Call 888-5-HANGOUT to record YOUR jokes, songs, and tongue twisters! Or you can answer our next big question: What do YOU do to make a difference in the world? You just might hear your brilliant, creative, and...
Duration:00:06:20
Superpowers and Home is Where the Art Is
10/15/2018
October is State of the Kid month at Highlights, and Juanita and Tim are feeling super about kids' answers to the big question: What kind of superpower would you like to have? Also, the Hangout shines a big "highlight" on teenager Allison Stocks and her nonprofit, Home Is Where The Art Is. Call 888-5-HANGOUT to record YOUR jokes, songs, and tongue twisters! Or you can answer our next big question: What do YOU do to make a difference in the world? You just might hear your brilliant, creative,...
Duration:00:06:12
Supremely Stupendous State of the Kids Survey Celebration
10/8/2018
In this very special episode, Tim and Juanita host the Supremely Stupendous State of the Kid Survey Celebration, inviting kids to share what's in their hearts and on their minds and shining a big "highlight" on one real kid making a difference in the world. Call 888-5-HANGOUT to record YOUR jokes, riddles, tongue twisters, poems, or science questions, and you just might hear yourself in our next Hangout! Or visit HighlightsHangout.com to upload your submissions. Grown-ups can find us on...
Duration:00:15:49
Costume Parade Charades
10/1/2018
After struggling to decide on a costume for their big party, Juanita asks Tim for help. They end up creating costumes out of things from around the house, resulting in a punny game of Costume Parade Charades. And as we kick off the month-long Supremely Stupendous State of the Kid Survey Celebration, kids share the kinds of superpowers they would like to have. This episode also features the Hidden Sound Game, a Wow-worthy science question for Mindy and Guy, and a bedtime routine duet by...
Duration:00:25:56
Puffy Pancakes and Broken Sherlocks
9/24/2018
It's fall in the hangout and another bonus edition is marching this way, with Hangmails from real kid callers featuring jokes about "moosicals" and broken Sherlocks, poems about flowing rivers and imagination, and tongue twisters about puffy pancakes. Call 888-5-HANGOUT to record YOUR, jokes, riddles, tongue twisters, poems, songs, or science questions, and you just might hear yourself in our next Hangout! Or, visit HighlightsHangout.com to upload your submissions to us. And grown-ups can...
Duration:00:04:50
Smart Fish and Confident Roosters
9/17/2018
It's time for another bonus edition and the Hangout is full of Hangmails from real kid callers, with jokes about flea parties and brave roosters, poems about colorful rainbows and a shark named Clark, and riddles about smart fish and a blue house. Call 888-5-HANGOUT to record YOUR, jokes, riddles, tongue twisters, poems, songs, or science questions, and you just might hear yourself in our next Hangout! Or, visit HighlightsHangout.com to upload your submissions to us. And grown-ups can find...
Duration:00:04:43
Pineapple Pizza and Boat Floating Goats
9/10/2018
The Hangout is bursting with Hangmails from real kid callers, with tongue twisters about pineapple pizza, riddles about patient pigs, and poems about boat floating goats! Call 888-5-HANGOUT to record YOUR jokes, riddles, tongue twisters, poems, or science questions, and you just might hear yourself in our next Hangout! Or, visit HighlightsHangout.com to upload your submissions to us. And grown-ups can find us on Facebook @Highlights Hangout, and on both Twitter and Instagram @HighlightsPod.
Duration:00:05:28
Lazy Lizards and Banana Gymnastics
8/27/2018
The Hangout is lighting up with Hangmails from real kid callers, with riddles about banana gymnastics and spinosauruses, tongue twisters about lazy lizards and lollipop loving lobsters, and jokes about talking colors and condiment hairdos! Call 888-5-HANGOUT to record YOUR jokes, riddles, tongue twisters, poems, or science questions, and you just might hear yourself in our next Hangout! Or, visit HighlightsHangout.com to upload your submissions to us. And grown-ups can find us on Facebook...
Duration:00:04:50
Crumby Cookies and Quietly Quilting Queens
8/20/2018
Juanita and Tim are hanging out and listening to the Hangmail from real kid callers, with tongue twisters about ball-bouncing babies and quietly quilting queens, riddles about lumpy camels and crumby cookies, and jokes about sneezes and fresh-mouthed muffins. Call 888-5-HANGOUT to record YOUR jokes, riddles, tongue twisters, poems, or science questions, and you just might hear yourself in our next Hangout! And find us on Facebook @Highlights Hangout, on Twitter and Instagram @HighlightsPod.
Duration:00:04:56
Sad Tacos and Tick-tocking Werewolves
8/13/2018
Juanita and Tim can't wait to share the Hangmail from real kid callers, with jokes about sad tacos and drizzly bears, poems about living long and loving nature, and riddles about big ants and tick-tocking werewolves. Call 888-5-HANGOUT to record YOUR jokes, riddles, tongue twisters, poems, or science questions, and you just might hear yourself in our next Hangout! And find us on Facebook @Highlights Hangout, on Twitter and Instagram @HighlightsPod.
Duration:00:04:54
Space-Alien Listening Lab!
8/6/2018
In "Space-Alien Listening Lab," Tim is helping Juanita learn to play guitar in the Hangout when new friends Zatz and Zurkle™ arrive. These space-alien visitors are seeking sounds, and they've come looking for Tim and Juanita's music—along with other audio specimens—to take back to their home planet. Of course, as they work on the songs, interruptions abound! First, there's a visit from Goofus and Gallant™, who swing by to sing about helping with a community cleanup. Then, they hear from...
Duration:00:27:55
Smitten Kittens and Untrustworthy Atoms
7/30/2018
In the latest Bonus Hangout, Juanita and Tim are loving the Hangmail from real kid callers, with jokes about freezing ants and untrustworthy atoms, poems about puppies and smitten kittens, and riddles about writing utensils and an elephant on rollerblades. Call 888-5-HANGOUT to record YOUR jokes, riddles, tongue twisters, poems, or science questions, and you just might hear yourself in our next Hangout!
Duration:00:04:51
Zigzagging Zebras and Disorganized Cats
7/23/2018
In this summer Bonus Hangout, Juanita and Tim catch the Hangmail from real kid callers, with tongue twisters about zigzagging zebras and silly serpants, jokes about disorganized cats and tuning a tunafish, and riddles about baby aliens and a zombie in a tuxedo. → Call 888-5-Hangout to record your jokes, riddles, tongue twisters, poems, and Wow worthy questions! ←
Duration:00:05:10
A Bird Thief and a Movie Watching Cow
7/16/2018
In this summer Bonus Hangout, Juanita and Tim cool off and open up the Hangmail from real kid callers, with poems about fat cats and summer at the beach, riddles about letters and tall stories, tongue twisters about funny flamingoes and wood chucking wood chucks, and jokes about a bird thief and a movie watching cow. → Call 888-5-Hangout to record your jokes, riddles, tongue twisters, poems, and Wow worthy questions! ←
Duration:00:04:57
Three Pizzas and a Burping Bunny
7/9/2018
In our first Bonus Hangout, Juanita and Tim can't wait to share the Hangmail from real kid callers, with jokes about cool colors and bunny burps, tongue twisters about chaotic cats and rainbow roping rhinos, and answers to Juanita’s riddle from Highlights Hangout: Hang 10. → Call 888-5-Hangout to record your jokes, riddles, tongue twisters, poems, and Wow worthy questions! ←
Duration:00:05:18
I Spy the Sky!
7/2/2018
In "I Spy the Sky," Tim and Juanita are back in the Hangout, and this time, Goofus and Gallant™ send our hosts and Paws the dog on an "I Spy the Sky Scavenger Hunt," where they follow clues leading to a meteor-shower party. This episode also features a Paws and Think adventure to a fish market where we meet Lulu the Lobsterwoman; a campfire song with Goofus and Gallant; a "My Sci with Mindy and Guy" segment where they answer a wow-worthy question about hiccups; and the Hidden Sound game, our...
Duration:00:21:35
Hang 10!
6/3/2018
Tim and Juanita put the finishing touches on the Hangout and introduce listeners to a new way to play. They reveal the Hidden Sound, a new sonic twist on the classic Highlights’ Hidden Picture Game, and invite listeners to listen for, identify, and count up the Hidden Sound throughout the show. They receive some HangMail for Arizona who answers one of life's big questions in the narrative-driven soundscaped story, Ask Arizona. After a quick poem from a kid, Tim and Juanita head to an...
Duration:00:30:35
Welcome to Highlights Hangout
5/25/2018
On June 4, 2018 the doors to the Hangout will officially open! Join hosts Tim Kubart and Juanita Andersen in this new monthly podcast that brings Highlights Magazine, an American icon, to life in a whole new way. This magazine-style show offers a unique audio spin on the stories, characters, puzzles, and jokes that millions of kids dive into each month in the pages of Highlights including "Goofus and Gallant", "The Hidden Sound Game" ("Hidden Pictures" with sounds!), and listener submitted...
Duration:00:02:39