Mick Sullivan

The Past And The Curious Live in Chicagoland! March 5, 2025
Saturday, April 5th 2025 11am – 12pmMaze Branch Library – Oak Park845 GUNDERSON AVE., OAK PARK, IL 60304 Join Mick Sullivan for a live program telling stories, sharing music, and performing his newest creation, “The Longest Painting in the World.” If you know Mick, you know he gets excited about history. If you listen to The Past... [keep reading]

International Games: Field of Cloth of Gold and 1904 Marathon July 29, 2024
Episode 95 covers two great stories of international competition: the Field of Cloth of Gold and the 1904 Olympic Marathon.

Episode 89: What Time Is It? February 25, 2024
Daylights Saving Time? Time Zones? How did these things come to be? Why did we think they were a good idea? What do bugs and train crashes have to do with it?

Meatshower Day 2025 Live Reading! February 4, 2024
Monday, March 3rd 2025 – 7pm EST – Link to LiveFeed In honor of the anniversary of the Kentucky Meatshower of 1876, Mick Sullivan of The Past and The Curious will read his book The Meatshower on a Youtube Livestream. Tune in and hang out for a while! This will be the sixth year for... [keep reading]

Fourth Annual Live Reading of The Meatshower on Youtube Live 3/3/23 and 3/4/23 February 16, 2023
In honor of the anniversary of the Kentucky Meatshower of 1876, Mick Sullivan of The Past and The Curious will read his book The Meatshower on a Youtube Livestream. Tune in and hang out for a while! This will be the fourth year for the reading and celebration of the Meatshower. This year there is... [keep reading]

Episode 59: Safety with Books August 30, 2021
The 1939 World's Fair brought a special visitor from England: an original copy of Magna Carta, but with World War II in full swing, America couldn't send it back. So the had to babysit the priceless document, which got more complicated than they expected. ALSO Marie Curie's books will not be safe to touch for another 1500 years, so librarians in Paris have to keep people safe from the documents. Learn about Marie, her discoveries, and plenty more in this episode!

The Meatshower Book! March 22, 2019
UPDATE: The Presale is over, So you can buy it from our publisher Here’s a link to purchase: www.earlyworkspress.com/shop We’re so excited about the release of our new picture book about the day in 1876 when meat fell from the sky! No one knows the answer to why, and that’s a beautiful thing in our... [keep reading]

You Have 30 Seconds! January 12, 2019
Here’s how to create your own “You Have 30 Seconds” segment! We might feature it on the show!

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Episode 103 – Moving Stuff Around February 27, 2025
The Us Camel Corps and "Hi Jolly" and Elisha Otis's elevator

Episode 102: Banneker’s Clock and Pearse’s Plane January 29, 2025
Benjamin Banneker and Richard Pearse

Oceans to Cross with Tori Murden-McClure December 29, 2024
The Story of Tori crossing the ocean in the American Pearl and an interview with the woman herself!

It’s Episode 100! Animal Surprises November 30, 2024
The brilliant horse, Beautiful Jim Key and Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, the museum curator who discovered a living fossil in the waters off South Africa.

Episode 99: Bone War and Ghost Town Rhyolite October 30, 2024
The famous paleontology feud known as the Bone Wars, and the story of Death Valley ghost town Rhyolite. Featuring Will Oldham