PODCAST · kids
OK Let’s Learn
by Kevin OKeefe
OK, Let’s Learn about books, stories, people, and tons of different topics. This is a podcast for adults and children. There’s always something new to learn.
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Charles Steinmetz- The Electricity Wizard
OK Let’s Learn all about the life of Charles Steinmetz- the mathematical genius behind the development of electricity. Only 4 feet tall he was a giant of a man who has been unfortunately lost to history to many Americans.OK Lets Learn YouTube channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=H6rP1W3rYsB7ORtBOK Let's Learn Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1AZxyPn5Ba/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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The Story of Jamestown
The entire story of the first permanent English settlement in the new world. Everything is here in one episode from the first journey in 1606 to its huge success exporting tobacco by 1619.OK Let’s Learn Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/18upJ6pA1G/?mibextid=wwXIfrOK Let’s Learn YouTube Channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=w4x6Y-IH-bIj9RWfReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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The Lost Colony of Roanoke
OK Let’s Learn about the first attempt for an English settlement in the new world. It wasn’t a failure, it was a debacle. Learn why England was late colonizing the new world and why the settlers in Roanoke, North Carolina just disappeared. OK Let’s Learn Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1C4chEHaWw/?mibextid=wwXIfrOK Let’s Learn YouTube Channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=2MHauIw2QJhmFuVNReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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Every Living Thing, Retired
OK Let’s talk about the short story Retired in the short story anthology Every Living Thing by Cynthia Rylant. OK Let’s Learn Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1Cdz92Xp7E/?mibextid=wwXIfrOK Let’s Learn YouTube Channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=UzOp5rDJgiMJTtAsReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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All About Nutrients and a Well Balanced Diet
OK Let’s Learn all about our 6 body nutrients and how they impact a well balanced diet.OK Let’s Learn YouTube Channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=Qa_67EahNQFenjqFOK Let’s Learn Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/share/17hgJY9VHR/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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All About Our Skin
Everything you always wanted to know about our skin from A- Z.OK Let’s Learn Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/share/14dfzC4aWMq/?mibextid=wwXIfrOK Let’s Learn YouTube Channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=Fdwm-ygvw9RI22AfReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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May’s Top 20 Moments
OK Let’s countdown the 20 most memorable moments in May.OK Let’s Learn Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1JEDCEBYoH/?mibextid=wwXIfrOK Let’s Learn YouTube Channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=UDVHt1kwy74G-l5wReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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The Digestive System
Here is everything you always wanted to know about the digestive system from A-to-Z. It’s an amazing journey that we all take for granted. OK Let’s Learn Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1G6Zv26AbW/?mibextid=wwXIfrOK Let’s Learn YouTube Page:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=7_2vOEN7H6WYlAzpReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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The 11 Human Body Systems
OK Let’s Learn how our body is organized and how each part does it’s own job and works together to make the best machine ever invented. But- is it 11 body systems or is it 12?OK Let’s Learn Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1Azkqyic5i/?mibextid=wwXIfrOK Let’s Learn YouTube Channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=EHlUrJd3KCotJphrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek and his Microscope
One day this man using his tiny microscope looked at some water from a pond. What he saw no human had ever seen before. OK Let’s Learn all about the father of microbiology and the tiny creatures he discovered that changed humanity forever.OK Let’s Learn Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1E8JAfHeHx/?mibextid=wwXIfrOK Let’s Learn YouTube Channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=SGev9anruKSwJWyxReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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The Sciatic Nerve
OK Let’s Learn all about the Sciatic Nerve- what it is, what it does, why it’s important and what can happen if it becomes irritated. OK Let’s Learn Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1CR9WdAfsv/?mibextid=wwXIfrOK Let’s Learn YouTube Channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=gw9eWYHyszQ2ehRsReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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All About Zinc
In science they call it a mineral. In our body it’s called a nutrient. OK Let’s Learn all about zinc - how we use it and why it’s important in our body.OK Let’s Learn Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/share/1BQyS57swd/?mibextid=wwXIfrOK Let’s Learn YouTube Channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=7VlhKgsAvP77wxIfReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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All About Canadian Geese
Everything you want to know about these geese that invade our parks, swim in our lakes, make noise, and migrate each year. OK Let’s Learn Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/share/18aoNpPfQJ/?mibextid=wwXIfrOK Let’s Learn YouTube Channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=PTgS5RqeIVErdg80Reach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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All About Oregano
Everything you need to know about the herb Oregano- it’s history, origins, uses and popularity today. OK Let’s Learn Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/18MXFSvwXX/?mibextid=wwXIfrOK Let’s Learn YouTube Channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=eLKyD4x9wi34yQTFReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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The Red Fox
OK Let’s Learn all about the red fox- everything you wanted to know about the most popular and widespread fox in the world.OK Let’s Learn YouTube Channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=2o2_9mUeoO5KeaZpOK Let’s Learn Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/14iLWYdu6q4/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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The Great Blue Heron
OK Let’s Learn everything about this tall graceful bird who lives near streams, lakes and brooks. OK Let’s Learn Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/18be11HPWF/?mibextid=wwXIfrOK Let’s Learn YouTube channel :https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=6TwQrxZRq8E300ObReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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Clara Barton
OK Let’s Learn all about the extraordinary life of “The Angel of the Battlefield”. This woman ran to help soldiers wounded during the US Civil War and later started the American Red Cross.OK Let’s Learn Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1CEcSuGfXT/?mibextid=wwXIfrOK Let’s Learn YouTube Channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=DB8uM6FS71mUfZ-MReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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All About Oil
Everything you wanted to know about Oil- it’s history, how it turns into gasoline and how it has become so important in our world today.OK Let’s Learn Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1AYrqNG5w4/?mibextid=wwXIfrOK Let’s Learn YouTube Channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=qv8I153UMtTKLtuRReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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Every Living Thing, A Bad Road for Cats
Book 7 Episode 2- an analysis of the short story A Bad Road for Cats in the book Every Living Thing by Cynthia Rylant. OK Lets Learn YouTube Channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=G5cRY4XjARK8ULFIOK Let’s Learn Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1GSJkzLNqv/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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The Battle of Antietam
It was September 17, 1862 near a creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland that the U.S. Civil War continued in one of the worst single days in the history of the USA. OK Lets Learn all about this fateful day.OK Let’s Learn Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1BLdCYYmRv/?mibextid=wwXIfrOK Let’s Learn YouTube Channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=4BHnXhTPIJVESWGfReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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April’s Top 20 Moments
OK Let’s Learn all about April’s Top 20 Moments in history.OK Let’s Learn YouTube Channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=-57hz0bxGeLxtr-HOK Let’s Learn Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/share/17ui4diJbu/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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The Battle of Shiloh
On April 6 & 7 in 1862 this battle known in the South as The Battle of Pittsburg Landing in the U.S. Civil War was fought. It began the North’s control of the west and introduced to the country a new general who was willing to fight- Ulysses S. Grant.OK Let’s Learn YouTube Channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=_PTvVAieQyKPnJtOOK Let’s Learn Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1CMFVaPuSP/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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The First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
This is the story of the first battle on land between soldiers from the North and South in the U.S. Civil War. It was fought over 10 hours in the town of Manassas near a creek called Bull Run. OK Let’s Learn all about this fateful day- July 21, 1861.OK Let’s Learn YouTube Channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=2JcvuHejT8TNDlcOOK Let’s Learn Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/17EmP9VGyE/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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The Battle of Fort Sumter- The U.S. Civil War Begins
Here in less than 30 minutes learn all about how the Civil War began. It’s an amazing story of courage, mistakes and the two men that faced off against each other? They were former friends. OK Let’s Learn YouTube Channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=nhH8kkRpSGU0Ki15OK Let’s Learn Facebook group:https://www.facebook.com/share/1EJW5MMhxN/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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Every Living Thing, Book 7 Episode 1. The Stray.
We offer commentary on the short story compilation Every Living Thing by Cynthia Rylant. This episode discusses the story “The Stray” on pages 42-47.Reach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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The Gettysburg Address
Delivered by Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863, we dive into all the details on possibly the greatest speech ever delivered.OK Let’s Learn You Tube Channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=TKprtJW_FIWqiavPOK Let’s Learn Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/14S8esnZyVj/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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All About Glass
Everything about glass! It’s more than just sand. It so important in the world we live in from the internet to telescopes to windows and reading glasses. OK Let’s Learn about glass.OK Let’s Learn You Tube channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=Pjh-JTZSSMSPMCI5OK Let’s Learn Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1GVpvivsk6/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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Abraham Lincoln: Before the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln’s life in 30 minutes, focusing on his years before the Civil War. Really- how could one man have the courage, smarts and will power to keep our country together? His character was developed over many years before his presidency and we were lucky that he was elected in 1860.OK Let’s Learn Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1BVZJFoTRv/?mibextid=wwXIfrOK Let’s Learn You Tube Channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=CS3QdC1Wods6nIbhReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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Harriet Tubman
The extraordinary life of Harriet Tubman. She was born a slave, escaped and became free in the North, yet she continually returned to the South to help free more enslaved people via the Underground Railroad. OK Let’s Learn all about her incredible life.OK Let’s Learn You Tube channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=v7tWFbRp0Qk6FwG_OK Let’s Learn Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1841w5Yom8/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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Because of the Rabbit, Book 6 Episode 5
Commentary on the book Because of the Rabbit by Cynthia Lord. Book 6. Episode 5. Pages 148 through to the end of the book on page 183. Will the book have a satisfying finish? Let’s find out together.OK Let’s Learn You Tube channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=EfQDbgPjtaEOF_A6OK Let’s Learn Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1GAj3rfDbF/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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The Road to the U.S. Civil War
Here it is in one episode- all the events that led up to the U.S. Civil War. Beyond slavery, how were the North and South so different and why was Westward Expansion another underlying cause of our country’s conflicts beginning after the War of 1812? OK Let’s Learn about the causes of the U. S. Civil War.OK Let’s Learn You Tube Channel:https://youtube.com/@okletslearn?si=TuUwc1gjoEWMSkenOK Let’s Learn Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1C8gnAcjQN/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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The Cavapoo
Learn all about the small cross breed dog, the Cavapoo. It is beloved around the world and yes- Jasper our dog has his own episode!OK Let’s Learn Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1Cp3zQW3BX/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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All About Beetles
Not the band, the insect! Learn all about beetles from A-Z and how they are unique and by far the most numerous insects on the planet. All 400,000 of them!Reach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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Forsythias
Nothing says spring has arrived better than the arrival of the brilliant yellow flowers of the forsythia shrub. They appear before the grass is green and most other leaves make their appearance. OK Let’s Learn all about the forsythia bush.Reach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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All About Ants
The ant that is invading our homes? The Black Garden Ant! We tackle everything you didn’t know and want to know about our tiny insect friend along with many other ants that may not be that friendly! OK Let’s Learn Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/share/184TXEM1LB/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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Because of the Rabbit, Book 6 Episode 4
Because of the Rabbit by Cynthia Lord. This is our OK Book Club series- Book 6, Episode 4. Pages 103-148. Join us as we continue commentating on how Emma navigates her first few days of school trying to make new friends and keep her rabbit Lapi at the same time. This is Episode 4 of 6 total episodes on this book.OK Let’s Learn Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1CC5Vwb1Q8/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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All About Honey Bees
Everything you wanted to know about Honey Bees. Who they are, what they do all day long, and everything else from A-Z. There is so much to learn about our little buzzing friends.OK Let’s Learn Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1Aa4E4xHVh/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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All About Chemistry
Everything you never learned about chemistry, but always wanted to know. What it is, why it’s important and how it changed the world. OK Let’s Learn Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1GEw32nKna/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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All About Physics
An Introduction to Physics- what it is, why it is important, and in what ways has it made our life better. We discuss the four branches of science and the four pillars of physics -matter, energy, motion and the forces that control them. OK Let’s Learn Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/share/18BVb4u4xE/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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Because of the Rabbit, Book 6 Episode 3
This is our OK Book Club series. Book 6, Episode 3, Because of the Rabbit by Cynthia Lord. This episode covers pages 66-102. The idea is to read the book and come to the podcast to hear commentary, thoughts and reflections on how Emma continues to navigate her first few days of school.Follow us at our OK Let’s Learn Podcast page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1HWoNQ39M3/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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All About Insects
Is a ladybug an insect? How about a spider or a centipede? These amazing creatures have a short life but they make a big impact everyday all around the world. OK Let’s Learn everything about insects!OK Let’s Learn Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1FPpg7rJoL/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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The American Bison
The American Bison- otherwise known as the Buffalo. As Americans moved west they encountered this iconic beast on the Great Plains. We cover everything about the largest and official mammal of the United States- its history, near extinction and amazing life story. OK Let’s Learn Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/share/18LS7tRZsM/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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The Transcontinental Railroad
While the United States of America battled through the Civil War, it built a railroad from Omaha, Nebraska to Sacramento, California, a feat that no one believed could be done. After 6 years, 19 tunnels, blasting through the granite of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and overcoming up to 60 feet of snow during winter of 1866-1867, the tracks were built. Come join us as we discuss how the Transcontinental Railroad was built.OK Let’s Learn Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1KYy4gnrYw/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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March’s Top 20 Moments
Join us as we countdown the Top 20 Moments in the history of March. From birthdays of people that changed the world to events that influenced generations of people around the world. When you think of March you think of madness, shamrocks, 3.14 and spring- but what else shaped our world in March?OK, Let’s Learn Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1GKP3pRiUx/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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Multiple Digit Addition Strategies
Join me as we dive into all the different ways we can add two or three digit numbers. Young or old, it’s never too late to learn how to count on paper or especially in our head. This episode is ideal for parents or grandparents of young elementary school students.The OK Let’s Learn Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/share/18DsHAH83C/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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The Pony Express
From April 1860 to October of 1861 mail was delivered from Missouri to California by young teenagers racing on horses over 10 days. They withstood the dangers of the open frontier just to get mail delivered, but as soon as they started it ended. OK- Let’s Learn about The Pony Express.Join us on our Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/17ikQjdjNn/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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Dewitt Clinton and The Erie Canal
On July 4th 1817, the construction began on the Erie Canal, a man made waterway that stretched 363 miles from the Hudson River in Albany NY to Lake Erie in Buffalo NY. Thomas Jefferson called it madness and yet if it wasn’t for one man, DeWitt Clinton, the eastern US would have not been connected by water to the new lands to the west. They called it DeWitt’s Ditch, but if this canal wasn't built would NYC become the commerce capital of the world that it is today? OK - Let’s Learn about DeWitt Clinton and the Erie Canal. OK Let’s Learn Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/share/17HYZYmBiF/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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Robert Fulton and The Steamboat
As people started moving west, traveling upstream on a river was very difficult. Then Robert Fulton met Robert Livingston in Paris and almost overnight the Steamboat became a reality and changed the course of history in the United States. Come join us as we learn all about how the Steamboat was created.Follow us on our OK Let’s Learn Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/19VC9F9JQf/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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The Oregon Trail
It was 1846 and western expansion was in full swing in the United States. The country was coming out of the Era of Good Feelings with James Monroe as its President and winning the War of 1812. People started heading west in search of new opportunities, free land and the idea of Manifest Destiny. People packed up everything they owned and headed west on The Oregon Trail. Learn everything about this journey on this episode of The OK Let’s Learn podcast. OK Let’s Learn Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/share/17zcRNNrkL/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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The New York Mets
The history of the New York Mets from the beginning in 1962 to 2025. Come join me as we detail the ups and downs- mostly downs -of this amazing baseball team over 63 years with my life running parallel. This team has an amazing story - a few times we had the thrill of victory but too often we experienced the agony of defeat.See updates and follow our podcast on the OK Let’s Learn Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1HSvky4hoL/?mibextid=wwXIfrReach out to us with any questions, comments or feedback
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