Forever Ago

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Brains On presents Forever Ago®, a history show for the whole family! Every episode looks into the surprising and fascinating history of things we think are ordinary, but they’re not -- like ice cream flavors, video games, baths and more. We make learning about the past fun while teaching listeners to think critically about history.

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  • ProudPrideCorgi
    Good podcast
    This podcast is the best history 📚podcast (in my opinion). Definitely give it a try if you haven’t listened🎧.Joy makes every episode funny 😆and keeps the podcast interesting. 🧐 Suggestions: 1. The history of handheld fans 🪭 2. The history of competitive swimming🏊 3. The history of sailing⛵️ 4. The history of bowed strings 🎻 (ex. Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass) Ehrm actually 🤓 Summer does not start until June 20th which is the summer solstice so as the spring break episode, it is still technically spring 🤓 Also, talking about religion is NOT APPROPRIATE in a podcast review. THIS IS NOT OK. Please stop. Not everyone follows your religion so just don’t, please, please, please stop. I don’t care what you say, TALKING ABOUT RELIGION IS NOT APPROPRIATE DOR A PODCAST REVIEW!!! If you do this just stop, i’m not saying you are wrong or not allowed to believe what you believe but this is not the space to do that. -ProudPrideCorgi🏳️‍🌈🐶 -プライドコーギー -Have a nice day! -良い一日を
  • Nickname♟️
    Forever ago
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  • Zilch😡
    No don’t let whoever’s going to shut down the public media
    I love the forever ago pod it is so interesting now my favorite superhero is Mac and cheese
  • Zanedone
    Someone tell me why is everyone being mean
    I just read a FEW comments and I immediately see a comment saying that the haters don’t have a loving heart and I hate that they said that also I’m sort of on the haters side but that’s because everyone is just being rude honestly the haters are super kind you just need to put yourself in there shoes or I’m saying that to haters too you need your mindset to be the same as the person who wrote the comment that is the best way how you understand the comment also on one is wrong in this fight NO ONE ITS ONLY OPINIONS THATS it BYE-Zanedone
  • Nu Simpson the kindest ever💋
    You need to stop *that one cowgirl and alback16 and Madom B <3
    Stop it now
  • JemimathePuddleduck
    Love it!
    Love this podcast! You should make an episode about balloons! To the hater: It’s great you want to stand up for what you believe in, but can you take a deep breath? The pride episode was almost two years ago, and they haven’t released another LGBT related episode since. You can easily skip it. Also, if black people being equally represented makes you feel bad about yourself, imagine how it feels for black people only being told about white people? I’m white, and it doesn’t make me feel bad to simply hear about history. Black people have always been a part of history, since the dawn of the human race. And I mean that literally, considering humans originated from Etiopia. Not to say everyone is black, it’s just something to consider. P.S. It’s Homo-Saipan not hetero-Saipan, it’s the Bible not the straightble, it’s transport not cisport! Tee hee jokes :) To the lovers: It’s great that you love history, and want people to be nice to each other. I love history, it makes me happy to learn about it. But, you guys haven’t all been kind either! You’ve been nicer than the haters for the most part, but there still has been some mean people. Being rude or just blatantly disagreeing with someone, won’t change years of told something is bad. The best you can do, as hard as it is, is stop arguing. I’m not saying that you should agree with them, I’m saying you should stop trying to make them agree. It doesn’t change anything, and just makes people want to change your mind. So take a deep breath and chill. If you want to argue, instead of attacking the person, present true facts that disagree with them, instead of falling into a fallacy. To everyone: no one should be forced into believing anything, but I think that if we stop arguing, and just leave behind that mindset, then everyone will be a lot happier. We all need to stop making fun of people, and just accept that people are all different, but no one is forcing you to be that way. I hope this arguing stops, and we can get back to just saying if we liked the podcast or not. From, JemimathePuddleduck. P.S. I just turned 14 on Easter! P.P.S. Tysm - - - -is Cool1234skibiddy blob! I’m glad you found my review helpful! If you don’t mind tho there are some things in your review that you might want to change just to make it more effective. Mostly just have real reasons in your review why Madam b <3 is wrong, instead of just saying she is, because she probs won’t listen to that. I do agree with you, that she is wrong. Anyway, thank you so much! ❤️
  • winterswims
    The best podcast in the world
    Forever ago is the funniest podcast in the whole world
  • To madmen b the yaper 😂🫵
    Haha😂
    “hottogo I don’t think I like mayo,etc etc” rando robo voice “ you got mail” joy “ ooo mail” 5 sec later” NOOOOOOO” 5 stars
  • ThatOneBabyYodaKid
    What?
    Spring break aint in may last time i checked.
  • SafaSpace
    Loveeeeeee
    I just love it and Joy, dont listen to the haters I would call them dumb cuz they dont like this podcast, but everyone has different opinions Still dont listen to them they dont a good heart Also, can you do an episode about the history of mother’s day? Today is mother’s day by the way 🤣
  • Hiiiiiiiiiiii💕♥️🤪😈👿
    The best ever
    I love your podcast it brings me so much joy when you make me laugh at your jokes your the best podcast
  • #cutesmartie💫✖️➗➕➖🟰💕
    Joy pick me for Co-Host🥺💖
    You are so funny you’re the best and I really want to co-host an episode on stickers . I love history so much (P.S. I’m only 8😇💕💖)
  • ----is Cool1234skibbidy blob
    hey!
    Madam B <3please stop u are wrong and if you are a hater then get off these reviews and Jimimathepuddleduck u are AWESOME
  • Olive 🫒 e
    I 💕 this!
    This is my personal favorite podcast ever made!!! It’s really great 👍!!! Could you please do a episode about boba 🧋! respect people’s opinions!!!P. S the one about pride is my favorite ❤️to madam B<3 how does it hurt you?
  • F-d@_POTATOR🥔
    This is my fav pod!!!!
    Hi! I have listened to every episode and still haven’t gotten bored! I love Joy Dolo! She is smart funny and is the best! I hope you keep making episodes!!! Hashtag me! #️⃣tellmeyourfavepisode! Also check out brainson.org/donate! Hashtag that 2!!! #️⃣brainson.org/donate Send it to 🔟 of your friends!!! P.S sorry 4 the haters I feel they have nothing to do in their sad little lives and should move on.😑😒🙄
  • the-donut-queen
    THE BEST!!!!!!
    I luv this pod so much!!!! Ty for doing it! So sad abt. The public media thing, tho. Wish I could help! ꃋᴖꃋ ꃋᴖꃋ ꃋᴖꃋ The cat is sad coz of public media      />  フ      |  _  _ l      /` ミ_xノ      /      |     /  ヽ   ノ     │  | | |
  • 13🌈🌈🌈
    Thank you 💙
    This is such a great podcast. Please listen to it. Joy is so kind and funny and really makes everyone feel represented. I’d also like to say thank you to JemimathePuddleduck (amazing name btw) for making a absolutely and amazing review, thank you. Again I am, sorry for my hurtful words in the past and will not say them again. Also Jemima, Ioved the tee hee jokes :). 13🌈🌈🌈
  • CloverKate
    Topic
    My fav sport is softball🥎 I play it every day🗓️but I don’t know most of it’s background so I’m giving you this idea for a show😁. This show is so good me and my sister fight over which one of us will get to choose the next topic
  • 🪿🪩🪿
    Hi
    Omg sigma girl rizzler I TOTALLY AGREE I hate Mayo but LOVE Kewpie Mayo! And this podcast!!! ❤️❤️❤️keep doing the great work you already are! 😊
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  • Laylagrade5
    Sybil Ludington
    I am a HUGE FAN of your pod, pleeeeeeease do an episode on the history of silly putty and fidget toys! Spot the diff: 🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐼🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️ Bye!🍩😁😜👍
  • Madam B <3
    My thoughts
    First of all, this podcast isn’t even that good, regardless of the content. Like, four episodes of the actual show before another non-episode? Genuinely shows the hosts and crew don’t care about what they’ve created or the listeners. And that brings us to the next point. This podcast is indoctrination. It can hurt children. It hurt me. It taught me beliefs that I just… accepted. We should we teaching kids to think critically, and this is not helping. Race hustling, and adding pronouns and pride where they don’t belong, and then teaching kids that these ideas are correct, is wrong. These topics should be discussed by parents or real people (not that Joy + cohosts aren’t real, just to say they’re people online.) in people’s lives. Parents, I’d say don’t let your kids listen, or listen with them and then actually talk about these things. You can hate me, but I speak from my own experience. - Madam B <3
  • Now you have The man
    Podcast reviewer
    It’s 😊 and the bestpodcast have done ✅
  • Olive Avocado Hamburger Queen
    Love it
    Cool
  • ppppppetey
    😄👍😃🤩🥳
    This podcast is great. 👍🫶It’s super duper fun to listen to!!!!🥳🥳🤩😸😸😸⭐️U R awesome!!! Please do an episode about cds. 😀😃🫠👍🫶😻 plz do a Minecraft episode🟩👍btw yeah mayonnaise is gross🤮🤢☹️😮 can u do an episode about trampolines plz plz plz
  • MaudeKarate
    Please don’t mention mayo
    Ewwwww mayo is so disgusting 🤮
  • Love it so much🫀
    Love
    I love this podcast but I hate mayonnaise but I like kewpie. So sad about the public media thing though.😢
  • Justdontaskplease
    Amazing podcast 100% recommend👍
    Joy, you are a great person and the work you are doing on this podcast is amazing and it will always be a favorite of mine. All I ask is that you please DO NOT read these reviews. (including this one) These children in this review section do not know what they are talking about and should really just leave you to you’re business. I’ve read some of the past reviews and there seems to be some sort of club of haters, which is not needed. People really need to keep in mind one simple rule when writing a review. “If you don’t have anything nice to say, DONT SAY IT” And really political comments are not needed. The LGBTQ+ community is made up of people just like everyone else and the amazing people behind this podcast were simply trying to educate everyone. There are only facts and information on this podcast, no indoctrination whatsoever. Thank you for making an amazing podcast. My day gets better whenever I listen to it.❤️
  • Gwen/Mika
    Great podcast
    I ♥️this pod so much if you guys stop this pod I would be so 😭 so Don’t stop being awesome 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩😗😗😗😗😗😗😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😁😁😁😁🥰🥰🥰🥰 I will not stop listening
  • alblack16
    Oh my gosh :(
    REVIEW: A Pretty bad podcast. It was a ok podcast but it got worse. Joy (the host) some families (like my family) don’t like pride and stuff like that. If you’d kept it like history of ice cream and soap, l would have loved this podcast! It has topics that should only be discussed by the kids parent(s). If you’re a sensitive kid, this is not a podcast for you. It does have black people topics that could affect you, and if your white, it might make you feel uncomfortable and like a bad person. This podcast has pride stuff in it and pride isn’t right for some families. Plus it has a bunch of smarty pass adds so it’s not that fun. Please read this Joy. To corgirulz: I’m not trying to be rude or like a parent, but if you’re dad wants you to not to do something then you shouldn’t do it (at least not until you’re 18). And you should not sneak things ether. Sorry if I had a misunderstanding. To lovers: Can you stop saying we’re wrong? I mean you can’t really be wrong when it comes to opinions. They’re just opinions! And please stop overreacting! Did a hater said they HATED Joy? NO! so please, stop. Taking. This. So. FAR. -alblack ❤️✝️
  • catloverkid!,5
    Pls make more🙏🙏
    Can make one on the history of domesticated cats cus I have 3. Also this podcast is amazing!
  • KeepSlayingzoey
    I love this podcast!
    This podcast is awesome and is my personal favorite ❤️. I am a ten year old gymnast and I am really interested in the history of it. The only problem is that I can’t find a single kid episode about it. Can you help?
  • SorrowTheFox
    🕶👍
    Avacado jean I agree with you and the other things you! said I don’t think it’s creepy to right a review I think it’s encouraging! And I kinda see were kellia kean is coming from cause I’ve been bullied a lot A LOT and it hurts emotionally and physically so that’s really all I wanna say about the reviews and the people who made the reviews for now but I just wanna talk about other stuff stuff like if any of y’all play these games ROUNDS BOPL BATTLE And SHIP OF FOOLS There all on steam Alright see you guys!
  • Book worm 11 📚
    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
    Love the podcast
  • dibs lawigs
    I love this pod
    It is very interesting and informational people who hate are wrong and you are truly the best 😁🆒😎 ps please make more episodes like one about clothes or Halloween 🎃 😁 There is nothing here PS mayo is good
  • DSN 21
    Hi
    My mom’s birthday is April 30th
  • Tie dye gurl
    History of 🥎 softball
    Please please please don’t make me cry please do history of softball i agree about mayo 🤢that is what I think about mayo
  • Cleo1717🩷Podlover
    I'm backk!
    Sorry I didn't post like last year ps sloth🦥 puppy 🐶 I agree with you on your review pps I am SO sorry Joy I love mayonnaise I AM SOOO SORRY JOY ppps I have sooo much hope for you guys and Forever ago FOREVER ♾️ pppps shut up hater you guys are so stupid, dumb and your idiots
  • Lov you😙😙😙😙
    I love this pod
    This is so funny and help to chase me. Up
  • James AKA big FAN
    BEST I podcast ever
    This is amazing podcast history is boring in my class but this is outstandingly funny and a fun podcast. Just one thing less smarty pass and more episodes. This is the best podcast in brains on universe thanks Joy!!!!!!!!#%^* You secret dog what’s your beef to dolo crew ( fans of the show I grabbed that from the guide dog episode) if you don’t like the show then NO MORE BAD REVIEWS FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m watching you haters. . /
  • to make some foo
    No mayo
    Joy I’m with you Hold the mayo
  • corgirulz
    Hello!
    Listen to this podcast!!! It’s so good! Warning: if you dislike lgbtq+, people talking about the history of black people, and joy, do not listen! Once, I was chilling in my room, and my dad walked in and I was listening to the lgbtq+ episode, and he looked very uncomfortable, so it might be awkward if your listening to certain episodes when your parents walk in, but amazing podcast and I hate Mayo too joy. I prefer soy sauce and some times put it on my chicken nuggies
  • Oriel of y fi .
    Cool
    Garfield is the best.gj,gukygkuygkugkuyvkyjgmjhvkjvkgjv,jog,jog,jog,my,jog,hj
  • Sigma girl rizzler 🤪
    My thoughts on this podcast
    I love this podcast I think it’s really fun and because of the mayonnaise episode I asked my parents to buy me Kewpie mayo and it does taste like cheese it’s really good and to get the star tip you have to spin off the cap but enough about mayo I really like this podcast a lot❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩷🤎🩶🖤
  • Kevin de bruyne da GOAT
    We hate Kelia Kean
    Go away Kelia Kean. No one likes you. And great show Joy. Don’t listen to the stupid Kelia Kean.
  • Podcast lover 2.0
    Love this pod😍😍😍😍
    This podcast is amazing!! joy you give me joy
  • avacado jean
    Hey guys
    Hii! I realized I hadn’t been here in a while so I thought I’d catch up. So… about the age comments… I’m not sure about Kellia but I’m 16. I personally don’t think it’s “creepy” to be writing a review on a kids podcast considering the fact that you know… I’m a child. I started writing these reviews to protect my little sisters innocence. (She was very young when we started listening to this podcast). As she got older I was like ‘wow this could really be influential to her identity and how she feels about certain societal problems’. So I wrote reviews. It’s really not about age. I feel as though now we are just throwing around random insults in this “fight”. Maybe we can try to keep it more peaceable? Also. I hope I’m not forcing my religion onto you but if you have any questions on Christianity or the gospels please let me know! Easter was recently and I think it’s the perfect time to discuss things with curious people! God can fit in anywhere and that includes this podcast space! ❤️ Okay that’s all! Jesus loves you! — avocado Jean
  • Lschou730
    So MUCH JOY in this podcast!
    Joy and her team do a spectacular job of dissecting the topics that are unique and IMPORTANT - plus the humor is great for all ages. Our entire family loves Forever Ago! Keep ‘em coming!
  • Clara ❤️♥️
    Not very good
    I don’t really like this podcast To: alblack16 I agree with you some and ice cream is a way better podcast topic than what this pod is right now. I liked the mayo episode but pretty much everything else isn’t very good (recently). This pod used to be good but now I don’t really like it. It’s not like I hate it. It just would be better if it was more uh I guess “simple” I still listen to it though. Bye bye
  • iloveboba🧋🧋
    Great showww
    Awesome show and funny! Also yes pls a boba episode
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