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Joy’s personal story of learning how to swim is one you’ll want to dive into.

Scrub-a-dub-dub, it’s time for the tub! Or is it? You probably wash up with soap plenty of times throughout the week, but did you know that most people throughout history didn’t use soap for their bodies at all?

You might think macaroni and cheese is just a quick and easy meal, or a special dish that comes to the holiday table. But Joy and her co-host Buddy are here to tell you that macaroni and cheese is actually a pair of SUPERHEROES!

Makeup, wigs and high-healed shoes have been part of a man’s attire throughout history.

From goldfish swallowing to the Pet Rock, what makes fads fabulous and why do they fade?

The flavorful history of ice cream.

Forever Ago is a history show for the whole family hosted by Joy Dolo. 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. Season 2 is back June 1!

The oldest known pair of shoes didn’t look like much, but foot fashion has come a long ways since prehistoric sandals.

Umbrellas have been shielding us from the elements for thousands of years, but they haven’t always been in style.

From simple smiley faces to sparkly unicorns, we have a lot of emoji options. But it wasn’t always this way.

Long before clocks, humans found creative ways to track time. From falling sand to burning incense, we tried it all. But it took a daydreaming astronomer and a whole lot of inventors to get us to the precise clocks we use today.

It’s a simple recipe: bread, filling, bread. But sandwiches had to get their scrumptious start somewhere.

The first skateboards didn’t come from a store. Kids had to make them from scratch! And they made for a bumpy ride.

Did you know that the ancestor of our smartphone cameras was just a box with a tiny hole in it?

Video games are a lot older than you probably realize, but it took a long time for them to catch on.

Every episode explores the origin of one thing – like sandwiches, video games and clocks – while teaching listeners to think critically about the past.