Greeking Out from National Geographic Kids
Greeking Out from National Geographic Kids

Trailer - Season 10

3 min
•Apr 5, 2024about 2 years ago
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Summary

This is a season 10 trailer for Greeking Out, a National Geographic Kids podcast about mythology for families. The episode announces the season premiere date (April 26th), early access on Wondery Kids Plus (April 12th), and highlights upcoming content including sea monsters, snake love stories, and ancient games.

Insights
  • Educational podcasts for children are leveraging tiered release strategies (early access on premium platforms) to drive subscription adoption
  • Award recognition (Webby Awards) is being used as a direct engagement tool to encourage listener participation in voting
  • Live event experiences are being integrated into podcast marketing strategies to build community and drive attendance
Trends
Premium early-access release windows for children's educational contentListener voting campaigns tied to industry awards as engagement driversLive podcast performances as promotional and community-building eventsCross-promotion between multiple podcast shows at single eventsMythology and ancient history content gaining prominence in children's educational media
Topics
Mythology and Ancient History EducationChildren's Podcast ProductionPremium Content Distribution ModelsListener Engagement CampaignsLive Podcast EventsAward Recognition and VotingSea Monsters and Mythological CreaturesAncient GamesFamily-Friendly Educational Content
Companies
National Geographic Kids
Parent organization/brand for the Greeking Out podcast series
Wondery Kids Plus
Premium subscription platform offering two-week early access to season 10 episodes
WBUR
Host of the Podcast Playdate live event on April 20th featuring Greeking Out and other podcasts
Quotes
"Listeners, we are so proud to bring you season 10 of Greeking Out. The podcast about myths for the whole family."
Host•Mid-episode
"This season we have a lot to cover, like monsters under the sea, a snake love story, copper merchants who are terrible at their jobs."
Host•Mid-episode
"We've been nominated for a Webby Award. Parents, if you have a minute and can vote for us, go to bit.ly slash 2 Greek 2 Webby."
Host•Late episode
Full Transcript
Grinking out his tent, no. It's the tent, it's tent, we're tent, happy tent, no. We have to start the promo now. Yeah, I know, I know, I know. It's just such a momentous occasion, right? I mean, it's our tenth season. This is a big deal. If you have nothing to say, I will do the promo. Grinking out. Listen to Grinking out, it's a podcast. A podcast is a... Okay, okay, okay, okay, no, I got it, I got it, I got it, I got it, I got it, I got it. Grinking out. Listeners, we are so proud to bring you season 10 of Grinking Out. The podcast about myths for the whole family. This season we have a lot to cover, like monsters under the sea, a snake love story, copper merchants who are terrible at their jobs. Damn cool. I'll look at some of the ancient games and we may even be roaming around. This season coming to your ear bones in April. Ear bones? Right, that's right, you can listen everywhere on April 26 to be exact or you can listen two whole weeks early and add free on Wondery Kids Plus. So, to clarify, season 10 starts everywhere on April 26th, but on April 12th, it's on Wondery Kids Plus. Before we go, I think we have a few housekeeping announcements. Let's see, adopt a snake pamphlet, no that's not it. Look, coupon for snake food. No, why snakes make good emotional support animals? Oracle, please, leave my stuff on my desk alone, okay? Oh, here you are, that's right. We've been nominated for a Webby Award. Parents, if you have a minute and can vote for us, go to bit.ly slash 2 Greek 2 Webby. It would really help us keep making this show. These things are important, so again, vote for us at bit.ly slash 2, the number 2 Greek 2, the number 2 Webby WBBY. It would really help us keep Greekin' out for years and seasons to come. Also, if you're in Boston, we are performing at WBUR's mega awesome super huge Webby. Awesome super huge Wicked Fun Podcast Playdate on April 20th, with a couple of other amazing podcasts like the Big Fib, the cast and the curious and many others. We're going to do an episode of the show live and tickets are still available, so we hope to see you there. And that's it. We'll see you on April 26th. Please send in your seats. Freaking out.