About this episode

The episode previews summer events and features an interview with Mindy Walker about a reading program.

Summer break is here, which means Season 6 is going out with a bang 💥 Ryan and Pam preview everything shaping up this summer from America’s 250th birthday celebrations and major sporting events to the biggest movies hitting theaters... and more! 🇺🇸⚾️🍿 Plus, we’re diving into The Week Junior's Summer of Reading program with Executive Director Mindy Walker, who also shares some recs from The 50 Books Kids Love Most right now. 📚 And for our final trivia of the season? We’re heading into vacation mode and diving deep into the world’s oceans 🌊

People in this episode

Hosts: Ryan, Pam

Guest: Mindy Walker

Topics covered

• summer break
• America's 250th birthday
• sports
• movies
• reading
• ocean exploration

Keywords

• summer
• reading program
• sports
• movies
• ocean

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Week Junior

Books & works: The 50 Books Kids Love Most

Places: world’s oceans

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