I-KID-A-POD

All of the mushers and their teams have made it to Nome! In today’s episode, you’ll learn mushing lingo, more about the different types of dogs, and find out what happened during the Finisher’s Banquet on Sunday. Make sure to check out our final episode of the season tomorrow!

More mushers are crossing the finish line! Check out today's race update to see who's made it to Nome. You'll also meet a few of Ryan Redington's dog team and learn about the Red Lantern Award.

Today’s episode has the race update, meet the musher about Anna Berington, history about Dorothy Page, Fun facts about out of this years mushers- who won the most awards, How many awards Jeff King has won.

Today we get a chance to announce the champion of the race, hear about meet the dogs and some mushing lingo.

In today’s race update you’ll find details about some of the mushers’ decisions to scratch. You’ll also learn new mushing lingo, hear about the Widow’s Lamp, and meet the Father of the Iditarod, Joe Redington.

Get today’s race update, learn some mushing lingo, trail trivia, and meet the musher about Matt Failor.

In episode 6 you’ll meet musher Matt Hall, learning more mushing lingo, and get another race update.

Welcome back to the next episode of I-Kid-A-Pod. Today includes the latest Race Updates, We’ll meet Dallas Seavey on Meet the Musher, hear some trail trivia about Ryan Redington, and talk a little about Kristy Berington’s dogs.

Welcome back! In today’s episode you’ll meet Dallas Seavey’s dog team, learn about the Serum Run, and get a new race update.

Today we’ll hear the race update, more about mushing lingo, and the father of the Iditarod, Joe Redington, Sr.

Today is Episode 2 of our new season with 4th graders as your hosts! You will learn more about musher Mille Porsild, the Yukon Award, our first race update and more. Check back tomorrow for the next episode!

Our kick-off episode for the 2024 Iditarod Sled Dog Race. Join the students as they follow the 52nd Iditarod in Alaska.

Today is our final episode of Season 8! More mushers have crossed the finish line since our last race update. In today's episode you'll hear about the dog breeds of the race, meet mushers Gerhardt Thiart and Riley Dyche, and learn about the Widow's Lamp. Thanks for tuning in to this season. See you next year!

Today we'll learn about the first 10 mushers to finish and get to Nome, about swing and lead dogs, and about the collar tags they get at the banquet. Check back tomorrow for the end of Season 8.

Many racers are close to the finish! Along with today's race update, you'll learn more mushing lingo, day in history, and meet musher Nicholas Petit. *We now have a 2023 Iditarod winner! Check back tomorrow to hear all about him!

Today were hear about Brent Sass and Greg Vitello having to scratch, learning about Swing Dogs, and Trivia about the race.

We're just about half way through the race! In today's episode, meet musher Wade Mars' dogs, learn more mushing lingo, and get race updates. Have a great weekend!

On today's episode catch the race update, learn about Kelly Maixner in meet the musher, and today's moment in history hear about Dorothy Page, the "Mother of the Iditarod."

In today's episode you will learn who the winner of the Alaska Air Transit Spirit of the Iditarod award was in our Race Update. You'll also hear some mushing lingo and meet rookie musher Eddie Burke Jr.

Today we have the latest race update, with Jennifer LaBar scratching, along with Trail Trivia about the sport Canicross.

The race has started! Check out today's episode to see our current race leaders, learn about musher Matt Hall, and hear the timeline of the Iditarod's fastest finishers. Then, come back tomorrow to see how the new race standings.

Last day of pre race coverage, Musher Banquet, Bib #1, Trail Trivia, and much more. See you Monday for a Race Update.

In today's episode, you'll learn some fun trail trivia as well as what lead dogs are and who musher Kristy Berington is. You'll also learn all about the Red Lantern Award.

Check out our pre-race coverage about the Mandatory Equipment in Rule 16, Some dog care, and our featured musher Bridgett Watkins. Check back tomorrow for more pre-race coverage.

Season 8 introduction episode. Hear about the work students are doing behind the scenes to prepare for season 8 of the I-Kid-A-Pod podcast about the Iditarod Sled Dog Race.

Today's episode is the last of Season 7. We hope you will join us again next year as a new class takes on the challenge of learning about the Iditarod. Today we have the race update, a little about Kristy Berington, Dallas' dogs, and some history about the first Iditarod 50 years ago.

More updates as even more mushers cross the finish line. We have this year's Rookie of the Year Winner, meet musher Hugh Neff, and learn new mushing lingo. Check back tomorrow for our final episode of the season!

In today's episode we'll give the updates to 16th place of mushers who've come into Nome, as well as Richie Diehl as our feature musher. See you again tomorrow!

We have a 2022 Iditarod Winner! In this episode you'll find out the first two finishers of this year's race. There will be other race updates, mushing lingo, and much more! On today's Meet the Musher, you'll learn about Ryan Redington. In Today's Day in History you'll learn about an amazing tie between two mushers. Then, check back tomorrow for an all new episode.

Lots of updates over the weekend. Check it out to see who scratched, who's in first, who's encountering moose and where do we see great sportsmanship. On today's Meet the Musher we highlight Lisbet Norris and her dogs. On Trail Trivia, find out about Food Drops. I Kid a Pod is a podcast that is about the Iditarod brought to you by kids!  Check back for another fresh episode tomorrow.

Today's episode is full of race updates! You'll also meet the musher, Jeff Deeter. Plus you'll hear how the mushers stay warm in the cold weather. Stay tuned Monday for a new episode. Have a great weekend!

On today's episode a race update- recipients of the Dorothy G Page Award and the Spirit of the Iditarod Award. Trail Trivia about the Yukon Quest. In Meet the Dogs we learn about what a team dog is. Our musher profile is about Amanda Otto. I Kid a Pod is a podcast that is about the Iditarod brought to you by kids!  Check back for another fresh episode tomorrow.

Many of the mushers have reached the McGrath checkpoint this morning. Today's episode features Peter Kaiser, Kristy Berington, musher lingo, a race update and more! You'll also get answer a trivia questions and learn about the first Iditarod.

In today's episode learn about Jeff King, Mats Pettersson, and Jeff Detter's dog team, as well as the race update from this morning.  I Kid a Pod is a podcast that is about the Iditarod brought to you by kids!  Feel free to reach out to us at ikidapod@gmail.com if you have any questions! Check back for another fresh episode tomorrow.

The Iditarod race is off! In this episode we will start with the very first race updates, describe the Great Serum Run in "Moment in History", teach you some musher lingo, and more. Enjoy!

Welcome back to another exciting season of following the Iditarod with our students. I Kid a Pod is a podcast that is about the Iditarod brought to you by kids!  In this episode I Kid a Pod has a teacher take over. Mrs. Treptow (founder of I Kid a Pod) and Miss Thompson share their experience with running a podcast in the classroom with the newest I Kid a Pod teachers, Mrs. Gauger and Mr. Podeweltz. Feel free to reach out to us at ikidapod@gmail.com if you have any questions!  Tune in Monday for our classes and their first episode covering the 50th season of the Iditarod.

Thank you so much for joining us this season on I Kid a Pod! The Red Lantern was awarded and the race has been completed, therefore this will be out last episode! Please enjoy more information about the Iditarod provided by our class!

The race is winding down, but we still have things to share with you. Please check out episode 9 of I Kid a Pod for more information about the race!

Check out episode 8 where we close out the to 10 mushers to finish the 2021 Iditarod. We also have filled it with other fun information about the Iditarod. The race isn't over yet, so keep coming back for information on the Iditarod!

We have a 2021 Iditarod champion! Listen to episode 7 to hear all about the 49th Iditarod champion. We also have some updates on other mushers, as well as some information about Iditarod itself. We hope you are ready to learn some news things about the Iditarod!

Racers of the 49th Iditarod are making their way back to Deshka Landing! Take a listen to our 6th episode to learn more about the Iditarod, as well as what's happening in the race today!

Some of our racers have made it to the half way point. This race seems to be moving quickly. Some racers are even coming off of their 24 hour break ready to hit the trail. Find out who has made it half way, who is resting, and who is making their move into the lead in this episode of I Kid a Pod. We also had some Covid 19 updates as racers were tested in McGrath. Please enjoy this episode of our podcast!

The race is moving right along! Checkout episode 4 of I Kid a Pod to find out who is resting and who is moving! We will also give you some other great information about the Iditarod. Enjoy!

Iditarod 49 is starting off as crazy as this year has been. We have some racers who have had to withdraw from the race and other information that will hopefully keep you coming back for more! Check out episode 3 of I Kid a Pod.

It is day one of Iditarod and Miss Thompson is here to bring you some coverage. Check out our very first episode of I Kid a Pod! We cover the race update, moment in history, trail trivia and more. We hope you enjoy!

Welcome back to the 6th season of I Kid a Pod. I Kid a Pod is a podcast that is about the Iditarod brought to you by kids!  In this episode I Kid a Pod has a teacher take over. Mrs. Treptow (founder of I Kid a Pod) and Miss Thompson share their experience with running a podcast in the classroom. Teachers check it out! Feel free to reach out to us at ikidapod@gmail.com if you have any questions!  Tune in Monday for Miss Thompson's class and their first episode covering the 49th season of the Iditarod.

Well we were able to pull off one more episode! It is a day late, but still well done by the families and students from my classroom! We are sad to see this season end so abruptly, but we are thankful that we were able to fit in 10 episodes. In this episode we announce the Iditarod 2020 winner, as well as some other great info! We hope you enjoy!

We have turned into a research team who are all working from home. We had two researchers submit their pieces today. One piece was on a famous musher named Lance Mackey, and the other was on Checkpoint Chat! We hope you enjoy this episode, as we are working hard to make sure we finish this season off strong. Thanks for all your support this season and keep up the good work mushers!

Phew! We were able to complete this episode! A day late, but it's up! We hope you enjoy this episode of meet the musher, some mushing lingo, and so much more! The racers a still moving toward Nome and declaring their 24 hour breaks. The race should really pick up now!

Checkout our newest episode of I Kid a Pod! We have some great info on a musher, a checkpoint, and clearing up some rumors on Nicolas Petit and his team! Hope you enjoy!

Tune in for the latest update of what's happening on the Iditarod trail. Learn about a musher, some of their dogs, and much more! Please send any questions to ikidapod@gmail.com. We hope you enjoy this show!

Checkout our latest episode of I Kid a Pod! This is team 4's first round of coverage and they have some fun info to share with you! They have some great info on Jeremy Keller and more. Thanks for listening and hope you enjoy!

The 2020 Iditarod has started and we have some race update info for you! Find out what musher dropped out just hours before the race was going to start, and who took their place. We also have some great trail trivia! Enjoy the episode! Reminder if you would like to give our researchers some questions to dig into, please e-mail us at ikidapod@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you!

Our last pre-race coverage update with a special interview with Miss Thompson! We hope you enjoy more information about the 2020 Iditarod! Good luck to all the mushers!   Also if you are looking to contact our podcasters please e-mail us at ikidapod@gmail.com! Thanks for listening!

And we're off! The kids first episode is up and running! Check out some pre-race coverage, Checkpoint Chat, Trail Trivia, and more. This is a pre-race coverage of the 2020 Iditarod race. We hope you enjoy! Also if you have any questions for us, please e-mail us at ikidapod@gmail.com. We will take any questions about the Iditarod or about the makings of our podcasts! We would love to hear from you!

We are BACK! Iditarod 2020 is this weekend March 7th. Riverside 4th grader's are taking on this podcast to help inform you on the 48th Iditarod. In this episode Mrs. Treptow and Miss Thompson bring you some behind the scenes information. This is a great episode to inform families about what your kids will be doing over the next few weeks. It is also a great episodes for teachers out there that would like to try out podcasting!  If you ever have any questions for our students, or for us as teachers please feel free to reach out. You can reach us at ikidapod@gmail.com.  TEACHERS: Here is a link to the book Mrs. Treptow references in this podcast. https://books.apple.com/us/book/bringing-the-iditarod-to-the-classroom-pages/id1452002769 Stay tuned for episode 2 to hear this years group of 4th graders do some pre-race coverage!

As we are currently watching the last musher make her way to Nome from Safety we have recorded our final episode of season 4! Enjoy this update on how the race finished up, as well as some of the awards that were given at the musher's banquet this weekend! Thank you to all of our listeners! We truly do appreciate your support through this two week project!

The race is almost over and our 4th season of I Kid a Pod is quickly coming to an end! Please enjoy this episode where we highlight one of Wisconsin's own! Enjoy this episode full of record breaking info and some new finishers of the 2019 Iditarod.

We may already have a champion, but this race is NOT over! We are reminded every time a new musher comes through on how great of an accomplishment it is to cross the finish line. Today we announce more finishers, as well as give you some more info on the Iditarod it self! Enjoy! Also we are wrapping up our season soon, so anyone looking to get a quick question in please shoot us an e-mail at ikidapod@gmail.com.

Wow! What a great episode! We have a winner to the 2019 Iditarod! Check out this episode to find out who won! Also this group did some great research on some other things involving the "stray" dog we heard about earlier in the season, AND how much food the dogs eat. Check it out in episode 10. We are getting close to the end of season 4, so if you are looking to ask any questions please remember to e-mail us at ikidapod@gmail.com.

Whoa! Drama on the trail and these kids are about to tell you about it! The coast didn't fail to shake things up in the race. Find out who has dropped out and some of our leaders.

The front runners of race have hit the coast, and as always it has added some drama to the race! Tune in for a race update, which brings us a new leader. We also have a moment in history, and other info to share! Remember you can ask us questions if you e-mail us at ikidapod@gmail.com We would love to hear what you want to know!

The race is getting crazy, along with the weather! In this episode you can hear a race update from Mrs. Treptow and Miss Thompson! We also take some time to talk about the power of podcasting in the classroom. Enjoy and remember to keep sending questions to ikidapod@gmail.com!

Please enjoy episode 6! We are featuring some of our favorite mushers, their dogs, and checkpoints throughout the trail! We also have another question from a listener. Thank you so much for sending us your questions. Please send us any questions to ikidapod@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!

As racers are starting to declare or finish their 24 hour rest we are starting to get a better idea of our leaders! Wow this race has been great so far! Go mushers and DOGS!  We hope you are learning new things about the Iditarod! Enjoy! Also we have added a new segment where we would like you to ask us some questions! Please e-mail us at ikidapod@gmail.com and we will try and answer as many questions as we can.  Be sure to tune in this week too, for a special episode from Mrs. Treptow and Miss Thompson! Thanks for listening!

The race is getting intense and crazy things are happening on the trail! Check out episode 4 to see what's happening on the trail and some more info on the Iditarod. We are sharing more terms, checkpoint information, and continuing to introduce you to mushers who are taking on the trail this year. Enjoy!

Wow these racers are cruising right along, and so are some other dogs along the way! Find out how far a stray dog followed some mushers along the trail overnight, in this episode of I Kid A Pod. Keep it up mushers and dogs, and have a safe trip to Nome!

Let the race begin! Iditarod 2019 is off to a great start! Today's episode will give you idea of how the race started off with a bang! We hope you enjoy this episode brought to you by team Grayling!

We are back and kicking off season 4 of I-Kid-A-Pod! Unlike any other podcast you have heard before! It will be full of coverage of the 2019 Iditarod! This podcast comes to you from a small town in Wisconsin and is run by 4th graders from Miss Thompson's class. They will be researching the race, creating their scripts, and bringing you the best coverage they can. Join us while we go on this journey of the 2019 Iditarod and listen to our 4th grade podcasters grow over this 2 week project! This episode is our first try and gives you a little idea of what we might cover over the next couple of weeks. Good luck mushers! Let the race begin!

A 'musher-less' sled pulls into Ruby?!?  What?  Yes, weird things are going down out there on the trail.  FInd all about that driverless team, as well as meet Alan Moore, some Trail Trivia and some new words from Mushing Lingo!  Enjoy!

Things are really heating up on the race course...well, not literally heating up, it was -43 degrees last night, but the competition is in full force.  Take a listen to today's episode to find out a little more about manis and pedis for dogs, meet a musher, and a shout out to another podcast that has been an isnpiration for our team!

WOW!  This episode is packed full of fun information!  We have a race update and some mushing lingo.  Also we are featuring Hans Gatt on this episode, an interview with Crystal Coldfingers and we are proud to feature a song written by Hobo Jim, Alaskan's Baladeer, The Itidarod Trail!  Our entire 4th grade class sang this song at a recent spring concert.  Enjoy!  :)

The Race is on!!  The official start is underway and our mushers are headed out on the course.  Take a listen to some highlights from the ceremonial start.

Today Kaltag gives us some importnat information on the all important Musher's Banquet that was held last night.  We now know the order that our mushers are taking off!  This is a VERY exciting weekend since the Ceremonial Start will be held on Saturday.  Then all the mushers and their pooches will have to travel to Fairbanks for the official start on Monday.  :)

Today Team Takotna tests your skills with some Trail Trivia, remembers the story of Libby Riddles and Balto, gives the science behind the dogs and compares the number of checkpoints each year. Enjoy!

Join Unalakleet as they pay tribute to Jeff King's dog Nash, discuss cooking on the trail, introduce you to some mushing lingo as well as quiz you with trail trivia!

Join Team Elin as they provide pre-race coverage for the Iditarod.  In today's episode, discover information about Alaska's Gold Rush, what and who the Iditarider is and find out about a recent rule change for this year's race.

Our Last Episode of Season Two!  It comes with great saddness that we publish our last episode of the season.  This has been a great experience for our class and we thank all our faithful subscribers!  We hope you tune in next season for coverage of Iditarod 2018!

Some real COOL things went down at this year's finish line.  Learn some mushing lingo and all about the Junior IDitarod  :)

We have a winner and a new course record!!  Ever wonder what the word Iditarod means?  Tune in today to find out the answer and some other entertaining tidbits!

We are winding down on our miles to mush!  Hard to believe that we will see some mushers across the burled arch within the next 12 hours.  In today's episode you can learn about the awards given to the first musher to arrive at checkpoints, discover what RIGGING and NECKLINE mean and enjoy some Trail Trivia!  Also, a special shout out to Iditapod, our "new podcast friends" who are providing coverage right from the race course!

The coverage continues as our top mushers move closer toward Nome.  Today you will hear about a classroom survey to predict the winner as well as a race update and some other fun information!  Thank you for your support of our podcast!

Cold Temps, Frostbitten toes and so much more!  Many teams are almost at the 1/2 way point and the competition is about the only thing that is heating up!

It is a bitter sweet moment, but it is is our finally episode! The kids had a sigh of relief from all the hard work finally coming to an end, at the same time they are sad to see it end. It was a great season of I Kid A Pod and a great ending episode. Please enjoy the final episode where we reveal the Red Latern winner of the 2018 Iditarod and much more! Great job this season kids!

We are getting close to wrapping up this year's season of I Kid A Pod. Today we talk about more mushers who had to drop out and who has finished recently. Good luck to all the mushers who are left on the trail! Stay safe and come home to Nome!

We are starting to wrap up this season of I Kid A Pod and the kids are sad to see it end. Please enjoy some great updates for this team of students! We have a lot of fans of the SP Kennel teams and so we covered a lot of Allen Moore in this episode. We were sad to see he had to drop out. Good luck to all the mushers that are still competing!

We have a winner! Iditarod 2018 champion has been determined and more mushers are coming through the finish line! Check out this episode to find out who the winner of the 2018 Iditarod is this year and much more info on the Iditarod.

We are soooo close to having a champion of the 2018 Iditarod. Be sure to keep an eye out for a first place finisher tonight or early tomorrow morning. Until then we will keep on reporting! We have continued with our new favorite feature, "Question of the Day"! Enjoy episode 10 of I Kid A Pod.

The race is getting close to determing a Iditarod 2018 champion! As we were finalizing our episode today, we noticed there was a lot going on with Nic Petit. Please know we noticed it all, but did not have time to update our episode! We will try our best to cover it tomorrow. We did add an exciting and new segment this week called, "Question of the Day". We were able to partner with another school in our district and they sent some questions our way. We will try and get to as many as we can! Enjoy episode 9!

Teams are past the half way point and many mushers has taken their 24 hour rest. The race is heating up quickly! It's been challenging to keep you all updated with information on the race update, but please enjoy episode 8!

Enjoy our episode 7 of I Kid A Pod. We have lots of fun and exciting things to share with you in this episode! Not a lot on the race update today as we patiently wait for mushers to take their 24 hour rest. It's hard to be patient, when we just want to know who will win! Enjoy the episode!

Wowza! The race is moving quickly! We are trying to keep things as current as possible. We have a race update for you today, along with some great information on rules of the Iditarod, Mushers, as well as their dogs. We are getting more and more comfortable behind the microphone! Enjoy!

Please enjoy this episode full of fun information about the Iditarod, the mushers, and their dogs. The kids have worked hard to bring you their segments. We also have added in some race update inforrmation. ENJOY!

This race has started and we are so excited to bring you some race updates and so much more! Enjoy today's episode on Iditarod 2018. We are featuring mushers Aily Zirkle and Zoya Denure today. We also have a special update on the race at the end of the episode! Enjoy!

Well this has been quite the journey so far! We are growing and learning throught this process.Thank you for joining us on that journey! Here is episode three! This will be our last episode before the race starts. Enjoy some pre-race updates and other mushing info.

This is an updated version of episode 2. In the chaos of trying to get the podcast up quickly Miss Thompson made a mistake and forgot to add our Meet the Musher segment! This is the same episode with the added segment! Enjoy! Stay tuned for epsisode 3, which will come out on Friday!

Our first episode of season three is here! This season is a little different for I Kid A Pod due to Mrs. Treptow taking on a new position in our district. In this episode we do a sort of passing of the torch episode. This episode is to help explain the changes, what this year will look like, and what Mrs. Treptow is up to today. This is the only episode this season that will be adults leading the way. After this, it will be up to Miss Thompson's students to bring you the exciting coverage of the 2018 Iditarod. Let's get this season started!