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Sep 2024
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Join us for the first-ever Forever Ago l...

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Hi friends!

We’ve been busy at Forever Ago headquarters. Joy’s organizing her chaos closet, we’re making a bunch of new episodes of Forever Ago AND we’re getting ready for a super fun live show!

Join Joy on November 10th in Minneapolis, MN as she takes the audience on a trek through time, exploring Eureka moments that led to amazing inventions. Find out how a bath became a breakthrough, how a mold-covered dish ended up saving lives and more. There will be games, singing, giant cartoons and a talking bag of frozen peas. Plus, kids will learn how they can have Eureka moments of their own, all while discovering the weird and wonderful history all around us.

Get your tickets at foreverago.org/events. Psst, Smarty Pass subscribers! Check your email for your discount code to get 20% off tickets. Don’t have Smarty Pass? Sign up today to get discounted tickets to the show, plus other perks like ad-free podcasts and bonus episodes. Find out more at smartypass.org. And if you can’t make the live show, don’t worry! A brand new episode of Forever Ago is coming out on October 9th — plus lots more this fall! 

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