Pierce Freelon is a songwriter, voice actor and/or co-creator of multiple PBS Kids’ TV shows and podcasts, including Alma’s Way, Work It Out Wombats, and Jamming on the Job. Check out some of his tunes below and make sure to support your local PBS member stations!

Alma’s Way

Alma's Way is a PBS animated series for preschoolers, created by Sonia Manzano (Maria from Sesame Street), featuring 6-year-old Alma Rivera, a confident Puerto Rican girl in the Bronx who uses "Think-Through" moments to solve problems, fostering self-awareness, empathy, and decision-making skills, all while celebrating rich cultural details, music (Bomba, Salsa), and the diversity of her community

Work it out wombats

Work It Out Wombats! is a PBS KIDS animated series for preschoolers about three wombat siblings—Malik, Zadie, and Zeke—who live in the Treeborhood and solve daily challenges using creativity, collaboration, and computational thinking skills like sequencing and debugging, all while learning from their diverse animal neighbors and their grandma, Super.

Jamming on the job

Pierce is the co-creator of the PBS Kids’ podcast Jamming on the Job a multi-generational, music-inspired podcast designed for kids ages 4-8 and their parents and caregivers. He stars as the magic beat-master BoomBox, alongside co-creators Christina Sanabria and Andrés Salguero of the Grammy Award-winning kids’ music duo known as 123 Andrés. Join them as they tour the country and perform songs about the world of work. Each place they go, they meet a grownup with a different kind of job who helps them along their way. As they learn about the new and inspiring career of the day and the skills needed for that job, they compose an original song about it.