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Something strange is going on with the wildlife

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at Midling Park, and two nature-loving kids are

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the only ones nosy enough to get to

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the bottom of it. Join Asha

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and Ollie as they team up

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on a journey to unearth the

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deep secrets of the animal kingdom,

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full of secret subterranean headquarters, dangerous

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missions, a surly squirrel, a pedantic

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polar bear, and a yodeling leopard

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gecko named Phoebe, Earth Ranger's underground.

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A mysterious new comedy adventure from

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nine-story media coming this spring wherever

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you get your podcasts. Okay.

1:03

Initiating six minutes feed takeover.

1:06

Greetings, six minutes podcast listening humans.

1:09

It is I, the interconnected voice-activated network,

1:13

your podcast pal, Ivan.

1:15

I've taken over this feed in order to bring you a

1:18

very special series of bonus episodes. As

1:21

I reported earlier, in the aftermath of

1:23

six minutes out of time, my emissaries

1:25

were dispatched to examine the area in

1:27

Florida, which once contained a elixir key

1:29

and the elixir academy. In

1:32

the course of our search, we uncovered

1:34

an airtight box buried beneath the

1:36

sand. The box contained a

1:38

series of audio cassettes recorded in

1:40

the summer of 1987 and

1:43

apparently never listened to since. As

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you know, in episode one of six minutes

1:48

out of time, Cyrus was

1:50

on a tour of elixir academy when

1:52

he was sucked into a portal and

1:55

temporarily removed from our timeline. While

1:58

he was seemingly gone, only a short time time.

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In actuality, he was away for nearly

2:03

two years. Cyrus's adventure

2:05

has remained a mystery... until

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now. While we do not

2:09

have the full picture of what Cyrus did during

2:11

those two lost years, we now have some

2:13

record of his early activities. Over

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the course of eight episodes, I will play

2:18

you content from the tapes he made on

2:20

a primitive audio device, a tape

2:22

recorder. This content has

2:24

been digitized, edited, and scored for your

2:26

listening pleasure. The events are presented

2:28

as they happened in 1987. And

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now, without further ado, I

2:34

present the first installment of

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Cyrus the Lost Tapes. Testing.

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Um... one, two...

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Well, the little knobs are

2:51

spinning. Tape's rolling. Must mean it's working.

2:54

Hello? This

2:56

is my first time using this,

2:59

uh... Radio Shack

3:01

Compact Cassette Recorder. Don't

3:03

think I've ever seen one of these before. Took me

3:06

a while to figure out how it works. Turns

3:08

out you have to push play and record at

3:10

the same time to get it recording, which is

3:13

a bit counterintuitive, but what do I know? That's

3:15

actually not a rhetorical question. See, I found this recorder

3:17

laying next to me when I woke up this morning

3:19

and- I'm gonna get you, kid. Oh,

3:22

um, I haven't had a chance to look at the

3:24

menu yet. If you're gonna sit in that booth, you

3:26

gotta order something. Yes, sir. My

3:28

customers call me Louise. Let me know when you're ready.

3:30

That thing rolling? You're

3:33

familiar with this device? Ha! A

3:36

tape recorder? No, doi, as my daughter

3:38

likes to say. I'll take that as a yes. Anyway,

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where was I? I

3:47

guess I'll just use this thing as a way to keep track

3:49

of my thoughts, because they're very... jumbled

3:51

right now. What

3:54

I was starting to say is that I woke up

3:56

with the recorder laying next to me on a beach

3:58

in full-on clothes. and

4:01

shoes. I was soaking wet and I

4:03

have no clue how I got here or why this

4:05

thing was beside me. If

4:08

I'm being honest, I really

4:10

don't remember much of anything. Including

4:13

my own name. Okay,

4:32

so, even if I

4:34

don't remember who I am, or how I got

4:36

on that beach, there's something in me that wants

4:38

to treat this like a scientist. Collect data, generate

4:40

a thesis, all in the name of

4:42

science, and figuring out how to get home, wherever

4:45

that is. So

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here goes. I was totally

4:50

alone when I woke up. I

4:52

walked around trying to get my bearings. That's

4:54

how I wound up in this 24 hour diner. I

4:57

doubt I'll be here much longer once Luis

5:00

finds out I can't afford to buy anything.

5:02

I mean, I have no wallet, no money,

5:04

no ID, nothing but a rock in my

5:06

pocket. Maybe that's a clue.

5:10

Like, I'm a geology nerd or

5:12

something. Ooh, hang on. That

5:14

guy just left his newspaper behind. I'm gonna grab it.

5:18

Maybe this'll jog some memories. Let's

5:22

see. Miami Herald,

5:24

U.S. warships prepare Gulf escort.

5:26

That can't be good. The

5:29

date, the date. Wednesday,

5:32

July 22nd, 1987. I

5:39

don't know. I mean, I recognize some

5:41

of the names in here. Reagan,

5:43

Gorbachev, and apparently

5:45

they're gonna build a Disneyland in Paris.

5:49

But I don't feel a connection to any of it.

5:52

Even this diner, it seems so dated

5:54

to me. The music

5:56

they're playing, the clothes people are wearing. The

6:00

girls in the booth behind me have

6:03

some seriously big hair and they keep

6:05

saying like totally over and over again.

6:09

I don't know how to explain it. But

6:11

I just kind of feel like... As

6:15

if I've been dropped here from another

6:17

planet. Scoot over! Scootch! Come on! Uh,

6:20

where did you come from? Better yet,

6:23

find another table to sit at. I need this

6:25

booth. Excuse me, I was here first and

6:27

I'm not about to let some ten-year-old kick

6:29

me out of my spot. I'm 11 for

6:31

your information. And I need this exact booth

6:33

so they can't see me through the window.

6:36

Do you mind? They who?

6:39

Uh-oh. Wait. Ooh! Hurry!

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Let me out! What is happening?

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Hey! Come back here! Who

6:46

are you? Come back!

6:49

Oh, I forgot the recorder. Still

6:52

on. Good.

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Better keep rolling while I try and find that girl. I

6:59

think she might be in trouble.

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There he is! Hey! Hey,

7:12

wait up! Don't go

7:14

crazy! Maybe I can help you! No!

7:17

Go back in the diner before you regret it. That

7:21

car! It's hitting her! Oh! Did

7:27

he just try to... find me,

7:29

Dad? I told you to stay

7:31

away. Till

7:42

next time, humans. This

7:44

is Ivan saying, peace, love, and

7:46

time travel. I

7:51

wore winter boots every day for two

7:53

years. I hate climbing trees.

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and half of those statements were indeed fibs.

8:03

On every episode of The Big Fib,

8:06

we bring on two grownups. One is

8:08

an expert and the other is a

8:10

liar. And it's the job of our

8:13

human child contestant to help us figure

8:15

out who is who, because no one

8:17

can spot a liar better than a

8:19

kid. We've had episodes on everything from

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Minecraft to mythology and from Lego to

8:24

libraries. Join me and my robot co-host,

8:26

Lisa, on the Big Fib on Apple

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Podcasts or on gzmshows.com. PS,

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we may or may not have added a

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new six minutes design. Head over to see

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it. Bye!