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Sigfried the Viking and Baby with

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podcasts. And now, back

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to the show. Ah,

2:18

Central Park. You know

2:21

what I love most about this park,

2:23

baby with a mustache? It's free, which

2:25

means I can enjoy it, even though

2:27

I just lost my job running Megan's

2:29

concession stand. What happened? Did she fire

2:31

you? No, no, nothing like that. The

2:33

consumption stand exploded. Peter's at the

2:35

theater eating up the mess right now. Sorry

2:38

about that, Siegfried. I actually

2:40

just lost my job, too. Remember,

2:42

my really good business running a

2:44

fleet of ferry boats made out

2:46

of half submarines from Manhattan to

2:48

Liberty Island? Yes, I believe you

2:50

called it sink? Yeah, that business

2:52

went under. You stopped making

2:54

money? No, all the boats sank.

2:57

Peter's supposed to swim down to the bottom of

2:59

the harbor to eat all the boats later this afternoon.

3:02

Ah, how tragic that you

3:04

and I, the two fanciest story

3:06

pirates, should find ourselves with no

3:09

money to enjoy all New York's

3:11

finest experiences. It's definitely humbling, but

3:13

it could be good for us,

3:15

too. We need to remember

3:17

what it's like to live the lives

3:19

of the common people. For today, let's

3:21

enjoy a nice, normal day at the

3:24

park. You're right, baby with a

3:26

mustache. Everyone else here is doing

3:28

normal things, and they seem perfectly

3:30

happy. That couple's buying a pretzel

3:32

from a local vendor. Those children

3:34

are running around playing tag. That

3:36

lady is trying to pay for a hot dog with

3:38

a bag full of diamonds. Wait,

3:41

Siegfried, that's not just any lady

3:43

trying to pay for a hot dog with

3:45

a bag full of diamonds. That's mega-famous pop

3:47

star Felicia Rapid. Let's

3:50

go ask her for some diamonds so we

3:52

can stop living like peasants. I would like

3:54

that very much, but won't we come off

3:56

as desperate? Yeah, that's a

3:59

good point. We should just

4:01

stay here and enjoy the park. Yes, perfect.

4:05

Thank you! Thank you! You did

4:07

it! As

4:17

I'm told, I have no reactive

4:19

imagination. It makes me feel cozy.

4:23

Your pen and paper have arrived.

4:26

You could probably just glue an iPad here for

4:28

a job and then spend a bunch of money

4:30

on one. They wrote most

4:32

of my stories for fun. There's so much

4:34

out there that we'll probably never know the

4:37

whole time. Welcome

4:43

to the Story Pirates podcast, where we take

4:45

stories written by kids and turn them into

4:48

sketch comedy and songs. The what? Who are

4:50

you two? You just ran

4:52

up to me and started talking. This is

4:54

my friend Siegfried, and I'm the Bay. But

4:56

you can just call me Baby with a

4:58

my sash. You want me to call you

5:01

a longer name? We had to come over

5:03

here to say hi. We're huge fans of

5:05

your music. My music? What

5:07

do you mean? I'm just

5:09

a normal person paying for a normal

5:11

hotdog with a normal bag of diamonds.

5:14

Are you not famous pop star Felicia

5:16

Rapid? Fine. You caught

5:18

me. I am, but keep it down.

5:21

Look, I don't want anyone to know it's me. I'm in the

5:23

siege room I disguise. I'm dressed

5:25

just like an everyday common person. You're

5:28

wearing a hotdog costume. So are the

5:30

two of you. Because it's

5:32

laundry day. Total coincidence. All

5:35

I want to do is blend in, but I've

5:37

been famous for so long that I

5:39

don't even remember how to live like common people do. If

5:42

only I could have one normal day. Oh,

5:44

you two look pretty normal. I'm

5:47

a Viking. I'm a talking baby. But

5:49

your hotdog costumes, the way they'd carelessly drape

5:52

normal people's shoulders. You must know what

5:54

it's like to be normal. Please. I

5:56

need you to show me. Show

5:58

me what it's like to live like... My

6:01

guests could do that. Oh, you

6:03

know what common people like to do? Listen

6:06

to stories. Yeah, good idea,

6:08

Siegfried. Hello, my name's

6:10

Hendricks. I'm 10 years older than I

6:12

live in Australia. This is my story,

6:14

bringing your parents to school day. Mom,

6:23

Dad, I'm home. So are we. We're

6:26

all doing work. We work from home. Yeah,

6:28

I know. Listen, at school today

6:30

I found this paper on the floor that says tomorrow

6:32

is bring your parent to school day. Oh

6:35

fun! Let me see if I can get off of

6:37

work. Hold

6:39

on, my phone is ringing. Hello? Hi

6:42

honey. Sorry, I mean my boss, Diane.

6:45

It's Roger. An unexpected family event just

6:47

came up and I'm unable to be

6:49

at work tomorrow. Okay Roger,

6:51

thanks for letting me know. Okay, bye. Well,

6:55

I'm all set. I'm going to school. Okay,

7:00

first of all, if you're going to be

7:02

that embarrassing that I am not taking you to school.

7:05

Second of all, it says bring your parent

7:07

to school. That means only one of you

7:09

can go. But how will we decide which

7:12

one of us goes? We'll have

7:14

a test and whoever wins gets to come to school.

7:16

A test? To figure out which one of us is

7:18

smartest? The smartest at not

7:20

embarrassing me. Fun! Uh,

7:23

Dad, you're up first. What's

7:27

the difference between a regular joke and a

7:29

dad joke? It's a dad

7:31

joke when the joke becomes a

7:34

parent. That's

7:39

one embarrassing point for dad. Is

7:41

that good? No. Mom,

7:44

I'm having a sleepover in the basement with my

7:46

friend. You come down and bring us treats. What

7:48

do you say when you enter? Cool

7:50

mom alert. Cookie delivery

7:53

for a couple of cool kids. That's

7:56

two embarrassing points for mom. I'm waiting.

7:59

No, you're up. or not! Dad,

8:02

you've just dropped me off in front of the school.

8:04

What do you yell to me as I'm walking away from the

8:06

car? Have a great day,

8:08

my little princess. Daddy loves you.

8:11

No dad! Kisses me. No, my

8:13

stop! That's a hundred embarrassing

8:15

points for you. Oh boy, dad's

8:17

on a roll. Mom,

8:20

last question. Focus now. If

8:22

your answer is less embarrassing

8:24

than dad's, you get to come to school

8:26

with me. It's graduation day

8:28

and I'm walking across the stage

8:31

to receive my diploma. What do

8:33

you scream? Nothing, because

8:35

the rules clearly state that we hold

8:37

our applause until the end. Mom,

8:41

that's right, you did it! You won the

8:43

game. Oh, I'm so happy. I'm

8:46

going to bring your parents to school day. I

8:48

better get work covered. Oh,

8:51

hold on, my boss is calling. Hello,

8:53

this is Roger. Hi, Roger, I need a favor.

8:56

Something's come up and I can't come to work tomorrow.

8:58

Can you cover for me? No problem at

9:00

all. I'm excited for the challenge. Thank you,

9:02

Diane. Goodbye. Well, that

9:05

was my boss. I can't go to school after

9:07

all. They need me at work. You

9:10

are so embarrassing. Mom,

9:13

I'll see you in the morning. It's

9:17

morning. Dad, where's mom? The bus is

9:19

almost here. I can see it's on

9:21

the block. Oh, she's just getting changed. She'll

9:23

be out in a second. Here I am. Mom,

9:27

what are you wearing?

9:29

What? Isn't this how all the

9:31

cool kids dress these days? Giant

9:34

pants, upcycled sweater, socks and sandals.

9:36

You have to change. Too late, the bus

9:38

is here. Come on, Sarah, let's

9:40

go. Oh. Good

9:44

morning, Sarah. Good morning, bus driver. Bus

9:46

driver? I am so sorry, sir Sarah.

9:48

I'm sure your bus driver has a

9:50

name and doesn't want to be known

9:52

only by his occupation. Mom. Hi,

9:56

I'm Diane with two N's

9:58

and what is your name? First

10:00

name bus, last name driver. Bus?

10:03

Yep, it's short for Bustleton. Huh,

10:06

well look at you with your cute name.

10:08

Oh, thank you very much ma'am. Mama,

10:11

you are so embarrassing us. What? I

10:13

love bus. Where are we sitting, Sarah?

10:15

Are there seat belts on this bus?

10:17

I don't see seat belts on this

10:19

bus. Hi everyone, I'm Sarah's mom. Just

10:21

sit right here. Oh Sarah, look. Is

10:23

that Lydia Bjorndahl from Camp Blown Point?

10:25

I haven't seen her since she got

10:27

food poisoning at the oyster roasts. Hi

10:29

Lydia. Ma'am, stop.

10:32

What? We can laugh about that

10:34

now. Ugh, this is gonna be

10:36

the longest bus ride of my life. Good

10:41

morning students. Good morning

10:44

everyone. Ah,

10:46

it's like music to my ears. And welcome

10:48

to our first annual Bring Your

10:50

Parent to School Day. Mom, why

10:52

are you the only parent here?

10:54

Oh, this is so embarrassing. Huh,

10:57

now that I'm looking around, I've noticed

10:59

that there's actually only one parent joining

11:01

us today. It's Sarah's mom. Where are

11:04

the rest of your parents? Uh, I

11:06

didn't even know about this. Yeah, me

11:08

neither. Did you tell us about it

11:10

or... Of course I

11:12

did. I printed out one flyer and

11:15

put it next to a wall in

11:17

the hallway. But judging from

11:19

the load turnout, maybe that wasn't enough.

11:22

I didn't major in marketing. Oh well.

11:24

Sarah, would you like to introduce your mother? Oh,

11:26

I don't think we... Hi everyone,

11:29

I'm Diane. I used to swim

11:31

competitively, but now I get my

11:33

endorphin rush from slow-roasting vegetables,

11:35

organizing magnetic wall schedules, and

11:37

bragging about what a cool kid my

11:40

daughter is. Also, I love to

11:43

sing! Wonderful! Oh, it's like

11:45

American Idol. Sarah, your mother seems to

11:47

be great at so many things. Yeah,

11:50

well you know what she's best at. What

11:52

could that be? Embarrassing me!

11:56

Oh! I thought you were gonna

11:58

say something nice, like US presidents! or

12:00

state capitals? You mean like

12:02

Abraham Lincoln Nebraska? What?

12:06

Okay. Mama,

12:09

nobody wants to hear you sing. Uh,

12:12

I sorta do. No, don't

12:14

encourage her. No singing, eh?

12:16

Well, how about a joke? Do

12:19

you all like jokes? No, Mama,

12:21

please. Oh yeah, you know what?

12:23

Tell us a joke. Great.

12:26

Here's one. See if I can remember it. Oh,

12:28

okay. One get, I two get,

12:30

I three get. What comes sixth? Uh,

12:34

I four get? Yeah, me

12:36

too. Wow. Stop,

12:38

stop, stop, stop. Please, stop, stop. You're killing

12:41

me. Do you all want to hear the

12:43

story of when Sarah was two and fell

12:45

into the toilet? I don't know. Please,

12:47

I'm drowning in embarrassment. Well, what

12:50

about the time she thought she was a dog and

12:52

would only eat her dinners off the floor? Oh no.

12:54

What? What can I do

12:56

to deserve this? Anyway, does anyone have any

12:58

questions about me or Sarah? I have

13:01

a question. My

13:03

question is, why don't you just give it a

13:05

risk and try not to embarrass me for one

13:07

second of your life? Oh,

13:11

oh my. Sarah, I see.

13:15

I guess if I'm embarrassing you that much, then maybe I

13:17

could just go. Wait, Mom, I

13:19

didn't mean to. I have a question. Oh,

13:22

well, I suppose I can answer

13:24

just one question before I go. It's actually

13:27

more of a statement. Oh,

13:29

okay. I think I speak for our

13:31

entire class when I say, thank

13:33

you for coming to bring your parent to

13:35

school day. You made us laugh a lot,

13:37

but for the record, we were laughing with

13:39

you and not at you. Oh, this

13:42

is so embarrassing. Wait, what?

13:45

You were? Uh, yeah, your mom

13:47

ruled Sarah. How cool is

13:49

that upcycled sweater? And that

13:52

forget joke was killer. Sarah's

13:54

mom, you're the best. Aw,

13:56

you're all so sweet. Gosh,

13:59

I'm so sorry. Sorry Mom was so

14:01

worried about the idea of being embarrassed

14:03

sat mean ever acted a little bit.

14:06

Oh Sarah! I'm so proud

14:08

of you Osu! Great job Sarah!

14:10

Think Sebastian's. Sebastian

14:13

about you're right, he is. This

14:15

is actually really piercing I need

14:18

you to start smelling for we

14:20

can all see the porno than.

14:23

Me: So.

14:35

Don't feel connected some my fellow

14:37

humans. I had no idea common

14:39

people sat around recording their own

14:42

low budget podcasts. Low budgets know

14:44

as accurate. Show me what else

14:46

to perform in people do in

14:49

Central Park. There are lots of

14:51

things to do here. Saw. One

14:55

of central Parks dept three. It's actions

14:58

is all of these huge speaking out

15:00

of the ground. Something that common. People

15:02

like to do It means want.

15:09

It to show the script

15:12

be my yeah yo why

15:14

come to me my ah

15:17

is that Sacks go know

15:19

this is my gift responsible

15:21

for during her supreme in

15:24

theory to. New equipment Know some

15:26

it would be possible without my trusty

15:28

yes the jury will be treacherous the

15:30

a couple of you that will make

15:32

it to the time as long as

15:34

we have him guiding us. Okay so

15:36

while you were saying all of that

15:38

I climbed to the top Very tall.

15:40

What? Think free? Do it. Ah ha

15:43

ha. Ha! Ha that's funny. Oh

15:45

wow, You really didn't need

15:47

a as.org I like him.

15:50

But so. Is not necessary. Okay,

15:52

I hear you loud and clear. I know

15:54

which has to be done. yet

16:00

This is goodbye. I've enjoyed working

16:02

with you over the years. I'll never forget the

16:04

time you carried me to the top of Mount

16:07

Fuji. Or the time you wrote a guest bridge

16:09

on my hit song, Be Still, My Bleeding Heart.

16:13

It's too painful. Please, just

16:16

stop. Goodbye,

16:19

love. Goodbye. Felicia,

16:22

just climb up. It

16:25

is Tossam talking, baby! Look

16:29

upon these needy birds. They gather

16:31

here in Central Park, only to

16:33

be fed by local park goers.

16:36

Feeding them is one of the simple pleasures of common

16:38

people. Really? I can

16:40

definitely feed the birds. You know,

16:43

most pop stars have their own private chef, but

16:45

I actually went through an extensive culinary

16:47

training program. I paid for it using

16:49

all of my diamonds. Oh, you don't

16:51

need to cook anything. Until I take

16:53

their orders? Good observation. Hello, birds! Welcome

16:55

to the park. I'll be your chef

16:57

for the day. May I take your

17:00

order? Uh-huh. Yes.

17:02

Got it. No cilantro understood. Order

17:04

up. There

17:14

you go. Bon appetit. That's

17:16

French for good appetit. Where

17:19

the full kitchen come from? We're

17:21

in the middle of the park. Oh, I'm

17:24

rich, so the things I need are just kind of...

17:26

There. You two are looking at me weirdly. Is

17:29

that not the way that common people

17:31

feed birds? Not really. Most

17:33

people throw breadcrumbs at them. Oh, that's actually

17:35

how they used to feed us. That

17:38

culinary school with our dishes weren't up to par. But if

17:40

that's the way it's done, I guess I have no choice

17:42

but to take away their delicately prepared meals.

17:45

Sorry, birds. Enjoy these breadcrumbs instead.

17:47

Talk! There you go. Uh-oh.

17:50

They don't seem to like

17:52

that. They've developed

17:55

a Page for fine Dining. Everyone Run! Climbing

18:03

rocks and feeding the birds could

18:05

have done better by many activities

18:07

A d a breeze. Sometimes common

18:09

people just wanna feel a little

18:12

see you know, Siegfried and Ideal.

18:14

That's. Why we're going to take a

18:16

ride? A horse drawn carriage. Oh,

18:22

you know I've actually taken a lot

18:24

of rights and horse drawn carriages. I'm

18:26

sure you have been doing the right

18:28

things. You should just let us take

18:30

the lead. agreed? Let's all just

18:32

climb into the carriage. And since. Ah,

18:40

Yeah this is pretty nice with was

18:42

part of the horse why would we

18:44

whispered to those worse because providing and

18:46

horse drawn carriage house I know what's

18:48

going on you to assure you don't

18:50

worry I'll do all the with. Me

18:57

or for worse. And. How's

19:01

that possible? Support has no way. With.

19:08

Horses Summer. When.

19:20

Someone is had to pinch. His

19:24

course. Ah

19:29

diamond encrusted hostile consumers also

19:31

one of those flying wing

19:34

his. You are so soon as. I

19:36

think our results are plummeting. Will

19:39

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19:41

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19:47

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Oh, yeah? Please come down from

22:30

that tree. Oh, I can't! My

22:32

diamond-encrusted hot dog wing suit is stuck in the

22:34

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22:36

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dog suit? Should I write a song

22:50

about it? Uh, no. I mean,

22:52

yes. Write that song. But

22:54

I'm talking about the experience of feeling

22:56

like you're not who you want to

22:58

be. You know, earlier today,

23:00

all my boat sank to the bottom

23:02

of the harbor. I thought

23:05

I was gonna be the best boat-related

23:07

business baby in New York. But

23:10

now, I'm not sure if I'll ever get

23:12

there. And I wanted to be

23:14

an expert at maintaining a popcorn machine. But

23:16

it exploded on my watch. Now

23:18

I can't tell time, because my watch is

23:21

covered in butter and popcorn kernels. All that

23:23

happened to you two this morning? How did

23:25

you deal with it? Well, that's

23:27

kind of why we came to the park. We

23:29

wanted to just be here among the

23:31

people, to not think about what we thought

23:34

we were supposed to become. And then we

23:36

saw you and wanted to ask you for a

23:38

spare diamond or two. But the

23:40

right moment never came up. Do

23:42

you want a spare diamond or two? I

23:44

could use a few diamonds. Is your offering? Oh, sure.

23:46

I would take the bag. We did it!

23:49

I couldn't buy a new watch! But I think

23:51

I understand what you've been trying to teach me.

23:54

Even though I'm a very, very famous

23:56

pop star, wearing a hot dog costume,

23:58

encrusted with diamonds, and- You're a

24:00

talking baby and viking wearing regular non-diamond-encrusted

24:03

hot dog costumes. The reason my music

24:05

still connects with common people like you

24:07

is because we all live in this world

24:09

and experience the same emotions, the highs and

24:11

lows of life, the successes and failures

24:13

of trying to become who we want

24:16

to become. I mean, sometimes just knowing

24:18

that we're not the only ones feeling this

24:20

way is enough to make us feel

24:23

just a little bit better. Did

24:25

we say that? Sure, I guess

24:28

we said that, yeah? We are

24:30

truly masterminds! So

24:33

what other normal common people thing can

24:35

we do now? We could just

24:37

hang out here and enjoy the diamonds, I mean

24:39

enjoy the part. I

24:43

just remembered, I'm still in the tree. Oh

24:45

yeah, we'll get you down. While we do

24:47

that, why don't we listen to another story?

24:49

Yeah! Hi, my

24:51

name's Kira. I'm 10 years old and

24:53

I live in Ontario, and this is

24:55

my story, The Fridge That Lived. Good

25:01

morning, Mom! Good morning, Lily. Speaking

25:03

of refrigerators, which we are not, check

25:05

out our brand new refrigerator. It

25:08

even has an ice maker! Wow,

25:11

it's using the properties of heat

25:13

transfer to cool water to a

25:15

freezing temperature. Again with the science,

25:17

Lily! You know I really like

25:20

science, Mom! Yes, but sometimes it

25:22

worries me. Like this brochure I

25:24

found in your room, Dr. Madness,

25:26

science lessons for science-loving kids. He's

25:29

the best scientist, Mom! Promise me you

25:31

won't go to his lab, even though

25:33

it's right down the street and you

25:36

pass it every single day. Literally every

25:38

single one of his students end up

25:40

like him. Angry, rude, and disrespectful. I

25:42

promise. Good girl. Now off you go!

25:48

Even though I can't take lessons from

25:50

Dr. Madness, I could still enjoy all

25:53

the science happening right in my neighborhood.

25:55

Just look at these leaves undergoing photosynthesis.

25:57

Boy, I wish I could convert- Might

26:00

into food. Sounds way all websites

26:02

are made His style mean

26:04

I see your absorbed in

26:06

sad. reminds. Me of a

26:09

young me now. Away

26:11

or you always is angry.

26:13

What he upset by about mad

26:15

Scientists after all? I. Thought that

26:18

referred to like how the experiments

26:20

you do are fundamentally opposed to

26:22

the laws of nature and stuff.

26:24

Now it's the idea that makes

26:26

my experiments but powerful. If you

26:28

want zag guess you could come

26:30

to my lab and my good

26:32

deeds. You. But

26:35

my mom. Said.

26:39

It would be a. Good idea

26:41

for me to learn science. Follow

26:44

these some. I laugh. When

26:48

it comes to my lab in his

26:50

experiment over here I will be setting

26:52

that have their. Into

26:55

a giant and. Assess.

26:59

Assess seen that one of the

27:01

experiment. Insults. Europe

27:05

glorified words ball. Oh

27:09

he's. Really mad now.

27:11

I look at the effect on his negativity

27:13

of having on this post. Now

27:16

that the potion, it's nice that mad. But

27:21

out. There

27:26

is now. Now.

27:30

You may take. This. Potion home and use

27:32

it on whatever you like. But

27:34

remember, you Must stay matte or

27:36

else the mad science won't work.

27:38

That's not going to be easy, but

27:40

I will sail you Doctor Madness. I'm

27:43

taking this post in home. I.

27:46

Have time to impress Doctor Madness

27:48

by doing some mad science hey

27:51

Bob I and so give me

27:53

a snack or else Lily he

27:55

did. He speak to be like

27:57

that in a bizarre new refrigerator.

27:59

I'm sorry the moms suppose it

28:01

is getting weaker. I gotta say.

28:04

mad. It's called the

28:06

Scientific Method Mom ever heard

28:08

of it. Did you go

28:10

to doctor? Madness is lab

28:12

to your room. You're

28:16

supposed. To you spelled your posts in

28:18

all over the planet refrigerator you think about

28:20

your behavior while I don't get a cleaning

28:22

or had. Hey

28:25

wait a minute. To the

28:27

refrigerator. Just move. Food

28:30

says sounded like a game

28:32

for the phrase move move.

28:36

It looks like. It's grown huge

28:38

season. Food.

28:44

Right now the refrigerator is.

28:47

Well, good. We don't want our first

28:49

foil know it's literally running or is.

28:52

Now I don't know why you think your time. Oh

29:04

boy, all. We.

29:09

Ever seen You started

29:11

my entire that six

29:13

years. Of

29:16

the closet with them. I

29:20

never said god it's after that has his

29:22

lap. That is true for so many recent

29:24

unfortunately the only way out of business be

29:27

to ask Doctor Magnet. For a killer. You

29:29

go back to the lab. I'll stay

29:31

here and district the fridge steals Likely

29:33

should reverse those role, but I'm so

29:35

angry that I can't argue right now.

29:38

Good lox. I'm to the changes. There's

29:43

a hamster. I'm not chasing you back unless

29:45

you do something for me. Or

29:49

that thoughts what are you want?

29:51

My daughter Lily accidently. Brought our

29:53

friends to like using your posts in and

29:55

now it's trying to eat out. There

29:58

that didn't happen. I came here. the

30:00

cure. There is no cure. What?

30:03

You are a terrible mentor. It's

30:05

true! Mad or not, you're

30:07

going to fix this right now!

30:09

Gotta say I respect your anger.

30:11

Lead the way! Okay Lily,

30:16

the fridge is just around the corner. You've got

30:19

to think of a way to distract it. Oh,

30:21

I'll tell him a story. There you

30:23

are, little girl. Time to eat

30:25

you. Wait, Mr. Fridge, would

30:27

you maybe want to hear a story

30:29

first? Okay, story first. Then

30:32

eat you. Once upon

30:34

a time, there was an ordinary

30:36

girl who loved science. She went

30:38

to a mad scientist's lab where

30:40

she learned mad science. She brought

30:42

home a potion that made her

30:44

refrigerator come to life. Relatable.

30:47

The fridge was very hungry, so he

30:49

chased the little girl and he ate all

30:51

of her things and that made the little

30:53

girl angry. We angry too,

30:55

looooooong! I'm making it

30:57

angrier! Why did I have to get interested in

30:59

mad science? Wait

31:02

a minute. Mad science is what got

31:04

me into this mess. What if I

31:06

tried experimenting with kindness? Me

31:08

eat you! Fridge, wait! You

31:11

seem really hungry. Would you like

31:13

some trail mix? Trail mix?

31:15

No one's ever given Fridge

31:18

a gift before. Fridge, I'm

31:20

sorry I was so angry before, but it's

31:22

also not nice to try to eat everything.

31:25

Me sorry. Me don't try to.

31:28

Me just get so mad sometimes.

31:30

I know how you feel. I don't usually get lunch until

31:32

1130. When I get hungry,

31:34

I get kind of grumpy and it feels like I

31:36

want to eat everything too. Anger is

31:39

no joke. You said

31:41

it. Hey Fridge, you're pretty

31:43

cool. Well, I am

31:46

Fridge. Oh, because I said cool.

31:48

And you're a fridge. That's funny.

31:51

Wow, I cannot believe that works.

31:53

Dr. Madness, Ma. You did

31:55

it. Science that isn't mad,

31:57

that's madness. I mean, where? I

32:00

mean it's not madness wait well

32:03

oh now I'm confused What is

32:05

happening? This isn't mad science.

32:07

This is kind science I

32:09

don't know the first thing about kindness, but

32:11

perhaps I could give it a try Who

32:15

could that be? Giant

32:17

hamster, I'll try some kind science

32:19

on you. Hey hamster.

32:22

Yeah, my friend, and I like you How

32:27

is that uh Good

32:30

science the end Now

32:35

Lee speaks with the author So

32:38

Kira you wrote the fridge that lived

32:41

yeah, I think fridges are kind of

32:43

funny objects Do you know what I

32:45

mean? Yeah, they kind of

32:47

just like sit there and are cold It

32:49

feels like at some point we decided fridges

32:52

should be that exact shape and all fridges

32:54

look like that now Yeah, why

32:56

isn't it like? Something

32:59

yeah exactly have you seen

33:01

some fridges are like smart fridges. Yeah,

33:03

it's weird They're like iPads on them Like

33:06

you could probably just put glue on

33:08

I've had your fridge rather than spending

33:10

a bunch of money on one I feel

33:12

like fridge technology could be better like we

33:14

could even dress up our fridges like you

33:16

could get a wig for your fridge Yeah,

33:20

they should have like I'll ash is

33:22

in lips. Yeah, yeah exactly. Why don't

33:24

they have a face? The

33:28

fridge in your house came to life

33:30

Do you think that there's a member

33:32

of your family that the fridge would

33:34

align itself with or like the best?

33:37

Well, if it was a grumpy fridge

33:39

and my big brother if it was

33:42

a happy fridge that me my

33:45

mom or my little brother and if it

33:48

was Grump

33:50

and a happy fridge my dad.

33:52

What would a fridge have to be grumpy

33:54

about? I don't know Maybe

33:56

if it's like two full food

33:59

and people trying to stuff

34:01

more food into it. What

34:03

do you think a fridge could be happy about? Maybe

34:06

if the power went out and the

34:08

fridge light was out and it was

34:10

too dark and the fridge wasn't working

34:12

and then the power just suddenly came

34:14

back on. Lily and

34:17

the fridge are pretty at odds in

34:19

your story, but then when Lily finally

34:21

sits down and listens to the fridge

34:23

and asks how the fridge feels, they

34:26

very quickly come to a resolution. Yeah.

34:29

Does that ever happen in your family

34:32

or in your life where someone is

34:34

having a tough time and then as

34:36

soon as someone else listens to that

34:38

person, things get better? Yes.

34:41

I would just go sit down with

34:43

my mom sometimes when I'm grumpy and

34:45

then all of a sudden my mom

34:47

will just be making up for like

34:49

eight or doing something and I'll just

34:51

start laughing. How does that feel when somebody

34:53

pays attention to you when you're not feeling right?

34:56

Well, it's kind of like one minute

34:58

you're like super grumpy and you don't

35:00

want to talk to anyone, but then

35:02

you go and you talk to someone

35:04

and things are like, oh, I

35:06

feel so much better now and I'm happy and

35:08

I want to do stuff now. Isn't it

35:11

funny that we want to avoid talking

35:13

to someone but it's the one thing

35:15

that we need? Yeah. Well,

35:17

I think you have done a

35:19

great service to all fridges here

35:22

today in this interview. I'm sure

35:24

every fridge who's listening to this

35:26

episode right now feels seen and

35:28

heard and understood. Yeah. Do

35:31

you have anything you want to say to the fridges of the world? Please

35:33

don't eat anyone. All right, fridges, you

35:36

heard it here first. A desperate plea

35:38

for you to behave. Kira,

35:41

this has been so fun to talk to

35:43

you about fridges and everything else. Thank

35:45

you. Bye, Lee. Bye, Kira.

35:49

And now it's time for Story Pirates Roll

35:51

Call. We

35:53

love your story. We love your story. We

35:56

read them all. We read them all.

35:58

We love them all. First

36:01

up from 6 year

36:04

old Wesley in Illinois

36:06

we have a story called Beast.

36:09

And this story has my favorite ending

36:11

of a story this week and it

36:13

goes like this. 16

36:17

years later the mommy monster and

36:19

the daddy monster let the three

36:21

monsters in because now they're available.

36:24

They couldn't do it before because they were

36:26

in a meeting. The End.

36:29

Like about a relatable ending huh?

36:32

Seems like we're always in meetings

36:34

these days. Wesley incredible

36:36

story my friend. Next

36:39

up from 12 year old Amara in Oregon

36:41

we have a story called Sheffy.

36:44

And the main character of this story

36:46

whose name is Sheffy has a problem.

36:48

They are not a chef but everyone

36:50

they meet wants to know if they

36:52

are. Which you know

36:54

is understandable because their name is

36:57

Sheffy. And then through a series

36:59

of amazing discoveries Sheffy actually does

37:01

learn to be the most incredible

37:03

master chef of all time. It's

37:06

quite the journey Amara thanks for

37:08

the fantastic story. And

37:11

finally step aside space

37:13

sci-fi sand world epics

37:16

because we have a story from

37:19

Caleb in Eleanor in Japan and

37:21

it's called The Secrets of

37:24

the Sandpips. And

37:26

if you've ever wondered what would happen

37:28

if you dug deep deep deep deep

37:30

into the sandbox that you're playing and

37:32

well Caleb and Eleanor have an answer

37:34

for you. It's a mystical

37:37

kingdom of sand called

37:39

Sandloria. And this

37:41

story has incredible epic storytelling

37:44

and world building. You

37:46

are going to have to check this out. So

37:48

to read Secrets of the

37:50

Sandpit and all of today's

37:52

roll call stories just head

37:54

to storypirates.com/podcast. That

38:01

was roll call. And

38:05

now it's time for you to write us a story.

38:07

And if you don't know where to start, here's a

38:09

story spark to help you along. This

38:11

week we asked Hendrix, the author of Bring

38:13

Your Parents to School Day, the following question.

38:17

Okay, so you've designed a

38:19

brand new app for phones.

38:21

What is it called? And what does it

38:24

do? So I have an app that's going

38:26

to be called Pet Show. It's like Instagram, but

38:28

it's for your pets. And you take pictures

38:30

for your pets. So kids,

38:32

what's your answer to that question? And

38:34

can you use your answer as inspiration

38:36

for a brand new story? Grownups,

38:39

head to storypirates.com/podcast to tell us

38:41

your kids' answers to the question.

38:44

And remember, we respond to

38:46

every single story we receive.

38:54

That's it for today's episode. Thanks for

38:56

listening and a big thanks to today's

38:58

authors, Hendrix and Kira. We'll

39:00

be back next week with another new episode. Until

39:03

then, stay creative and stay kind.

39:11

The Story Pirates Podcast is a

39:13

production of Story Pirates Studios, executive

39:15

produced by Lee Overtree and Benjamin

39:17

Salka. This episode was

39:19

produced by Sam Bear, McKenna Cox,

39:22

Minswe Karami, Peter McNerney, Andrew Miller

39:24

and Lee Overtree. Recording

39:27

sound design and mixing by Sam Bear at the

39:29

Relic Room in New York City. Our

39:31

theme song was written by Bobby Lord

39:33

and produced by Sam Bear, Bobby Lord,

39:35

Jack Mitchell and Brendan O'Grady. Roll

39:38

call theme by Andrew Barbato. Musical

39:40

scoring by Jack Mitchell and Eric Kirsten.

39:43

Our head writer is Minswe Karami. Contributing

39:46

writers are Jono Huesstis, Peter

39:48

McNerney, Lee Overtree and Alexis

39:50

Sensa. We've got Kelly Marie

39:53

Tran. by

40:00

Sarah Morgan Ashey, Craig Barnett,

40:02

Matt Cox, Tasha Diamond, Petey

40:05

Gibson, Dalia Glick, Christina Grosspeach,

40:07

Kristen Henley, Quentin Johnson, Julie

40:10

Marchiano, Peter McNerney, Dennis

40:12

Pacheco, Rebecca Robley, Dominick

40:14

Russo, Kristen Stuttard, and

40:16

Harry Wood. Thanks

40:29

for getting me out of that tree. No problem.

40:31

By the way, did I ever tell you to where

40:34

I got this diamond encrusted hot dog costume? No.

40:36

We just met an hour ago. Oh, I just came

40:38

from a commercial shoot for a hot dog brand. I

40:40

actually wrote a brand new song for them. Do

40:42

you want to hear it before it's released? Sing

40:45

it. Of course. OK. Here it goes. Ahem.

40:49

Oh, I wish I could become

40:51

a generic brand hot dog. That's

40:54

the aspiration that I possess. Because

40:57

if I became a generic

40:59

brand hot dog, everybody'd

41:01

be enamored and obsessed.

41:06

So what do you think? It's

41:09

OK. I like your old stuff better.