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Hey, Story Pirates listeners, Lee

0:03

here. Today's episode features bewildering

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new trends, promising restaurants, antagonistic

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narrator, on flinching mermaids

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and spooky musicals. And

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today's special guest, the amazing

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actor, Busy Phillips. all

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of that and more after these quick words

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were the grown ups.

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Hey, Meghan.

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You've been loudly sighing for

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the past forty minutes. Is

0:38

there something wrong? Oh, It's

0:40

nothing, baby with the mustache. Wow.

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Okay. Well, if it's nothing, I'll just trust that

0:44

we've been underground for such a long time now

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and we haven't met any ghosts. Why

0:49

would we have met ghosts? Think about

0:51

it. Ghost can walk through walls

0:54

and float up and down through floors.

0:56

So Why wouldn't a bunch of them

0:58

sink deep into the Earth? Nature's

1:01

floor. Oh, that's a

1:03

pretty good point. But couldn't they just

1:05

float on the surface all the time?

1:08

Listen. If it were me, I'd get pretty

1:10

tired of it. I mean, what muscles do you

1:12

think they used to float? Their butts It's

1:15

probably their butts. Whoa.

1:18

What is it, Ebony? Our magnetometer is

1:20

picking up huge magnetic fluctuations.

1:24

ghosts. I keep telling

1:26

you not everything has caused my

1:28

ghost. Smagot. But maybe

1:30

one ghost. It's probably just the

1:32

earth's magnetic field or an underground

1:34

pipe or or that mysterious glowing

1:36

city? Exactly. Or that mysterious

1:39

glowing what? That's no city.

1:41

It's a town, a

1:43

ghost town. We

1:54

were just bored and said, hey, why don't we

1:56

write a story? have a huge germination.

1:59

If you only

1:59

use your eyes, then you'll see

2:02

less stuff. You'd

2:04

have to speak to a chicken or be a chicken.

2:08

We

2:09

inspire each other in the world

2:11

we're now ever be the shade. The

2:14

so many pilots.

2:18

Welcome back to the Story Buyer's podcast,

2:21

where we take stories written by kids

2:23

and turn them into sketch comedy and

2:26

songs and where I, Meghan,

2:28

was right about the underground ghosts.

2:30

Meghan, come on, say it. Meghan

2:32

was right. You

2:35

were right. Baby with the

2:37

mustache? Yeah. Yeah. You're

2:39

right. And Meghan's a generational

2:42

Thing Talon who radiates charisma. Why

2:44

don't we go explore the town?

2:47

And on the way, we can do a story.

2:49

Great idea. Are you sure you don't

2:51

wanna say the thing about the generational talent

2:53

first? And here to introduce it is

2:55

the author. Hello. My name is Lainie.

2:58

I'm nine years old and I live in

2:59

Wisconsin. This is my story. How do

3:01

you scare a maroon?

3:08

Today is the day I will scare a

3:10

mermaid. Today is

3:11

the day I will scare a mermaid away

3:14

to the place for the saltwater spray. I'm

3:16

getting ready to scare a mermaid. Oh,

3:19

hey, I didn't see this. Today,

3:21

I am off to find mermaids

3:22

to scare. Today, I'm a catch a

3:24

mermaid on a wear and give them up.

3:26

Right? That'll give them gray hair. I'll

3:29

just wear this soft water spray. So

3:31

I gotta find

3:31

out what makes mermaids afraid. See,

3:33

I'm a narrator so I get paid

3:35

for keeping your readers uplift in that

3:38

page. Wait. I've reached the

3:40

ocean. Now I can finally

3:42

scare a mermaid. And

3:43

when I'm I'll have all

3:45

I need to make the most

3:46

exciting story ever. Such a

3:48

story you just can't look down. And

3:51

I'll tell it sun up to sun down.

3:53

Rich and I'm well on my way because

3:55

today is the day I will scare up my

3:57

main. Wait. How do

3:59

I

3:59

even get a mermaid to talk

4:01

to me. I know. I

4:04

will ask nicely.

4:05

Mermaid, show yourself.

4:08

Mermaid, show your yourself. Believe,

4:11

show yourself. Alright.

4:13

Alright. Show out. I

4:15

know why you're here. I see in your eyes. You

4:17

came to Scummy, but you shouldn't even try.

4:20

There's not a thing that scares our mermaid. Here's

4:22

why. Mermaids

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are awesome. Not even

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the dark. No. Every year of nighttime,

4:28

we don't have lights down here.

4:30

What about Bigfoot? Bigfoot's my

4:32

second cousin on

4:32

my mother's side.

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Drowning is not a joke.

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Fine. Tell you. There's one thing that

4:39

I am really afraid of, and it's

4:42

when a story ends, the wind makes of

4:44

the story's finished. A quiver has delivered. A

4:47

cry

4:47

in the river. What stories come to? because

4:49

it's a little

4:49

bit scary and a lot of rude.

4:51

So today, you won't scare this mermaid.

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Not today, you won't scare this

4:56

mermaid. Came all this way to wear the salt

4:58

water sprays, but to make me feel free

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to pick up when it takes. No.

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Today, I'm gonna scare this for me.

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Yesterday, I'm gonna scare you for me.

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I came all this way to where the saltwater

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sprays and you're

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gonna see that I got one of tingles.

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Listen, buddy. I'm only scared the end of

5:13

a story. Literally, the words, the

5:16

end. The only person that can say the

5:18

words, the end is a narrator.

5:20

Yeah. a narrator. How

5:22

did you know that? Well, because

5:24

I'm a narrator. No. Yeah.

5:27

For real? here's my badge. Looks

5:29

so cute like a little book. Learning.

5:32

Yeah. The end. Oh,

5:35

jeez Louise, you scared the seashells out

5:37

of me.

5:40

Wow. That was an incredible

5:42

This town is incredible.

5:45

Look at all the little shops, restaurants.

5:47

It feels nice to be able to wander

5:49

around the city again. They even have

5:51

theater. The Marquise

5:54

says, the phantoms of the opera

5:56

in immersive experience. Should

5:58

we go? My stomach says,

5:59

It's time to eat first. Let's

6:02

find a restaurant. Everything

6:04

looks pretty busy. Oh, what about

6:06

that place? Spectratas. It

6:09

looks so cute and inviting. Oh,

6:11

it really does. I wonder why

6:13

it's so empty. Is it even open?

6:15

I don't care. I'm starving. Let's at

6:17

least go check.

6:18

and

6:20

Hello. Baby with an appetite

6:22

over here.

6:23

Oh, dear. Enter my

6:26

restaurant. Oh,

6:28

no. No. No. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean

6:30

to scare you. It's just I'm

6:33

not open yet. Bummer. I'm

6:37

so hungry yet everywhere else is so full

6:39

up. Okay. You know what?

6:41

Have

6:41

a seat. I will whip

6:43

something up for you. Okay.

6:47

Here you go. Here you go. but please

6:50

don't judge if it's not great.

6:51

Like a bunch,

6:54

like, whoa. This

6:55

is incredible. I've never

6:57

had anything like it. I've

6:59

eaten at ghost kitchens before, but this

7:01

is a whole different level. Oh.

7:03

Oh, you're just saying that. No.

7:06

This is usually some of the the best

7:08

what I've ever had. Why aren't

7:10

you open yet?

7:12

That's hard to say.

7:13

I've wanted to open my own restaurant ever

7:16

since I was a little Google. I went to pulmonary

7:18

school and studied all sorts of different types

7:20

of cooking. And then I bought this

7:22

place and designed the layout, decorated

7:25

it, created my menu, It

7:27

sounds like you've got everything you need.

7:29

Yeah. You've got a great space, great

7:31

food, and you're in a great location.

7:34

Plus, you've got first three customers right

7:36

here. Happy and helpful. I

7:39

am just not sure that it's

7:41

enough. Of course, it

7:43

is. all you need is a little

7:45

push. Tell you what. The three of

7:47

us are going to help you open your doors to the

7:49

public today. You'd really

7:51

do that. Of course. considering

7:53

our way of saying thank you for the

7:55

food. Oh. You

7:57

don't have any money? Let's get started.

7:59

did

8:02

And there, one

8:05

grand opening banner proudly hanging in

8:07

the doorway. Now all you need to do

8:09

is cut this ceremonial ribbon

8:11

with these oversized scissors and you'll

8:13

officially be in business.

8:15

Go ahead.

8:17

We're all here to support you. Actually, you

8:19

know what? Before I open,

8:21

I should really

8:22

make sure I'm playing the right

8:24

sort of

8:25

music to set the mood

8:27

and everything. Good

8:29

idea. What are you thinking?

8:31

Well, I've always thought of my restaurant as a nice

8:33

calm break from the hustle and

8:35

bustle of city life, so know, maybe

8:37

something like this.

8:38

I'm

8:40

not sure. It's not right by.

8:43

What about that? Not

8:47

that either. You're

8:50

right. Yes. We should know,

8:52

ma'am. Wait. What about this?

8:54

Oh,

8:55

that's nice. Oh, so

8:58

relaxing. Some good

9:00

calm eating music. Oh.

9:02

Yeah. This

9:04

is perfect. Great. Sounds

9:07

like we're ready to open. Just take the

9:09

big oversized scissors and

9:11

Wait. What is it now?

9:14

Well, okay. I think

9:16

the lighting might be wrong. It has to

9:18

be bright enough to see the

9:20

menu, but not so bright that every

9:22

ghost customer can't see themselves. Do you know what

9:24

I mean? I don't think my lighting system can

9:26

handle that much nuance.

9:28

it probably takes some sort of super scientist

9:30

to figure it out. So maybe it's

9:32

better if we just put a I'm

9:34

a super scientist. What now? Yeah. Just

9:36

give me a second. Great. Just

9:39

a little twist here.

9:40

Flip piece wire and

9:43

reattach this panel. Well,

9:45

And there you go.

9:47

A brand new adaptable lighting

9:49

system. It should automatically adjust itself

9:51

based on your customer's needs.

9:53

Oh.

9:55

Wow. That's incredible.

9:57

Thank you. No problem.

9:59

Looks like we're ready to open. Let's

10:02

just

10:02

go. What the menu?

10:05

What's wrong with the menu? The food you made

10:07

us

10:07

was great. Yeah. But

10:09

it needs more food. what

10:11

if somebody wants something? I've never even heard

10:14

of. Like, I don't know how to prepare

10:16

a cardboard burrito sandwich.

10:19

Yeah. I'm not sure that's a real

10:22

food. Is

10:22

it? I don't know. And

10:24

until I do, I

10:26

cannot. open these

10:29

doors. I am locking myself

10:32

in my kitchen until I

10:34

know how to prepare every

10:36

single possible recipe ever.

10:39

Every single possible recipe.

10:41

Nobody's expecting you to know all that. You

10:44

wouldn't understand.

10:44

You

10:46

don't own a restaurant.

10:48

The grand opening

10:50

is canceled. We'll be

10:52

right back.

10:52

And

10:55

now it's time for Story Pirates

10:58

News. Peter, what news have you

11:00

got for us today? Shirley,

11:02

keep your voice down. I'm playing

11:04

tag against myself.

11:07

So don't give me away. Otherwise, I'll

11:09

find me and tag me and then I'll be

11:11

it. Okay. Well, in

11:13

other news, Creator Club

11:15

members, we have brand new

11:17

bonus episodes for you throughout October.

11:19

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11:22

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11:24

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11:26

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right now at storypirates dot

12:04

com slash podcast. Oh,

12:06

Lee, that sounds so fun.

12:09

There you are. Oh, now It's me. I

12:11

am you. What? Dang.

12:13

We're it.

12:20

Spectrina, you wanna come out of

12:22

the kitchen and talk to us? Why?

12:25

I don't

12:25

think she's coming out. Let's

12:28

break down the door. Hold on.

12:30

It wasn't locked.

12:32

I never get to break down doors,

12:35

spectrina. What's really going

12:37

on? This place is incredible.

12:39

Anyone would be happy to dine here.

12:41

For as long as

12:42

I remember, I've thought of

12:45

myself as just another ghost with an

12:47

unfinished business. I worked

12:49

so hard to make this

12:51

place perfect.

12:52

I'm scared of

12:54

what comes next, and

12:56

what if opening up to the public means

12:59

opening myself up to all

13:01

sorts of problems. I've never even thought

13:03

of before. Oh, Spectrina.

13:05

I

13:05

know how you feel. Whenever I'm

13:08

designing an experiment, I try

13:10

my best to reduce the possibility

13:12

of any errors.

13:13

But some problems are only revealed

13:16

after I've started. And once you run

13:18

into problems, you have the chance to

13:20

improve them. You know, I ran

13:22

a startup once and it failed

13:24

miserably. But the important thing is

13:26

that I tried and then learned

13:28

from it. It's like when I perform

13:30

my one woman musical character explorations.

13:32

When it's time for curtain, I have to

13:34

start no matter what? Sure. I

13:36

might mess up a line here or there, but you got

13:38

a roll with the plunges. Wow.

13:42

It sounds like you three have failed

13:44

over and over and over

13:46

and over and over and over

13:48

again. Well, that's not

13:50

all I would put it. and yet you've

13:52

used that

13:52

experience to not only keep going,

13:54

but to help out a complete stranger

13:56

like me. Oh, strange.

13:59

Thank you.

13:59

Come on. Hand

14:01

me those oversized scissors.

14:04

The grand opening starts right

14:06

now. Here you go.

14:08

attention potential customers

14:11

as

14:11

of today. This

14:14

ghost's unfinished business.

14:17

is officially a bad.

14:21

Welcome to Spectorina.

14:23

Thank

14:27

you. I thank

14:30

you. Story pirates so

14:32

much for all of your help.

14:34

And if you ever Find yourselves back in

14:36

town. Please. Stop

14:38

by.

14:38

Say hi. Get a bite.

14:40

We will. But bring Marnie next

14:42

time. We'll see. Should

14:44

we try and catch the phantoms of the opera

14:46

before we go? Sure. But before

14:49

that, let's do another story.

14:51

Yeah. okay, listeners, have

14:53

you ever seen a trend or a

14:55

craze that you just didn't understand?

14:57

Like, maybe it's a really weird dance that

14:59

suddenly everyone wants to

15:01

do Well, this next story is

15:03

kind of like one of those things.

15:05

And pretty soon, everyone's

15:07

gonna be doing it. Maybe your

15:09

next. Here's the author to

15:11

introduce it. Hi. My name

15:12

is Camilo. I am eleven years

15:15

old. I live in Maryland, and this is my

15:17

story, chicken

15:18

ing.

15:21

I'm home. Hey,

15:22

honey. How was your work conference? Oh,

15:24

you know, it was fine. And on

15:27

Zoom and in the dining room. so.

15:29

Right. Anyway,

15:30

what are the kids doing?

15:32

Well, they're upstairs,

15:35

chickening, I'm sorry.

15:36

What? You know,

15:37

they're chicken ing. No.

15:40

I don't know. What's that? Oh,

15:42

thank goodness. You don't know either. But when

15:44

I asked them what it was, they started laughing

15:46

and told me I was too old to

15:48

understand. Too old. I don't like the

15:50

sound of that. So

15:51

I pretended that I was kidding, told them I

15:53

did know and then ran out of the room. Good

15:56

save. So what are we gonna do? The

15:58

only thing we can do, Walter. Ask

15:59

the Internet. Oh, smart.

16:02

Okay. Internet.

16:03

What is

16:05

chicken ning? Oh,

16:06

look, there's a video. Click it.

16:09

Hello, parents, and welcome to another

16:11

video in my series explaining

16:13

stuff to parents. What

16:16

are the can't do in these

16:18

days. I don't even know. From

16:20

Internet means June text

16:22

abbreviation. What at means

16:24

ain't always so a parent, but

16:26

that's why you put down. They're

16:29

explaining stuff to parents. I'm

16:32

feeling good about this.

16:35

Sorry. Alright. You old millennial

16:37

parents. Today's topic is

16:39

chicken wing. Yes. What is it? It's

16:41

simple. Chickening is a state of

16:43

mind and a culture because anything

16:45

can, chickening. What?

16:48

Here are the seven steps to learning how

16:50

to Chicken ing. That seems like a

16:52

lot of steps in song.

16:55

Okay. Now we're talking.

16:56

Sorry. Step

16:59

one. Bring your arms

17:01

to your waist, step two.

17:03

Stick your hands out horizontally.

17:06

Three. hover your arms off your waist.

17:08

Step four. Eyes meet the

17:10

middle distance. Eyes.

17:12

Bag your shoulders. Yes.

17:15

six. Stick out almost on your

17:17

tongue, but lazily. That's

17:21

seven. Turning circle, but slowly

17:23

move your upper body or bend

17:25

down slowly. Wap up in your hands. Wap

17:27

up in your hands. Wap up in your hands. Wap up in

17:29

your hands. Wait. Now

17:33

you're kicking in. Now now you're kicking

17:35

in. Look. You're kicking in. Look.

17:37

Look. You're kicking in. Now you're

17:39

kicking in.

17:47

Honey, I

17:49

think we're doing it.

17:50

Do we look cool? I can't tell.

17:52

I'm worried we might look silly.

17:55

Alright, parents. Now that you've learned the

17:57

technical side of chickening, the real

17:59

question is, when should one

18:01

chickening? Yes, please contact Chicken

18:03

ing is only appropriate in the

18:05

following three scenarios,

18:07

scenario one. Distracting

18:10

anyone for any purpose. over

18:12

back up. Thanks for wonderful birthday dinner. You're

18:15

welcome, Sal. I think my favorite

18:17

part was that you didn't throw me a

18:19

surprise party. Well, I Say

18:21

what now? The only thing that could ruin this

18:23

night would be if I turned around right now

18:25

and found my apartment full of

18:27

people ready to scream surprise.

18:29

Sort of like this. No.

18:32

No. Uh-uh. Uh-uh.

18:35

Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why. Why.

18:37

Why. Why. Rebecca, what is

18:39

this? What are you doing? What? Are

18:41

you with chicken? What? What? What?

18:47

I'm not sure what's happening. What? But

18:49

I sure am distracted. Now

18:52

you're kicking now now. You're

18:54

kicking. It's

18:57

as simple as that. I think

18:59

I'm more confused now. Quiet.

19:02

Sorry. scenario two

19:04

The second scenario in which chickening is appropriate

19:07

is blending in with

19:09

chickens. I'm telling you,

19:11

Darryl, I think that free loan cousin years has been

19:13

sleeping in the barn again. Oh,

19:15

what are you talking about? There's no people in

19:17

that barn. It's just chickens.

19:20

See? Hey.

19:23

Have you always had that big

19:25

chicken? Which big

19:27

chicken? The one that's six times taller than the

19:30

wrist. Oh,

19:30

this one right here?

19:32

No. Not that one. The

19:34

one that doesn't have any feathers.

19:36

is wearing clothes and has a

19:39

gas station name tag that says rail phone

19:41

it.

19:41

Oh, yeah. That one.

19:43

I've had that chicken herb

19:46

basically up

19:48

Now you're chicken. Now now

19:50

you're chicken. Classic.

19:54

So, chickening is just acting like a

19:56

chicken to distract someone or to blend

19:58

in with chickens?

19:59

I think so. Oh, wait. Hold on.

20:02

There's one more scenario. scenario

20:04

three. The

20:05

final scenario in which chickening is

20:08

appropriate is simple. Any

20:10

reason, any time, any place,

20:12

any reality. What?

20:15

Like this. I do.

20:17

Do you Cynthia take Darren to

20:19

be your lawfully wedded husband in

20:21

good times and bad in sickness

20:23

and in health as long as you both shall live.

20:26

Cynthia?

20:28

yeah

20:32

Cynthia?

20:33

Are

20:37

you chickening?

20:41

I'm so sorry. Now you're kicking

20:43

in. Now now you're kicking in.

20:46

Or even this. Your

20:47

majesty, the evil space general's fleet, is

20:50

gaining on us. Your majesty, they're

20:52

hailing us. On

20:53

screen. Alright, eagle space

20:56

general. What is it you want from

20:58

us?

20:59

What am

21:03

I looking

21:06

at? Is this chicken I don't

21:08

get it. Someone explain

21:10

this to me. Now

21:12

you're jigging. Now now you're jigging.

21:15

Okay. Hopefully,

21:17

that clears things up. Thanks

21:19

for watching parents. Until next time,

21:21

keep asking questions and stay

21:24

cool. and subscribe.

21:26

Explain and stuff to Paris.

21:29

Yeah. You

21:30

know, I think I've got

21:32

it now. Yes. I'm feeling

21:35

good about this. Mom Dad

21:37

is dinner ready.

21:39

We're

21:39

starving. Does

21:42

this? answer your question.

21:45

That

21:51

sound out about chicken ing.

21:53

Cool.

21:53

Right. Not anymore. What?

21:56

We're going to Kevin's house.

21:59

Let's go. Can

21:59

we come?

22:01

Oh, Walter. Why did

22:03

you make us do this?

22:04

Oh, honey.

22:07

Now,

22:08

you're

22:13

ticketing. Now, now, you're ticketing. Now, you're ticketing,

22:15

man. The end.

22:17

And

22:18

now Lee speaks

22:21

with the author. So

22:23

Camilo, you wrote chicken in.

22:25

Uh-huh. Tell me how you came up with the idea

22:27

for this story. Well,

22:28

I have a bunch of chickens

22:30

at

22:30

home. You have chickens?

22:33

Yeah.

22:33

We have seventeen chickens. We

22:35

have now two new

22:37

baby chickens. We get a lot

22:40

of eggs. we kind of, like, made our own company

22:42

because we have too many eggs, so now we

22:44

just sell eggs. And how do you

22:45

know which eggs to

22:48

incubate? So we don't

22:49

self incubate because we don't

22:51

keep roosters. Three of our chicks

22:53

that we did incubate, we bought those

22:55

from a store

22:56

And what is incubating? Can you tell

22:59

listeners what that is?

23:00

Well, it's kinda like when you take,

23:02

like, a duck or a bird,

23:04

It's just when you kinda keep them

23:06

in, like, a habitat that

23:09

mimics what they would live in. So for

23:11

example, sometimes, like, our birds sit on

23:13

the eggs to keep them at a certain

23:15

temperature. So since we wouldn't

23:17

have an adult chicken

23:19

wings, machines that keep them,

23:21

the humidity level and heat level

23:23

that they need to stay alive. How

23:25

do you know when they're gonna hatch?

23:27

what's

23:27

hard to tell was the first one to hatch was

23:29

one hit. We hadn't even seen start

23:31

picking up and hadn't start till

23:33

much later. What we suspect happened

23:36

was The one that picked out

23:38

first hadn't fully eaten the yolk in the

23:40

egg, which gives them the energy to break out

23:42

the egg. So he started to break out

23:44

the egg, then went back to eat.

23:46

I had no idea that the

23:49

baby checks when they're inside the

23:51

egg eat the yolk. Uh-huh.

23:53

But tell me more about the

23:55

steps to chicken in. Do you chicken in

23:58

yourself? I have. And what about the

24:00

chickens themselves? Is it based on what

24:02

they do automatically? one

24:04

hundred percent. So in

24:06

your story, you describe chicken

24:08

eating as a state of mind

24:10

and culture. Can you tell me

24:12

more what mean by that? You'd

24:14

have

24:14

to speak to a chicken or be a chicken.

24:16

So you don't even know

24:18

the answer.

24:19

Maybe I do.

24:20

you know If

24:23

you did, no, would you tell

24:25

me? Maybe

24:26

I would.

24:27

Wait. I can't see you, so I'm

24:29

not a hundred percent sure. Are you a

24:32

chicken? I

24:32

am. Yeah. Okay. Alright.

24:33

So I'm definitely talking to a chicken right

24:36

now. Yeah. You

24:38

also say that chicken eating is appropriate

24:40

for any reason, anytime, any place, any

24:43

reality. Because chickens are supreme.

24:45

By saying that any reality, do you mean

24:47

there are other dimensions where

24:50

chickens do their chicken in there too as

24:52

well? How would

24:52

chickens not be surprised if they hadn't

24:54

figured out how to child between realities

24:57

and become overlords

24:59

Are they our overlords? You would

25:01

never know,

25:01

but of course. So what I

25:03

think you're trying to tell me is

25:05

in the age old question,

25:08

which came first, the chicken or the

25:10

egg. You're saying it was the chicken.

25:12

Name. Chicken

25:14

name. The

25:17

chicken in is the be all and end all

25:19

of our universe. Mhmm.

25:21

Can you

25:22

chicken in for me right now

25:24

on the phone to prove that you're a

25:26

chicken? going to

25:27

project the image of chickening into

25:29

your mind while Oh,

25:31

wow. I'm getting it.

25:33

Yeah. I am definitely getting it.

25:36

Camilo, thank

25:36

you so much for talking to me, and thanks for letting

25:38

us perform your story. Of course.

25:40

Thank you. Alright.

25:41

See you later. Later.

25:43

Thanks

25:43

a week. Bye.

25:45

And now

25:46

it's time for a story pirate's

25:49

roll call.

25:59

First up, shout

26:02

out to Lulu, an eight year old

26:04

from Call Farnia who sent us the story, The

26:06

Renaissance Fair. And this story

26:08

even includes my favorite aspect

26:10

of any Renfare of

26:13

course, I'm talking about the big turkey

26:15

legs that you get to walk around where

26:17

they eat. But it's not just about

26:19

turkey legs. It's also about

26:21

time travel. In crowd, story.

26:23

Next up a shout out

26:25

to Iris, a seven year old from Vermont

26:27

who sent us the pigeon that

26:29

sneezed into space.

26:32

And Iris a story has my favorite character of the week. It's

26:34

a pigeon with beaks all

26:36

around his head and two giant

26:38

eyes, one eyes on the

26:40

front of head and one's on the back of his head and he

26:42

has twenty tiny wings on

26:44

each side of his body and ten

26:46

toes on each foot. And

26:48

whenever he sneezes, his tail

26:50

catches on fire and turns

26:52

into a rocket ship and goes up

26:54

into space. Great details,

26:57

Iris. Our next roll call story

26:59

is called the raccoon incident.

27:01

And it comes to us from Arlo,

27:04

a world in Maryland. And Arlo's story

27:06

has a pretty unique

27:08

solution to a problem that a lot of

27:10

homeowners have. Rack

27:12

coons on the roof. And the people who have a

27:14

raccoon on their roof in this story do something

27:16

pretty simple to get rid of it. They

27:18

send it to another the

27:20

roof of a haunted house. Thanks,

27:24

Arlo. And finally, shout out to

27:26

Camden an eleven year old from

27:28

Arizona who sent us their

27:30

story, the cheese relic of

27:32

immortality. If you know me,

27:34

you know I love a story with a

27:36

prophecy and Camden's story does

27:38

not disappoint. Here's how the

27:40

story begins. A

27:42

millennia ago. A

27:44

prophecy was foretold of

27:46

the powerful cheese relic created

27:48

from the magic milk of the omega

27:50

cow. The prophecy said he

27:52

who touches the cheese would become one

27:54

with the cheese and be granted

27:57

extraordinary abilities

27:59

along with immortality. the

28:02

prophecy stated that they who seek

28:04

the cheese must plunge into the mouth of

28:06

the cow and be based

28:09

with the cheesy trials.

28:12

I mean just

28:14

incredible. Right? And if you

28:16

wanna find out if that prophecy is

28:18

fulfilled, you're gonna have to read the whole story

28:20

and all of today's roll call

28:22

stories at storyfyre dot

28:24

com slash podcasts.

28:26

That

28:31

was roll call.

28:33

Now it's

28:34

time for you to write us a story. And if

28:36

you don't know what to write, here's a story

28:38

sparked from Laney, the author of how do you scare

28:40

a mermaid. Hit. Rise

28:43

the story about a character who drops

28:45

the pet they've always dreamed of.

28:47

Is it a real animal? Is it a

28:49

mythical creature? How does the pet feel about

28:51

getting adopted? And what if your

28:53

character's

28:53

family doesn't want the pet to be there?

28:55

How does your character convince

28:58

their family to let it stay?

28:59

That's

29:06

it for today's So thanks for

29:08

listening and a big thanks to today's

29:10

authors, Laney and Camilo. grown

29:12

ups can submit kids stories and

29:14

story sparks at story pirates dot

29:17

And remember, every single story we receive

29:19

gets some love. Some story

29:22

love. We'll be back next week with

29:24

another

29:24

episode. Until then, stay creative

29:26

and

29:26

stay kind.

29:28

Bye.

29:30

The story

29:32

pirate's pop podcast is the production of Story

29:34

Pirates Studios, executive produced

29:37

by Lee Overtree and Benjamin Salka.

29:40

This episode was produced by

29:42

Sam Bear, Mike Cavalon, Minsui

29:45

Karamey, Mihael Lawrence, Peter

29:47

McNearny, Andrew Miller, Meghan

29:49

O'Neil, Lee Overtree, Rachel

29:52

Initsky, and Nimminy Ware. Our theme

29:54

song was written by Bobby Lord and

29:56

produced by Brendan O'Grady. Roll

29:58

call theme by Andrew Barbado.

30:00

musical scoring by

30:02

Jack Mitchell. Our head writer

30:04

is Minsui Korami. Staff

30:06

writers are Mike Cabela, Mihael Lawrence,

30:08

and Alexa Simpson. contributing riders are

30:11

Peter McNearny, Meghan O'Neil, and

30:13

Leo Urtree. Special guest,

30:15

Busy Phillips.

30:19

This episode

30:24

features performances by

30:26

Eric Austin, Barnett, Sasha

30:29

Diamond, Angela Gia Ratana,

30:31

Nick Canela, Pat May,

30:33

Peter McNercie, Brendan O'Grady,

30:35

Megan O'Neil, Lee Overtree,

30:37

Jasmine Mollave, Monique

30:39

Moses, Joshua Nasser, Keith

30:41

Rubin, Ellen Win her and Nimminy

30:44

Ware. How do you scare a mermaid

30:46

was written by Monique Moses and

30:48

produced by Ellen Winter? The

30:50

song in chicken eating were written by Peter McNearny and Jack

30:52

Mitchell and produced by Jack Mitchell.

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