Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for Kids

Connie and the gang have been doing some tai chi 🙆‍♀️, bean can weightlifting 🥫 and even a supermarket sweep 🛒 on Planet Exercise! 🪐 But now, Connie wants to turn things up a notch…

“Wow, this zone looks much more intense. There’s step trainers that go on and on, speed walking zones, a racetrack! And just look at those bikes with a big screen on that makes it look like you’re riding anywhere in the world! I fancy that!”

The customers dive into a fun chair exercise bootcamp, while Connie and Nana Debs hop on the “ride anywhere” bikes 🚴 travelling to the jungle, a sweet factory and even the moon! 🌝

But when it all gets a bit too much for Nan, Connie learns that exercise doesn’t always have to be super intense to be good medicine for people with Parkinson's 💊❤️

Join us for Part 2 of ‘A Planet Exercise Adventure’ and get moving with us - just make sure you’re back in time for the TV broadcast! 📺

Credits

Armchair Adventures is produced by Made By Mortals

Actors - Hannah Donelon, Kate Allerston

Sound design - Blueprint Studios

This is a ‘Made by Mortals’ Production funded by Parkinson’s UK, the charity that’s here to support every Parkinson’s journey. Every step of the way. With special thanks to Michelle, Bill and Chris.

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Connie’s Nanna Debs and Uncle Chris are planning an exercise class for a live TV show, happening right at the Armchair Adventures travel agency!  🎥 🏋️

“The class is going to be on TV! A live broadcast, this afternoon! They’re coming with all the cameras, lights and everything! Me, your Nan and all your customers on live TV!! Woohoo!”

They’re planning the class with the help with Nan's friends from Parkinson's UK as Connie's Nanna Debs has recently been told she has Parkinson's - an illness that affects your brain and how you move.🧠

Connie learns that exercise is like a medicine for people living with Parkinson's so she’s determined to help plan the class… there's just one problem…Connie doesn’t know anything about exercise! 😟⁉️

Nanna Debs gets the idea to go to 🪐PLANET EXERCISE🪐 on an Armchair Adventure to help her learn more!

Credits

Armchair Adventures is produced by Made By Mortals

Actors - Hannah Donelon, Kate Allerston

Sound design - Blueprint Studios

This is a ‘Made by Mortals’ Production funded by Parkinson’s UK, the charity that’s here to support every Parkinson’s journey. Every step of the way. With special thanks to Michelle, Bill and Chris.

Support: https://www.patreon.com/ArmchairAdventures

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s time to get environmentally friendly and test your planet-protecting knowledge with a brand-new episode of UNPACKED! The join-in quiz show spin-off from Armchair Adventures! 🎧✨

Our host, Connie's Uncle Chris, and his cheeky soundboard Ziggy will challenge adventurers at home and in the studio to ‘Unpack’ our Adventure theme of protecting the planet, through a series of silly games like ‘human sound effects’ and super sustainable quiz questions! 🌍♻️

Are you up for the challenge? Let’s Unpack this together! 💪🎉

Be sure to follow us  for more Unpacked episodes, and if you love this episode why not check out ‘A Super Sustainable Fashion Adventure’ or ‘A Magical Mural Adventure’ wherever you get your podcasts! 💛

Say hello adventurer!

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Hello Adventurers! It’s time to Unpack our latest Adventure with our host, Connie's Uncle Chris, and his cheeky soundboard Ziggy! 🧔🏻‍♂️🤖

This time, his trusty Community Theatre Company are going head-to-head with a group of Adventurers! They will battle it out through a series of super silly games and homely adventure questions! 🥊

But which team will leave with the super special prize of nothing at all? 🏆 There's only one way to find out... so get listening!👂

And don’t forget to make sure you’re clued up and ready to get quizzical so you can join in too, as we Unpack the ‘Making a House a Home’ Adventure together! 🏡

Be sure to follow us for more Unpacked episodes, where we'll revisit even more of your favourite Armchair Adventures!

This is a Made By Mortals production funded by The Arts Council of England. Special thanks to homelessness charity Groundswell and Shared Health.

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People. People are what make a house a home. On realising this, in this final episode, Connie and the gang set about putting on a welcome party for the family when they arrive. They think of everything: tables, chairs, welcome flags, and even an exploding barbecue. 😯

Uncle Chris’s Community Theatre Company point out that a welcome party is all very well and good, but it's everyday kindness that makes people feel at home. Connie learns local communities can play a massive part in making others feel welcome, safe, and loved. 💛

“Homes are so special." 🏡

Credits

Armchair Adventures is produced by Made By Mortals

Actor - Hannah Donelon

Sound design - Blueprint Studios

This was a Made By Mortals production funded by The Arts Council of England. Special thanks to homelessness charity Groundswell and Shared Health, and to the families living in temporary accommodation who helped make and record this episode.

Support: https://www.patreon.com/ArmchairAdventures

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In part two, we continue our adventure to learn how to make a house a home. We meet John-Paul, an artist and visionary with a keen creative eye. He helps Connie and the gang find the inspiration to decorate the house using a ‘special things’ box the family sent. 🎨🖌️

“Special things’ boxes are very special and can also be magical. They are packed with inspiration. Connie, take the first object out of the family’s special things box and see where the inspiration takes us...” 

By the end of the episode, the decoration in the family’s new house matches the family’s interests, passions, and energy. But it is still missing one final ingredient to make a house a home. What could it be? 🤔

Read the transcript for this episode here.

Credits

Armchair Adventures is produced by Made By Mortals

Actor - Hannah Donelon

Sound design - Blueprint Studios

This was a Made By Mortals production funded by The Arts Council of England. Special thanks to homelessness charity Groundswell and Shared Health, and to the families living in temporary accommodation who helped make and record this episode.

Support: https://www.patreon.com/ArmchairAdventures

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 Connie’s family are super good friends with a family that come from a country that isn't safe for them to live anymore. Connie is on a mission to make their house a home before they arrive, but she needs help...

 

“I need to know how to make a house a home and fast. Family friends are fleeing from a war-torn country and they need our help to settle in here. They sent their stuff by boat a week ago. And they are coming by plane today!” 🛬

 

The adventure takes Connie and the gang to an area near the home that is packed with ice cream parlours, community gardens, and a mini market. It’s perfect! But when they race around the corner to where the house is supposed to be, it's an empty plot with nothing there!!! Everybody joins in building, but when it's finished, Connie realises it's more than bricks and mortar and windows and doors and floors and roof that make a house a home.

 

What more could they need? Listen to find out...🏠

Read the transcript here.

Credits

Armchair Adventures is produced by Made By Mortals

Actor - Hannah Donelon

Sound design - Blueprint Studios

This was a Made By Mortals production funded by The Arts Council of England. Special thanks to homelessness charity Groundswell and Shared Health, and to the families living in temporary accommodation who helped make and record this episode.

Support: https://www.patreon.com/ArmchairAdventures

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s time to get and put your tech-know-how to the test, with a brand-new episode of UNPACKED! The join in quiz show spin-off from Armchair Adventures!

Our host, Connie's Uncle Chris 🧔🏻‍♂️ and his cheeky soundboard Ziggy 🤖 will challenge adventurers at home and in the studio to ‘Unpack’ our ‘A Journey into the Unknown Adventure’, through a series of silly games like ‘human sound effects’ and digital themed 'adventure quiz' questions!

 

‘When was the smartphone invented?’

 

But will the red or blue team be crowned digital royalty?  Which team’s super sound effects will secure them victory! Make sure you’re clued up and ready to get quizzical as you join us to Unpack ‘A Journey into the Unknown’ adventure!

Are you up for the challenge? Let's Unpack this together!

Be sure to follow us for more Unpacked episodes, and if you love this one why not check out our other Unpacked Quiz episodes!

 

Armchair Adventures is produced by Made By Mortals, a not-for profit arts organisation based in Greater Manchester, UK.

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Now they are friends again, Connie works with Teresa and her lovely customers to learn how to use apps before the phone battery runs out! 📱

“I learnt that I needed to slow down and take my time when I'm explaining things, because learning new things isn’t easy!”

After the customers say singing things helps them to remember, Teresa transports the gang into a music-making app! 🎵Once inside, they play cool instruments to create a song together...🎸🥁

There is just one problem…the battery has almost died on the smartphone…🪫😬 Will Connie and the gang get out of the phone in time?! Join us for a fun-packed episode to find out!

Credits

Armchair Adventures is produced by Made By Mortals

Actor - Hannah Donelon

Sound design - Blueprint Studios

Support: https://www.patreon.com/ArmchairAdventures

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Things are getting very slimy for Connie and her lovely customers inside the slime game on Teresa’s smartphone adventures...🦠

“Oh yeah… I forgot to mention, we have to do it all with a slime monster chasing us and trying to eat us” ☠️

Being chased by a horrible slime monster, Teresa is tasked with playing the game outside the phone to help us escape to the end of the level! But Connie’s instructions don’t seem to be helping, and Teresa falls out with her! 😬

She goes to cool off but leaves her phone behind- with us still inside…just as the battery hits 5 per cent! Will Teresa and Connie find a way to make up before the battery dies? Or will we get stuck inside the smartphone forever?! 📱

Join us for part 2 of ‘A Journey into the Unknown Adventure’ but watch out for the slime monster! Blurrrgh! 😃

 

Credits

Armchair Adventures is produced by Made By Mortals

Actor - Hannah Dolan

Sound design - Blueprint Studios

Support: https://www.patreon.com/ArmchairAdventures

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.