Buttons & Figs

You are listening to The Wordplay Zone Nonsense Show (WZNS)! Do not try and make sense of any of what you are about to hear. It is all nonsense, well, except for the part where we teach kids about ants. That is real.

Tune in this winter and spring, cuz this is the place where we'll be sharing our thing.

Nonsense skits and music written and performed by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers. Buttons & Figs Kid voices come from nonsense lovers far and wide.

SFX by Zapsplat

Midi from Freemidi.org

For more nonsense visit www.buttonsandfigs.com

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You are listening to the Wordplay Zone Nonsense Show (WZNS)! Do not try and make sense of any of what you are about to hear. It is all nonsense, well, except for the part where we talk to Hans the Tuba!

Tune in this winter and spring, cuz this is the place where we'll be sharing our thing.

Nonsense skits and music written and performed by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers. Buttons & Figs Kid voices come from nonsense lovers far and wide.

SFX by Zapsplat

For more nonsense visit www.buttonsandfigs.com

Copyright @buttonsandfigs

You are listening to the Wordplay Zone Nonsense Show (WZNS)! Do not try and make sense of any of what you are about to hear. It is all nonsense, well, except for the part about DONUTS! Cuz DONUTS are the TRUTH!

Tune in this winter and spring, cuz this is the place where we'll be sharing our thing.

Nonsense skits and music written and performed by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers. Buttons & Figs Kid voices come from nonsense lovers far and wide. Picklepear in the Air written and recorded by B&F kids Noah, Maddy and Hannah.

The Donut Song written by Mark Peña, music by Pamela Rogers

SFX by Zapsplat.

Just Because mastered by audio engineer Blaise Collins

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You are listening to the Wordplay Zone Nonsense Show (WZNS)! Do not try and make sense of any of what you are about to hear. It is all nonsense, well, except for the true story about the letters Q & U. THAT part is QUite true.

Tune in this winter and spring, cuz this is the place where we'll be sharing our thing.

Nonsense skits and music written and performed by Mark Peña and Pamela Rogers. Buttons & Figs Kid voices come from nonsense lovers far and wide

The Ballad of Q & U written by Carter Dukarm and Mark Peña, lyrics by Pamela Rogers, guitar and pedal steel Carter Dukarm, vocals Mark Pena

SFX by Zapsplat. Spurs sfx by https://freesound.org/people/CGEffex/sounds/98816/

For more nonsense visit www.buttonsandfigs.com

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You are about to enter the Wordplay Zone. Do not try and make sense of any of what you are about to hear. It is all nonsense. It is the middle ground between stupidity and wisdom, between make-believe and absurdity. It is our playground. And we have been at play.

Tune in this winter and spring, cuz this is the place where we'll be sharing our thing.

Nonsense skits and music written and performed by Mark Pena and Pamela Rogers

Buttons & Figs Kid voices come from nonsense lovers far and wide

For more nonsense visit www.buttonsandfigs.com

Copyright @buttonsandfigs

We have a brand new, semi-short, audio-fiction podcast show to share. It's called, The Semi-Adventures of Sheila! We’ve just released all five chapters and you can subscribe, for free, anywhere you listen to podcasts!

The Semi-Adventures of Sheila features none other than our own 9 year old Sheila! Yes! That sugar loving, fact loving, rock loving Sheila! Well, if you haven’t listened to our Summertime Zone series, you may not know who Sheila is, so this episode will introduce you to her and share a little more about her favorite past time - rockhounding!

Search and subscribe to 'The Semi-adventures of Sheila' in Apple or Google Podcasts, Spotify, or where ever you listen to podcasts.

The Semi-adventures of Sheila is a Buttons & Figs production.

On this episode we get to sail to the land of Mermaidia! Which means you'll get to hear our interview with author Julia Hengst where she tells us all about the wordplay filled mermaid world she created called Mermaidia. You’ll learn about her new book, "Venus Underwater: Songs from Mermaidia" and how mermaids use song, dance, and wordplay which can help you sort through your emOceans. You’ll also get to hear some of the wonderful music that will bring this world to life. And, as always, we have a couple of Buttons & Figs kids who were inspired by Julia’s mermaid world, who will show us their ways to wordplay….so let’s get started...

To learn more, visit Julia Hengst: venusandherflytrip.net

Illustrations by Ester Samuals-Davis: dirtyliketheweeds.com

Music by Rachel Panni and Alison Balano: NightskyMind.com

Buttons & Figs kids: Brianna and Ariyah

SFX by Zapsplat

Interview recorded via Zoom

Created and produced by Pamela Rogers

Mastered by Blaise Collins

You are about to enter....the Wordplay Zone! A place where kids get to share their story ideas for Sheila and her gang...and we get to bring them to life with our crazy voices, sounds fx, and nonsense! So...WELCOME to our first episode of the Wordplay Zone. In this episode you get to hear the script of 11 year old Buttons & Figs kid Noah. He come up with a crazy library book cart race for Sheila, Max and Jimmy...not to mention a chipmunk, Robot and Spring-Heeled Jack!

Get ready to enter the...Wordplay Zone: The First Annual Library Book Cart Race, by Noah

If you enjoyed this crazy story, then be sure to check out Noah's inspiration:

Mr. Lemoncello's Library book series, by Chris Grabenstein.

If you have a story idea for Sheila and her friends, be sure to email [email protected]

If you'd like to add your voice to the Wordplay Zone, find a grownup and ask them to record you saying: Welcome to the Wordplay Zone!

This episode was written by Noah, with support from Buttons & Figs

Sheila, Max, Jimmy, Spring-heeled Jack voiced by Mark Pena

Robot, Chipmunk, Wordplay Zone musical introduction by Noah

Writing support and production by Pamela Rogers

Audio engineering by Blaise Collins

You are about to hear original scary stories by students from Independence High School in Glendale Arizona. These stories were written for you, the listeners of Buttons & Figs...but we must warn you, they are not for those who scare easily...there is a story of a ghost, a girl, and a train...all of them are haunting, scary and spooky! We recommend these stories for those who are brave, ages 8+.

The Girl in the White Dress written and narrated by Sarahi, voices by Marisol, Mark, Chloe and student

Stitches and Needles written by Madison, narrated by Marisol

The Runaway Train by Gio

The Spirit of Halloween by Mark Pena

Thanks to librarian Stephanie Ehrick for hosting this spooky story contest and a special thanks to Mark Pena for keeping the halloween spirit alive!

Recorded and produced by Pamela Rogers

Happy Halloween! Boo!

You are about to hear Sheila host a spooky story telling contest with her friends. Which one will win? Will there be prizes? What is a bloody book anyway? Before we answer these questions, please note...If you are a kid who scares easily, then you may not be ready for this contest, but if you don’t mind the mention of murder and bloody hooks...or books, then...by all means, prepare yourself to enter... the Halloween Zone.

Recommended for kids ages 7+ due to the mention of murder and a bloody hook.

Storytelling Contest written and voiced by Mark Pena

What Will I Be? written and voiced by Mark Pena

Introduced and produced by Pamela Rogers

Thanks to Buttons & Figs kids Noah and Hannah for lending their voice to halloween!

The Bloody Hook was adapted from "The Hook", a story in the collection "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark", by Alvin Schwartz. For more scary stories, be sure to check out all of his collections!