Hodgepodgecast

Here's what we covered this week:

Mom with son who has down syndrome used social media to help him find some friends

Helen Kahan celebrates her 100th birthday by throwing out the first pitch at a Tampa Bay Rays game

Dennis Barnes, he’s known as “Maliq” - this high school senior was awarded more than $10m in scholarships. 

A meteorite crashed into a New Jersey home this week

Jokes about outer space

This week’s trivia based on these facts about outer space

Celebrate National Decency Day!

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This week the Sirens talk about their experience with the Earth Month Eco Challenge. They are joined by a very special guest who joined the team!

Mur created a team for a new challenge: Choices for Sustainable Living Course 

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Here’s what we covered today:

Today is national ... day

Miniature Masterpieces

Fruitarian Frogs May Be Doing Flowers a Favor

Performing acts of kindness fights depression

Sargassum is being used to make bricks!

Here are some Jokes about frogs

Here are some frog facts that we used for today’s trivia.

This week the Sirens read In Deep and they got to interview the author, Sharon Ward! They talk about why she chose Grand Cayman for the setting, how she landed writing a scuba diving thriller series, and more. 

You can find the entire Fin Fleming scuba diving adventure series here:

 https://www.amazon.com/series/dp/B09CN4TXY6

And Sharon Ward can be found here: http://www.sharonward.com

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Here are the articles we covered today:

Tree growing non-profit in Madagascar

Device pulls dozens of liters of water out of the air - being installed in Jordanian homes

Sargassum makes a new name for itself as a compostable plastic wrap

New coral reef discovered in the Galapagos

Scientists in the Caribbean are making stronger coral reefs in record time

It’s not too late to celebrate Earth Day! 11 Things you can do to celebrate Earth Day

This week the Sirens get to interview Adeena Mignongna about her book, Crazy Foolish Robots, and all things STEM! You can find Adeena and all the books in the Robot Galaxy series on her website: https://adeenamignogna.com 

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Marky Mark told me (Siren Mur) that my audio cut out a few times, so I apologize in advance for all of that. 

Thinking Positively about aging improves memory loss

Fifth Grader from VA discovers a mistake in a textbook

3 Teenagers start a go fund me for their school's 80 year old janitor

Cincinnati barber gives free haircuts to differently abled children

56 year old Jim Fullan goes back to school and gets to finally play college baseball 

National wear your pajamas to work day

It’s almost tax day! Here’s some accounting jokes to help you cope!

And some tax facts for ya.

Send us your questions, challenges, and breakthroughs at [email protected], we would love to help cheer you on!

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April 21st- Crazy Foolish Robots

• Challenge: Read the first of The Robot Galaxy Series, “Crazy Foolish Robots” and research STEM. Check out the links to find a bunch of STEM activities - do one or more of them with your kids, partner, co-workers, yourself…we’ll talk about the activities we completed and how it got us out of our comfort zones when we record.

• • • 11 Engaging STEM Activities for Kids

• Website: https://adeenamignogna.com 

• Order Book: Amazon

April 28th- Too Deep

• Challenge: Read the first of the Fin Fleming series, “In Deep” and do some exploring in the water. Memes that week- underwater photographs 

• Website: https://sharonward.com 

• Order Book: Amazon

May 5th- Eco-Challenge

• Challenge Reminder: participating in EARTH MONTH ECOCHALLENGE 2023: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, and would like you to join my team — Siren Soapbox! Presented by Ecochallenge.org, Earth Month Ecochallenge 2023: Sustainable Development Goals is a 30-day challenge to take action for a better shared future. Fun actions encourage new habits. Small steps lead to big change. Together, we build a sustainable world and a healthy planet.The challenge runs from Saturday, April 01 to Sunday, April 30. Let's make a difference!

• Earth Month Website- Siren Soapbox Team 

Password: Explore2023!

May 12th- Reverse Scavenger Hunt

• Challenge: We will decide on a theme for each day and each submit a picture that represents that theme. Our listeners will open a Google form where they find the pictures for each day and they will get to tell us what they think the theme of the day is. The explorer with the most correct answers will win a fun Siren Soapbox prize package. 

• • Go to our social media pages to get links to the forms!

May 19th or 24th- This Book Belongs Too…

• Challenge: Read “This Book Belongs Too…” and then head to a second hand store, find a book with handwritten notes in it and then follow their lead for an adventure! If after X hours, whatever that looks like to you, and you can’t find anything. You have to plant a siren soapbox sticker or something in a book and then pick a date out the Adventure Book (plan B for having a spontaneous adventure) 

• Website: https://www.nicklevyauthor.com 

• Order Book: Amazon

June 2nd- Wild Flowers

• Challenge: Read “Wild Flowers” and then talk to your family or dig into family relics to find handwritten notes from your ancestors. If you can’t find anything, go to an antique store and try to find some old letters from your area, bonus points for historical information 

• Website: https://www.facebook.com/Loveland513/ 

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Here’s what we covered:

News Stories:

Happy Feet

Artist Turns Trash into Treasure 

World’s Youngest Female Opera Singer

Oldest Person to cross the Grand Canyon

Flushing, Michigan Easter Egg Hunt

Trivia, Jokes, & More!

Hoppy Easter and National Unicorn Day and National Name Yourself Day! What would you name yourself? 

Cadbury Tryouts- Crash the 2023 Winner!

Easter Trivia 

Easter Jokes 

Join the Eco-Challenge with us! Password: Explore2023!

Free 30 day Audible Trail!