We’re so excited to announce that the new season of the Story Pirates Podcast is coming October 19th! We also have two of our favorite deep cuts from last season: “Now We’re Cooking With Butter” and “Cicada Party.”

Labor Day is here, and you know what that means: worms all around the world are headed back to school! Luckily, DJ Squirm-a-Lot has created the perfect playlist to help worms, and humans, get ready to learn. 

Waiting can be hard, especially if you’ve been waiting all year for an amazing trip to a theme park. Today’s brand new story, by Oscar and Miles from Colorado, shows just how painful that kind of waiting can be.

Trees: we love them and we need them. But could it be that we underestimate them? In this brand new story by Wyatt, a 9 year old from Vermont, one tree does something that no one thought was possible.

In today’s brand new story by 8 year old Orion in Colorado, a boy reflects on his relationship with his own reflection. 

In today’s brand new story, by 11 year old Zaley in Oklahoma, a family finds house hunting to be way weirder than they expected.

Have you ever heard of a ‘tall tale,’ a fantastical story about folk heroes like Johnny Appleseed or Paul Bunyon? Well, today’s new story, from an 8-year-old in Colorado named Arthur, is a new kind of tall tale, about a folk hero who just happens to be a kid.

From 8 year old Alexandra in Virginia comes a story about a woman whose selfish actions come back to haunt her in the form of a big surprise. 

From 8 year old Aya in New York comes a story about how sometimes, it’s the easiest thing in the world to do the right thing. Even when you’re a bad guy.

Have you ever heard of a ‘parody’? It’s a kind of storytelling where the writer takes something from the real world, and then they imitate it while making some of the details bigger, funnier or exaggerated. Today’s new story, by two siblings from Canada named Bohdi and Rose, is a perfect example.