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October’s Sneak Attack!!! Bird Underpants and Cemetery Celebrations in Haiti

Join Sneak for facts about our next Storypillar destination and kid-approved jokes that will make you laugh your face off!

Region: Haiti

Facts: Grotte Marie Jeanne, Goat peppers, Spicy mamba peanut butter, Fete Gede

Animal: Hispaniolan Trogon (Kanson Wouj)

Jokes: Peanut butter and ghosts!

Links for Kids:

-Grotte Marie Jeanne

-Hispaniolan Trogon: A Bird with Red Underpants

-Kanson Wouj Coloring Sheet

-Fete Gede Celebrations in Haiti

-Goat Peppers and Spicy Mamba Peanutbutter in Haiti

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Check out the Past and the Curious Live at Lincoln Center on 10/10/26!

Info/Get in Touch:

Website: www.storypillar.com

Instagram: @storypillar

Created, Written, and Produced by:

Meg Lewis

Storypillar Theme Song:

Lyrics by Meg Lewis

Music by Meg Lewis, Andy Jobe, and Suzanna Bridges

Produced by Andy Jobe

Episode Cover Art:

Mackenzie Allison and Meg Lewis

Sound Effects and Additional Music:

-Freesound.org

-Hispaniolan Trogon Call

-Joke Time Song: https://freesound.org/people/BlondPanda/sounds/659889/

-Silly Country Rhyme Song: BackgroundMusicforVideo

-Pixabay Artists: Muzaproduction; Sonican

September’s Brain Breather: Feeling Unfairly Blamed with Chewy and Slurp

Figuring out how we’re feeling is hard…but easier with friends. Join Bean for a silly story that will help us check in with our minds and take care of our feelings.

Feelings Focus: Coping with blame

Protagonists: Slurp the Rice Noodle and Chewy the Ham Sandwich

Setting: The Mekong Delta in Southern Vietnam

Strategies:

Alien Eyes (Thinking objectively; taking responsibility; speaking up; expressing and respecting perspectives)

Resources:

-Ditching the Blame Game

-Helping Kids Express Their Perspective

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Website: www.storypillar.com

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Created, Written, Edited, and Produced by:

Meg Lewis

Storypillar Theme Song:

Lyrics by Meg Lewis

Music by Meg Lewis, Andy Jobe, and Suzanna Bridges

Produced by Andy Jobe

Episode Cover Art:

Mackenzie Allison

Meg Lewis

Sound Effects and Additional Music:

-freesound.org

-pixabay.com

-Ethereal Ambient Music

-Pixabay Artists: SIMAS-2010, SunnyScy BBB Song, Luis_Humanoide

Know a kid with cool facts, great jokes, or who wants to share how they’re feeling? Tell us! Details at www.storypillar.com/unsticktricks.

© 2026 PowerMouse Press, LLC

September’s Full Episode: Liar, Liar, Pho on Fire! (Vietnam)

Story: Honey the sun bear is seriously missing his best friend, sick of his gassy little sister, and really, really tired of taking the blame for EVERYTHING! So when a mysterious, mustachioed fish steals his family’s pho and gulps down a customer’s money, he hatches a plan to regain his Mom’s trust…and makes an unexpected new friend in the process.

Region: Vietnam

Sticky Situation: What do you do when it feels like you’re being unfairly blamed?

Unstick Tricks by: Hope (Age 6) and Alex (Age 10)

Feelings Focus: Coping with blame; taking responsibility; speaking up; expressing and respecting perspectives; setting boundaries

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Created, Written, and Produced by:

Meg Lewis

Sound Design/Audio Editing:

Meg Lewis and Nate Blaweiss

Storypillar Theme Song:

Lyrics by Meg Lewis

Music by Meg Lewis, Andy Jobe, and Suzanna Bridges

Produced by Andy Jobe

Episode Cover Art

Mackenzie Allison

Sound Effects and Additional Music:

-Freesound.org

-Suzanna Bridges (As Sparky)

-Pixabay Artists: Luis_Humanoide; Audio Knap; VPRODMUSIC_Asia_BGM 2; VPRODMUSIC_Asia_BGM 3; Jacobsapp

© 2026 PowerMouse Press, LLC

Breakfast Soup and Honey Bear Burglars in Vietnam

Join Sneak for facts about our next Storypillar destination and kid-approved jokes that will make you laugh your face off!

Region: Vietnam

Facts: Hang Son Doong Cave, Golden Bridge, Cai Rang floating market, Sampan boats, Pho

Animals: Sun Bears

Jokes: Bears and bees!

Links for Kids:

-Sun Bear Facts

-Hang Son Doong Cave Facts for Kids

-Fun Vietnam Facts

-Cai Rang Floating Market

-Tao Quan: Vietnamese Kitchen Gods

Make a donation! Support Storypillar!

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Info/Get in Touch:

Website: www.storypillar.com

Instagram: @storypillar

Created, Written, and Produced by:

Meg Lewis

Storypillar Theme Song:

Lyrics by Meg Lewis

Music by Meg Lewis, Andy Jobe, and Suzanna Bridges

Produced by Andy Jobe

Episode Cover Art:

Mackenzie Allison and Meg Lewis

Sound Effects and Additional Music:

-https://freesound.org/

-Joke Time Song: https://freesound.org/people/BlondPanda/sounds/659889/

-Silly Country Rhyme Song: BackgroundMusicforVideo

-Pixabay Artists: Audio Knap; VPRODMUSIC_Asia_BGM 2

Know a kid with great advice for Sticky Situations? Check out www.storypillar.com/unsticktricks.

© 2026 PowerMouse Press, LLC

Summertime Is Joke Time Laugh-o-Rama-Llama! 2: Swimming Flies and Speedy Avocados

We may be taking a mid-summer break… but that doesn’t mean your ears have to! Join us for one more extra special episode featuring your favorite jokes, a bucket of popsicles and spaghetti, and our new llama friend, Professor Pickles!

Featuring jokes from: Theo (Age 8), Vincent (Age 9), Jamie (Age 10), Jayna (Age 7), Grace (Age 12), and Professor Pickles (Age 8 in llama years; 32 in human years)

Links for Kids:

More Silly Summer Jokes for Kids

We’ll be back with our regularly scheduled Sneak Attacks, Full Episodes, and Brain Breathers on Monday, 9/7/26. Until then, head to storypillar.com and catch up on your favorite episodes.

Make a donation! Support Storypillar!

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Created, Written, and Produced by:

Meg Lewis

Storypillar Theme Song:

Lyrics by Meg Lewis

Music by Meg Lewis, Andy Jobe, and Suzanna Bridges

Produced by Andy Jobe

Episode Cover Art:

Mackenzie Allison

Sound Effects and Additional Music:

-https://freesound.org/

-Llama sounds: https://deadsounds.com/lama-sound#google_vignette, https://animalsounds.online/animals/llama

-Joke Time Song: https://freesound.org/people/BlondPanda/sounds/659889/

Know a kid with great advice for Sticky Situations? Check out www.storypillar.com/unsticktricks.

© 2026 PowerMouse Press, LLC

Summertime Is Joke Time Laugh-o-Rama-Llama! 1: Lions, Shovels, and Holey Socks

We may be taking a mid-summer break… but that doesn’t mean your ears have to! Join us for an extra special episode featuring your favorite jokes, a bucket of popsicles and spaghetti, and our new llama friend, Professor Pickles!

Featuring jokes from: Kai (Age 7), Harper (Age 10), Jamie (Age 10), Jayna (Age 7), Layla (Age 7), Grace (Age 12), and Professor Pickles (Age 8 in llama years; 32 in human years)

Links for Kids:

Silly Summer Jokes for Kids

We’ll be back with our regularly scheduled Sneak Attacks, Full Episodes, and Brain Breathers on Monday, 9/7/26. Until then, head to storypillar.com and catch up on your favorite episodes.

Make a donation! Support Storypillar!

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Created, Written, and Produced by:

Meg Lewis

Storypillar Theme Song:

Lyrics by Meg Lewis

Music by Meg Lewis, Andy Jobe, and Suzanna Bridges

Produced by Andy Jobe

Episode Cover Art:

Mackenzie Allison

Sound Effects and Additional Music:

-https://freesound.org/

-Llama sounds: https://deadsounds.com/lama-sound#google_vignette, https://animalsounds.online/animals/llama

-Joke Time Song: https://freesound.org/people/BlondPanda/sounds/659889/

Know a kid with great advice for Sticky Situations? Check out www.storypillar.com/unsticktricks.

© 2026 PowerMouse Press, LLC

July’s Brain Breather: Feeling Bored with Cherry and Snip

Figuring out how we’re feeling is hard…but easier with friends. Join Bean for a silly story that will help us check in with our minds and take care of our feelings.

Feelings Focus: Coping with boredom

Protagonists: Cherry the Tomato and Snip the Toenail Clippers

Setting: Andalusia, Spain

Strategies: Pocket Puppets (Shifting focus; imaginative play; resourcefulness; storytelling; humor)

Resources:

-The Benefits of Boredom

-Creative Activities for Bored Minds

We need jokes for our Summertime Is Joke Time August Special! 😂😜 If your child has a really good (or really terrible) joke to share, simply email [email protected] with their first name, age, city, and joke by Wednesday, 7/22/26, and we'll have Sneak read it on air. 🐛🎙️

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Website: www.storypillar.com

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Please subscribe, rate, and review wherever you love listening!

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Created, Written, Edited, and Produced by:

Meg Lewis

Storypillar Theme Song:

Lyrics by Meg Lewis

Music by Meg Lewis, Andy Jobe, and Suzanna Bridges

Produced by Andy Jobe

Episode Cover Art:

Mackenzie Allison

Meg Lewis

Sound Effects and Additional Music:

-freesound.org

-pixabay.com

-Pixabay Artists: SIMAS-2010, SunnyScy BBB Song, Tunetank, Joke Time Song

Know a kid with cool facts, great jokes, or who wants to share how they’re feeling? Tell us! Details at www.storypillar.com/unsticktricks.

© 2026 PowerMouse Press, LLC

July’s Full Episode: Sticks and Stones (Spain)

Story: Magda is just…so…BORED! And her boring-as-a-rock (in her opinion) older brother isn’t helping. Good thing their neighbor is “not a witch.” (Even though she probably is.) Either way, there’s nothing like a magic quest full of glitter caves, enraged lions, and enchanted birds to make sitting still without melting from boredom a breeze.

Region: Spain

Sticky Situation: What do you do when you’re feeling bored and impatient?

Unstick Tricks by: Valentina (Age 7) and Hudson (Age 10)

Feelings Focus: Coping with boredom; shifting focus; sitting with feelings

For Our Long-time Storypillar Friends: Today’s episode might sound familiar. That’s because we’ve learned a lot over the past four years and decided to give some of our favorite episodes a fresh sound. We hope you enjoy this brand-sparkling new version…we made it just for YOU! ❤️

We need jokes for our Summertime is Joke Time Special! 🏖️😂

Email your child's silly joke to [email protected] with their first name, age, and city by Friday, 7/17/26, and we'll pop it in.

Make a donation! Support Storypillar!

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Created, Written, and Produced by:

Meg Lewis

Sound Design/Audio Editing:

Meg Lewis and Nate Blaweiss

Storypillar Theme Song:

Lyrics by Meg Lewis

Music by Meg Lewis, Andy Jobe, and Suzanna Bridges

Produced by Andy Jobe

Episode Cover Art

Mackenzie Allison

Sound Effects and Additional Music:

-Freesound.org

-Hawaii Nature Ambient Sound

-Suzanna Bridges (As Sparky)

-Pixabay Artists: GeoffreyBurch; The_Mountain; MartinWiller; Tunetank; Leberch; LemonMusicLab; Sonican

© 2026 PowerMouse Press, LLC

Genet Jockeys and Flying Tomatoes in Spain (July)

Join Sneak for facts about our next Storypillar destination and kid-approved jokes that will make you laugh your face off!

Region: New Zealand

Facts: La Gruta de Las Maravillas; Karstification; Andalusian heat; La Tomatina food fight

Animals: Genets

Jokes: Tomatoes and hiccups!

Links for Kids:

-Spain Facts

-Gruta de las Maravillas/Aracena Caves

-La Tomatina

-Genet Facts for Kids

Make a donation! Support Storypillar!

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Created, Written, and Produced by:

Meg Lewis

Storypillar Theme Song:

Lyrics by Meg Lewis

Music by Meg Lewis, Andy Jobe, and Suzanna Bridges

Produced by Andy Jobe

Episode Cover Art:

Mackenzie Allison and Meg Lewis

Sound Effects and Additional Music:

-https://freesound.org/

-Kiwi call: https://deadsounds.com/kiwi-bird-sound

-Joke Time Song: https://freesound.org/people/BlondPanda/sounds/659889/

-Silly Country Rhyme Song: BackgroundMusicforVideo

-Pixabay Artists: Tunetank; LemonMusicLab

Know a kid with great advice for Sticky Situations? Check out www.storypillar.com/unsticktricks.

© 2026 PowerMouse Press, LLC

June’s Brain Breather: Feeling Discouraged with Cottonball and Swoosh

Figuring out how we’re feeling is hard…but easier with friends. Join Bean for a silly story that will help us check in with our minds and take care of our feelings.

Feelings Focus: Coping with failure; Feeling not good enough

Protagonists: Cottonball the Sheep and Swoosh the Windshield Wiper

Setting: A fjord on New Zealand’s South Island

Strategies: Self affirmations; confidence mantras; “Find your can” mindset shift (Ask: What can I do?)

Resources:

-Confidence Mantras for Kids

-Helping Kids Cope with Failure

Info/Get in Touch:

Website: www.storypillar.com

Instagram: @storypillar

Join our mailing list.

Please subscribe, rate, and review wherever you love listening!

Donate: https://ko-fi.com/storypillar

Shop: storypillarstore.threadless.com

Created, Written, Edited, and Produced by:

Meg Lewis

Storypillar Theme Song:

Lyrics by Meg Lewis

Music by Meg Lewis, Andy Jobe, and Suzanna Bridges

Produced by Andy Jobe

Episode Cover Art:

Mackenzie Allison

Meg Lewis

Sound Effects and Additional Music:

-freesound.org

-pixabay.com

-Pixabay Artists: SIMAS-2010, SunnyScy BBB Song, SunnyScy NZ Song; Eusebiodemaria, LudoSoundX

Know a kid with cool facts, great jokes, or who wants to share how they’re feeling? Tell us! Details at www.storypillar.com/unsticktricks.

© 2026 PowerMouse Press, LLC