The Adventures of Power Dog in Dogland!

Introducing a new show, Suzie With a "Z" Mysteries⁠! Even after six whole years of life, Suzie is shocked that new things keep happening to her every day. So, she has decided to investigate by asking questions and getting super curious because everyday life can be very mysterious. We're over the moon thrilled to share the first episode of a new show for kids called Suzie With a "Z" Mysteries! This new show, created by Supermom Ida Mhunduru of https://www.toeverymom.com/, follows a bestselling picture book of the same name.

"When you're six or any age, life can feel mysterious. Our secret power in each new day is when we decide to get curious."

Grown-ups, please consider supporting this new show by following this Kickstarter link: http://kck.st/42BbYUu

Learn a little more about the inhabitants of Planet Dogland and their special places. President Bernie Sandals is from the island of Hawoofi'i, and the mysterious island of Meowie is home to the Fennec Fox Dogs. Give this ear snack from Season 1: Episode 2 a quick listen to find out what the Fennecs are famous for. 

Questions are answered and friends are reunited in this fun, silly, and loving conclusion to our second, epic season. If you're a fan of Dogland's President Bernie Sandals and Earth's Dr. Brené Brown, then you are going to absolutely love a special talk in this episode. We are so proud of our kid author Hank for working on this episode to share how wholehearted people connect with the concept of power. And, if you listen closely, you'll also hear a little more music from Grieg, who remains a favorite composer for the Power Dog Pack. 

Special thanks to Jason Roark, our creative partner and ultimate Renaissance Bunny Supreme! He records, edits, and designs this show. He also provides original music including our opening theme song, which is sung & performed by him and the marvelous, talented Jen Bernard.

Our song that plays at the end of this episode is a song we wrote along with Hank’s Granny & Gramps, aka Murphy & Marckx. It's called “Power Dog, He Won’t Give Up!”

Colin Laurel illustrated our cover art, which was directed by Jen Wick.

This podcast was made possible, in part, by a grant from The Regional Arts & Culture Council in Portland, OR.

It was made more possible by listeners like you! Thank you for your support! 

https://linktr.ee/powerdogadventures

The Adventures of Power Dog in Dogland is created in the ancestral lands of the Multnomah, Wasco, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Cowlitz, bands of Chinook, Tualatin Kalapuya, Molalla, and many other Tribes of the first people who made their homes along the rivers.

Please enjoy these 90 silly seconds listening to the kind of fun we have while creating this epic doggy adventure podcast for kids and families.

Just in time for April Fool's Day and all things silly, we bring you this bonus of JUST FUNNY JOKES as told by Phoebe & Hank, and their friends Josh, Amelle, Megan, Callum, and Wilder.  Not all of the jokes are about dogs. Stay tuned for our Season 2 Epic Epilogue, which will pop into your feeds soon!
Special thanks to Jason Roark who records, edits, and designs this show. He also provides original music including our theme song, which is sung by him and the wonderful, talented Jen Bernard.

Colin Laurel illustrated our cover art, which was directed by Jen Wick.

This podcast was made possible, in part, by a grant from The Regional Arts & Culture Council in Portland, OR. 
It was made even more possible by listeners like you! Thank you for your support!

We are proud members of Kids Listen, an organization dedicated to high-quality audio content for kids and families. If you're looking for great content, head over there, download the app, and peruse the fantastic playlists!

The Adventures of Power Dog in Dogland is created in the ancestral lands of the Multnomah, Wasco, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Cowlitz, bands of Chinook, Tualatin Kalapuya, Molalla, and many other Tribes of the first people who made their homes along the rivers.

We are taking a break from our regular, ongoing story while we celebrate Valentine’s Day here on Planet Earth and Love Day on Dogland. We revisit the speech Dogland President Bernie Sandals gave about loving their world. Wouldn’t it be lovely if we all made Valentine’s Day about loving this world we live in? We also talk about how it isn’t exactly accurate to say that dogs are colorblind, and we share a bunch of silly jokes!

Special thanks to Jason Roark who records, edits, and designs this show. He also provides original music including our theme song, which is sung by him, and our background music. Jason was not able to edit this episode, but he set Phoebe & Hank up for success and a fun learning opportunity, which they enjoyed wholeheartedly. They had a blast using the free and fantastic resources at freeSFX dot com. We sourced nearly 30 fun sounds from their site!

Jim Cheff, the creator of Mary Farfisa's Outer Space Radio Theater, illustrated Power Dog for our cover art, which was designed for this bonus episode by Phoebe and Hank using Canva. If you like the design and our jokes, check out our free, printable Valentine's Day cards!

If you like this artwork and the silly Valentine’s jokes in this episode, then you might enjoy our newest tee shirt and gifts available through Threadless: https://powerdog.threadless.com/designs/youre-pawesome

We overjoyed to have been given permission to share the song that plays at the very end of this episode–called I-L-O-V-E-Y-O-U by Melanie Dill, from the album Rainbow Lemonade, which was one of the best children’s albums ever created and followed one of the other best children’s albums- Alphabet Parade. Thank you, Melanie Dill! Fun fact, Hank learned to spell the word “love” from singing along to this song, and he still sings it in his head when it’s time to write it down.

This podcast was made possible, in part, by a grant from The Regional Arts & Culture Council in Portland, OR.

It was made more possible by listeners like you! Thank you for your support!

Support the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/powerdog

We are proud members of Kids Listen, an organization dedicated to high-quality audio content for kids and families.

The Adventures of Power Dog in Dogland is created in the ancestral lands of the Multnomah, Wasco, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Cowlitz, bands of Chinook, Tualatin Kalapuya, Molalla, and many other Tribes of the first people who made their homes along the rivers.

Hold onto your tails, friends! This penultimate episode of Season 2 is packed full of suspense, surprises, confrontation, plot twists, and extra surprises! Will Power Dog and his pack prevail over The Namer and his horde? Listen and find out. We are so proud of our kid author Hank for working on this episode to share how wholehearted people connect with the concept of power. And, if you listen closely, you'll also hear a little more music from Grieg. 

Special thanks to Jason Roark, our creative partner and ultimate Renaissance Bunny Supreme! He records, edits, and designs this show. He also provides original music including our opening theme song, which is sung & performed by him and the marvelous, talented Jen Bernard.

Our song that plays at the end of this episode is a song we wrote along with Hank’s Granny & Gramps, aka Murphy & Marckx. It's called “Power Dog, He Won’t Give Up!”

Colin Laurel illustrated our cover art, which was directed by Jen Wick.

This podcast was made possible, in part, by a grant from The Regional Arts & Culture Council in Portland, OR.

It was made more possible by listeners like you! Thank you for your support! 

https://linktr.ee/powerdogadventures

The Adventures of Power Dog in Dogland is created in the ancestral lands of the Multnomah, Wasco, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Cowlitz, bands of Chinook, Tualatin Kalapuya, Molalla, and many other Tribes of the first people who made their homes along the rivers.

We are continuing our break from our regular, ongoing story while we celebrate Solstice, Christmas, and the New Year here on Planet Earth. We’re so happy we can share this special winter bonus episode with y'all! It’s a little different, and we threw it together rather quickly after the story just poured out of Hank one morning on the way to school.

Special thanks to Jason Roark who records, edits, and designs this show. He also provides original music including our theme song, which is sung by him and the wonderful, talented Jen Bernard. Jason was not able to edit this episode, but he set Phoebe & Hank up for success and a fun learning opportunity, which they enjoyed wholeheartedly. They had a blast using the free and fantastic resources at freeSFX dot com. We sourced nearly 30 fun sounds from their site!

Colin Laurel illustrated our cover art, which was directed by Jen Wick.

Our song that plays at the very end of this episode is a song we wrote along with Hank’s Granny & Gramps, aka Murphy & Marckx. It's called “Power Dog, He Won’t Give Up!”

If you catch a moment, and can follow, rate, and/or review the show, we would be so grateful! It really helps get the word out for our small, indie, mom & pop & pup, family operation.

You can find out more and send us dog jokes at www.powerdogadventures.com

This podcast was made possible, in part, by a grant from The Regional Arts & Culture Council in Portland, OR.

It was made more possible by listeners like you! Thank you for your support!

If you love to howl at the moon, check out our moon-loving artwork on our Threadless merch! https://powerdog.threadless.com/designs/howl-at-the-moon

We are proud members of Kids Listen, an organization dedicated to high-quality audio content for kids and families.

The Adventures of Power Dog in Dogland is created in the ancestral lands of the Multnomah, Wasco, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Cowlitz, bands of Chinook, Tualatin Kalapuya, Molalla, and many other Tribes of the first people who made their homes along the rivers.

We’re taking a little break this week, but we still put together this bonus episode to share fun jokes & ridiculous food puns, and some more fun music from Hank’s Granny, aka Jeanie Murphy.

We also share a bit more about the famous Dogland saying, “We are all connected at our roots, and rooted in our connection.” It feels perfect to talk about connection at this time. We round out the episode with a talk about Native American Heritage Month and share a trailer from one of our favorite shows and a special song from their incredible composer.

Stay past the jokes to hear the trailer for Coin Trick, https://www.cointrick.net/, a narrative series that follows 12-year-old Cassidy and the flute-playing mischief-maker Kokopelli on their adventures through a fantasy world based on Native American mythology. 

We are blown away, honored, and excited to share a song gifted to us by Coin Trick’s composer, Shelley Morningsong, https://shelleymorningsongonline.com/. Shelley has also written a gorgeous children’s book, and it includes a free audio download that we are loving in our house.

This resource from IllumiNative called "How to Center and Be a Good Ally to Indigenous People this Thanksgiving" is an excellent read. https://bit.ly/3FIELv2

We really enjoyed this article from PBS about finding ways to honor the real history of this time in the US: https://www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/thanksgiving-practicing-gratitude-and-honoring-the-real-story

We are really impressed by this coverage in Teen Vogue: Land Acknowledgements: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/indigenous-land-acknowledgement-explained

We create this show in the ancestral lands of the Multnomah, Wasco, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Cowlitz, bands of Chinook, Tualatin Kalapuya, Molalla, and many other Tribes of the first people who made their homes along the rivers here in what is now called “Portland, Oregon.” These groups created communities and summer encampments along the Columbia and Willamette rivers and harvested and used the plentiful natural resources of the area for thousands of years. Today, the Native community of Portland is the 9th largest urban population in the USA.

We’ve made a donation to an organization called the NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH AND FAMILY CENTER (NAYA) https://nayapdx.org/support-us/

Other wonderful organizations to support are IllumiNative, https://illuminatives.org/about-us/ and The American Indian College Fund, https://collegefund.org/

You can find out more and send us jokes at www.powerdogadventures.com

This podcast was made possible, in part, by a grant from The Regional Arts & Culture Council in Portland, OR. https://racc.org/

It was made more possible by listeners like you! We appreciate your support!

Hank's Granny, aka Jeanie Murphy, recorded three fun old-time turkey songs with her banjo for us, and we thought they were too great to keep to ourselves--especially in a season of giving! Hank had a lot of fun singing this particular Turkey Lurkey song with his fantastic music teacher at school, so he rang his Granny when he got home and they sang it together. We feel so fortunate to have a musical Granny, and Hank has been musical since before he was born. The two of them have been noodling on songs together since he was knee-high to a penny whistle!

"Turkey in the Straw" is an American folk song that first gained popularity in the early 19th century. 

"Turkey Lurkey Run So Fast" is a classroom rhyme that Hank has really enjoyed. 

"A Turkey Ran Away" is a traditional Appalachian song.

Or, better yet, support indigenous communities! We are supporting The American Indian College Fund in our story mentor David Kennedy's honor, and we hope you can join us! We also proudly support IllumiNative, https://illuminatives.org/about-us/