Arts Educators Save the World (feat. Cecily Strong)

In part 1 of our season finale, the Story Pirates and the Evil Robot Story Pirates both arrive at StoryTellerCon. Featuring two new stories: “Flowers Will Not Grow Well Enough For My Mom To Like Them”, a song about a high stakes race to grow beautiful flowers before mom gets home from the Bahamas, written by Kendyl, a 9 year old from Indiana, and “The Breakdancing Knight”, a story told in meter about a medieval knight with some modern tricks up his armored sleeve, written by a 12 year old from Georgia named Abel.  Fans of Circle Round: find Rebecca and Eric’s new podcast Lions & Legends at lionsandlegends.org We’ve teamed up with Rhett and Link from Good Mythical Morning for a special story contest to celebrate their new book: Spaghetti Head & Chicken Fingers. To find out more and submit your kids’ stories, visit storypirates.com/mythical The Story Pirates 2026 tour continues! Get tickets at storypirates.com/live June 13 - Ridgefield, CT June 27 and 28 - North Adams, MA Check out a longer, more awesome version of Story Love on YouTube Submit kids’ stories at storypirates.com/submit-a-story Check out Story Quest, our in-school digital creative writing program, at storypirates.com/about-story-quest Learn about Story Love, our corporate volunteer program, at storypirateschangemakers.org/story-love

Today’s episode features a brand new story written by over a hundred different members of the Story Pirates Creator Club! The next Create a Story session is coming up on July 9th  @ 12pm ET Grownups, your kids can join Peter and Lee to make a new story in a virtual Create a Story session and hear it come to life on the podcast! Create a Story Zooms happen four times per year for our Premium Creator Club members. To join us, sign up for a Premium membership at storypirates.com/creatorclub We’ve teamed up with Rhett and Link from Good Mythical Morning for a special story contest to celebrate their new book: Spaghetti Head & Chicken Fingers. To find out more and submit your kids’ stories, visit storypirates.com/mythical Watch Story Love with Lee and Peter on YouTube: https://youtu.be/QE7g3HtMC1g See the Story Pirates Live at storypirates.com/live Submit kids’ stories at storypirates.com/submit-a-story Check out Story Quest, our in-school digital creative writing program, at storypirates.com/about-story-quest Learn about Story Love, our corporate volunteer program, at storypirateschangemakers.org/story-love

Lee explores an alternate reality where the Story Pirates never existed. Featuring two new stories: “Waffles”, a story about a girl with a mysterious vendetta against everyone’s favorite breakfast food, written by Sophia, an 8 year old from New York, and “Belinda the Bobble”, a story about a ponytail holder that defuses an ancient feud, written by a 9 year old from the UK named Imani.  We’ve teamed up with Rhett and Link from Good Mythical Morning for a special story contest to celebrate their new book: Spaghetti Head & Chicken Fingers. To find out more and submit your kids’ stories, visit storypirates.com/mythical The Story Pirates 2026 tour continues! Get tickets at storypirates.com/live May 16 - Portsmouth, NH May 17 - Medford, MA June 13 - Ridgefield, CT June 27 and 28 - North Adams, MA Check out a longer, more awesome version of Story Love on YouTube Submit kids’ stories at storypirates.com/submit-a-story Check out Story Quest, our in-school digital creative writing program, at storypirates.com/about-story-quest Learn about Story Love, our corporate volunteer program, at storypirateschangemakers.org/story-love

The Story Pirates visit a roadside cherry stand with a strange proprietor (Hari Kondabolu). Featuring two new stories: “Hair Hospital”, a song about a place where you can receive both health care and hair care, written by two friends from California named Aviva and June, and “The Real Reason Why Dinosaurs Went Extinct”, a story about a bunch of scientists who don’t know their facts and end up in a pit full of spicy stuff as a result, written by an 11 year old from Germany named Fritz.  The Story Pirates 2026 tour continues! Get tickets at storypirates.com/live May 16 - Portsmouth, NH May 17 - Medford, MA June 13 - Ridgefield, CT June 27 and 28 - North Adams, MA Check out a longer, more awesome version of Story Love on YouTube Submit kids’ stories at storypirates.com/submit-a-story Check out Story Quest, our in-school digital creative writing program, at storypirates.com/about-story-quest Learn about Story Love, our corporate volunteer program, at storypirateschangemakers.org/story-love

Welcome back to Deep Cuts, a celebration of our favorite, funniest and weirdest stories from the archives. This week we have three stories about space, including "The Squirrel Astronaut”, “Space Llama” and “Anti-Body Man”.