The truth is out West! We’re hopping on the ET Highway and venturing to the most notorious alien hot spots, including Roswell’s infamous crash site, Area 51’s eerie perimeter, and a mysterious desert watchtower. Join us as journalist Laura Krantz, host of the podcast Wild Thing , beams up to share stories from the front lines of UFO reporting—from strange sightings and quirky festivals to a mailbox where people leave letters to extraterrestrials. Maybe you’ll even decide for yourself: Is Earth a tourist stop for spaceships? UFO hot spots you’ll encounter in this episode: - UFO Watchtower (near Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado) - Roswell, New Mexico - Area 51, Nevada - Extraterrestrial Highway (aka State Route 375), Nevada - Little A’Le’Inn, ET Highway, Nevada - E.T. Fresh Jerky, ET Highway, Nevada - Alien Research Center, ET Highway, Nevada - The Black Mailbox, ET Highway, Nevada Via Podcast is a production of AAA Mountain West Group .…
Have you heard of the Telephone Game? In this game, one person whispers something into another’s ear. The second person then repeats the words to the third person. The third passes on the message to the fourth. And the chain continues. By the time the message comes to the last person, it sounds nothing like the original message! This is pretty much what happens in today’s story, called The Rumor, written by Anushka Ravishankar and published by Karadi Tales, and it has vibrant illustrations by Kanyika Kini.…
This week’s story will make you fall in love with the carefree days where we have pet names for teachers, and code language only our closest friends understand! Aren’t we all super-creative when it comes to this? Night of The Doberman is a story written by Lavanya Karthik and is part of a book titled Adventure Stories’ Flipped Anthology series, published by HarperCollins. Today, we are going to listen to a short version of this story.…
This week, we’re going back to school. But, this is no ordinary school! It’s a school for grasshoppers and ants and centipedes all sorts of tiny insects… umm… people. And they have a peculiar problem at hand. Today’s story is written by Khyrunnisa A, published by Scholastic India in The Lizard of Oz and Other Stories. It’s called - The Great Shoe Problem - let’s begin.…
Before Harry Potter and the Chronicles of Narnia, there was Ramayana - a story about a prince and a princess - Lord Rama and Sita - in a forest, with friends with magical powers. One of their friends was Hanuman - the monkey God - who was super strong and could even lift an entire mountain! In today’s story, we bring you the adventures of our favorite monkey, Hanuman! The story, titled Hanuman’s Adventures is an extract from Garuda and the Serpents, published by Juggernaut Books, and written by Arshia Sattar.…
Do you believe in ghosts? No? Neither do we! But, we sure love a good ghost story. If you’re spooked out by the supernatural, maybe skip this one. But, if not, then we assure you that you are going to love this story about a young girl in a new home, who finds a strange friend. The Girl In The Garden is an extract from Friendship Stories, published by Scholastic India written by Deepa Agarwal.…
Do you believe in ghosts? No? Neither do we! But, we sure love a good ghost story. If you’re spooked out by the supernatural, maybe skip this one. But, if not, then we assure you that you are going to love this story about a young girl in a new home, who finds a strange friend. The Girl In The Garden, is an extract from Friendship Stories, published by Scholastic India written by Deepa Agarwal.…