Hey there, creature catchers! Need a quick treat to keep you entertained between episodes? Welcome to PODSNACK!, your bite-sized adventure that’s full of fun!

In this special WORLD Edition series, we are going on a giant trip around the globe! We will meet amazing, unbelievable creatures, learn a little bit about world cultures, try out some of their language, and pick up interesting vocab along the way.

🇺🇾 Today's Snack: The Rolling Hills of Uruguay!

We are traveling to the beautiful country of Uruguay in South America, a place famous for its green hills and brave cowboys called gauchos!

We even learned a greeting from the Charrúa people: “Mîa!” (Mee-ah!) which means “Hello!”

🌟 The Feature: The Lobizón!

Today, we meet a howling hairball known as the Lobizón! This creature is a bit like a werewolf—it’s a human who transforms into a giant, scruffy black dog when the moon is full.

• The Goal: These stories are cautionary tales—which is just a fancy way of saying they are stories meant to warn people about dangers or bad behaviors! The legend of the Lobizón kept people safely indoors at night.
• Survival Tip: If you ever run into a Lobizón, don't panic! Deep down, he’s still a doggy. Pull out a squeaky rubber bone, throw it as far as you can, and yell "FETCH!" While he’s chasing the toy, you’ll have plenty of time to climb a tree!

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Lexi, Grumblegut, Jinx, and Scary Fairy face their final, most dangerous Elemental! They must race across hot volcanic earth and leap over streams of glowing lava to reach the angry creature! 🤯 Grumblegut bravely shields his friends from a falling boulder, hurting his back, but they press on! 🛡️

They are trapped behind a deadly curtain of liquid rock—a lava-fall! Their only escape is a smoky tunnel leading deeper into the mountain! Inside, they find the terrifying Fire Elemental, who is hurling fiery whips from its body up the volcano's throat!

Lexi Lightdancer must use a dangerous, forgotten ninja technique to save them! He focuses his mind to run right through the heat and dodge the Elemental's fiery attacks! Can he use a tiny smoke bomb to trick the furious creature and rip the final shard from its head?

They succeed and save Snaggleton from the eruptions! But Ninja Master Yasashi Oni recognizes the dark magic: the four evil crystals are the work of the villainous necromancer, Morgaff Doomweaver! 😱 The battle is over, but the war is just beginning!

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Hey there, creature catchers! Need a quick treat to keep you entertained between episodes? How about a PODSNACK?

In this special WORLD Edition series, we are going on a giant trip around the globe! We will meet amazing, unbelievable creatures, learn a little bit about world cultures, try out some of their language, and pick up interesting vocab along the way.

🇦🇷 Today's Snack: The Golden-Haired Trickster!

We are starting our journey way down in Argentina, a huge country in South America!

We even learned a greeting in the language of the Guaraní people: “Mba'éichapa!” (Mbay-ay-cha-pah!) which means “How are you?”

🌟 The Feature: The Yasy-Yateré!

Today, we meet the wackiest, silliest, and sometimes a little bit spooky mythical monster from Argentina: The Yasy-Yateré! This is a golden-haired mischief-maker who loves to wander during the quiet siesta hour.

Tune in to find out what this creature looks like, what he protects, and the important lesson parents use his story to teach their kids!

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The quest continues! Lexi, Scary, and Jinx bravely jump off the cliff and plunge into the raging river to save Grumblegut! But the water is a furious monster, tossing them around like toys! 😱

Things get worse when the Water Elemental—a massive wave with a roaring, foamy face—rises from the depths and sends a liquid mountain to crush them! 🌊 Scary Fairy has a brilliant idea: they grab pieces of wood and surf the angry current downstream! 🏄‍♀️

Lexi spots the dark crystal shard in the Elemental's head and knows they need to fly! They launch themselves off the crest of the biggest wave, but Lexi struggles and plummets back into the water! 😭

Scary Fairy, in a tiny, determined flight, rips the shard free, calming the river! But Grumblegut pulls Lexi's limp, lifeless body from the water. 💔 The ogre, heartbroken, gives his friend a desperate, giant hug... and FWWWOOOOSH! A huge spout of water shoots out of Lexi's mouth! He's alive! 🎉

They defeated the Water Elemental, but their victory is short-lived: a distant, booming sound makes them look towards the mountains. The volcano has erupted! 🌋

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Lexi, Grumblegut, Jinx, and Scary Fairy continue their quest! They climb high into the Calamity Canyons where a furious, howling wind threatens to blow them off the narrow cliff path! 😱

They find the source of the chaos: a raging Air Elemental, a creature made of storm clouds and crackling lightning, is spinning uncontrollably! Trapped inside its stormy head is another dark purple crystal shard! 🤯

But how can they reach it without being blown away? Grumblegut the Ogre comes up with a wild, amazing plan: a Goblin Lasso! He ties a rope around Lexi the Pixie and spins him faster and faster, launching him straight at the Elemental's raging face! 🚀

Lexi grabs the shard, but the enraged Elemental unleashes a final, massive blast of wind—aimed directly at Grumblegut! 💥 The ogre is blown right off the cliff and falls down, down, down into the misty canyon!

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Something is terribly wrong in Magimajura! The ground is constantly rumbling, the rivers are flooding, and the Moonshadow Mountains are glowing red! 😱 The entire world is throwing a giant tantrum!

Ninja Master Yasashi Oni stumbles into Snaggleton, exhausted and injured. She warns Lexi Lightdancer and the others that a dark magic is poisoning the Elementals, the giant spirits of the world! They must find the source of the problem before their anger destroys everything. 💥

Lexi, Grumblegut, Jinx, and Scary Fairy bravely travel deep into a dark tunnel. They discover a gigantic Earth Elemental made of rock and glowing crystals, smashing the ground in a fit of agony! 🤕

Lexi and Scary spot a jagged, pulsing, dark-purple crystal shard stuck in the Elemental's forehead! That must be the source of its pain! Can Grumblegut hold the giant creature still while Lexi and Scary bravely fly to its head and pull the evil shard out?

Join the heroes in this epic new adventure to save Magimajura from the Elementals' fury!

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A Journey to Ireland! 🇮🇪✨

Hi, explorers! 🗺️ Have you ever wondered what it's like to grow up in another country? 🤔 In this special episode, we're taking you on a journey to Ireland, guided by one of our amazing BKFK performers, Jude! 🎤

You've heard his voice in our stories before, and now he’s sharing all about his life in Ireland! 🏡 He’ll tell us about:

• Irish songs 🎶
• Irish mythical creatures 🐉
• The Irish roots of Halloween 🎃

From breakfast 🥣 to bedtime 🌙, get ready to discover a whole new world with our friends across the globe. You might find out that even though we live far apart, kids everywhere have a lot in common! 😊

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The Shadow of a Villain: Bad Person, Bad Things? 🤔🧚‍♀️

The Scary Fairyand Lexi Lightdancer are talking about the most evil wizard in Magimajura: Morgaff Doomweaver! 😱 Lexi tells Scary all the creepy details: Morgaff wears long black robes, has a high-pitched giggling laugh, and only eats crunchy beetle toast! 🦗

Scary becomes convinced: if Morgaff is completely evil, then everything he likes must also be evil! She runs around the Glugging Gargoyle Tavern trying to stop her friends from doing "evil" things! 🚨

• She tells Wizzlethorp his dark robes are bad!
• She tells Fergus his giggling laugh is villainous!
• She steals crunchy beetle toast right out of Snickerfang's hand! 🥪

The whole tavern is in chaos! Can Lexi convince Scary that just because a bad person likes something (like air, or the color black, or beetle toast), that doesn't make the thing itself evil? 💖

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The One-Orc Conclusion: Judging a Village by One Bad Apple! 🍎🧌

Late one night, Fergus O'Gold, the leprechaun, is woken up by a scary sound! 😱 His gold is being stolen! He and Snotbeard the Giant manage to capture the burglar: a tough, snarling orc named Urzog Night-Stalker. 🧌

Urzog is carrying a collection of nasty weapons—a serrated dagger, a Snaggle-Net, and even Stink-Bombs! 🤢 When Urzog reveals she's from the mountain village of Zul'Gath, Fergus jumps to a big, wrong conclusion:

"This one orc is a dangerous thief, so the entire village of Zul'Gath must be a nest of thieves! Every orc must be just as bad as she is!" 🤔

The frightened Snaggletonians gather their army and march to Zul'Gath, ready for a huge battle! But when they arrive, they meet the wise and kind village chief, Ghorza Stone-Hand. She's not a thief at all! She explains that every village has its troublemakers, and it's not fair to judge everyone based on just one bad person. 💖

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The Tunnel of Pointing Fingers: Good Advice from Bad Examples! 🕳️💡

Snickerfang and Jinx, the clever goblin siblings, are on a mission for Granny Gigglesnort! They must clear a dark, dangerous tunnel full of old traps, and their friend Scary Fairy comes along to help. 🧚‍♀️

But as soon as they step inside, they start making mistakes and falling into traps! 😩 Snickerfang gets pricked by a dart, and Jinx falls headfirst into a dark pit! Instead of working together, they start arguing, pointing fingers, and yelling:

• Snickerfang: "You're not using the tapping pole!"
• Jinx: "You never wear the safety gloves!"

They are so busy pointing out that the other person doesn't follow their own good advice that they forget to use the advice themselves! Scary Fairy steps in to ask a very important question: Just because someone gives good advice but doesn't follow it, does that make the advice bad? 🤔

Join the goblins on a tricky adventure where they learn to stop pointing fingers and use their best tools to defeat a giant Bone Spider! 🕷️ This story teaches a great lesson about judging the advice, not the person who gives it!

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The Tangle-Tamer: When to Stop Inventing! 🤯

Trolla the Troll (played by Ellie!) has a big problem: her wild, mossy hair is a tangled, matted mess! 🌿 Her old bone comb is broken, and a family of beetles has moved in! Sparky Flarkbottom (played by Miala!) the brilliant gnome inventor, has the perfect solution: a complicated machine she calls the Tangle-Tamer! ⚙️

But Sparky's invention doesn't go quite as planned! The Tangle-Tamer 1.0 makes Trolla's hair stiff and spiky. The Tangle-Tamer 2.0, with its "slimy moisturizer," covers Trolla's hair in snails! 🐌 And the bumpy Tangle-Tamer 3.0 gives Trolla magnetic hair that attracts forks and wrenches! 🔧

Sparky keeps trying, thinking that because she's spent so much time and effort, she has to keep going! But Trolla is tired, covered in slugs, and has had enough. Will Trolla be able to convince her inventor friend that sometimes, the best choice is knowing when to stop?

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