Storypillar
Storypillar is a podcast for kids and their grownups. Together with Sneak, Bean, and Meg, we’ll tackle the sticky situations kids face as they grow and change. To guide us, we’ll explore stories from all over the world and pick up advice from our listeners along the way. If you're interested in... Stories and using your imagination, Learning about new places and perspectives, Laughing and being silly, Having a space to process big feelings and social emotional challenges, Getting advice from real, live (and very smart) kids ...then Storypillar is for you! We can't wait to say "Hey!" and find our way together. Website: www.storypillar.com Instagram: @storypillar Support us on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/storypillar Contact: info@storypillar.com Created, Written, and Produced by: Meg Lewis
Episodes
May’s Full Episode: A Little Dab of Honey and a Squeaky Block of Cheese (Finland)
Story: A cheese-loving wolverine runs away screaming from a ladybug, plays a squeaky, sticky trick on his friends, and discovers that strength isn’t always measured in muscles.
Region: Finland
Sticky Situation: What do you do when you’ve done something you regret?
Unstick Tricks by: Rhys (Age 8), Addison (Age 6), and Cam (Age 4)
Feelings Focus: Apologizing...
May’s Sneak Attack!!! Wolverines and Squeaky Cheese in Finland
Join Sneak for facts about our next Storypillar destination and kid-approved jokes that will make you laugh your face off!
Region: Finland
Facts: Saunas, squeaky cheese, archipelagos, phone-throwing and mosquito-swatting contests
Animals: Wolverines!
Jokes: Claws and cheese!
Links for Kids:
April’s Brain Breather: Feeling Scared with Snappy and Crawly
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: Feeling scared; finding courage
Protagonists: Snappy the Stapler and Crawly the Spider
Setting: A cave in Mexico
Strategies: Mindful Movement
Resources
April’s Full Episode: Dance Like a Chicken (Mexico)
Story: With help from a fluffy chicken, a drooly dog, and a bubblegum-chomping frenemy, a brave girl teaches her town an important lesson about giving people space to be themselves.
Region: Mexico
Sticky Situation: What do you do when you see someone being unkind?
Unstick Tricks by: Sally (Age 5), Rhys (Age 8), Addison (Age 6), and Cam (Age 4)
Feelings Focus: Setting boundaries; being...
Sneak Attack!!! Mighty Monarchs and Cave Bacon in Mexico
Join Sneak for facts about our next Storypillar destination and kid-approved jokes that will make you laugh your face off!
Region: Monterrey, Mexico
Facts: Underground rivers, cave bacon, pyramids, and the world’s oldest ball game
Animals: Monarch butterflies!
Jokes: Butterflies and bacon!
Links for Kids:
Storypillar Season 4 Sneak Listen! (Bonus Episode)
It’s almost time for Storypillar Season 4!
So grab your ear spoons, and get a little taste of what we have in store for a brand, sparkling new season of Sneak Attacks, Full Episodes, and Bean’s new mini-episodes…Brain Breathers!
See you for Season 4 on Monday, April 7th, 2025!!!
Grownups, know a smart kid with great advice? We’d love to hear from them. Head to storypillar.com/unstickt...
Season 3 Winter Story Sip 8: Doodle for Strudel (Story Replay)
Grab a fork and hop on a stork! We’re headed back to Hungary for our very last Story Sip of Season 3. We’ll check in with our friends, Margot, Farkas, Petra, and Sandor, drool over a car-sized strudel, and learn how to set boundaries when working with a demanding teammate.
Story: A bossy boar with an ooey-gooey sweet tooth paints with mud, dances like a possessed worm, an...
Season 3 Winter Story Sip 7: Operation Clawzilla (Story Replay)
Story: A little brown duck with big blue feet and a watertight master plan gets a surprising taste of the truth…and a very large new friend.
Region: Acadiana (French Louisiana)
Sticky Situation: What do you do when someone discredits (disbelieves) you when you’re telling the truth?
Feelings Focus: Sticking to the truth, standing firm, speaking up, setting boundaries
Just ...
Season 3 Winter Story Sip 6: Dracula Makes Strudel (Sparky Shorts Story Replay)
Grab some strudel and eat a noodle! We’re flapping back to Hungary for this week’s Story Sip from September’s Sparky Shorts Mini-episode! We’ll bake some mint-tastic strudel, learn how to compromise, and bounce all the way to the moon.
Story Description:
Join Sparky and her pet rocks, Pinky and Dinky, for a silly story featuring her two favorite things fr...
Season 3 Winter Story Sip 5: French Fries and Fur Cakes (Story Replay)
Grab some ketchup and slap on your hiking boots! We’re trekking back to Jamaica for this week’s Story Sip from Full Episode 3.9. We’ll quest after magical acorns with our friends Ruby and Fern, hide from eccentric turtles, and–eventually–bury our faces in a lifetime supply of french fries.
Story Description:
Two adventurous hutias on a quest to track down a magica...
Season 3 Winter Story Sip 4: Rainy With a Chance of Moon Cheese (Story Replay)
Grab a helmet and dust off your jetpack! We’re heading back to Chile for this week’s Story Sip from full episode 3.6. We’ll build a tiny rocket, fix a leaky roof, and even nibble some out-of-this-world-delicious moon-zarella.
Thanks for listening! We LOVE you!
Story Description:
With some help from a tiny, cranky deer and an even tinier wildcat ninja, a pin...
Season 3 Winter Story Sip 3: The Story Queen (Story Replay)
Bean’s heading back to The Basque Country to hang out with Princess Laia and Stubby the squeaky lizard from Episode 3.5. We’ll swim in the Bay of Biscay, defeat a giant lava-spewing turtle volcano or two, and pick up a few tips for standing firm when someone shoots down your idea.
Story Description: With the help of a squeaky lizard, an angry turtle volcano, and two squabbl...
Season 3 Winter Story Sip 2: Friends Are Not Sweaters (Story Replay)
Get your ear straws ready for this week’s yak-tastic Winter Story Sip! That’s when we play one of YOUR favorite Season 3 stories each Monday we’re on Winter Break.
So…grab a sweater–or twenty–and join Sparky and Meg for another snuggle with our friends Altan, Qara, and Moon in Mongolia.
Take a listen…and let us know what YOU want to hear next week! Grownups, email ...
Season 3 Winter Story Sip 1: The Bunny and the Crow (Story Replay)
Pull up a bunny-shaped chair, and settle in for our very first SEASON 3 STORY SIP! Each Monday we’re on winter break, we’ll replay some of YOUR favorite stories from Season 3…it’s like a sip of something hot and yumma-riff-a-storypillar-tastic to hold your ears over until Season 4. This week, we’re headed back to the Yukon to chase after cheeky crows and fluffy bunni...
Sparky Shorts: Santa and Bow-ala the Koala Share a Surfboard! (Mini-episode)
Join Sparky and her pet rocks, Pinky and Dinky, for a silly story featuring her two favorite things from this month’s episodes. We’ll giggle our gizzards off, give our imaginations an extra silly workout, and Sparky’ll even teach us to talk like a chicken…Ba-GAWK!
Sparky’s December Favorites:
-Koalas (From Bean-o-meter Check 3.10)
-Surfing Santa (From Sneak A...
Storypillar Full Episode 3.10: Hot Fudge Snazzy Pizzazzy with a Cherry on Top (Australia)
Story: A fabulous duck and her silly sister want nothing more than to win Opal Lake’s tree decorating contest. Join them as they make an unlikely new friend, learn an important lesson about sharing, and bury their faces in a triple-chocolate-super-swirl ice cream sundae!
Region: Australia
Sticky Situation: What do you do when you really, really d...
Bean-o-meter Check 3.10: Feeling Left Out With Abbe and Koko from Koala Moon! (Mini-episode)
Figuring out how we’re feeling is hard…but easier with friends. Help Bean check in with her mind and body. Maybe you’ll learn more about how you’re feeling today, too.
Feelings Focus: Feeling Sympathetic; Feeling Left Out
Strategies: Mind and Body Check; Cocoa for Koko (Mindfulness, Coping, Kindness)
Links for Kids and their Grownups:
Sneak Attack!!! 3.10: Giant Wombats, Surfing Santas, and Pink-eared Zebra Ducks in Australia
Join Sneak for facts about our next Storypillar destination and kid-approved jokes that will make you laugh your face off!
Region: New South Wales, Australia
Facts: Songlines, Giant Wombats, Christmas at the Beach
Animals: Pink-eared Ducks and Little Black Cormorants
Jokes: Kangaroos and Ducks!
Links for Kids:
We Need Your Thumbs Today, 11/25/24!
Follow Us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and Help Us GROW!
If you LOVE Storypillar (and happen to have thumbs 😆), please follow Storypillar on Apple Podcasts and Spotify sometime today, Monday, 11/25/24.
Here’s how on Apple Podcasts:
- Sometime today, Monday, 11/25/24, open this link on your phone or tablet.
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And to hop over to Spotify…
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Bean-o-meter Check 3.9: Feeling Hopeful (Mini-episode)
Figuring out how we’re feeling is hard…but easier with friends. Help Bean check in with her mind and body. Maybe you’ll learn more about how you’re feeling today, too.
Feelings Focus: Feeling Hopeful
Strategies: Mind and Body Check; Fluffy, Floaty, Fizzy Happy Dance (Mindful Movement)
Links for Kids and their Grownups:
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