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403. Ilana asks: What if anyone on the sidewalk turned to pie? (Part 1)

Meet Zorilla Gorilla, Zebra Fitzgerald, and the Great Catsby in a New What City adventure that lets us see What If World’s biggest city in a new light.

Themes include: Making new friends, looking out for tricky behavior, moving to a new home, grown-ups handling their big feelings, weird is wonderful.

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We referenced the great article Teacher Your Child About Safe Strangers & Tricky People while working on this story and when talking with our kids about safe grown-ups and tricky behavior. Hopefully it helps you, too!

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Eric and Karen O'Keeffe make What If World. Our producer is Miss Lynn. Character art by Ana Stretcu, episode art by Lynn Hickernell, podcast art by Jason O’Keefe, and theme song by Craig Martinson.

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388. Dude, Where’s My Broom? (Cryptid Kids #17)

Abacus P. Grumbler runs the adventure today, as the Cryptid Kids track down clues at a magical college full of snakes, goblins, and SUSPECTS!

Lessons include: This G&G adventure shows you how to run a simple, fun TTRPG mystery for kids.

⁠Mystery Snacks⁠, a family-focused TTRPG sourcebook, is available for pre-order! Get "Dude, Where’s My Broom” and seven other easy-to-run adventures for kids at ⁠mystery-snacks.backerkit.com⁠. A huge thanks to our friend Steph C. of ⁠TTRPGkids.com⁠ for letting us use their adventure to inspire this story!

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186. Ava asks: What if Mr. Eric had an evil twin brother?

Myster E tries to answer every question in a single story! Fred might have to come out of retirement for this one.

Lessons include: You’re never stuck as long as you keep asking questions; adding strange details to a story is fun, but too many of them can make your story confusing!

This remastered episode originally aired on 10/29/2020.

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Eric O'Keefe 6/9/25 Eric O'Keefe 6/9/25

183. Zero Hour: The Hidden Holiday

Alabaster Zero and Fair Elise share the first episode of their detective show, which was inspired by a listener's question!

Lessons include: we can make the best of the holidays, even when they change; our big feelings are the most important to share.

We are replaying this classic story from October 26th, 2020. We’ll be back next week with a brand new episode. Supporters will get a brand new episode of Stump Mr. Eric on Wednesday!

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