Story Pirates

The award-winning Story Pirates Podcast takes stories written by kids and turns them into sketch comedy and songs. Made up of talented comedians, songwriters, and frequent celebrity guests, the Story Pirates inspire kids to create, bringing laughter to kids and grownups of all ages with hilarious sketches, catchy original songs from all genres, and interviews with the creative geniuses behind the stories… kids! 

Kids & Family
Comedy
Education
1
Peter’s Picks: The Weird Food Club/!Beard Quest!
Peter chooses some of his favorite stories from the Story Pirates archives.
22 min
2
To Swoothy or Not to Swoothy
Today’s bonus episode features a brand new story written by over a hundred different members of the Story Pirates Creator Club!
12 min
3
Doglandia
Today we have a brand new story for you that features lots of dogs and literally hundreds of barks.
20 min
4
Peter’s Picks: Chicken on a Motorcycle/The Unlu...
Peter chooses some of his favorite stories from the Story Pirates archives.
17 min
5
How to Make Grilled Peaches/Peanut Butter Smoot...
The Story Pirates meet a Wishing Wizard (Hannah Solow), resulting in a classic three wishes situation.
41 min
6
An Interview with John Legend
Lee talks to John Legend about his new album for kids and families, his experience learning about music as a kid and some tips for how kids can write their own songs.
19 min
7
Butts/The Audition (feat. John Legend and F. Mi...
A magnetic, musical manatee (John Legend) tries to convince the Story Pirates to form a marching band, but is he really who he says he is?
37 min
8
Historical Records: Claudette Colvin
In this full episode of Story Pirates’ brand new show, Nimene creates a stirring hip-hop track about the civil rights activist Claudette Colvin, who, as a teenager, refused to give up her seat on an Alabama city bus months before Rosa Parks’ famous protest.
29 min
9
The Dungeon Kid part 1
The Story Pirates take you to a world filled with dungeons and dragons, from the mind of a 10 year old dungeon master!
14 min
10
DJ Squirm-a-Lot’s Thanksgiving Mixtape 2024
Right in time for your holiday road trips, DJ Squirm-a-Lot has a brand new mixtape for you!
44 min
11
The Ballet Flamingo Did
Today we have a brand new story featuring a member of the animal kingdom that is both beautiful and incredibly weird looking: the Flamingo!
14 min
12
Introducing: Arts Educators Save the World (fea...
We're proud to share an episode from the new season of Arts Educators Save the World, a show for grownups who believe in arts education.
65 min
13
The Mythical Hotdog Tradition/The Origin of the...
Eric discovers a magic pen that brings his ideas to life.
36 min
14
Attack of the Paper Maché!/What Happened to Our...
Superstar pop idol Skyler Twist (Catherine Cohen) brings her world famous Auras Tour to the Story Pirates ship.
41 min
15
Too Much Whipped Cream/The Talking Towel
Rolo and Baby with a Mustache compete in the 34th annual Story Pirates Mustache Competition.
34 min
16
The Hockey Player Who Played the Ukulele/The Pu...
Lee orchestrates a showdown with a mysterious garden thief.
32 min
17
The Completely Normal Frog/The Laughing Landline
Welcome back to Season 7! When last we saw the Story Pirates, they jumped into a magical picture frame to…who knows where! Today, we find out where.
31 min
18
Season 7 Trailer
The Story Pirates are back for Season 7 on Thursday, October 17th, 2024!
5 min
19
Announcing: Season 7 & Introducing: Historical ...
Hear ye, hear ye! The Story Pirates are announcing the coming of season 7 of their long-heralded podcast! Also, did you know that we have a brand new podcast that’s hosted by the one-and-only Nimene?!
33 min
20
The Time Traveling Violin
Today’s brand new story features one of our favorite storytelling devices: going back in time, then going back further in time, then even further, and then back to the future, er, the present.
13 min
21
Story Pirates + The Week Junior: Calling all st...
Lee and Peter announce a special story spark for season 7 in partnership with the Week Junior.
5 min
22
The Care-othon
These days, it seems like they can make almost anything into a high-stakes competition, and today’s brand new story proves it!
15 min
23
Did You Eat My Cat?
We’re back with one of our favorite kinds of story: a detective story! Specifically, a detective story where the detective is always talking to himself (why do they insist on doing that?).
15 min
24
DJ Squirm-a-Lot’s Back to School Mixtape 2024
It’s back to school time and that means DJ Squirm-a-Lot, the world’s most famous DJ who also happens to be a worm, is in need of a new look!
45 min
25
Blanket Invasion!!!!!!
Today’s brand new story is about an space alien invasion where the aliens are so well-disguised, it’s hard for the people of earth to even know they’re being invaded!
15 min