The Balloon That Never Stopped Floating/The Honey of Revenge (feat. Jo Firestone)
Mar 21, 2024
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Join Smitty, Niminy, and Jo Firestone in a rat city under NYC. Featuring stories of a balloon in space and bees seeking revenge. Explore the intricate rat society, an Infinity Wrench adventure, a confession interrupted by an ad, repair rat union frustration, and imaginative kids' stories.
Rat city below New York has a powerful Rat Czar ruling with a tight grip on governance.
Bees seek revenge by turning a greedy beekeeper into a bee to teach a lesson.
Deep dives
The Intriguing World of Rat Bureaucracy
The podcast delves into the secret world beneath New York City, where a rat city thrives with its own rat government, featuring the formidable rat-zar who wields significant power. Smitty and Nimminy embark on a journey down to the rat city, joined by comedian Joe Firestone.
Repairing Skateboard Chaos
Amidst a skateboard wheel crisis in the rat city, Madam Ratzar navigates a day filled with ribbon-cutting ceremonies, meetings, and an unexpected skateboard emergency. When all tools vanish, Madam Ratzar plans a daring quest to procure new tools from the human world.
Human-Helping Repair Heroes
Smitty and Nimminy, adept at fixing anything, assist Rondo, the head of the repair rats union, in restoring skateboards across Also New York City. With the aid of an innovative infinity wrench, they swiftly repair countless skateboards, earning accolades from the rat community.
Bee Adventure and Revenge
A captivating story unfolds about the bees' revenge led by Queen Bee Arthur after a beekeeper greedily takes their honey. When the bees devise a plan involving a special honey, the beekeeper gets transformed into a bee, learning the value of respecting and replenishing the precious honey reserves.
Smitty and Nimene travel below New York City to a rat city run by a Rat Czar (Jo Firestone). Featuring two new stories: “The Balloon That Never Stopped Floating,” a song about what would happen if a balloon drifted into outer space, written by Jack, a 6 year old from Tennessee, and “The Honey of Revenge,” a story about bees taking matters into their own hands, written by a 12 year old from Oregon named Elsa.
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