346. Owen asks: What if Abacus quit teaching magic? (A Magical Meditation)

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Eric O'Keeffe / What If World LLC

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids, Comedy Fiction, Fiction

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🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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The Observatorium has fallen, and Abacus is stuck as Abybot, the giant robot. Can Fair Elise help him get unstuck from his feelings and rediscover his magic? Themes include: sharing feelings, mindfulness, coping with anxiety Please Subscribe and show your Support! Grownups, help your kids share questions & ideas at [email protected], via voicemail at 205-605-WHAT (9428), or on Instagram @whatifworldpodcast Want more kids podcasts for the whole family? Grown-ups, subscribe to Starglow+ here. Learn more about Starglow Media here. Follow Starglow on Instagram and YouTube 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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0:07.4	Sing and dance along with Pinkalicious, Peter, and their friends as they go on musical adventures around Pinkville.
0:15.2	Starting February 13th, you can listen to the new season of the Pinkalicious and Peterific podcast on PBSKids.org
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0:30.6	What if kittens put the Glock andchpin'clock in spears?
0:37.3	And what if unicorns were real?
0:41.3	What if you could fly or travel back in time?
0:45.3	We welcome you to what if world.
0:49.3	What if world? This is What If World.
1:00.8	Hey there, folks, and welcome back to What If World.
1:04.0	The show where you are questions and ideas inspire off-the-cuff stories and sometimes
1:08.8	meditations. I'm Mr. Eric, your host, and today we're
1:13.2	starting off with a write-in question from a listener known only as Frog Queen. They wrote their
1:20.5	question on Spotify, and it reads, What if Fair Elise told us how to use magic? Thank you, Frog Queen. And this is the perfect time for a
1:31.9	story like this, because lately, what if world has needed a little magic? In fact, it reminds me
1:38.8	of another question from a listener named Owen. Let's hear it. Hi, my name is Owen. I really like playing my video game, and my question is, what if
1:50.0	Abacus quit teaching magic? Thank you.
1:54.4	Ooh, big stuff today, kids. And we're going to work through it together. Now, if you've never
2:00.1	listened to one of our
2:01.6	meditations, they still usually have some story elements and are always inspired by your ideas.
2:09.3	We recommend you get yourself comfortable while you listen. You can sit or lie down with your
2:16.1	eyes staring off softly at a single point or gently closed.
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