349. Layton asks: What if bedrooms could clean themselves?

What If World - Stories for Kids

Eric O'Keeffe / What If World LLC

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

4.5 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

After saving a hundred video game worlds, Pipey-O just wants to sit down and play some video games. Too bad his room is a mess! Can he get some help from the Million-Hand-Headed Hydra? Lessons include: Everyone needs to relax sometimes, but not all activities are as relaxing as they seem; describe a video game out loud to find its real value. 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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0:00.0	What if kittens played the Glockingfield?
0:07.0	And what if unicorns were real?
0:12.0	What if you could fly or travel back in time?
0:17.0	We welcome you to What If World.
0:24.6	What If World? This is What If World.
0:28.6	Hey there, folks, and welcome back to What If World, the show where your questions and ideas inspire off-the-cuff stories.
0:40.1	I'm Mr. Eric, your host, and today we're starting off with a question from Leighton.
0:44.7	Leighton wrote on Spotify, Hi, I'm Leighton, and I'm 12 years old.
0:50.0	And my what-if question is, what if bedrooms can clean themselves?
0:55.1	And everyone was born with everything they need to know,
0:58.4	so they can play all the video games they want.
1:01.8	Layton, thank you so much for this one.
1:04.4	I think we've all shared the feeling of not wanting to clean our rooms at one point or another.
1:10.5	Now I've got another question from Link I want you to hear.
1:14.7	Hi, my name is Link, and I like dogs.
1:17.5	What if all the letters were characters were video game characters?
1:23.1	Thanks, bye.
1:25.2	Oh, Link!
1:26.6	We have heard from a lot of kids who want video games incorporated into our stories in one way or another.
1:33.8	I'm so grateful to all of them, just as I am grateful to you.
1:37.7	Now, if you've listened to a few of our most recent What If World episodes, you may have heard of the Hand Hydra, also called the Million
1:45.7	Hand-Headed Hydra, or The Handra, for short, and how it was pinching apart What If World,
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