66. An Interview with Abacus

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

🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Find out more about Abacus P. Grumbler and see if Mr Eric can survive his magic! Lessons include: Titles and objects don’t make you what you are, thinking outside the box can get unexpected results. This remastered episode has higher quality and better-balanced sound with new sound effects. It originally aired on February 26th, 2018. Please Subscribe and show your Support! New supporters can listen to every episode of Stump Mr. Eric, with a new one released monthly. 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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0:42.0	What if kittens break the glock and spiel.
0:48.8	And what if unicorns were real?
0:53.0	What if you could fly or travel back in time?
0:57.0	We welcome you to What If World.
1:00.0	What If World?
1:04.0	This is What If World.
1:09.0	Hey there, folks, and welcome back. What is What If World?
1:18.1	Hey there, folks, and welcome back to What If World, the show where your questions and ideas inspire off-the-cuff stories.
1:20.1	I'm Mr. Eric, your host, and today I have remastered our very first interview special.
1:26.3	Yes, you kids were asking us to do interviews, starting way back in our very first interview special. Yes, you kids were asking us to do interviews,
1:29.6	starting way back in our very first season,
1:32.9	but it took till episode 66 for me to finally talk to Abacus P. Grumbler in person.
1:40.0	This episode has less crackle, higher quality sound, better balance, new sound effects.
1:46.6	It was a labor of love back when I first made it and reworking it for you now.
1:52.5	Supporters of our show will get a brand new episode of Stump Mr. Eric on Wednesday.
1:57.9	And you can go to what ifworldpodcast.com slash support to get ad-free episodes,
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