Bleep!

The Arthur Podcast

GBH & PBS Kids

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.2 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

D.W. overhears a mysterious word at a store and is determined to find out what it means! But blurting out the BLEEP! word in front of her parents might be more trouble than it’s worth!

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0:00.0	From your friends at PBS Kids.
0:10.8	Hey everyone.
0:12.3	Arthur Reid here with a question for you podcast listeners.
0:16.4	You know how sometimes you hear stuff you don't want to hear?
0:20.4	Like, would people say when the bases are loaded and you strike out?
0:28.1	Strike three! You're out!
0:29.9	Arthur, you missed a ball! You lost a game!
0:32.9	Buh!
0:35.0	Or something your sister might say.
0:37.1	Mom! Arthur's eating ice cream after you told him not to.
0:42.2	Or something your mom might say.
0:44.5	Put that ice cream back in the freezer, young man.
0:47.6	In order not to hear those things, wouldn't it be great if there was a machine that could bleep them out?
0:53.6	I mean, there is a bleeper for TV shows and podcasts.
0:58.0	Though that bleeper is for words you're not supposed to say,
1:02.0	like the word DW heard in a gift shop a few days ago.
1:09.0	Look, Arthur, isn't that a pretty glass bird?
1:11.6	It is. Mom would love that. I'm gonna get her for her birthday.
1:17.6	How about for my birthday?
1:20.6	You'd break it in two seconds, DW. Here, hold the mic while I go by the bird.
1:25.6	Okay. But hurry up, because waiting for you is boring!
1:30.3	I told you to watch your language, young man.
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