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Story Pirates

Hair Hospital/The Real Reason Why Dinosaurs Went Extinct (feat. Hari Kondabolu)

Story Pirates

Lemonada Media

Comedy, Education, Kids & Family

4.517.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The Story Pirates visit a roadside cherry stand with a strange proprietor (Hari Kondabolu). Featuring two new stories: “Hair Hospital”, a song about a place where you can receive both health care and hair care, written by two friends from California named Aviva and June, and “The Real Reason Why Dinosaurs Went Extinct”, a story about a bunch of scientists who don’t know their facts and end up in a pit full of spicy stuff as a result, written by an 11 year old from Germany named Fritz.  The Story Pirates 2026 tour continues! Get tickets at storypirates.com/live May 16 - Portsmouth, NH May 17 - Medford, MA June 13 - Ridgefield, CT June 27 and 28 - North Adams, MA Check out a longer, more awesome version of Story Love on YouTube Submit kids’ stories at storypirates.com/submit-a-story Check out Story Quest, our in-school digital creative writing program, at storypirates.com/about-story-quest Learn about Story Love, our corporate volunteer program, at storypirateschangemakers.org/story-love

Transcript

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0:00.0

Lemonada.

0:07.2

Hey Story Pirates podcast listeners, Lee here.

0:10.7

On today's episode, the Story Pirates road trip continues

0:13.9

with a visit to a delightful roadside cherry orchard

0:17.7

and another visit to a delightful Roadside Cherry Orchard.

0:22.8

And finally, a visit to a delightful Roadside Cherry Orchard.

0:29.1

Plus, we have a fantastic special guest, the hilarious comedian, Hari Kondobolu.

0:35.7

And of course, we have two brand new stories written by kids

0:38.7

and more story love with Lee and Peter.

0:41.6

And it's all coming up after a few words for the grownups.

0:52.6

Okay, Story Pirates, time to wrap up our pit stop.

0:55.9

Cherry pit stop, that is.

0:58.3

Here at Stone Fruit's world famous roadside cherry stand, right in the heart of cherry country.

1:04.2

Oh, just one last look at these beautiful cherries.

1:07.6

Oh, are these cavaliers?

1:09.6

I don't know about these cherries, Demony, but I'm certainly going to be cavalier about eating them.

1:14.6

Oh, Peter, I meant the famous cherry variety, but you do you.

1:19.6

Oh, look at the time. We better get back on the highway. Can you hand me the map?

1:23.6

Sure.

1:24.6

But first, let me wipe this cherry pie filling off my chin with this paper

1:28.7

covered in drawings of roads and landmarks. Here, no! Ah, that was the map, wasn't it? You got cherry pie filling all over it.

1:39.7

I can't navigate us back to the highway with a messed up map? Can you navigate, Rachel?

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