Smarty Pass Sneak Peek: Molly’s Inconceivable Preposterous Skateboard

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

American Public Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Oh no! Molly’s been bequeathed her great-great grandfather’s skateboard, which unfortunately contains the spirit of dictionary editor Rutherford Williams Webster! Hoping to defeat the skateboard poltergeist, Anna and Marc must attempt to spell and define Webster’s most obscure words!

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0:00.0	Molly here. Imagine this. A friend comes over and you greet them in your slick new Brains-on
0:06.2	shirt. They check out your rad Brains-on wall poster, and when you go to draw together,
0:11.6	they pick a color from your cool new Brains-on pencil pouch. It could all come true if you win our
0:16.6	giveaway. Right now, when parents sign up for our newsletter, they'll be entered for a chance to win a Brainson shirt, poster, and pencil pouch. Go to brainson.org slash newsletter to sign up. And parents, we made this newsletter with you in mind. We cover topics like how to talk to kids about crushes or how to make friends as adults. Plus, we'll share parenting tips and cool facts.
0:41.1	Get on the list now by going to brainson.org slash newsletter.
0:44.2	That's brainson.org slash newsletter.
0:48.7	Everyone signed up for the newsletter will be in the drawing for the giveaway.
0:51.8	Again, that's brainson.org slash newsletter.
1:00.7	Hi, Molly Bloom here. We love playing games at Brains On. We like tricky trivia,
1:05.4	grueling guessing games, and challenging challenges. If you want to play along with us,
1:13.8	sign up for the Smarty Pass. For just $5 a month, you'll get access to add-free versions of Brains-on, Smash Boom Best, Forever Go, and more.
1:19.2	Plus, you'll get a bonus feed of all new episodes where we play games, like this one.
1:26.6	Hey, Molly. Hey, Anna. What are you up to? Molly got this sick new skateboard, so we're doing tricks.
1:29.5	That skateboard is new? It looks super old.
1:33.7	Well, it's new to us, but you're right, it's really old.
1:36.4	I just got it from my great-a-a-a-a-a-tunia.
1:39.4	She says it belonged to her father, Amadeus Bloom.
1:46.5	Wait, your great-great-grandfather is Amadeus Bloom, the wealthy oil tycoon who made billions in the early 1920s?
1:53.4	No, my Amadeus Bloom sold beef jerky out of a wagon, but people confuse them for each other a lot.
2:02.9	My great-great-grandfather traveled the country selling jerky, and, story goes, some old guy couldn't afford his jerky, so he gave him the skateboard instead.
2:09.1	That's not what happened at all.
2:12.3	Molly, look out, a ghost just came out of your skateboard.
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