Vanished Moon!

Radiolab for Kids

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🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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The moon has disappeared.

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0:00.0	Listener supported W.NYC Studios.
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0:25.6	Yep.
0:26.6	Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, bo, bo, bo, bo.
0:32.6	Lou here, breaking news.
0:33.6	I hate to be the one to tell you this, but the moon has disappeared. Repeat, the moon
0:39.0	has disappeared. What? Just kidding, April Fool's. Is today April 1st? It is. Good morning, Alan.
0:53.2	I know. I can't resist a good prank, but rest assured, the moon is actually there. It is. Good morning, Alan. I know. I can't resist a good prank, but rest assured the moon is actually there. It is still very... Tiskt, it is still very there. But Alan, you did a story about what would happen if the moon disappeared. That is right. I did.
1:08.9	You kind of reported out scientifically what would really happen here on Earth. And it is wild and fun and surprising. And so I thought in honor of pranks, this day of pranks, April Fools, we could play that here today. But first, I do wonder, Alan, like, have you had any experience with April Fool's pranks?
1:30.4	Have you pulled any good ones? Have you been fooled? You seem pranky to me.
1:34.4	Oh, the one that sticks out to me the most in my mind was when I was young and I had a package of, like, little plastic fake ants. Okay. And I woke up before my mom and I had a package of like little plastic fake ants.
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