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The Imagine Neighborhood

The Imagine Neighborhood

The Imagine Neighborhood

Has your child ever been so angry that they wanted to smoosh something? Have they ever been scared of the babysitter? Have they ever had a hard time calming down? The Imagine Neighborhood is the show for your family. Each episode tells a story that’s amazing, fantastical, and maybe a little bananas, while it tackles the big feelings that come with growing up.

Parent info: The Imagine Neighborhood is recommended for ages under 5 and 6-10. It's an Episodic show that can be listened to in any order. Made in the USA, it's about Emotional Health for kids. Launched in 2020, it has 5 seasons.

There are 159 episodes
© The Imagine Neighborhood Episodes: 159 Ages: Under-5s, 6-10

Episodes
The most recent appears first.

  • JULY Q&A

    13 min Season 5 Episode 40 24 July 2023 Listened

    Today Princess Donnasaurus, Macho Supreme, and Alakazambra are answering questions from our friends Jori, Levi, Margot, and Wesley . . . although it's a little hard to hear them over all that noise in the Neighborhood! It is the Burn Voyage blasting Cannonball…

  • Royal Rotation

    9 min Season 5 Episode 40 19 June 2023 Listened

    Today, Macho Supreme is headed to Princess Donnasaurus's place to perform an act of kindness . . . or is he? Last summer Macho rotated PD's castle out of the sun every day, and he's planning to do it again. But does PD want her castle rotated this year? Making…

  • The Power of Yet!

    7 min Season 5 Episode 37 5 June 2023 Listened

    It's pool-party time at Alakazambra's house and everyone's invited. Even Preston Change-o is there! But when AllyK asks him to fill the empty pool using his new water spell, he starts to feel nervous. It's difficult, and Preston keeps making mistakes. He's get…

  • Feelin' Groovy: Ragtime Grooves

    6 min Season 5 Episode 37 22 May 2023 Listened

    Today Princess Donnasaurus and Macho Supreme are playing one of the Neighborhood's favorite games—“Feelin' Groovy!” You play by listening to a song together, then you share all the different emotions it makes you feel, and the different things it makes you thi…

  • Don't Yuck My Yum!

    21 min Season 5 Episode 34 15 May 2023 Listened

    Best friends Princess Donnasaurus and Doctor Apocalypso love to spend time together, and today they're heading to the amusement park to ride the best rides, play the greatest games, and eat the tastiest treats! But what happens when besties don’t agree on what…

  • Rerun: Alakazambraids

    23 min Season 5 Episode 33 8 May 2023 Listened

    Today Count Vacula is super excited because Alakazambra is taking him to a fancy new roller-skating rink! But first she’s getting a brand-new hairdo from magical Miss Mamas at The Enchanted Haus of Coils, Curls, and Charms! Her new bewitching braids make her f…

  • Rerun: Anyone Can Play

    18 min Season 5 Episode 32 24 April 2023 Listened

    When Macho Supreme decides that Count Vacula can't play Nebula Trek with him, because in the Nebula Trek movie all the actors are white and Vac is Asian, Scotty explains that excluding people because of their identity is wrong—plus, it makes playing less fun! …

  • No Filter with Kayte Sabicer

    10 min Season 5 Episode 32 10 April 2023 Listened

    Hey everybody! It’s me, Count Vacula, bringing you a brand-new No Filter with Count Vacula. Today I get to introduce you to the very creative Kayte Sabicer! Kayte is an artist, and she has one of the greatest jobs I ever heard of—building miniatures for specia…

  • Brain Train

    14 min Season 5 Episode 31 17 April 2023 Listened

    Today Doctor Apocalypso is waiting for the bus . . . and waiting, and waiting, and WAITING! And worse than that, she’s bored, bored, BORED! She left her phone at home, plus she forgot to bring a book and the bus won’t be here for twenty endless minutes! Fortun…

  • Gruncle Vaxie's Grown-Up Corner: Grown-ups Have Feelings

    7 min Season 5 Episode 31 28 March 2023 Listened

    Greetings, listeners. Once again it is I, Gruncle Vaxie. Today we will discuss how to tell what your grown-up is feeling. Yes, I know. You are surprised. But it is true—grown-ups have feelings, just like regular people! And just as it is important to practice …

  • Rerun: Princess Donnasaurus Waits for Her Birthday

    17 min Season 5 Episode 30 20 March 2023 Listened

    The Imagine Neighborhood just turned three this week, so we know how exciting birthdays can be! It reminds us of the time Princess Donnasaurus decided she couldn't wait another whole year for hers, and decreed that EVERY day would be her birthday!…

  • Count Vacula Feels Afraid: Remastered

    13 min Season 5 Episode 29 13 March 2023 Listened

    It's our birthday! The Imagine Neighborhood launched on this day in 2020, and now we have 5 seasons, 145 episodes, and over 1.3M downloads, all thanks to YOU!…

  • Eggling 1-2-3

    22 min Season 5 Episode 28 6 March 2023 Listened

    A PRINCESS DONNASAURUS™ episode.…

  • No Filter with Jonathan Knowles

    12 min Season 5 Episode 27 1 March 2023 Listened

    This week on No Filter with Count Vacula, Vac gets to introduce you to a very cool new friend named Jonathan Knowles. He’s an explorer and a scientist who studies animals and the ocean and the climate and outer space and technology and even robots like Vac. Bu…

  • February Q&A

    8 min Season 5 Episode 26 20 February 2023 Listened

    Here in The Imagine Neighborhood, we love questions! We love to ask them, because that’s how we learn about things, and we love to answer them because that’s how we help other people learn about things. This week, Vac and Scotty are answering questions from li…

  • No Filter with Rachel Litfin

    10 min Season 5 Episode 25 13 February 2023 Listened

    On today’s No Filter with Count Vacula you'll meet YA author Rachel Litfin. Rachel started writing her very first story when she was only 13 years old, and now it’s her grown-up job. How great is that?! She and Vac talked about how stories help us to learn abo…

  • Macho's Eggcellent Adventure

    Season 5 Episode 24 6 February 2023 Listened

    When Empress Bawkarella of the planet Cluckatron catches a lift in the Mach Billion, everything goes great—until the gang runs into a field of dangerous EGGsteroids! And with Scotty out doing a squeegee spacewalk to wipe off the windshield, it’s up to Macho an…

  • Crossing Guardasaurus

    5 min Season 5 Episode 23 30 January 2023 Listened

    BREAKING NEWS! This just in from WTIN Studios, The Imagine Neighborhood’s top radio station: Reports indicate that many kinds of animals are having difficulty safely crossing the busy road in front of Princess Donnasaurus’s castle! Her Royal Highness is person…

  • Rerun: Raising the Steaks

    25 min Season 5 Episode 22 23 January 2023 Listened

    Hey there, my little hardcore headbangers! Doctor Apocalypso here, welcoming you back for Part Two of our slammin’ story about fighting discrimination. Last week, you heard how our new Big Bot Burger restaurant wouldn’t serve Wastelanders like me—and how me an…

  • Rerun: Doctor Apocalypso Has a Beef

    25 min Season 5 Episode 21 16 January 2023 Listened

    Hey there, rockers, it's Doctor Apocalypso!…

  • Rerun: Hastabee Proud

    16 min Season 5 Episode 20 9 January 2023 Listened

    Hello, you little throw rugs. It’s me! Your very favorite supervillain, Queen Hastabee!…

  • Rerun: The Trials of Vacstradamus

    19 min Season 5 Episode 19 3 January 2023 Listened

    Hello, listeners. It is I, Count Vacula's Great-uncle Vacstradamus. But because existence is a delicate gift whose every fleeting if meaningless second we must cherish and not squander on unnecessary verbosity, you may call me Gruncle Vaxie.…

  • Rerun: Cardboard Boxing Day 2

    24 min Season 5 Episode 18 26 December 2022 Listened

    Yes! Cardboard Boxing Day is finally here!…

  • Cardboard Boxing Day 3

    21 min Season 5 Episode 17 19 December 2022 Listened

    ‘Tis holiday season across the land,…

  • No Filter with Ray Porter

    10 min Season 5 Episode 16 12 December 2022 Listened

    In this week's No Filter with Count Vacula you'll meet the amazing actor and voice artist, Ray Porter! Ray has been in movies like Argo, and Zack Snyder’s Justice League—and he’s been in kids' TV shows like The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. We talked about card…

  • A Very Macho Q and A

    9 min Season 5 Episode 15 5 December 2022 Listened

    I’m really excited about today’s show, because Macho is here with me and we get to snack on his delicious “Macho Nachos” while we answer more of the cool questions listeners like you sent in this season!…

  • Gruncle Vaxie's Grown-up Corner

    4 min Season 5 Episode 14 27 November 2022 Listened

    Greetings, listeners. It is I, Count Vacula's Great-uncle Vacstradamus. Also known as Gruncle Vaxie. Isn't that amusing?…

  • Reckless Ricardo

    20 min Season 5 Episode 13 21 November 2022 Listened

    A big crowd has gathered to watch Cap’n Marion perform the three difficult stunts that only the legendary pirate Reckless Ricardo has ever accomplished! She completes two, but when the time comes to lava-ski down the side of boiling hot Mt. Infernus on just a …

  • Feelin' Groovy

    4 min Season 5 Episode 12 14 November 2022 Listened

    Today Scotty and Princess Donnasaurus are playing a game called “Feeling Groovy!” The game starts by having all the players listen to a song together. Then, they talk about the different emotions it made them feel, and the different things it made them think a…

  • November Q&A

    10 min Season 5 Episode 11 7 November 2022 Listened

    Today Vac and I get to go answer some of your letters right here on the show! You asked some really interesting questions about us, and about Cap’n Marion and Princess Donnasaurus, too—wanting to know about our favorite animals, our friends, and even what we d…

  • No Filter: Weird Al - Bigger, Longer & Clean-cut

    17 min Season 5 Episode 10 4 November 2022 Listened

    Hey everybody, it’s your pal Count Vacula! I’m super excited because today I get to share a very special BONUS episode of No Filter with you, featuring my good friend, “Weird Al” Yankovic!…

  • Sorry Not Sorry

    20 min Season 5 Episode 9 31 October 2022 Listened

    Everyone makes mistakes, and that’s okay. What’s important is what we do after the mistake to help make things right! But it enough to just say the words, “I’m sorry”? And do you have to accept an apology even if it isn’t sincere? Evil Billionaire Hamster Tant…

  • Re-run: Alakazambra's Halloween Party

    22 min Season 5 Episode 8 24 October 2022 Listened

    Here in the Neighborhood, we love to celebrate Halloween with scary decorations and all kinds of spooky fun! But what makes something scary? Is everybody scared by the same things?…

  • No Filter with Kari Byron

    12 min Season 5 Episode 7 17 October 2022 Listened

    Hey there, everybody! It’s me, Count Vacula, bringing you a brand-new No Filter with Count Vacula and a brand-new friend to meet!…

  • Bandersnatch Birthday Bonanza

    19 min Season 5 Episode 6 10 October 2022 Listened

    An ALAKAZAMBRA™ episode.…

  • No Filter with Dr. Marion Nestle

    11 min Season 5 Episode 5 3 October 2022 Listened

    Count Vacula here, bringing you a new No Filter with Count Vacula! Today’s guest is Dr. Marion Nestle, PhD! Her favorite thing (and one of my favorite things, and probably one of your favorite things, too) is food! She has spent her whole life studying food, a…

  • The Temple of 'Do

    22 min Season 5 Episode 4 25 September 2022 Listened

    An ALAKAZAMBRA™ episode.…

  • No Filter with Riley Black

    12 min Season 5 Episode 3 19 September 2022 Listened

    Oh boy oh boy!…

  • Hastabee Proud

    16 min Season 5 Episode 2 11 September 2022 Listened

    In today’s episode of The Imagine Neighborhood, Count Vacula isn’t sure he has anything to feel proud about. And even though there are lots of unique things about his identity, Vac's worried that he needs something else to be special... like superpowers! So wh…

  • The Poll-a-Keet

    21 min 4 September 2022 Listened

    Princess Donnasaurus has sent her Poll-a-Keet out to make sure that the Royal Records are up to date on important things like everyone’s birthdays, favorite colors, and identity. But when Count Vacula says he’s a boy, the Poll-a-Keet isn't so sure. It’ll take …

  • Season Five Trailer

    2 min Season 5 Episode 1 28 August 2022 Listened

    Summer’s almost over, but (buuuu-uuuuuut!) that’s good news—because it means that a brand new season of The Imagine Neighborhood is right around the corner!…

  • Cap'n Marion's Summer Postcard 2022

    4 min Season 4 Episode 25 8 August 2022 Listened

    Avast, ye landlubbing listeners! It be I, Cap'n Marion, sendin’ ye a piratey postcard direct from the deck of the Burn Voyage! Are ye havin' a swashbucklin’ summer? I surely be! For I be spendin' me summer tellin’ me friends—and even me enemies!—"I love you!"…

  • Princess Donnasaurus' Summer Postcard 2022

    5 min Season 4 Episode 23 31 July 2022 Listened

    Greetings, my Royal Subjects! It is I, Princess Donnasaurus, wishing you a most resplendent summer!…

  • Macho Supreme Summer Postcard 2022

    3 min Season 4 Episode 22 24 July 2022 Listened

    Greetings, friends! Macho Supreme here!…

  • Alakazambra's Summer Postcard 2022

    3 min Season 4 Episode 21 18 July 2022 Listened

    Salutations! It is I, Alakazambra Tyesha Morganis, sending you greetings from Flutterbudge Lake Summer Camp where I am saying “I love you” by teaching Charms and Crafts to all the campers!…

  • Doc Apoc's Summer Postcard 2022

    4 min Season 4 Episode 20 10 July 2022 Listened

    Helloooo out there you radical rockers, and happy summer!…

  • Doctor Apocalypso and the Great Breakfast Mess

    22 min Season 4 Episode 19 19 June 2022 Listened

    It’s Father’s Day, and Doc wants to let her dads know how much she loves them, so she plans a very special breakfast-in-bed—maybe one that’s a little too special! And when Doc’s turbocharged breakfast catapult makes a mess in the house, her Papa gets so upset …

  • No Filter with Weird Al Yankovic

    14 min Season 4 Episode 18 12 June 2022 Listened

    Hi, friends—guess what? It’s almost time for summer break, so today I get to bring you this season’s very last episode of No Filter with Count Vacula!…

  • AlakazamBraids

    23 min Season 4 Episode 17 5 June 2022 Listened

    Today, Count Vacula is super excited, because Alakazambra is taking him to a fancy new roller-skating rink! But first she’s getting a her hair done by magical Miss Mamas at The Enchanted Haus of Coils, Curls, and Charms. With her bewitching new braids, "AllyK"…

  • Scared Plus Mad Equals Smad

    9 min Season 4 Episode 16 26 May 2022 Listened

    A COUNT VACULA™ episode.…

  • No Filter with Lauren Ashley Smith

    13 min Season 4 Episode 15 22 May 2022 Listened

    Hey there, friends! It’s me, Count Vacula, with a fresh No Filter just for you!…

  • EnvyKazambra

    20 min Season 4 Episode 14 15 May 2022 Listened

    If you’ve had envy, you know it doesn’t feel very nice. And in today’s episode, Alakazambra really wants to stop feeling envious of her friend, Barbara Cadabara. It all begins when Barbara gets chosen as Wizard of the Year by Merlin Monthly magazine, and inste…

  • It's Gonna Be May: Q&A May 2022

    10 min Season 4 Episode 13 9 May 2022 Listened

    Hello, listeners!…

  • No Filter with Molly Birnbaum

    11 min Season 4 Episode 12 1 May 2022 Listened

    It’s me, Count Vacula, sharing my newest No Filter—and my newest friend—with you!…

  • Journey Into Macho

    21 min Season 4 Episode 11 24 April 2022 Listened

    Doing interesting things uses up a lot of our attention, and that’s okay—but it’s important to keep checking in on ourselves, because what our body is feeling can change how we feel! And if we let ourselves get too tired, or too hungry, or we wait too long to …

  • No Filter with Robin Slonina

    12 min Season 4 Episode 10 17 April 2022 Listened

    It’s me, your good pal Count Vacula—bringing you another awesome new friend on another awesome No Filter!…

  • The Gourmetborhood

    20 min Season 4 Episode 9 10 April 2022 Listened

    A MACHO SUPREME™ episode.…

  • No Filter with Tom Toro

    12 min Season 4 Episode 8 3 April 2022 Listened

    Hello again, friends! It's me—Count Vacula, back with a brand-new episode of No Filter with Count Vacula!…

  • Bozelba For Beginners

    20 min Season 4 Episode 7 27 March 2022 Listened

    It's awesome when we can share the things we enjoy with other people! But it’s not so awesome when the person doing the teaching isn’t being patient or laughs when we make mistakes. It can feel hurtful and frustrating, and it definitely takes the fun out of pl…

  • Food Fight: Live from SXSW Edu

    12 min Season 4 Episode 6 20 March 2022 Listened

    Do you remember the episode called “Food Fight”? Well, recently we had a chance to get on stage and share that story in-person with a new group of friends at an event called SXSW EDU (pronounced “South by Southwest ee-dee-you”). It’s a big gathering in Texas w…

  • No Filter with Chris Ballew

    13 min Season 4 Episode 5 13 March 2022 Listened

    Oh hey, everybody, Count Vacula here! It’s great to see you again! This week I got to use my friend-making skills with a very interesting and talented person named Chris Ballew!…

  • Work it to Win it

    23 min Season 4 Episode 4 6 March 2022 Listened

    A DOCTOR APOCALYPSO™ episode.…

  • No Filter with Representative Marilyn Strickland

    15 min Season 4 Episode 3 27 February 2022 Listened

    Hi, everybody! It's me—your pal, Count Vacula!…

  • The Ptwanger Part Two: Fartnado's Revenge

    17 min Season 4 Episode 2 20 February 2022 Listened

    Welcome to Part Two of our putrid parable about problem-solving, as we rejoin Scotty, Princess Donnasaurus, and Pete Twanger in the middle of dealing with myriad magical messes all over town—plus a fart tornado that’s still headed right for the Neighborhood!…

  • The Ptwanger Part One

    18 min Season 4 Episode 1 13 February 2022 Listened

    This week, Scotty and Princess Donnasaurus will need a LOT of new ideas, because they have a LOT of problems to solve. First, there’s a dangerous (and very stinky) fart tornado headed right towards the Neighborhood! And second, there’s a new grown-up in town w…

  • Q&A Kobe Edition

    8 min Season 3 Episode 33 26 December 2021 Listened

    Hey, friends—it’s the last Monday of the year, so you know what THAT means, don’t you? . . . Yup! It’s Cardboard Boxing Day! Happy Cardboard Boxing Day, everybody! We hope your family is making the most of any boxes left over from the holidays, and we can’t wa…

  • Cardboard Boxing Day 2: Everything’s Fine

    24 min Season 3 Episode 32 19 December 2021 Listened

    ‘Tis Cardboard Boxing Day Eve, and all through our ‘Hood,…

  • No Filter with Aaron Horowitz

    14 min Season 3 Episode 31 12 December 2021 Listened

    Hi, everyone! Guess what? . . . Vac’s back! I couldn’t wait for you to meet my newest friend, Aaron Horowitz!…

  • No Filter with Melly Victor

    10 sec Season 3 Episode 30 5 December 2021 Listened

    Hey, everybody! It's me, your good pal, Count Vacula! This week my guest is Melly Victor—who is super cool, and is someone I already know and like a lot!…

  • Re-run: Friendsgiving

    23 min Season 3 Episode 29 29 November 2021 Listened

    It’s almost Friendsgiving in The Imagine Neighborhood™! Scotty and Vac have been working on their thank-you jar all year: every time they feel thankful, they put a penny into the jar. And every year on Friendsgiving, a mythical yeti collects everyone’s jars an…

  • The Big Wave: Shkarf Attack!

    21 min Season 3 Episode 28 21 November 2021 Listened

    Have you ever felt two things at the same time? Like, maybe you were excited for the first day of school, but also felt nervous about being in a new classroom. Or have you ever felt angry at a friend who you also really, really liked? When we have a bunch of f…

  • The Sound Machine

    24 min Season 3 Episode 27 14 November 2021 Listened

    Is Tantrumus Maximus the most evil billionaire hamster in the whole wide world? Yes. Yes he is.…

  • Re-run: Macho's Shot

    19 min Season 3 Episode 26 7 November 2021 Listened

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  • No Filter with Tig Notaro

    16 min Season 3 Episode 24 1 November 2021 Listened

    Hey, everybody! Count Vacula here, welcoming you to my newest No Filter!…

  • Teen Force Trailer

    1 min Season 3 Episode 23 1 November 2021 Listened

    This summer, thanks to a generous grant from The Allstate Foundation, the team at The Imagine Neighborhood launched Teen Force!, a virtual summer fellowship that brought together high school students from across the country. Together with expert consultants a…

  • Missing Doc

    23 min Season 3 Episode 23 25 October 2021 Listened

    Having a best friend is, well . . . the best! But when our bestie suddenly can’t be around, it can feel terrible. Whether someone we care about is moving away forever, or even if they just have to miss an important day like our birthday, it can be hard not to …

  • No Filter with Dr. Jennie Warmouth

    14 min Season 3 Episode 22 18 October 2021 Listened

    Hi everybody! It’s me, Count Vacula, bringing you a brand-new No Filter!…

  • The Disappointment of Mannrick Allen

    24 min Season 3 Episode 21 10 October 2021 Listened

    Disappointment is a very big feeling, and it can affect us in a lot of different ways. Someone who is disappointed might seem sad, or they might even act angry or mean. In this episode, we’ll talk about ways to help ourselves feel better when we’re disappointe…

  • No Filter with Janet Varney

    17 sec Season 3 Episode 20 27 September 2021 Listened

    Guess who? . . .…

  • No Filter with Peter Sagal

    17 hr 35 min Season 3 Episode 19 19 September 2021 Listened

    Hi, everybody! It’s your good friend, Count Vacula, bringing you my newest No Filter!…

  • The Hastabee

    22 hr 8 min Season 3 Episode 18 12 September 2021 Listened

    A COUNT VACULA™ episode.…

  • Re-run: Anyone Can Play

    18 min Season 3 5 September 2021 Listened

    When Macho Supreme and Count Vacula find a big cardboard box and decide to play Nebula Trek in it, Vac is excited to pretend to be one of his favorite characters from his favorite movie! But every time Vac jumps in, Macho won’t let him play. Because the actors…

  • No Filter with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi

    15 min Season 3 Episode 17 30 August 2021 Listened

    My guest this week is the very kind and very smart Dr. Ibram X. Kendi. He’s a podcaster like me—but he’s also a professor, and a National Book Award winner, and a #1 New York Times bestselling author of really terrific books like Antiracist Baby and Stamped (F…

  • Bonus: Dr Leslie Walker-Harding on Macho's Shot

    8 min Season 3 Episode 16 24 August 2021 Listened

    In this week's bonus episode Dr Leslie Walker-Harding joins us to discuss ways to help kids who are afraid of getting shots. Dr Walker-Harding is the chair of pediatrics at Seattle Children's hospital and she's had to give, and get, a lot of shots. We'll talk …

  • Macho's Shot

    19 min Season 3 Episode 15 23 August 2021 Listened

    Going to the doctor can be scary, even if you’re as macho as—Macho Supreme! This week, Scotty needs to get his Merman Measles shot, but Macho is so afraid something bad might happen to Scotty at the doctor’s office that he yoinks Scotty away in the Mach Billio…

  • Re-run: Blizzards and Wizards

    25 min Season 3 Episode 14 15 August 2021 Listened

    Preston Changeo (special guest star Tom Lenk) doesn’t think that wizards and monsters should be friends, and when he learns that Alakazambra and Vac are buddies he gets so upset he accidentally summons a rainbow-sherbet monster! Everyone has to work together t…

  • No Filter with Jad Abumrad

    15 sec Season 3 Episode 13 8 August 2021 Listened

    This week, you’ll meet my new friend Jad Abumrad! We have a lot in common—like, we both make podcasts, although . . . my podcast doesn’t have a Peabody Award, and Jad’s podcasts Radiolab and Dolly Parton’s America do . . . But we both like synthesizers! And we…

  • Cap'n Marion Finds Her Focus

    19 min Season 3 Episode 12 4 August 2021 Listened

    This week Scotty takes a pirate internSHIP (ahem) aboard the Burn Voyage, and finds out there’s a lot that a Second Mate needs to learn to do—especially the all-important ARRRt of treasure-buryin’. But Cap’n Marion keeps getting distracted, and the gold is jus…

  • July 2021 Q & A

    6 min Season 3 Episode 11 25 July 2021 Listened

    It's no secret that we love hearing from our listeners, or that we get really excited when you send in questions about things going on in The Imagine Neighborhood™, because then we get to do a Q&A episode!…

  • No Filter with Carly Ciarrocchi

    18 min Season 3 Episode 10 18 July 2021 Listened

    My guest this week is the amazing Carly Ciarrocchi. You might know her from her Emmy-nominated work hosting The Big Fun Crafty Show and Snug's House for Universal Kids, or as host of Sprout's The Sunny Side Up Show, or from Weird But True! on Disney+, or from …

  • No Filter with Brittany Murlas

    13 sec Season 3 Episode 9 11 July 2021 Listened

    This week I got to meet a very smart and kind person named Brittany Murlas. She's a mom who started a really cool book club called Little Feminist. They find terrific stories with all different sorts of heroes in them, and send the books out to families all ov…

  • Calmulor!

    23 min Season 3 Episode 8 4 July 2021 Listened

    An ALAKAZAMBRA™ episode…

  • June 2021 Q & A

    7 min Season 3 Episode 7 27 June 2021 Listened

    This month we got some very important questions for our friends in The Imagine Neighborhood™, and it’s time to answer them with a Q&A episode! Stay tuned next week for a new episode of The Imagine Neighborhood. And keep listening the week after that for more N…

  • All Town Hand Me Down

    20 min Season 3 Episode 6 20 June 2021 Listened

    This week in the The Imagine Neighborhood™, Scotty and Vac can’t wait for the All-Town Hand-Me-Down! Everybody in the Neighborhood collects clothes and toys they’re not using anymore, and they send them all down a chute so that someone new can use them. It’s a…

  • No Filter with Biz Ellis

    14 min Season 3 Episode 5 13 June 2021 Listened

    Hi, listeners! It’s me again . . . your pal, Count Vacula, with my very own show, No Filter with Count Vacula!…

  • The Trials of Vacstradamus

    19 min Season 3 Episode 4 7 June 2021 Listened

    A COUNT VACULA™ episode.…

  • May 2021 Q & A

    8 min Season 3 Episode 3 31 May 2021 Listened

    It’s time for a new Q&A episode! We’ll answer questions about Vac’s digestive system and what inspires Doctor Apocalypso. Plus, we’ve got special guest Dr. Jasmine with us! She’ll talk with us about the food on her spaceship and about the best ways to stay kin…

  • No Filter with Macho Supreme

    10 min Season 3 Episode 2 23 May 2021 Listened

    Oh, hey listeners, it’s me! It’s your friend, Count Vacula, and today I’m talking to my good friend, Macho Supreme. We’ll talk about making friends with monsters, space squids, and how to prepare for disco emergencies!…

  • Macho Gets Bendy

    21 min Season 3 Episode 1 16 May 2021 Listened

    This week in the Neighborhood, Macho Supreme is off to the Space Marines’ Space-Cademy summer camp. To keep the Pixie Pandemic at bay, the camp has made a whole lot of changes—but Macho liked things better the old way! Luckily, Scotty is around to help him lea…

  • April 2021 Q & A

    7 min Season 2 Episode 31 26 April 2021 Listened

    It’s me, Doctor Apocalypso, live from the Wasteland! Some of you out there sent in questions for me. So today, Cyclopia and I are rollin’ up to answer them in a Q&A episode! I’ll talk about how it feels to still miss Giganticus, and how to get out of bed like …

  • Bonus: Dr Aisha White on the Imagine Equity Series.

    24 sec Season 2 Episode 30 30 March 2021 Listened

    Bonus Episode. Dr Aisha White from the University of Pittsburgh's P.R.I.D.E. program joins us to talk about different ways to discuss racial identity with kids.…

  • Bonus Grown-ups Episode: Behind the Scenes of Imagine Equity

    38 min Season 2 Episode 29 28 March 2021 Listened

    Have you ever wondered who comes up with a dinosaur princess, Cardboard Boxing Day, pirate food fights, or Big Bot Burgers? Well, here’s your chance to find out! We gathered the Imagine Neighborhood team members who helped create our latest series, Imagine Equ…

  • Re-run: The Very Best Robot

    20 min Season 2 Episode 28 22 March 2021 Listened

    A COUNT VACULA™ episode.…

  • Raising the Steaks: Doc Apoc Has a Beef Part Two

    25 min Season 2 Episode 27 8 March 2021 Listened

    When we last left our heroes, Scotty and Doc were on a mission to stop discrimination at Big Bot Burger. But it turns out the injustice isn’t just at one location—it’s at ALL the Big Bot Burger locations. This week, they’re enlisting the help of everyone in th…

  • Doc Apoc Has a Beef

    25 min Season 2 Episode 26 28 February 2021 Listened

    This week, a new restaurant called Big Bot Burger is coming to The Imagine Neighborhood™. Doc and Scotty are super excited to try it . . . until they find out that Big Bot won’t take Doc’s order. It turns out that Big Bot Burger has a company rule to not serve…

  • Anyone Can Play

    18 min Season 2 Episode 24 22 February 2021 Listened

    A MACHO SUPREME™ episode.…

  • Blizzards and Wizards

    24 min Season 2 Episode 24 14 February 2021 Listened

    An ALAKAZAMBRA™ episode.…

  • The Princess Quest

    27 min Season 2 Episode 23 7 February 2021 Listened

    Today, Princess Donnasaurus stumbles out of The Imagine Neighborhood™ and into the neighborhood of Princess Tia from the Stoopkid Stories podcast! At first, neither princess thinks the other looks the way a princess should, but they talk it out and team up. To…

  • Food Fight!

    21 min Season 2 Episode 22 31 January 2021 Listened

    Today, Scotty and Vac are pirate-sitting the Fire Pirates while Captain Marion is off at the dentist. Everything is shipshape . . . until Burn Voyage is taken over by Captain Deen! She thinks that pirates should only eat gross asparagus dumplings, not the food…

  • Imagine Equity Trailer

    1 min Season 2 Episode 21 25 January 2021 Listened

    The Imagine Neighborhood returns next week with a special series called Imagine Equity: Six New Stories About Race, Identity, and Making Things Right. Imagine Equity is supported by a generous grant from the Allstate Foundation. The Allstate Foundation works t…

  • Cardboard Boxing Day

    19 min Season 2 Episode 20 13 December 2020 Listened

    The Imagine Neighborhood celebrates lots of different holidays, and they're all special, but our favorite is Cardboard Boxing Day! On the last Monday of the year, everyone gathers to spend time with each other and make cardboard masterpieces.. but how did it b…

  • December Listener Questions

    5 min Season 2 Episode 19 6 December 2020 Listened

    Do you ever have questions for your friends in The Imagine Neighborhood™? This week we’ve got answers! Listeners had questions about what makes Macho Supreme so strong, how Doctor Apocalypso spends her morning, and whether we ever fly paper airplanes in the N…

  • Friendsgiving

    23 min Season 2 Episode 18 22 November 2020 Listened

    A COUNT VACULA™ episode.…

  • November Listener Questions

    5 min Season 2 Episode 17 15 November 2020 Listened

    This week Scotty, Macho Supreme, Princess Donnasaurus, and Count Vacula answer questions from listeners all over the country!

  • Blurghsday 2: The Blurghsening!

    22 min Season 2 Episode 16 8 November 2020 Listened

    When too many Blurghsdays happen in a row, Scotty and Doctor Apocalypso start to feel stressed. At first they “get small to deal with it all,” but when a tidal wave of deli meats threatens the Neighborhood, they realize it’s time to “get large and take charge!…

  • Macho and The Worrycane

    20 min Season 2 Episode 15 1 November 2020 Listened

    It's Macho's time to shine at the Space Marines' Annual Smelling Bee! But there's just one problem: Macho is full of worries. And when Macho's worries get out of control, they become worrywarts that get bigger and bigger! Macho needs Scotty's help to calm down…

  • Talking to Kids About Cyberbullying

    11 min Season 2 Episode 14 27 October 2020 Listened

    Dr Kelly Mendoza from Common Sense Education drops by to talk about what grown-ups can do about cyberbullying. We'll talk about resources and tools grown-ups can use to help keep their kids safe and kind online. For more information about Common Sense Educatio…

  • Macho is Cyberbullied

    21 min Season 2 Episode 13 25 October 2020 Listened

    Today Scotty is inside a video game called BrineBlox! Everyone’s having a good time until one of the players starts leaving mean comments and blowing up other people's creations. Macho and Scotty decide to get to the bottom of this bullying behavior—and find a…

  • Alakazambra's Halloween Party

    21 min Season 2 Episode 12 18 October 2020 Listened

    It’s Halloween in The Imagine Neighborhood! Scotty and Vac have built a super-spooky haunted house, and they can’t wait to scare the socks off of everyone. But when Alakazambra stops by, there’s just one problem: she doesn’t feel scared. It turns out that diff…

  • Talking to Kids About Racial Identity

    15 min Season 2 Episode 11 14 October 2020 Listened

    Bonus Episode. Dr Aisha White from the University of Pittsburgh's P.R.I.D.E. program joins us to talk about different ways to discuss racial identity with kids.…

  • October Q and A

    3 min Season 2 Episode 9 4 October 2020 Listened

    We love getting listener letters so much! In fact the only thing we like better than reading them is answering them! Today we're taking questions from Neighbors all over the country!…

  • Goodbye Giganticus

    23 min Season 2 Episode 8 27 September 2020 Listened

    It’s a sad day today in The Imagine Neighborhood™. Doctor Apocalypso’s motorcycle, Giganticus, has gone kaput. He really meant a lot to her; she built him from scratch and they had so many epic adventures riding through the Wasteland together! In a lot of ways…

  • The Very Best Robot

    19 min Season 2 Episode 7 11 October 2020 Listened

    A COUNT VACULA™ episode.…

  • Alakazambra!

    17 min Season 2 Episode 7 20 September 2020 Listened

    Alakazambra the Demon-Hunter is hunting for Count Vacula! She needs the teeth of an angry vampire for one of her magic spells—but Vac’s not angry! In fact, he’s mostly just hungry and a little bit nervous. Alakazambra needs some help figuring out how other peo…

  • The Nose Stealers!

    20 min Season 2 Episode 6 13 September 2020 Listened

    This week Scotty needs a little help learning to use his assertive voice to help make the dreaded Nose Stealers stop stealing his nose. They think it's a fun game, but it's not fun for Scotty... and it's his nose they want to steal! Sometimes we need to let ot…

  • Bonus: Listener Questions from the Postcard Hotline!

    5 min Season 2 Episode 5 6 September 2020 Listened

    This week we're answering questions from our listener hotline! If you have a question you'd like answered, have your grown up go to ImagineNeighborhood.org, or ask them to call 206-438-6528 (206.4.FUN.LAVA). You can leave us a question, or message!…

  • Shake Your Monkeys

    19 min Season 2 Episode 4 30 August 2020 Listened

    A PRINCESS DONNASAURUS™ episode.…

  • Macho and the Toucan't

    20 min Season 2 Episode 3 23 August 2020 Listened

    Have you ever tried to do something new or difficult, and it felt like there was a mean little voice in your head telling you that you'd never succeed? Today Macho is trying something hard, and he's hearing that voice. But it's not in his head - it's for real!…

  • Talking to Kids About Back to School 2020

    10 min Season 2 Episode 2 17 August 2020 Listened

    In this episode of The Imagine Neighborhood, our friendly emotion scientist, Dr. Sherri, P!H!D! drops by to discuss some back-to-school questions and concerns. With school districts still making decisions about the safest possible plan for students and teacher…

  • Blame it On Blurghsday

    20 min Season 2 Episode 1 16 August 2020 Listened

    The Imagine Neighborhood™ returns for Season Two! Today we're learning how to adjust to the unexpected - like all of us in the Neighborhood have to do whenever a Blurghsday rolls around! On Blurghsdays it might rain chickens, or everyone might rhyme when they …

  • Re-run: The Pixie Pandemic with Audio Postcard responses!

    20 min Season 1 Episode 30 9 August 2020 Listened

    Folks are getting ready for back to school, but it might look very different this year than you're used to. Maybe you'll be in a smaller classroom, or maybe you'll be doing online school again.  In this week's episode, Scotty and Macho discuss how it feels to …

  • Summer Slow Breaths

    5 min Season 1 Episode 29 27 July 2020 Listened

    In our final summer short episode we hear from the entire Imagine Neighborhood gang about how they take slow breaths. Special Guest Host, Dr Sherri P! H! D!…

  • Doctor Apocalypso's Summer Postcard

    3 min Season 1 Episode 28 19 July 2020 Listened

    Doc Apoc saved up enough in her summer job to get an awesome new instrument. Hear how it sounds in this week's Summer Audio postcard!…

  • Princess Donnasaurus' Summer Postcard

    2 min Season 1 Episode 27 12 July 2020 Listened

    This week, Vac is SUPER excited to get a postcard from Princess Donnasaurus. She tells us what he's been up to this summer, and it sounds like a lot of hard work.…

  • Summer Postcard From Macho Supreme

    3 min Season 1 Episode 26 5 July 2020 Listened

    Everyone in the Imagine Neighborhood is on summer vacation. Count Vacula likes to stay in touch by getting audio postcards from his friends. This week, Macho Supreme tells us what he's been up to this summer. Generally he's been having a good time, until that …

  • Imagine Neighborhood: Assemble!

    22 min Season 1 Episode 25 14 June 2020 Listened

    A MACHO SUPREME™ episode.…

  • Bonus: How to Start the Conversation about Racism

    14 min Season 1 Episode 24 10 June 2020 Listened

    Grown-ups! Today we have a different kind of episode. We’re talking to Dr. Jasmine, PhD. about how kids and their grown-ups can have some important conversations about what’s going on in the world right now. Because if we want to make all our neighborhoods mor…

  • Tantrumus Maximus!

    23 min Season 1 Episode 23 6 June 2020 Listened

    Today, Scotty and Count Vacula are going to need their wits about them when they encounter Tantrumus Maximus! He's an evil hamster who’s determined to cause as many tantrums as possible. And even though he throws every possible frustration, disappointment, and…

  • Bonus: Mr Music Man Lindsay Jones Brings It All Together

    10 min Season 1 Episode 22 6 June 2020 Listened

    Mister Music Man, Lindsay Jones, is back for another Music Day! This week, Scotty and Mister Music Man talk about how to put lots of ideas together to create something new.

  • Macho Needs an Oven

    17 min Season 1 Episode 21 30 May 2020 Listened

    When Macho walks into Scotty's house, tears the oven out of the wall and leaves with it, Scotty has a lot of questions! Why does Macho need another oven? How is anyone strong enough to carry an oven down the street? And most importantly, why does Macho think i…

  • Bonus: Mr. Music Man Lindsay Jones Musical Conversations

    9 min Season 1 Episode 20 30 May 2020 Listened

    Mr. Music Man Lindsay Jones is back on Wednesday to explore both music and social-emotional learning! He and Scotty have a great conversation and jam session to learn all about how to ask for what you want – through music! We’ll also get to hear some great ide…

  • Doc Apoc on Making Things Right

    17 min Season 1 Episode 19 23 May 2020 Listened

    Doctor Apocalypso's village has been smashed up by an angry monster, and Doc wants to teach them a lesson! But when she meets the monster, it turns out he's not mad, he's just sad. His sister broke his toy and he had a temper tantrum. Doc and Scotty explain th…

  • Bonus: Mr. Music Man Lindsay Jones Makes Things Right

    11 min Season 1 Episode 18 23 May 2020 Listened

    We’re back with Mr. Music Man Lindsay Jones to explore how music and social-emotional learning fit together. Music can be a great way to communicate things that are sometimes hard to say. We’ll find out how musicians communicate with each other—sometimes witho…

  • Bonus: Mr Music Man Lindsay Jones Tries Out Ideas

    7 min Season 1 Episode 17 16 May 2020 Listened

    Mr. Music Man Lindsay Jones is back to talk about how important it is to try out different ideas until you find the one that’s right. This is true in problem-solving and in writing music! Each week on Mr. Music Man Lindsay Jones, we put a question out to our l…

  • If You Steal Socks, THEN Sock Goblins!

    19 min Season 1 Episode 16 16 May 2020 Listened

    A PRINCESS DONNASAURUS™ episode.…

  • Switcheroo!

    21 min Season 1 Episode 15 9 May 2020 Listened

    A DOCTOR APOCALYPSO™ episode.…

  • Bonus: Mr Music Man Lindsay Jones Empathy Music

    8 min Season 1 Episode 14 9 May 2020 Listened

    Mister Music Man, Lindsay Jones, is back for another Music Day episode! This week, Mister Music Man chats with Scotty about how music can help you take someone else’s point of view. And he’s brought some songs along to help! Plus, Lindsay and Scotty have a new…

  • Bonus: Mr. Music Man Lindsay Jones Calming Music

    9 min Season 1 Episode 13 3 May 2020 Listened

    Wednesdays are for exploring feelings with music! In every episode of the Imagine Neighborhood, we use music to help us talk about how we’re feeling, but now every week we’ll be joined special guest Mr. Music Man Lindsay Jones! He's a sound designer and compos…

  • Solving Problems with the Fire Pirates

    18 min Season 1 Episode 12 2 May 2020 Listened

    Captain Marion and her band of Fire Pirates have a big problem: Fieryous George the Lava Monster is keeping them from reaching their greatest treasure - cheeseburgers! With a little help from Scotty, the Fire Pirates and Fieryous George learn to stop fighting,…

  • Princess Donnasaurus Waits For Her Birthday

    16 min Season 1 Episode 11 26 April 2020 Listened

    Princess Donnasaurus could barely wait for it to be her birthday, and when it finally comes she loves it so much that she decrees that EVERY day will be her birthday! Now the Neighborhood has to throw another party for her . . . and another . . . and another .…

  • Macho's New Spaceship

    14 min Season 1 Episode 10 19 April 2020 Listened

    Today Scotty is going to ride along in Macho's brand-new spaceship, and he's feeling a little nervous. Scotty's never been to space before, and sometimes doing new things can give you uncomfortable feelings. But Scotty knows how to use 'self-talk' to calm hims…

  • Crossing Lava Avenue

    17 min Season 1 Episode 9 12 April 2020 Listened

    A PRINCESS DONNASAURUS™ episode.…

  • The Pixie Pandemic: Macho Has To Stay Inside

    19 min Season 1 Episode 7 5 April 2020 Listened

    There's a Pixie Pandemic in the Neighborhood, and everyone has to stay inside! They might get attacked, or a pixie might even sneak into someone's pocket and follow them home. But it's time for the annual Glamourflex Intergalactic Bodybuilding Contest and Mach…

  • The Phone Gremlin

    14 min Season 1 Episode 6 29 March 2020 Listened

    A DOCTOR APOCALYPSO™ episode.…

  • Macho Supreme Has an Accident

    14 min Season 1 Episode 5 22 March 2020 Listened

    Today we meet Macho Supreme, the most muscly Space Marine in the galaxy! Macho is supposed to be having a playdate with Count Vacula over at Scotty's house, but something's keeping him from coming inside. He's so big that he's gotten stuck in the doorway! He f…

  • Talking to Kids About Corona Virus Fears

    6 min Season 1 Episode 4 17 March 2020 Listened

    In this special bonus episode of The Imagine Neighborhood, developmental psychologist Dr. Sherri PhD. gives us some tools to help parents talk to kids about feeling anxious about the news. With a lot of kids home from school due to Corona Virus concerns, we ho…

  • The Clouds are Made of Cake

    19 min Season 1 Episode 3 15 March 2020 Listened

    A DOCTOR APOCALYPSO™ episode.…

  • Count Vacula Feels Afraid

    12 min Season 1 Episode 2 13 March 2020 Listened

    Count Vacula is a friendly - if somewhat anxious and excitable - robot vampire vacuum cleaner. He lives with Scotty and usually things are pretty awesome! Vac naps all day, and at night he gets to come out and eat all the tasty crumbs Scotty has spilled on the…

  • Episode Zero: The Imagine Neighborhood

    2 min Season 1 Episode 1 28 February 2020 Listened

    Introducing The Imagine Neighborhood! A kind and kooky podcast for kids and their grownups to listen to together! Set in a place where anything can happen (and it usually does!), our cast of vampire robot vacuums, dinosaur princesses, sequin-sewing weightlift…

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