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Speaker 1: You're listening to a MoMA Mia podcast.

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Speaker 2: Mama Mia acknowledges the traditional owners of land and waters

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Speaker 2: that this podcast is recorded on. Hello to all our

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Speaker 2: little builders and their grown ups. Welcome to how to

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Speaker 2: Build a Universe where stories build worlds. I'm Jen Muer.

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Speaker 2: I'm an obstetric social worker and mum to four boys,

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Speaker 2: and my co host is actually missing. Hang on, what

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Speaker 2: the fuck did you just fly in through the window.

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Speaker 3: Sorry about that. I'm still getting the hang of this

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Speaker 3: landing thing. Jet Boy makes it look so easy, though

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Speaker 3: I probably shouldn't have tried his loop de loop de

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Speaker 3: loop trick anyway. Hello to all my mighty mini heroes. Boy,

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Speaker 3: oh boy, do I have a super story for you.

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Speaker 3: I've just been zooming around the clouds with our superheroes

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Speaker 3: Jet Boy and Glow Girl, and guess what they told

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Speaker 3: me a secret They're looking for some new junior superheroes

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Speaker 3: to join them to save the day. I wonder if

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Speaker 3: they could mean you.

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Speaker 2: Oh, superheroes. As a mom to four boys, I'm not

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Speaker 2: gonna lie today is my favorite of all our themes

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Speaker 2: so far, partially because I had about ten years where

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Speaker 2: there was always a hero in the backseat of my car,

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Speaker 2: but also because of what hero play represents to little kids.

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Speaker 2: Both boys and girls love heroes Batman, Spidy, wonder Woman,

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Speaker 2: all the heroes that often start to fill the minds

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Speaker 2: and the play themes of little kids through the preschool years.

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Speaker 2: While it might look rough, sometimes it's actually quite the opposite.

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Speaker 2: Lots of kids warn to be heroes, the one who

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Speaker 2: does right, saves the day, and even saves the world.

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Speaker 2: I've learnt that kids love heroes because the idea that

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Speaker 2: there are good guys who can defeat all the bad

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Speaker 2: guys somehow makes the complexity of life feel workable for

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Speaker 2: their huge hearts. Heroes can also help us tackle some

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Speaker 2: of our big feelings, especially worry and anxiety. Whether your

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Speaker 2: child is struggling to separate, worried about trying new foods,

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Speaker 2: or worried about the dark, we can use hero play

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Speaker 2: to help kids overcome worries or play out struggles from

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Speaker 2: their days. The key message is that even superheroes feel

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Speaker 2: worried when they tackle their problems, and the strength lies

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Speaker 2: in small steps in the right direction.

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Speaker 3: Alrighty, well, you know what direction We're all going up. Everybody,

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Speaker 3: stretch those arms up super high and so that we're

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Speaker 3: all ready for launch. Are you stretching up?

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Speaker 2: I'm stretching up way We're gone.

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Speaker 3: Coming. Oh wow, Oh chie, just getting used to this

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Speaker 3: super power thing. I'm still a bit rusty. Please keep

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Speaker 3: the faith for today's adventure. Hello, most fellow superhero. Are

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Speaker 3: you ready to join me on a magical airborne journey

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Speaker 3: up into the sky today? Great? I knew you would. First,

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Speaker 3: let's get our bodies ready for lift off with a

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Speaker 3: deep breath in and breathing out. Okay, because we're about

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Speaker 3: to float up up up into the clouds, I need

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Speaker 3: you to wiggle your fingers and your toes. Go on

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Speaker 3: wiggling fingers and toes. Can you feel yourself getting lighter? Right,

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Speaker 3: it's time for liftoff. Stretch your hands up because we're

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Speaker 3: about to fly up into the sky. Are you ready? Three? Two?

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Speaker 3: Go?

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Speaker 4: Wow?

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Speaker 3: Can you feel it? We're lifting up higher and higher

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Speaker 3: towards the clouds. Wave goodbye to the ground below. Can

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Speaker 3: you feel the wind tickling your ears? Look down? The

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Speaker 3: we're so high now that the birds are flying below us.

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Speaker 3: Can you hear them calling hello as we passed by?

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Speaker 3: And for some reason they're all geese. Now, can you

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Speaker 3: very foss. Doesn't it feel soft and fluffy? The clouds

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Speaker 3: are so puffy and soft, they're like big marshmallow pillows. No,

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Speaker 3: I've always wondered if you jump onto a cloud, would

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Speaker 3: Why don't we give it a go. Let's land on

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Speaker 3: like giant trampolines in the sky. Oh my goodness. Look

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Speaker 3: the sky. It's Jet Boy and Glow Girl. They're superheroes

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Speaker 3: to him that's Glow Girl with her power awful shining lights. Wow,

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Speaker 3: but wait, they look worried. Is everything all right? Jet

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Speaker 3: Boy and Glow Girl. He's whizzing right up to us.

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Speaker 4: Hello there, I'm Jet Boy. It's my job to keep

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Speaker 4: our Cloud village safe by using all my superpowers. But

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Speaker 4: today I'm a bit stuck. Something terrible has happened down there.

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Speaker 1: The bridge to the school has disappeared. All the children

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Speaker 3: Oh no, that's awful, Jet Boy and Glow Girl. The

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Speaker 3: kids have to get home for dinner. They must be

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Speaker 3: so hungry. Okay, made a little superhero. Shall we help

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Speaker 3: Jet Boy and Glowgirl. Nod your head if you're ready

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Speaker 3: to take a look. Great, I can feel a lot

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Speaker 3: should be. Oh hang on, and who's that sitting on

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Speaker 3: the moon. It looks it's like Moon Mischief. Now, Moon

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Speaker 3: Mischief is a puffy man made of clouds who lives

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Speaker 3: let's float closer and have a listen. No more noisy children,

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Speaker 1: Peace enquiet at last time.

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Speaker 3: Ah, so that's what happened. Moon Mischief knocked down the

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Speaker 4: I don't know how to fix this. I'm super fast,

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Speaker 4: but I can't build a bridge all by myself.

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Speaker 1: My life powers can make a rainbow bridge, but I've

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Speaker 3: Okay, my mini superhero, We're gonna need your help to

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Speaker 3: build this cloud bridge. Let's gather up some clouds to

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Speaker 3: that could be the clouds? This is a great chance

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Speaker 3: if you've got any toys nearby, or I'm using some

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Speaker 3: white Lego juplow bricks that I can pop together here.

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Speaker 3: But you can use anything you like. So let's get

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Speaker 3: going collect those clouds and put them together.

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Speaker 1: Wow, they're helping.

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Speaker 3: That's it. Yes, grab anything you can making our imaginary

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Speaker 1: Yes, keep building.

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Speaker 3: Amazing cloud collecting. Now Jet Boy can use this super

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Speaker 4: I'm nervous about getting this right, but I'm going to

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Speaker 3: Let him go. Zoom zoom zoom. Right, the clouds are

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Speaker 1: Oh, I've never made a rainbow go this long before.

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Speaker 3: What if I can't do it?

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Speaker 2: Oh?

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Speaker 3: Look, Logo's taking in a deep breath. Come on, and

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Speaker 3: Come on, let's go. She's pointing her glowing hands at

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Speaker 3: the clouds and oh yes, it's happening. The lights passing

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Speaker 3: most spectacular rainbow bridge you've ever seen. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo,

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Speaker 4: No, oh, don't do that.

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Speaker 3: Oh no, but Moon Mischief's frowning. What's going on?

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Speaker 4: Nah, it's still going to be noisy during the day

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Speaker 3: Cares that is a problem. Wait, Glow Girl has another idea,

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Speaker 3: Moon Mischief.

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Speaker 1: What if I create you a special sleeping mask made

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Speaker 1: of gentle moonlight, and I.

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Speaker 4: Could build you a soft cloud bed that floats high

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Speaker 3: Those are pretty good idea, is what do you think,

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Speaker 3: Moon Mischief? Well, why now, I suppose that might work,

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Speaker 3: and the school children might like you to visit sometimes too.

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Speaker 3: The children would love to hear your stories about the

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Speaker 3: night sky. Oh they would, of course they would. Well,

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Speaker 3: there you go. Jet Boy and Glow Girl tackled the

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Speaker 4: Their laughter does sound rather knows.

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Speaker 3: Jean, what a super powered adventure that was. I'm still

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Speaker 3: catching my breath. Hey, did you notice that boy when

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Speaker 3: But you know what I always say, when you feel

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Speaker 3: it's full of jumping jelly beans, that's just your courage

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Speaker 3: doing some warmup exercises because everyone gets nervous.

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Speaker 2: That's so true, and I feel like I'm a hero

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Speaker 2: after that play Today. I love the idea where letting

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Speaker 2: it's a lovely idea we can carry into our weeks

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Speaker 3: Alright, it was time to hang up your superhero capes

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Speaker 3: for now. They get ready traw because next week we're

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Speaker 3: going back in time to meet the dinosaurs. There will

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Speaker 3: be a t rex, a brachiosaurus, a triceratops, a pterodactyl,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, until then, remember stories build universes.

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Speaker 3: Oh, and your imagination is always ready for an adventure.

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Speaker 3: See you next time, builders.

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Speaker 2: Bye.

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Speaker 3: The executive producer of How To Build a Universe is

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Speaker 3: Courtney Armenhauser. Glowgirl was voiced by Taylor Strano and Jet

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Speaker 3: Boy by Nahla Phillips, with Moon Mischief by Tiana and

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Speaker 3: Isaac's Daddy. Story writing and sound designed by me Tom Lyon.

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Speaker 3: Thanks for listening to today's episode of How to Build

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