The Thief and the River
Lightcatchers Podcast: Stories for kids (and their adults)

The Thief and the River

B2Upper-intermediateJune 29, 202637 min

Welcome to Season 2 of Lightcatchers! The Adventures of the Formerly Super Powered Forest Friends. In Episode 1, the Forest Friends grapple with the loss of their powers after the Power Stone is stolen. Doggy encourages the group to rediscover their joy by taking a trip to the river, where they realize their true value isn't tied to their magical abilities. Lightcatchers is created, written and narrated by Cody aka C.C. Kimmel. Sound design and mixing by Jonathon Roberts. Podcast produced by Dan Gummel in partnership with Gracebased and Gum Audio. Music written by Cody Kimmel, produced...

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Hi, this is Lulu from Washington, and I'm a light catcher. My favorite episode is Bob the Bad Pirate, escapes the Bermuda Triangle, and my favorite song is stuck beside a friend. Being a light catcher is pretty awesome. Besides the obvious of listening to all the episodes and music on repeat, I get the Light Catchers

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magazine. It's amazing. I get updates about what's happening behind the scenes, and I get invited to do things like I'm doing right now, and telling you about how amazing it is to be a light catcher. Of course, I also have to live by the light catchers code. They're good and they're bad, they're beautiful and they're ugly, and they're light and they're

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darkness. That's pretty cool too. So here's the thing, and adults, I hope you're listening, light catchers won't advertise to kids like me, which means the only way to support the podcast and make sure they

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