The Imagine Neighborhood

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! Special thanks to Brookson, Alma, Levi, Miles, Penny, and Jori for sending in today’s terrific questions—and hey Jori, here is the “Goodbye Giganticus” episode I mention in today’s show. I bet som...

Greetings, listeners. It is I, Count Vacula's Great-uncle Vacstradamus. Also known as Gruncle Vaxie. Isn't that amusing? You know what else is amusing? No, I am asking you. Please tell me. Today, my young friends, I welcome you to “Gruncle Vaxie’s Grown-Up Corner.” Do not worry. This is not an episode for grown-ups. This is an episode about grown-ups. Poor grown-ups. Poor, poor grown-ups. Their li...

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 pair of boat paddles, Cap’n Marion isn’t so sure she wants to keep going. Her sailor-sense tells her that it’s not a good idea, but everyone...

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 about. And the best part about playing “Feeling Groovy” is that there are no wrong answers and everybody wins! Ready to play? . . . Get more...

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 do to help ourselves calm down when we feel worried!   Special thanks to Florence, Travis, Harper, and Kobe for being part of today’s show. W...

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 ! He and I met last season, but we had such a terrific time getting to know each other that we talked and talked and talked and talked for so long that not all of it could be in the original show. But Al has a re...

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 Tantrumus Maximus sure thinks so! He’s decided that he can get away with hurting people’s feelings and doing unkind things just as long as he sa...

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?  Scotty and Vac thought so, until they invited Alakazambra over to see the cool haunted house they made last year. It had monsters, and alien eggs, and bowls of eyeballs . . . and Alakazambra wasn’t frightened at all! I...

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! I’m so excited about today’s guest! Her name is Kari Byron and most people know her from the TV show MythBusters, where Kari and her friends conducted all kinds of crazy science experiments to learn the truth about things. They tested everything from whether elephants a...

An ALAKAZAMBRA™ episode. This week, we finally get to meet math wizard (and Alakazambra's beloved boyfriend), Bandersnatch Countyseat! It’s Bandersnatch’s birthday, and a monster surprise party is in the works—but he isn’t really in a party mood. People keep saying his name wrong, and every time they do he fades away a little more. And if the gang can’t fix the problem in time, Bandersnatch may di...

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, and her main job is teaching people about the best foods to help keep your body—and even your pets’ bodies—healthy and strong.  Sometimes we...

An ALAKAZAMBRA™ episode. Scotty, Alakazambra, and Miss Mamas are on an Epic Quest to snatch the enchanted spellbook The Glamoire from the diabolical Temple of 'Do . . . but it's filled with tricky booby traps, and Scotty falls into all of them! Miss Mamas and Alakazambra take turns casting wizarding spells in each of their own dialects, and together they save Scotty, get The Glamoire, and learn th...

Oh boy oh boy!  Hey, friends! It’s me—Count Vacula, starting off a brand-new season of No Filter with Count Vacula just for you! My first guest is named Riley Black, and she has maybe the most fun job in the world. She’s a paleontologist, which means she studies dinosaurs! And Riley doesn’t just study them—she’s an explorer who hunts for fossils and dinosaur bones in the desert.  Riley loves to le...

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 when Queen Hastabee kidnaps Scotty to teach him a lesson about how cereal “hastabee,” Vac decides he'd better put on a mask and cape if he wan...

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 an Epic Quest, sardine pancakes, and macho manicures for Vac to learn that there’s no one right way to be a boy, or a girl, or anything else...

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! Everyone here is so excited to share all of our exciting new adventures, and introduce you to all of our awesome new friends!   Get more at: IMAGINENEIGHBORHOOD.org Friend and follow us! TWITTER , FACEBOOK , INSTAGRAM

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!"  And how does a scurvy sailor such as myself say "I love you"? Why, with compliments, o' course! Just this mornin' I told one o' the Fire Pi...

Greetings, my Royal Subjects! It is I, Princess Donnasaurus, wishing you a most resplendent summer!  I have been making sure that my summer is resplendent by bestowing Royal Hugs upon all of my friends. That is a very good way to say “I love you!” Of course, I only give Royal Hugs to my friends if they want them. If someone says they do not want a hug right now (even one from a Regal Personage suc...

Greetings, friends! Macho Supreme here!   How is your summer going? Is it extremely macho? Macho hopes that it is. Macho is making his summer extremely macho by doing one of the most macho things Macho can think of—saying “I love you!”  Macho has decided to say “I love you!” to all of Macho’s friends by helping them!  So far this summer, Macho has helped the Fire Pirates, and Nana Supreme, and Pri...

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!  This year, camp is extra special. Wanteth to know why? Because Count of Vacula is here as well! He has never been to camp before, so I thought sharing this experience with him wouldst be a terrific way to say,...

Helloooo out there you radical rockers, and happy summer!  It’s me, Doctor Apocalypso, coming to you live from the Doc Apocapalooza music festival where ten thousand fans are having an awesome time jamming out to my newest song “The Way I Say I Love You!”   You heard a short version of the song in the Great Breakfast Mess episode, but today we’re sharing the whole entire thing, so crank up the vol...

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 that she thinks he might not love her anymore! Will one bite of Scotty’s Choc-o-Berry Marshmallow Bran Explosion send Doc hurrying home? Wil...

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! I’m so happy about all the amazing people I got to meet this year, but I’m super excited for you to meet my newest friend, “Weird Al” Yankovic ! His first name is really Alfred, but everyone calls him Weird Al because he’s extremely silly, and he’s...

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" feels happy, confident, and ready to roll! But at the rink, there’s trouble. A bunch of troller skaters make fun of her hair and say they w...

A COUNT VACULA™ episode.  In today’s special episode, Scotty and Count Vacula are feeling scared and mad! But they talk through their feelings and that helps them feel a little better. Promising to be kind to each other and to all of their friends in the Neighborhood helps them feel a little better, too.  If you’re feeling scared or SMAD or any other big feelings, we hope you’ll talk to a trusted...