Throwback: The Celebrated Jumping Frog!

From Stories Podcast: A Bedtime Show for Kids of All Ages by Starglow Media

August 21, 2026 · 22 min · Episode 820

About this episode

This episode features a throwback to the classic story 'The Celebrated Jumping Frog' by Mark Twain, focusing on themes of persistence and history.

Today we're doing a throwback episode to one of our favorites from the early days of Stories Podcast. The Celebrated Jumping Frog! Samuel is looking for information about his old family friend, Leonidas Smiley, and he's convinced that Simon Wheeler can help. Based on the classic story by Mark Twain about persistence and history and of course, a celebrated jumping frog! Check out Stories RPG our new show where we play games like Starsworn with all your Max Goodname friends, and Gigacity Guardians featuring the brilliant firefly! https://link.chtbl.com/gigacity Draw us a picture of what you think any of the characters in this story look like, and then tag us in it on instagram @storiespodcast! We'd love to see your artwork and share it on our feed!! If you would like to support Stories Podcast, you can subscribe and give us a five star review on iTunes, check out our merch at storiespodcast.com/shop, follow us on Instagram @storiespodcast, or just tell your friends about us! Check out our new YouTube channel at youtube.com/storiespodcast. If you've ever wanted to read along with our stories, now you can! These read-along versions of our stories are great for early readers trying to…

People in this episode

Host: Stories Podcast

Topics covered

classic literature
persistence
family stories
children's entertainment
Mark Twain

Keywords

jumping frog
Mark Twain
family friend
persistence
children's stories

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Organizations: Stories RPG