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Feb 2025
26m 36s

40. Naomi asks: What if candy were good ...

Eric O'Keeffe / Starglow Media
About this episode

Whendiana and the Learninator are back to face another time-traveling candy crisis!

Lessons include: It takes a variety of food to help us feel our best; the effort we put into the things we care about makes us remarkable and unique.


This remastered classic has new sound effects and music. The original aired on July 24th, 2017.


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Eric and Karen O'Keeffe make What If World. Our producer is Miss Lynn. Character art by Ana Stretcu, episode art by Lynn Hickernell, podcast art by Jason O’Keefe, and theme song by Craig Martinson.

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