Zap to the Future

The Alvarez Family
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Zap to the Future

Welcome to the adventurous world of Zap to the Future! Join Zap, a 10 year old Boy Scout and expert rock climber, as he journeys across time to help future civilizations overcome some amazingly silly challenges. Zap applies lessons learned from school, family and scouts, to help a variety of fun future characters. A robot president in 2076? A digital Octillionaire, owning half the Milky Way? Gombie Invasions? Find out how history has a crazy way of repeating itself by joining Zap to the Future!

  1. Frankenpire Party Time!

    08/16/2024

    Frankenpire Party Time!

    As you may recall from the last episode, Zap is visiting Mexico in the year 2812. Hundreds of Frankenpires have come to Mexico during a month’s long superstorm.  Can Zap and Senor Deluybo find the Frankenpire leader at Cancun towers? Will Hurricane Mostaza continue to grow stronger due to the future’s warmer Gulf waters? Why are the Frankenpires doing conga lines, jumping into pools, and having fun at tourist locations across Mexico? Keep listening to find out. If you are listening for the first time, we encourage you to hit pause, head on over to episode 16 and catch up on Zap’s adventure in Mexico. For now, we are launching straight into the story, enjoy Zap to the Future Episode 18, Frankenpire Party Time!

    20 min
  2. It's Action Weather Time!

    08/16/2024

    It's Action Weather Time!

    As you may recall from the last episode, Zap is visiting Mexico in the year 2812. A month’s long superstorm is over the country and Frankpires are entering Senor Delubyo’s newsroom.  Will they escape the giant Frankenpire that wants to eat them? Can Zap stop the Frankenpire Migration so the annual Day of the Dead celebration isn’t ruined? Keep listening to find out. If you are listening for the first time, we encourage you to hit pause, head on over to episode 16 and catch up on Zap’s adventure in Mexico. For now, we are launching straight into the story, enjoy Zap to the Future Episode 17, It’s Action Weather Time!

    12 min
  3. ENCORE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL - A Very Merry Zap to the Future Christmas Special

    12/21/2023 · BONUS

    ENCORE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL - A Very Merry Zap to the Future Christmas Special

    Today we have a special episode to celebrate Zap’s favorite holiday and the most magical time of the year. In this podcast story for kids, listen as Zap calls on some of Season 1's characters to help Santa and save Christmas 3022. We hope you enjoy this episode written by the voice of Zap. Happy Holidays from the Familia Alvarez!

    9 min
  4. ¡Ayuda! Stop the Frankenpire Migration! - Halloween Special Story for Kids

    10/31/2023

    ¡Ayuda! Stop the Frankenpire Migration! - Halloween Special Story for Kids

    As you may recall from the last episode, Zap was in coding class when he received a future message asking for help to stop a Frankenpire Migration. The message is from the year 2812. What are Frankenpires? And Ayuda means help in Spanish. Will Zap travel to a new country on this adventure? Keep listening to find out. If you are listening for the first time, we encourage you to hit pause, head on over to episode 1 and catch up on Zap’s adventure so far. While Zap visits a fictitious future in the middle of a super storm in this episode, in real life a major hurricane hit parts of Mexico on Oct. 25. Zap's adventures focus on helping the future, but let's take a break and help the present. We encourage you to search the internet for the many ways you can donate to the Hurricane Otis relief fund.

    16 min
  5. ENCORE HALLOWEEN SPECIAL STORY FOR KIDS: Gombies in Paris!

    10/29/2023 · BONUS

    ENCORE HALLOWEEN SPECIAL STORY FOR KIDS: Gombies in Paris!

    Today we have an encore episode of last year's Halloween special. This is a fun, silly, and just spooky enough adventure where Zap gets to travel to Paris, France and practice some French while learning about the Eiffel Tower and helping a new friend stop gombies. Usually, we break up our story into short 10-15 minute episodes, but for this special we're combining the three parts of Zap's gombie adventure in Paris. We hope you enjoy this episode of Zap to the Future and come back to listen to this year's Halloween special.

    30 min
  6. The Volunteer State Returns! Cowabunga!

    10/15/2023

    The Volunteer State Returns! Cowabunga!

    As you may recall from last episode, Zap is trying to help organize a beach clean up in the year 4196. Can he inspire future people to help? Will the Volunteer spirit be reignited by a 21st century kid from Chattanooga? Keep listening to find out. If you are listening for the first time, we encourage you to head on over to episode 1 and catch up on Zap’s adventure so far.

    12 min
  7. Surf's Up Chattanooga!

    10/01/2023

    Surf's Up Chattanooga!

    Welcome back Zap fans! We've had a bit of a long summer break but as we've gotten back into our homeschooling routine, we've been writing and creating more fun, future adventures and can't wait to share more in Season 2. As you may recall from last episode, the mystery caller reminded Zap of the time tablet’s three rules while on a family camping trip. The mystery caller also mentioned environments change over time. How will Chattanooga, TN look in the year 4196? Keep listening to find out. If you are listening for the first time, we encourage you to hit pause, head on over to episode 1 and catch up on Zap’s adventure so far. For now, we are launching straight into the story, enjoy Zap to the Future Episode 14, Surf’s up Chattanooga!

    13 min
  8. Let's Go Camping!

    05/19/2023

    Let's Go Camping!

    Welcome to Season 2 of Zap to the Future. In this season Zap will jump into new adventures and explore how environments change over time. This season also brings new future friends, space pirates, Franken-pires, and a weather event called a Trash Panda-Nado. What will Zap do to help the future? Will Jay and Abuela pop up in the season? Will Abuela cook more platanitos? Stay tuned to find out.  If you are tuning in for the first time, we encourage you to hit pause, head on over to episode 1 and catch up on Zap’s adventure. After listening, draw us a picture of what you think any of the scenes or characters from today's episode look like, and then tag us in it on Instagram @zapfuture. We'd love to see your artwork and share it on our feed! If you would like to support Zap to the Future, you can subscribe and give us a review on your favorite podcast player, follow us on Instagram @zapfuture and share it with a friend! Zap to the Future is a fiction story podcast for kids based on Zap, a 10-year old boy scout and expert rock climber. He journeys across time to help future civilizations overcome some amazingly silly challenges. Zap applies lessons learned from school, family and scouts to help a variety of fun future characters. Zap to there Future is created, written, voiced, and produced by The Alvarez Family. When we started this project we had zero experience in podcasting other than being loyal listeners to quite a few.

    12 min
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Welcome to the adventurous world of Zap to the Future! Join Zap, a 10 year old Boy Scout and expert rock climber, as he journeys across time to help future civilizations overcome some amazingly silly challenges. Zap applies lessons learned from school, family and scouts, to help a variety of fun future characters. A robot president in 2076? A digital Octillionaire, owning half the Milky Way? Gombie Invasions? Find out how history has a crazy way of repeating itself by joining Zap to the Future!

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  • Creator
    The Alvarez Family
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    30
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    Zap to the Future

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