Podcast Episode

GT135 - Hugalina and Kissalina and the Pink Lake of Senegal

Goop Tales — Storytelling Podcast for Kids·Maria Calanchini·1 June 2026·34 min

About this episode

Your kid can pick the next Goop! Go to Vote — takes 20 seconds, and you'll get our free screen guide just for voting. Hugalina and Kissalina are the most affectionate twin Goops in all of Goop World — Hugalina hugs everything in sight whether it asks for it or not, and Kissalina never meets anything without first reaching for her shimmering pot of vanilla lip balm. When a mysterious glowing pink rock at the edge of the meadow hums back at them, the twins do the only thing they know how to do: Hugalina wraps it in her gold-trimmed blanket and Kissalina presses her lips to its surface — and the rock pulls them both straight into its rosy center. They land with an enormous splash in the extraordinary bubblegum-pink waters of Lake Retba in Senegal, where salt harvesters move through the shallows with flat baskets on their heads and pink pelicans stand unbothered on the shore. But when a fallen basket disturbs the living microorganisms that give the lake its color, the water turns a deep, ominous red — and something beneath the surface begins to pull. Will Kissalina's most prized possession be enough to calm a lake that has been alive longer than anyone can remember? And what does a Senegalese salt harvester know about love that the twins are only just beginning to understand? This is a story about the most powerful force in the world — and it isn't strength, and it isn't cleverness. Vote for the next Goop at Vote Click here to send Maria a voice message Get your free goop story kit here Follow us on Social Media: https://www.tiktok.com/@gooptales https://www.instagram.com/gooptales