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Back to Search“Prince Dung Beetle” by Franz Xaver Von Schonwerth, from The Turnip Princess
Episode 373
“Prince Dung Beetle” by Franz Xaver Von Schonwerth, from The Turnip Princess
A poor girl, Barbara, went out to find medicine for her sick mother.…
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The Brothers Grimm’s “Iron John”
Episode 372
A hunter, and then another, disappear in the forest, as do those sent to find them, so the forest is left untouched for years. A mysterious fearless…
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Instruction, Sleep, and Wisdom (“The Turnip Princess”) (Clip)
Episode 371
The prince passes out and wakes up after a long time, and tries to search for turnips again. This part of the story may resemble being asleep in lif…
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“The Turnip Princess” by FXV Schonwerth, with Ian Reclusado
Episode 370
My friend IR and I discuss the titular story from The Turnip Princess and Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales. Summary: A prince lost in the forest t…
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A Bad Guest Tests the Man of the House in the Brother’s Grimm’s “The Gnome” (Clip)
Episode 369
LL asks what is with the gnome dropping the bread donation at the door? Is it a test? Maybe only the youngest hunter shows himself to be strong eno…
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Bros. Grimm "The Gnome"
Episode 368
A king who was a lover of the variety of his trees forbids anyone from eating of any of them, lest they be buried 100 fathoms deep. His three beauti…
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Nothing Alien to the Mind (Clip)
Episode 367
I speculate about aliens as a cultural, psychological or possibly real phenomena, expressing my openness to whatever it is. Belief is less interesti…
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A UFO Convention, Aliens & Belief
Episode 366
A UFO Convention, Aliens & Belief
LL talks about things she learned at a UFO Convention and I talk about the nature of experience and belief.
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Rings in this Story (Clip)
Episode 365
(From a discussion on Grimm’s “The White Snake”) We discuss the role of the ring in this story. At the beginning, a queen’s ring is lost from a wat…
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The Meaning of the Servant’s Eating of the Snake (Clip)
Episode 364
(From a discussion on Grimm’s “The White Snake”) I relate our story to that of the substituted, inferior sacrifice Minos attempted with Poseidon, in …
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