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Hans Christian Andersen: Humbugs
Episode 416
🪲They're not so different🪲
One is the king of the world, and the other is a beetle. One wants to fight God, the other wants to wear golden horse shoes…9 months, 1 week ago
Aesop's Fables: Bray it Ain't So
Episode 415
🫏One little rent-a-donkey, one big journey🫏
Actually he's a full-grown rental donkey but the journey is a big one because, when you're a poorly treate…9 months, 3 weeks ago
Monkey King: Ham-bushed
Episode 414
🐷Sun Wukong is a bad friend🐷
But, to be fair, he never said he and Pigsy were friends...because you don't send your friends to dinner parties where ev…10 months ago
European folklore: Justice
Episode 413
🔔Ring the bell for justice🔔
Want justice? Ring the bell. Doesn't matter if you're a horse or a snake or a merchant or a peasant but if you're one of t…10 months, 2 weeks ago
Indian folklore: Dicey
Episode 412
🎲Losing your kingdom in a game of dice🎲
The story of Nala and Damayanti is a tale of love, loss, and losing everything but your underwear because of y…11 months ago
Celtic folklore: The Wake
Episode 411
⛵️Get lost at sea with Maelduin⛵️
All Maelduin wants to do is avenge his father's murder...with more murder. He should have listened to that wizard. B…11 months, 2 weeks ago
Japanese folklore: Provincial
Episode 410
⛩️Stories from the Japanese countryside⛩️
Five interconnected stories of purpose, meaning, justice, talking animals, the boss falling off a cliff, mus…11 months, 4 weeks ago
Reynard: Nasty, Brutish, and Short
Episode 409
🦊 Reynard the fox hates meetings, too 🦊
Especially because at most of the meetings he's invited to, people usually try to kill and eat him. Today, we'…1 year ago
Knights of the Round Table: Hither and Thither
Episode 408
🏰When a knight says he'll be right back, he means it
Unless he dies. Or gets captured. Or just forgets about it, prompting his son to come looking for…1 year ago
West African folklore: Wiser
Episode 407
🍼Have a budding tyrant? You need a snarky talking baby🍼
Yenga Naa is wiser than the chief. How do you know? Well, he named himself that...the moment …1 year, 1 month ago