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168-Robin Hood: Team of Rivals
How to win friends and influence people and also get beat up a lot in the 12th century. We've talked about Robin's origins, but who are all these oth…
6 years, 4 months ago
167-Nutcracker: Cracked
This week, it is the insane original story behind the popular holiday ballet. In this story for children, we'll get some contradictory lessons for th…
6 years, 5 months ago
166-Grimm Brothers: The Dark Forest
Two (originally children's) tales that underscore the shocking brutality of the world in which these stories were told. The first one is that of thre…
6 years, 5 months ago
165-Greek Myths: A Tangled Web
The story of a weaving contest between a goddess and a woman challenging the cruelty and tyranny of the Olympians leads us into three more stories: P…
6 years, 5 months ago
Supplemental: Lady White Snake Conclusion
A short supplemental that finishes the story of Lady White Snake...because there wasn't enough story left for a full episode. There's still a full My…
6 years, 5 months ago
164B-Lady White Snake: Enlighten Me
Xu Xian is dead. He discovered the truth about his wife and he died. I mean, yeah, he's dead...but he's also unwittingly married to a 1700 year old m…
6 years, 5 months ago
164A-Chinese Legends: Here I Go Again
The legend of the White Snake is one of the four great folktales of China. Today, we start that with an act of kindness, demons lurking in the places…
6 years, 6 months ago
163-Hansel and Gretel: Crumble
There's a surprising amount to the story of Hansel and Gretel. There's your average fairy tale weirdness, like load-bearing cake and aquatic duck Ube…
6 years, 6 months ago
162-47 Ronin: Wanderers
The story of the 47 Ronin is a historical tale where a powerful daimyo is shamed and killed by a greedy official…the only issue? The victim had dozen…
6 years, 6 months ago
161-Japanese folklore: Karma
Two stories from Japanese folklore today dealing with the consequences of our actions. The first has a woman chasing a dumpling across her floor…and …
6 years, 6 months ago