157-Jack the Giant Killer: Giant Problems
Jack is back and ready to do what he does best, and who is along for the ride? King Arthur's teenage son.
157-Jack the Giant Killer: Giant Problems (ad-free)
Jack is back and ready to do what he does best, and who is along for the ride? King Arthur's teenage son.
156-Italian Folklore: Clever Girl (ad-free)
Two stories, one from Italy, one from England. In the one from italy, Costanza is born which would usually be pretty great...except her parents are already in retirement and have given everything away to her older sisters, so she sets out on her own in the wild medieval world. The second story is Molly Whuppie, whose [...]
156-Italian Folklore: Clever Girl
The stories of Costanza/Costanzo, the youngest daughter of the king of Thebes, who sets out to find her way in the world, and Molly Whuppie, the young orphan girl who battled giants.
Member Episode 45-Indian Folklore: Heads or Tails
When a tiger comes up to you sharpening his claws and offers you a deal, you take that deal...unless you're the farmer's wife. The creature is Donkey Pope! It's really neither a Donkey or a Pope or the genesis of a successful video game franchise. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions
155-Fairy Tales: The Pearl (ad-free)
Two stories of terrible parents. One decides to get rich by strapping a gemstone to an infant's head, and the other let her son do whatever he wanted until the day came when she needed him to do one little thing: babysit a chicken. It did not go well. The creature is the phooka, from Ireland, [...]
155-Fairy Tales: The Pearl
Two examples of terrible parenting from the fairy tales of Scandinavia and Naples
154B-Viking Legends: The Army of the Dead
Hrolf Kraki, the Viking king of Denmark, sets out to avenge his father and fight way too many mythological creatures
154B-Viking Legends: The Army of the Dead (ad-free)
Hrolf Kraki must avenge his father by confronting his step-father...and brother-in-law. Don't worry, though, the weirdness of last week gets ironed out when we enter more familiar territory for the Viking legends. Our wonderful one-eyed wanderer makes an appearance, kings battle kings, and berserkers battle trolls, draugr, other berserkers, random bystanders, and, well, just about everyone. [...]
154A-Viking Legends: Family Business (ad-free)
We’re back in the Norse Sagas with witches, trolls, Norns, magic, elves, and this one-eyed wanderer who definitely isn’t named Odin but have you heard about how awesome Odin is? No? We’ll he’s happy to tell you. This is the saga of Hrolf Kraki and his twelve legendary berserkers. The creature is the reason you should [...]