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| The Boy and the Trolls | 03 May 2022 | 00:37:59 | |
The Boy and the Trolls was written by Walter Stenstrom. Born ( 1881 ) in Malilla, he became an author, comedy writer, and lecturer. Walters parents were the pharmacist Axel Fabian Stenström and Ingeborg Olivia Abrahamsson. He graduated in 1900 and in 1904 became a pharmacology candidate. He was active as a theater man and managing director of Skådebanan , but also wrote some fairy tale plays. Other children tales include 'The Princess who wouldn't eat porridge' and 'The gingerbread men in the gingerbreadt tin'. Walter passed away in 1926. | |||
| The Prince Without a Shadow | 28 Apr 2022 | 00:34:12 | |
The Prince Without a Shadow was written by Jeanna Oterdahl (1897-1965) Jeanna Oterdahl was the daughter of Captain Philip Oterdahl and Eva Frögren. She was the eldest of five siblings. After graduating as a teacher in Stockholm in 1901, Oterdahl was employed at Mathilda Hall's school in Gothenburg (where she herself was a student) but at the same time devoted herself to extensive writing. In the 1920s, she reduced her teaching hours and focused on writing. Several of her morning rallies were broadcast on radio all over Sweden, including a speech in the spring of 1944 in which she condemned anti-Semitism . There are several similar examples of her anti-fascism. Among other things, she was critical of the permit traffic through Sweden. Her main role model was Natanael Beskow and Oterdahl became a member of his association, the Association for Christian Social Life . Around 1950, she joined the Quakers , but as early as 1927, one of her characters had met the Quakers. Oterdahl became a frequently hired lecturer (often with the subheading "non-profit goods") in a number of subjects: women's history , the place of childhood in literary history, inferiority complexes and old age. These lectures probably gave her a different audience than her books. Oterdahl was a well-known author during her lifetime, but has gradually been more and more forgotten. At the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, she is not mentioned in major literary biographies or even very much in special dictionaries, something that may be due to the fact that she is seen as a children's writer or a psalm writer. Jeanna Oterdahl is buried in a family grave at Östra kyrkogården in Gothenburg. She was unmarried. | |||
| Little Saddleslut ( Greek Cinderella ) | 02 Mar 2021 | 00:22:53 | |
Little Saddleslut by Edmund Martin Geldart. Read by Tamlynn Bryson
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| Little Thumbelina | 23 Feb 2021 | 00:31:27 | |
Little Thumbelina Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Read by Shirley Blanch
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| The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek ( Australian ) | 16 Feb 2021 | 00:10:28 | |
The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek written by Jenny Wagner. Read by Shane Adamczak
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| The Legend of the Sea | 09 Feb 2021 | 00:19:35 | |
The Legend of the Sea Written and Read by Nymphia.
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| The Goodman of Wastness ( A Selkie Tale ) | 02 Feb 2021 | 00:09:33 | |
The Goodman of Wastness by Walter Traill Dennison, read by Turner Coats.
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| The Good Ferryman and the Water Nymphs ( Poland ) | 26 Jan 2021 | 00:27:20 | |
The Good Ferryman and the Water Nymphs by Maude Ashurt Biggs. Read by Reid Messerschmidt
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| Bonus Episode:Ellen Haun talks about "Cinderella and the Glass Ceiling and Other Feminist Fairy Tales" | 22 Jan 2021 | 00:38:26 | |
Interview with Ellen Haun. Co Author of the book " Cinderella and the Glass Ceiling and Other Feminist Fairy Tales "
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| The Little Mermaid Gets a Vagina | 19 Jan 2021 | 00:17:01 | |
"The Little Mermaid Gets a Vagina" from the book " Cinderella & the Glass Ceiling. And Other Feminist Fairy Tales. Written by Laura Lane & Ellen Haun
Read by Ellen Haun
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| The Mail Coach Passengers | 12 Jan 2021 | 00:15:31 | |
The Mail Coach Passengers by Hans Christian Andersen. Read by Camiel Pell
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| Sirena ( Chamorro Mermaid Tale ) | 05 Jan 2021 | 00:17:53 | |
Sirena read by Zane Oak
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| The Wedding of Mrs. Fox | 05 Jul 2021 | 00:15:54 | |
"The Wedding of Mrs. Fox" (German: Die Hochzeit der Frau Füchsin) is two German fairy tales collected under the same title by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales as number 38. It was included in all editions, and is classified as Aarne-Thompson type 65, 1350, 1352*, and 1510.
The second version of the tale was told to the Grimms by Ludovico Brentano Jordis, who also wrote down "The Lion and the Frog" for the brothers.
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| The Story of the Year. | 31 Dec 2020 | 00:24:08 | |
The Story of the Year, written by Hans Christian Andersen. Read by Charles Martin
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| The Little Match Girl | 25 Dec 2020 | 00:14:38 | |
The Little Match Girl written by Hans Christian Andersen. Read by Chris Cooley
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| The Christmas Fairy of Strasburg | 24 Dec 2020 | 00:14:54 | |
The Christmas Fairy of Strasburg written by Frances Jenkins Olcott. Read by Caitlin Ward.
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| Bonus Episode: Interview with Author Amanda Leduc | 21 Nov 2020 | 00:55:11 | |
Interview with Author Amanda Leduc on her book, Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space.
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| Asherellan: An Original Cinderella Tale | 10 Nov 2020 | 00:47:14 | |
Lynnea and Luca with their father Jeremy bring to you an original Cinderella re telling based in the world of Atheria, from their podcast "The Land of Atheria".
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| The Baba Yaga ( A special Halloween Cinderella tale ) | 31 Oct 2020 | 00:14:56 | |
The Baba Yaga by W.R.S. Ralston read by Alastair Knowles
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| The Thankless Child ( Cinderella ) | 27 Oct 2020 | 00:45:12 | |
'The Thankless Child' from the book The Merry Spinster, written Daniel M. Lavery. Read by John Wilson.
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| Maria ( Philippines Cinderella ) | 20 Oct 2020 | 00:13:48 | |
Maria read by Ray Blakney
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| Tattercoats ( English Cinderella ) | 13 Oct 2020 | 00:14:05 | |
Tattercoats collected by Joseph Jacobs read by Simon Cockle
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| Fair, Brown and Trembling ( Irish Cinderella ) | 06 Oct 2020 | 00:29:20 | |
Fair, Brown and Trembling by Joseph Jacobs read by David Hollingsworth.
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| Hansel and Gretel | 07 Jun 2021 | 00:36:45 | |
"Hansel and Gretel" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 in Grimm's Fairy Tales. Hansel and Gretel are a brother and sister abandoned in a forest, where they fall into the hands of a witch who lives in a house made of gingerbread, cake, and pastries.
Read is the last Brothers Grimm version put to paper.
This episode includes some history on how the tale was written.
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| Cinderella ( poem ) by Anne Sexton | 29 Sep 2020 | 00:13:04 | |
Anne Sexton's Cinderella poem read by Benjamin Cutler with special guest host James Avramenko.
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| Smallhead and the Kings Son ( Celtic Cinderella ) | 22 Sep 2020 | 00:20:02 | |
Smallhead and the King's Son written by Joseph Jacobs read by Trevor Hinton.
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| Aschenputtel ( Brothers Grimm Cinderella ) | 15 Sep 2020 | 00:28:24 | |
Aschenputtel ( Cinderella ) written by the Brothers Grimm, read by Bryan Skinner
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| Abadeha: The Philippine Cinderella | 08 Sep 2020 | 00:20:22 | |
Abadeha: The Philippine Cinderella by Myrna J. de Paz, read by Robert Omoto
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| Kate Crackernuts ( Scottish Cinderella ) | 01 Sep 2020 | 00:16:25 | |
Special guest host Bell Alexander from the Podcast 'Thirst World Problems' brings to you the Scottish 1889 ( Cinderella ) tale, Kate Crackernuts, read by Comedian Jacob Craig.
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| Interview with Children's and Fairytale author Vita Murrow. | 28 Aug 2020 | 00:51:08 | |
Interview with children's and fairytale author, Vita Murrow.
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| Power To The Princess, Cinderella | 25 Aug 2020 | 00:20:45 | |
'Cinderella' from the book 'Power to the Princess', written by Vita Murrow and illustrated by Julia Bereciartu. Read by Charles Ross
Episode is brought to you with the permission of the Author and Quarto Knows.
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| Cap O' Rushes ( English Cinderella ) | 18 Aug 2020 | 00:11:19 | |
Cap O Rushes by Joseph Jacobs read by Paul Shortt
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| Pepelyouga ( Serbian Cinderella ) | 11 Aug 2020 | 00:18:38 | |
Pepelyouga by Woislav M Petrovitch read by Matthew Payne
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| The Hearth Cat ( Portuguese Cinderella ) | 04 Aug 2020 | 00:12:51 | |
The Hearth Cat by Zófimo Consiglieri Pedroso, read by David MacPherson.
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| The Maiden Without Hands | 27 May 2021 | 00:24:16 | |
The Maiden Without Hands comes from Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, ( Brothers Grimm ) "Das Mädchen ohne Hände," Kinder- und Hausmärchen, gesammelt durch die Brüder Grimm [Children's and Household Tales -- Grimms' Fairy Tales], 7th edition, vol. 1 (Göttingen: Verlag der Dieterichschen Buchhandlung, 1857), no. 31, pp. 162-68.
A shorter, simpler version of this tale was included in the first edition of Kinder- und Hausmärchen (1812). The tale was expanded and revised for the second edition (1819).
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| The Twelve Months - A Slav Legend ( Czech Cinderella ) | 28 Jul 2020 | 00:16:29 | |
Brian Linds reads The Twelve Months - A Slav Legend ( Czech Cinderella )
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| Jamie: A Transgender Cinderella Story | 22 Jul 2020 | 00:16:30 | |
Jamie: A Transgender Cinderella Story. Written by Olly Pike, read by John Threlfall.
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| Katie Woodencloak ( Norwegian Cinderella ) | 14 Jul 2020 | 00:30:20 | |
Dave Morris reads the Norwegian Cinderella tale ' Katie Woodencloak'
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| The Little Glass Slipper or Cinderella | 07 Jul 2020 | 00:19:26 | |
Brian Richmond reads 'The Little Glass Slipper ( Cinderella )' by Charles Perrault
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| Bonus Episode: The History of The Little Mermaid | 28 May 2020 | 00:18:25 | |
Find out why Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Little Mermaid' is a LGBTQ story.
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| The Little Mermaid | 26 May 2020 | 00:26:50 | |
The Little Mermaid read by Ryan Gladstone
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| The Little Girl And The Winter Whirlwinds | 19 May 2020 | 00:10:27 | |
The Little Girl And The Winter Whirlwinds read by Morgan Cranny
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| The She Wolf, Princess Isabella | 12 May 2020 | 00:10:24 | |
The She Wolf, Princess Isabella read by Rob King
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| Princess Elisabeth of Austria | 05 May 2020 | 00:14:20 | |
The True Story of Princess Elisabeth of Austria, read by Martin Dockery.
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| Bonus Episode: The History of Briar Rose aka Sleeping Beauty. | 30 Apr 2020 | 00:21:31 | |
A history of Little Briar Rose, otherwise known as Sleeping Beauty.
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| The Twelve Brothers | 21 May 2021 | 00:24:56 | |
"The Twelve Brothers" (German: Die zwölf Brüder) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales (KHM 9). Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book. It is of Aarne-Thompson type 451 ("The Brothers Who Were Turned into Birds"), which is commonly found throughout Europe. Other variants of the Aarne-Thompson type include The Six Swans, The Twelve Wild Ducks, Udea and her Seven Brothers, The Wild Swans, The Seven Ravens, and The Magic Swan Geese. The tale was published by the Brothers Grimm in the first edition of Kinder- und Hausmärchen in 1812, and substantially rewritten in the second edition (1819). Their sources were Julia R. Ramus (1792–1862) and Charlotte R. Ramus (1793–1858). | |||
| Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty) | 28 Apr 2020 | 00:09:15 | |
Little Briar Rose ( Sleeping Beauty ) read by Evan Roberts
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| Bonus Episode: The History of Snow White | 23 Apr 2020 | 00:12:15 | |
An in depth look at the rich history of Snow White.
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| Snow White | 21 Apr 2020 | 00:21:44 | |
Snow White read by Ian Case.
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| Bonus Episode: The History of Olga of Kiev | 16 Apr 2020 | 00:11:56 | |
The true History behind Olga of Kiev.
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