Aug 21

Aug 21 Ep. 593 - How Jack Went to Seek His Fortune - An English Folktale

'How Jack Went to Seek His Fortune' is a fun version of 'The Bremen Town Musicians' and an excellent foil to the American idea of the solitary Hero's Journey. Jack can't get his fortune without the animal friends he meets along the way.

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Aug 19

Aug 19 Ep. 592 - The Old Woman and Her Pig - An English Folktale

Daniel Scholz

English Fairytales

'The Old Woman and Her Pig' is the silliest of silly English folktales. And for a progressive tale that's saying quite a bit.

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Aug 16

Aug 16 Ep. 591 - The Old Gravestone - A Danish Folktale

Daniel Scholz

Danish Folklore, Hans Chrisitan Andersen

'The Old Gravestone' is a love letter by Hans Christian Andersen to the art of storytelling in quite possibly the saddest way possible. Because it's Hans Christian Andersen.

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Aug 14

Aug 14 Ep. 590 - The Happy Family - A Danish Folktale

Daniel Scholz

Danish Folklore, Hans Chrisitan Andersen

In 'The Happy Family' Hans Christian Andersen gives us a pretty solid allegory for the myopic view of nationalism.

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Aug 12

Aug 12 Ep. 589 - The Teapot - A Danish Folktale

Daniel Scholz

Hans Chrisitan Andersen, Danish Folklore

'The Teapot' is Hans Christian Andersen at his finest. A sweet, sad and poignant tale that is almost a complete rebuttal to last Friday's story of divine classism from the Brothers Grimm.

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Aug 9

Aug 9 Ep. 588 - Eve's Various Children - A German Folktale

Daniel Scholz

The Brothers Grimm, German Folktale

'Eve's Various Children' provides us a divine rationalization for some very serious classism.

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Aug 7

Aug 7 Ep. 587 - The Grey Mare in the Garret - German Folklore

Daniel Scholz

German Folktale

At first blush 'The Grey Mare in the Garret' seems like a ghost story, but in reality it's a love tale set during The Plague in "Folklore and Legends: German".

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Aug 5

Aug 5 Ep. 586 - The Bright Sun Brings it to Light - German Folklore

Daniel Scholz

German Folktale, The Brothers Grimm

In 'The Bright Sun Brings it to Light' the Brothers Grimm bring us a story about the strength of a guilty man's conscience.

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Aug 2

Aug 2 Ep. 585 - The Rabbit's Eyes - A Korean Folktale

Daniel Scholz

Korean Folklore

In the Korean folktale of 'The Rabbit's Eyes' we find a turtle who has nefarious plans and a bunny who is (thankfully) as smart as he is trusting.

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Jul 31

Jul 31 Ep. 584 - A Bridegroom for Miss Mole - A Korean Folktale

Daniel Scholz

Korean Folklore

In 'A Bridegroom for Miss Mole' we meet a father determined to find the best husband in the entire world possible for his beautiful daughter. But nobody feels worthy.

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