The Folktale Project - The Story of a Mother
I apologize in advance that this is perhaps the saddest story that I've ever told on The Folktale Project. Han Christian Andersen's 'The Sto...
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Who says you're too old for a good fairy tale? Reading original versions of folktales and fairy tales from around the world every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, The Folktale Project is for e...
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The Folktale Project - The Fair Angola
This week's new story is a bit of an Italian mashup. A little Rapunzel, a bit of Beauty and the Beast, and a dash of Baba Yaga. I do hope yo...
The Folktale Project Classics - Queen Aster
This week brings the revisiting of a classic tale by Louisa May Alcott - 'Queen Aster'. Host Dan Scholz Find out where to subscribe to The F...
The Folktale Project - The Little Brother and Sister
A new tale this week from the Brothers Grimm, and it's about as wholesome as they get! To get more full stories and early access to all of t...
The Folktale Project - The Wise Men of Gotham
The tale of The Wise Men of Gotham goes far beyond the stories you'll hear today, but that doesn't make these stories any less fun! To get m...
The Folktale Project - The Boy Who Was Called Thick-Head
This week's new story comes to us from Canada and Professor Cyrus Macmillan and his 'Canadian Fairy Tales'. To get more full stories and ear...
The Folktale Project - The Wind in the Pine Tree
Apologies for the last few missed episodes, adjusting to new schedules is always a bear. But we're back today with a new story from Japan! '...
The Folktale Project Classics - Tattercoats
Fresh from the archives - one of my favorite English folktales - Take one part "The Goosegirl", one part "Cinderella", and mix it with a lit...
The Folktale Project - How the Turkey Buzzard Got His Suit
Today's story is a tribute to my wife's discovery of a turkey buzzard near our house last week. It's the Iroquois tale of 'How the Turkey Bu...
The Folktale Project Classics - Dr. Knowall
A classic from 2017's season - the German tale of 'Dr. Know-All' as brought to us by The Brothers Grimm. To get more full stories and early...
The Folktale Project - The Two Cat Witches
Our newest tale comes to us from Wales and features a wise and brave traveller named Hugh. To get more full stories and early access to all...
The Folktale Project Classics - Finist the Bright Falcon
This week we go all the way back to Episode 100 of the podcast. 'Finist the Bright Falcon' is a Russian tale that certainly deserves to be r...
The Folktale Project - Two Stories from Japan
This week on for our new tales we have two stories from the Ainu people of Japan - 'The Kind Giver and the Grudging Giver.' and 'The Man who...
The Folktale Project Classic - The Glass Dog
This week on Folktale Project Classics we dive into the archives for 'The Glass Dog' from "American Fairy Tales" by L. Frank Baum. To get mo...
The Folktale Project - The Wise Bat
A new story this Friday from Tibet! The Wise Bat tells the story of an easily conviced King and a rather smart subject. To get more full sto...
The Folktale Project - The King and The Apple
This week we have a new tale from Georgia read in honor of my wordplay and riddle loving wife and father. I do hope you all enjoy 'The King...
The Folktale Project - The Good Children
This week we celebrate a move to Fridays with a Slavic tale of resistance to tyranny. 'The Good Children' comes to us from "Sixty Folk-Tales...
The Folktale Project Classics - Knight Roland
One of my favorite tales from "Legends of the Rhine" tells the story of the heroic Roland, a knight and nephew of Charlemagne. To get more f...
The Folktale Project - The Crow-Peri
We're back with a new story from Turkey this week. 'The Crow-Peri' from "Turkish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales" is a really wonderful way to ju...
Folktale Project Classics - The Box of Robbers
This week we have a story from the archives and one of my favorite collections of tales - American Fairy Tales. 'The Box of Robbers" is a hi...