Tale Wagging: A Gleeful Retelling of little known fairy tales, folklore, history, and more! Podcast
1) 30 - Before Animal Crossing, there was New Atlantis (The time Hemingway founded a new island nation)
A tale from history of a man who tried to get out of his famous brother's shadow by towing a raft to shallow international waters and founding the island nation of New Atlantis. Nowadays, you'd ...Show More
2) 029 - Stealing Tasty Treats from Mutant Goats (The Cottage in the Sky)
A fairy tale from Byelorussia this week, "The Cottage in the Sky" collected by Neil Philip in the book, "Fairy Tales of Eastern Europe." It's a beanstalk type of tale with a very tasty house, kind mut...Show More
3) 028 - Tough as a Mother (Unanana and the Elephant/The Giant Caterpillar)
A very special Mother's Day week edition of Tale Wagging Podcast. I'll be telling two tales from African folklore. The first comes from South Africa and the second from the Republic of the Ivory Coast...Show More
4) 027 - My Ogre Daddy and Ox Taunting (The Daughter of Buk Ettemsuch)
This week's story is "The Daughter of Buk Ettemsuch". It originated in Northern Africa and was collected by Andrew Lang for the Grey Fairy Book. It's a tale of regretting picking on your siblings, a t...Show More
5) 026 - A Search for Birdperson! (The Feather of Bright Finist the Falcon)
This week's story is "The Feather of Bright Finist the Falcon". It's Russian folklore about a bird-man. A man who can turn into a bird. He's said to be a great hero but he never saves anyone. When he ...Show More
6) 025 - Isolation Edition! - Fashionable Hermits and Maid Maleen
Two stories this week! One from history and one fairy tale... A story from history when hiring a hermit to live in your garden was fashionable. And Maid Maleen, a princess bricked up in a...Show More
7) 024 - EASTER SPECIAL! The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits/The Useless Wagoner
Two stories this week! One from history and one fairy tale... In 1726 fifty miles outside of London, 24 year old Mary Toft did something extraordinary -- she gave birth to rabbits. Many, many rabbits...Show More
024 - EASTER SPECIAL! The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits/The Useless Wagoner
36:44 | Apr 13th, 2020
8) 023 - The Frog and the Lion Fairy (15 years worth of loose ends)
Here's a fairy tale with 15 years worth of loose ends, a frog with a magic cap, a fairy who turns into a lion, and video game monsters..."The Frog and the Lion Fairy". Join us LIVE on Twitch at twitch...Show More
9) 022 - Don't Mess with Strong Women and Hedgehogs who play Bag Pipes
WE'RE BACK with Season 2! In these interesting times we are living in, we could all use a distraction. How about letting us make you laugh with some funny fairy tales? You'll notice some updates ...Show More
10) 021 - Christmas Time In Iceland with the Yule Lads, Grýla, and Christmas Cat
What I’m about to tell you is so scary that in 1746, parents were officially banned from terrifying their children with these stories by public decree! This episode, we are going to Iceland where they...Show More
021 - Christmas Time In Iceland with the Yule Lads, Grýla, and Christmas Cat
25:07 | Dec 26th, 2019