Episodes

  • Rumplestiltskin

    Rumplestiltskin
    Feb 7 2025
    Listen to Jason Buck tell his gripping version of the European story, Rumplestiltskin – complete with a nasty little goblin, a frightfully greedy King, and a clever girl who gets herself out of a tricky situation. It’s a little bit scary but not very. Packed with wisdom and entertainment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    32 mins
  • The Great Race

    The Great Race
    Jan 31 2025
    Kim tells the story of the twelve animals which represent the Chinese New Year. As the Lunar New Year approaches, each animal wants it to be named after them, but no one can agree which animal is most deserving. The Jade Emperor steps into solve the problem by proposing a race. Listen to this lively story and discover who wins, and who loses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    26 mins
  • Tattercoats

    Tattercoats
    Jan 24 2025
    In a grand house high up on a hill above the sea lived an old man who had a little granddaughter whose face he had never seen because his lovely daughter died at her birth… Nick Hennessey tells a moving English version of the Cinderella story. A word of warning –this version is unsettling at times so if this doesn’t sound like one for you and yours, have a listen to our other story this week ‘Star Coin’, told for our younger listeners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    17 mins
  • Star Coin

    Star Coin
    Jan 24 2025
    Star Coin is a Brothers Grimm story from Germany about an orphan girl who has nothing left in the world but the clothes on her back and a piece of bread. As she walks through the forest, looking for her luck, she encounters various people in need and helps them, but is left standing in the snowy forest with only a thin undershirt and no food or shoes. Who will come to her aid? Listen to the magical voice of storyteller Simone Schuemmelfeder, and take heart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    21 mins
  • Muturi and the Ogre

    Muturi and the Ogre
    Jan 17 2025
    A blacksmith sets off on a journey leaving a wife at home. The wife is expecting a baby, and after the months pass without a word from her husband, an unexpected visitor appears. He’s covered in fur and has one eye in the middle of his head. Should she trust him? Listen to this week’s fairytale told by Wangari the Storyteller from Kenya and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    29 mins
  • The Snow Geese

    The Snow Geese
    Jan 10 2025
    A girl lives with her Mum and little brother on the edge of a forest. When her brother is snatched away by the snow geese she asks for help from some unlikely assistants. But they’ll only help her if she agrees to eat food she’s never tried before. Can she give up habits of a lifetime in order to save her little brother? Listen to storyteller from Cambridge Marion Leeper and find out. A heart-warming story from the chilly north. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    28 mins
  • Bakur and the Dragon

    Bakur and the Dragon
    Jan 3 2025
    To start off the new year – a gripping story from Romania. If you like fairytales and dragons and tricksters, then this is definitely the story for you. And it’s told by talented storyteller Emily Hennessey who conjures up not one, but two scary dragons. What’s not to like? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    30 mins
  • Anthoula and the Kallikantzari

    Anthoula and the Kallikantzari
    Dec 27 2024
    Greek Storyteller Despina Ariou shares her Granny’s Christmas story. It's about troll- like creatures called the Kallikantzari who make mischief at Christmas by stealing delicious food and sometimes even stealing children. Eek! These creatures are slightly scary, but fear not, this is a fairytale with a happy ending. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    31 mins