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Fireside Folklore with Hades episodes
- Toss-Up Tuesday: Lies and Gold
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Hey there, listeners. This episode is a bit of revelry Uncle Hades displayed over the weekend. Just don't tell him I shared it. At least not for awhile. You see, with him, it's important to ask for forgiveness rather than for permission. He has always empathized with Rumpelstiltskin's plight, and while we were all just hanging out after the story on Sunday night, he let it be known!
4 min - Story Sunday 07-07-2024 - The Twelve Months
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Hello there, listeners. It's Hestia and today I thought I'd read a story by the fireside. As the goddess of hearth and home, I thought it would be a cozy way to enjoy our tale. I also couldn't resist calling upon our grim brother to do the honors of playing the Great January. The others just couldn't manage to do it without laughing! In this tale, a young woman is rewarded for her kindness while her wicked stepmother and stepsister are punished. We hope you enjoy it. If you have any commentary, please reach out to my brother, the one who conceived of this podcast via dead letter to [email protected].22 min - Trailer Thursday; 07-04-2024: Let's Mix It Up! Apricot And Almond Spritzer
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Hey there, listeners! This week, my uncle got a touch of that Underworld malaise! So, he asked me to serve up the mocktail/cocktail recipe for the upcoming Golden Pail episode. Olympus knows when that's coming, but hey! Until it does, we can enjoy something refreshing! Happy Independence Day for those celebrating in the States, and for those who don't, let's raise our glasses to friends, family, and fun times!
3 min - Toss-Up Tuesday: Bespoke Websites Made Just For You!
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Hello there, listeners! Hermes here to tell you about a fun and wacky website. No, I don't get money for this, and no, I'm not having a laugh at your expense! I'm actually here to tell you about Websim.ai which creates the Internet in your image! That's right, folks. If you can think it, a website can be yours! Want to create a blog of my latest adventures? Check! What about a fictitious episode of this podcast which never happened? Check! Well, a transcript, at least. And how about my uncle, Hades, hosting a rotary phone rave? Yep, that's what happened today! So, if you'd like to enjoy a bespoke Internet experience where only what you envision goes, head over to websim.ai where you can have fun with the wild, wondrous, and wacky whims of your own imagination.
If you'd like to share what you came up with, please do drop me a line. I'm at [email protected] but I'm kind of busy creating my latest and greatest website, a chat portal for the Underworld where bespoke punishments can be made for those unhappy souls in Tartarus, so if I don't get back to you right away, you know why!6 min - Story Sunday: Peddler Polly and the Story Stealer
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Greetings, listeners! This week's story has been made possible thanks to Aaron Shepard, a renowned storyteller of children's folklore. You may visit his website at http://www.aaronshep.com for more fun retellings and original stories.
As I was thinking about the concept of copyright, the public domain, and how it has been stripped of its power in the last few decades, I came across this story and decided to share it with you tonight. May it serve as a reminder that folklore is meant to be shared, nurtured, and adapted. Until next time, never stop writing your own tales.
Any questions, commentary, and tales of your own may be sent via dead letter to [email protected].13 min - Trailer Thursday: It Takes Chutzpah To Name Your Ship "Allah's Gift"
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Greetings, listeners! Here's another trailer from The Golden Pail in which the vizier must scramble together some treasure in order to build a ship of such splendor that it gets dubbed Allah's Gift. Unfortunately, this ship causes a lot of problems for one young princess. Namely, her supper is late! What an insult, wouldn't you agree? Anyway, until next time, we hope it whets your appetite for what's to come. If you have any questions, commentary, or complaints, dead letters may be sent to [email protected] as always.
5 min - Whoopsie Wednesday: Apparently Ancient Princesses Drive Cars
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Hello, listeners! While Hades and I were working on the podcast, I sang a line about a spoiled princess having a car she couldn't drive. Neither of us bothered to review the song before I started singing it! This obviously couldn't go into The Golden Pail but it was funny, nonetheless, so I decided to share it with you for Whoopsie Wednesday. Hopefully we won't be making too many Whoopsie Wednesday segments, but if we do and they're particularly humorous, we'll share them with you because even gods err! Oh, and I'm not entirely sure why my brother decided to sing this with me, but I guess he was feeling like a princess today.
If you want to get in touch, you can reach out to him with your dead letters at [email protected]. Happy hump day, and hope you enjoy the summer!4 min - Toss-Up Tuesday: Dear Prince, What Were You Thinking?!; Artemis Weighs In On the Princess and the Pea
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Hello there, listeners! Artemis here with a letter to Prince Charming about his mother's ridiculous advice. Whoever thought that picking out a woman to marry based on her ability to detect a pea under an enormous pile of mattresses and featherbeds clearly didn't understand the concept of red flags or high-maintenance! I'm here to school the prince about what makes a happy marriage. Why not Aphrodite? Because this prince needs a reality check, not one of Eros's arrows or Aphrodite's apples of desire. Let me know what you think. Send a message through Hermes, since I don't get divine reception out in the forest. He's at [email protected].
3 min - Story Sunday: Kupti and Imani; Is There Any Patience for Sale? Patience for Sale?
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Greetings, listeners! Hermes here with a story read from the Olive Fairy Book by Andrew Lang. It's a story about how a messenger's silly mistake led to a young princess receiving patience as a gift! You see, I was supposed to have finished an adaptation of The North Wind and the Sun but my mortal conduit just didn't get all of my brilliant thoughts written down in time. Such is the way of life! Once you humans figure out how to type with the mind, everything will be much quicker. Until then, we'll just settle for this contribution for the week. May it bring you something to keep your hunger for folklore sated ... until we meet again!
You know how it goes. Dead letters go to my uncle at [email protected] though since I am the messenger of the gods, if you'd prefer to go through me because you're scared he'll bite, I'm at ... you guessed it!, [email protected].22 min - Trailer Thursday: Trouble Begins with a Feather, Regardless of Whether You Pick It Up
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Greetings, listeners! Here's a little trailer from the Golden Pail. No singing this time. Just a bit of good old-fashioned voice acting with cheesy music in the background to give it that epic feel. Our young hero, Hassan, runs away from his father, who probably wants to make his life a nightmare. Thankfully for him, he has a Djinn horse, and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to have Dad play the Djinn ... again. Their journey begins with a feather -- such a little thing, but boy does it cause trouble as you'll someday see!
Comments, questions, and complaints? Dead letters go to [email protected] and you can be sure I'll reply, though when, is a whole other question entirely.5 min