Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm

By Mel Powell

The mythical village of Chelm is where, in the mid- to late-1800s, the Wise Fools lived. Where everyone was a fool, no one was aware of being foolish. These are their stories--unlike other stories in ... more

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The podcast currently has 128 episodes available.

Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm episodes:

February 12, 2023 Roses Are Red
Walinchyne the Poet--a Wise Fools love story. Or love-story-adjacent, anyway.

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February 05, 2023 The New Vink
Some people have hearts of gold. Other people...not so much.

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January 29, 2023 Citius, Altius, Kvetchius
If the little village of Chelm (remember, we're in the mid-1800s here) is going to host the Olympic Games, some ways of raising the funds are better than others.

(Note: to "kvetch" is to complain.)

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January 22, 2023 All The World's A Stage
Hark! Is that a cannon I hear?

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January 15, 2023 Horse Sense
A horse is a horse. Of course. (Of course? Maybe not in Chelm.)

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January 08, 2023 Does A Bear Kvetch In The Woods?
Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you. (No Balagoolas were harmed in the making of this episode.) (Kvetch means complain.)

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4min
January 01, 2023 Happy Days Are Here Again
The best candidate for Mayor of Chelm is exactly who you think it is.

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December 25, 2022 I Dream of Bupkis
What if Boris the Balagoola was granted one wish? (Bupkis means "nothing." And a pogrom is "an organized massacre of helpless people," which, sadly, the Jewish villages of the time period of our tiny village too often endured. But we promise that this story is not a "downer.")

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December 18, 2022 How Many Chelmites Does It Take To Change A Lightbulb?
We present the winner of Chelm's annual Chanukah "Lying Contest," a celebration of the Festival of Lights. Couldn't hurt for you to know that a "handeler" is a wheeler and dealer...and tsouris means "trouble."

Happy Chaunkah! (Or Hannukah. Same thing.)

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December 11, 2022 The Border Crossing
Even a Wise Fool knows some tricks.

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FAQs about Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm:

How many episodes does Tales of The Wise Fools of Chelm have?

The podcast currently has 128 episodes available.