The Folktale Project

'The Last Hohenrätier' is the story of the downfall of a tyrant on the Rhine. Definitely my kind of tale.

Host Dan Scholz

Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe

Support The Folktale Project https://www.folktaleproject.com/support

You voted, and I listened. Today we begin "Legends of the Rhine" - quite possibly my favorite collection of German folklore.

Host Dan Scholz

Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe

Support The Folktale Project https://www.folktaleproject.com/support

TW: Racism. AAPI hate in America has a long history. This tale from L Frank Baum is a prime example of that history.

Host Dan Scholz

Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe

Support The Folktale Project https://www.folktaleproject.com/support

TW: Animal violence. 'The King of the Polar Bears' is a prime example of Baum going a bit overboard in the course of the tale, but landing on a great moral when all is said and done.

Host Dan Scholz

Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe

Support The Folktale Project https://www.folktaleproject.com/support

'The Dummy That Lived' shows us a bored Ryl can be a terrible thing. Especially if he happens to spy a wax dummy in a department store.

Host Dan Scholz

Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe

Support The Folktale Project https://www.folktaleproject.com/support

'The Wonderful Pump' is an American fairytale by L. Frank Baum that warns us all to be careful with newly found riches.

Host Dan Scholz

Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe

Support The Folktale Project https://www.folktaleproject.com/support

'The Capture of Father Time' is a fun tale that lets us know exactly what kind of mischief a young boy would do if he was able to stop time.

Host Dan Scholz

Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe

Support The Folktale Project https://www.folktaleproject.com/support

'The Magic Bon Bons' should teach us the folly of condemning others for actions that we do not understand, for we never know what may happen to ourselves.

Host Dan Scholz

Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe

Support The Folktale Project https://www.folktaleproject.com/support

TW: Racism

'The Laughing Hippopotamus' is a story that I struggled with bringing to the podcast because of the casual racism in the description of the Congolese tribesmen. But in the end I think it's important to see how this racism embedded itself in our culture through stories like it.

Host Dan Scholz

Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe

Support The Folktale Project https://www.folktaleproject.com/support

In the story of 'The Enchanted Types' we meet Popopo, a knook who just cannot seem to get anything right.

Host Dan Scholz

Find out where to subscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe

Support The Folktale Project https://www.folktaleproject.com/support