Once Upon A Weirdo

Fiction EN ↓ 28 episodes

The storytelling podcast that explores the forgotten, overlooked, and misunderstood characters in fairy tales and folklore. onceuponaweirdo.substack.com

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S1Ep2: Rapunzel, or Gothel's Lonely Descent 08.03.2024 13:22

In today’s episode of Once Upon a Weirdo Janine explores the character of Gothel from the Brothers Grimm classic fairytale, Rapunzel. Janine used the version found in The Harvard Classics. To read the original Rapunzel, please go here: https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm012.html Sign up for the Once Upon a Weirdo newsletter here: onceuponaweirdo.substack.com Music: Inspiring Romantic Story by Aleks...

S1Ep1: The Emperor's New Clothes, or The Magical Weaver 01.03.2024 12:58

Welcome to the first episode of Once Upon a Weirdo, hosted by Janine Sobeck Knighton. Today’s story, entitled The Magical Weaver, focuses on a different perspective of The Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen. Janine used the version found in The Harvard Classics. To read the original The Emperor’s New Clothes, please go here: https://andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/hersholt/TheEmperorsNewClothe...

Season One Trailer: Welcome to Once Upon a Weirdo 26.02.2024 0:56

Learn more about Once Upon a Weirdo - the new storytelling podcast, hosted by Janine Sobeck Knighton. First episode drops Friday, Mar 1, 2024 - with new episodes every Friday! Don’t miss an episode! Sign up for the Once Upon a Weirdo newsletter here: onceuponaweirdo.substack.com Music by Aleksey Chistilin from Pixabay This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribe...