River Reads

This week on River Reads Episode 45 - Skin Deep featuring three tales from the collection Fairy Tales as retold by Bridget Hadaway, called The Goose Girl, The Emperor's New Clothes, and Thumbelina. Our three tales today highlight the importance of inner truth and virtue over superficial appearances. All three stories explore how appearances can be deceiving, or how superficiality (pride, stat...

Forests stand as mysterious sanctuaries where ghostly and sinister creatures thrive in shadowed secrecy, whispering stories of forgotten time and awakening a deep, primal sense of awe, and fear. It is here, at the edge of the forest, that the light fades as you enter the trees, turning into a strange dark and quiet place, where sounds all but vanish–absorbed into the dark and here you feel the cre...

This week on River Reads Episode 43 - What’s a Wise Age? Features three tales. Two tales from Fairy Tales as retold by Bridget Hadaway, called,  The Wizard of Oz: Dorothy Kills the Witch and The Red Shoes . Plus, one tale from the collection Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen, called, What the Old Man Does is Always Right . River Reads is a program where those of all ages can escape into fairy tales and...

This week on River Reads Episode 42- Stranger Danger features one longer tale from the collection The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, called, A Voyage to Lilliput. River Reads is a program where those of all ages can escape into fairy tales and strange stories; both new and old, but mostly old and at times macabre, or silly, or even perhaps a little confusing as written in old english and the host...

This week on River Reads Episode 41- Flesh & Bones , featuring four tales from the collection Fairy Tales as retold by Bridget Hadaway, called Jack the Giant-Killer, The Firebird, Cinderella, and Blackbeard. River Reads is a program where those of all ages can escape into fairy tales and strange stories; both new and old, but mostly old and at times macabre, or silly, or even perhaps a little...

This week on River Reads we enter Season Five with Episode 40- They Change , featuring five tales from the collection Fairy Tales as retold by Bridget Hadaway, called The Adventures of Pinocchio, The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean, The Elves and the Shoemaker, The Princess & the Pea, and The Swan Maiden. River Reads is a program where those of all ages can escape into fairy tales and strange st...

This week on River Reads , Episode 39- The Pain of Envy, features two longer tales from the collection Fairy Tales as retold by Bridget Hadaway, called The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and The Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor. River Reads is a program where those of all ages can escape into fairy tales and strange stories; both new and old, but mostly old and at times macabre, or silly, or even perhaps a...

This week on River Reads , Episode 38- Magic & Pancakes, features five tales from the collection Fairy Tales as retold by Bridget Hadaway, called The Three Little Pigs, Aladdin & His Lamp, Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, Aniello & His Little Speckled Hen, and The Thick, Fat Pancake.  River Reads is a program where those of all ages can escape into fairy tales and strange stories; bo...

This week on River Reads , Episode 37- Rosemary & Gold, features four tales from the collection Fairy Tales as retold by Bridget Hadaway, called Beauty & the Beast, Foolish Jim & Clever James, The Pied Piper of Hamelin and The Sprig of Rosemary.  River Reads is a program where those of all ages can escape into fairy tales and strange stories; both new and old, but mostly old and at tim...

We're back!! This week on River Reads, Episode 36- Snakes, Bear, Fish, & a Gingerbread Man, features five tale from the collection Fairy Tales as retold by Bridget Hadaway, called The Gingerbread Man, Goldilocks & the Three Bears, The Snake Prince, The Knights of the Fish and Cannetella & the Wizard. Remember to Tune in weekly for our Gender Blender segment, where we flip and play...

This week on River Reads, Episode 35- A Cat, Fairies Be Disturbed, features  two longer  tale from the collection The Blue Fairy Book from Andrew Lang, called The History of Whittington and The Terrible Head  Remember to Tune in weekly for our Gender Blender segment, where we flip and play with traditional gender roles, reimagining classic fairy tales. Only revealing which tale is our Gender Blend...

Remembering Alice Maitland, a special River Rambles. This week on River Reads , Episode 34- Wonderful Sheep , features a single longer  tale  from the collection The Blue Fairy Book from Andrew Lang,  The Wonderful Sheep. Plus a special River Rambles as the host discusses the passing of and the legacy that was Alice Maitland. Remember to Tune in weekly for our Gender Blender segment, where we flip...

This week on River Reads, Episode 33- Bits of Flesh , features two gruesome tales from the collection Grimm’s Fairy tales:  Cinderella and The King of Golden Mountain. Please note:  River Reads is not a kids show but not not a kids show and may contain content suitable for a mature audience; listener discretion is advised. Remember to Tune in weekly for our Gender Blender segment, where we flip an...

Back from a long break River Reads returns with Episode 32 - Proposing Opposites Beware, with t hemes of greed, love and karma. Of warnings of wanting too much of others and other things. This episode features, in no particular order, four tales from the collection Grimm’s Fairy tales :  1) The Fisherman and His Wife, 2) The Robber Bridegroom, 3) Jorinda and Joringel  and 4) The Clever Gretel. Be...

This week on River Reads , Episode 31- Bears, Thieves & Trickery, featuring two tales from the collection Grimm’s Fairy Tales,   "Snow-White and Rose-Red" and "The Table, the Ass, and the Stick." Be sure to listen ‘til the end for the reveal of the episode's Gender Blender tale. Please note:  River Reads is not a kids show but not not a kids show and may contain conten...

This week, River Reads will launch Season 4 with Episode 30, titled "Fire, Ash & Death.” This episode includes two stories: a brief narrative titled "The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep" from Hans Christian Andersen's collection   Fairy Tales, and the longer, gruesome tale, "The Master-Maid," from Andrew Lang’s " The Blue Fairy Book. " Be sure to liste...

T his week on River Reads, Episode 29 - Love To Death, will be featuring the stories, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and Elder-Tree Mother,  f rom  the collection FairyTales by Hans Anderson . As well as the tale, How Six Traveled Through the World, by the Brothers Grimm’s. Stick around til the end, for this episode's Gender Blender tale reveal! The suspense! Plus a longer and more intimate River...

This week we’re excited to be hosting River Reads’  3rd Annual Pride Special! It has been quite the year for host River Wilde, following their DragStory Time Performance in 2023. Join them, as they share their words of hope and tales of goblins, porridge and pots of pink. This episode features the fairy tales, Fundevogal, by Brothers Grimms,  The Goblin and the Provisions-Dealer by Hans  Anderson,...

Get ready for Episode 27 - Tales of Curiosity! Curiosity drives us to thrive by uncovering the unknown and seeking understanding. Stay curious and watch as your life transforms, heals and fosters love for others.  This week will feature a longer story,  ‘ Soup from a Sausage-peg ,’  from the collection, Fairy Tale s,  by Hans Andersen. As well as the shorter tale,  ‘Karl Katz ’, by the Brothers Gr...

This week on River Reads, Episode 26 - Smoke and Mirrors Deceive Thee , will be featuring a longer tale, The White Cat,  from collection, "the Blue fairy book”,  by Andrew Lang. As well as a shorter tale,  The Turnip, by the Brothers Grimm’s. What was our Gender Blender tale this week? Stay tuned to  the end, for reveal! River Reads is not a kids show but not not a kids show. Listener discret...

This week, Episode 25,  Creatures of Small,  and as a small creature themselves, host, River Wilde,  can attest to the fabulousness of such a small size. Today's tales involve a bunch of small things, from beetles to little men, though all have some pretty big personalities, or one might say, egos. Nothing wrong with that, confidence. It’s when confidence bleeds onto others, and separates you...

River Reads , Episode 24 - Transformations ,   is all about, you guessed it, transformations. Specifically, of self, of character, of circumstance, and of fate. Showcasing a selection of stories from the collection, ‘Grimm’s Fairy Tales,'  by Brother’s Grimms. The lineup includes beloved classics like, 'The Raven’, ‘The Gallant Tailor’, and ‘The Elves and the Shoemaker.’ As well as,  fea...

River Reads , Episode 23 - Tales of 23, is all about the number twenty-three! With our 23rd episode falling on March 23 we thought this called for a celebration of this numerical cosmic alignment!  Showcasing a selection of stories from the renowned collection "Fairy Tales and Stories " by Hans Christian Andersen. The lineup includes beloved classics such as ' Tin-Soldier,' loc...

In this weeks, Episode 22 - Things From a Trunk , fairy tales involve things one might find in, you guessed it, a trunk! Featuring stories from collection, Fairy Tales and Stories , by Hans Christian Andersen, including, 'The Shirt Collar', 'The Red Shoes', 'The Flying Trunk', and 'The Puppet Showman'. Remember to tune till the end of the show for Episode 21...

This week on River Reads , Episode 21 - Fatal Flowers , (airing on Smither Community Radio, CICK 93.9FM , February 24th, 2024 at 10AM PST) we delve into  more melancholy tales around flowers.  In River Rambles, the host reflects on their initial hesitation to engage with these narratives, fearing they may evoke feelings of sadness and distress in our listeners.  However, a well crafted storytellin...