#30 Hassan of Basra: The Complete Epic Tale
Katrina and Geoff right a wrong! Waaaaay back in Episode 19, Katrina told the first half of "Hassan of Basra" from One Thousand and One Nights. But in that episode she only told the first half, simpli...
21 Aug 20202h 1min
#29 Death in a Nut: A Surprisingly Hilarious Tale of Death and Grief
Katrina and Geoff discuss grief! Hilarious. Katrina retells her favorite fairy tale of all time, Death in a Nut. Equal parts poignant and comical, this Scottish folktale really gets to the heart of th...
7 Aug 20201h 46min
#28 Third Fifth Friday Fable Fest: Marriage
Katrina and Geoff discuss fables! On this edition of our Fifth Friday Fable Fest we parse through a series of fables related to marriage. In the process, we talk about all the hit topics: male pattern...
31 Juli 20201h 26min
#27 Beauty and the Beast
The episode you've all been waiting for... BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! Strap in folks. Katrina and Geoff finally retell the tale that they've been building up to since Valentine's Day. First Katrina takes t...
17 Juli 20202h 28min
#26 Mermaids of the African Diaspora
Katrina and Geoff discuss mermaids! Geoff retells a Jamaican Anansi story where the mischievous trickster god ends up at the bottom of the ocean and encounters a mermaid-like being called Sea-Mahmmy. ...
3 Juli 20201h 2min
#25 Splash Mountain, Anansi, and African American Folklore
Katrina and Geoff are surprised to find a folklore connection to current events! What does a petition to rebrand Splash Mountain have to do with folklore? Katrina takes us back through the history of ...
19 Juni 20201h 18min
#24 Bluebeard and The Fitcher's Bird
Katrina and Geoff discuss murderous grooms! In this episode we continue toward our eventual Beauty and the Beast episode with two more tales involving monstrous grooms (animal or otherwise). Geoff ret...
5 Juni 20201h 32min
#23 Second Fifth Friday Fable Fest: Greek Gods
Katrina and Geoff discuss fables! Again. On our second ever Fifth Friday Fable Fest we retell a number of Aesop's famous fables that feature gods of the Greek pantheon. In the process we discuss how t...
29 Maj 20201h 2min
