#women #fish #armenia

First Story: A Veronica shows her husband that women aren't pushovers.

Second Story: A king looks to his wise men for wisdom, but finds it in a lowely weaver.

Source: The Golden Maiden and other folk tales and fairy stories told in Armenia A. G. Seklemian

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Halayi Hış hışı hançer & çayın öte yüzünde Tanar Çatalpınar & Tan

Sound Effects: Ambience Monring Garden.wav by Maynardkenmuir -- https://freesound.org/s/328136/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 3.0

Podcast Shoutout: Film Rage

Listener Shoutout: Salavan, Laos

Photo Credit: "SECRET LAKE FISHING TRIP 4" by woody1778a is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

#sleepingbeauty #stepmom #magic

In this story, a mother asks her attendant who is beautiful. When he sees her daughter, he cannot tell a lie and says that she is the most beautiful. A three brothers and two hairpins later, the daughter looks to be dead. Can the Shahzada bring her back to life?

Source: ⁠⁠Forty-four Turkish fairy tales by Ignácz Kúnos⁠

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Galata Meyhanesi muhteşem fasıl

Podcast Shoutout: Susto is a podcast of ooky-spooky scary stories centered around the folklore of Latinx and Hispanic cultures. Hosted by Adrian.

Listener Shoutout: Encarnación Paraguay

Photo Credit: "Hair pins old" by Flominator is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

#beaver #sun #folktale

First Story: We learn that the moon was a woman, until she met the sun.

Second Story: We learn why beavers and bears don't make good spouses for humans.

Source: Wigwam Evenings: Sioux Folk Tales Retold by Charles A. Eastman and Elaine Goodale Eastman

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: NVTV - Native Rhythems - 'Spirit of the Dance'

Sound Effects: Froggos by Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: Bulgarian History podcast. Hosted by Eric, you can hear the history of the Bulgarian people and learn about the beauty of their country. Eric lives and works in Sofia and does a great job about bringing this often overlooked country’s history to life. Go check him out.

Listener Shoutout: Hagåtña Guam. It is the capital city of Guam and in the Chomorro language it means something like our blood. The entire island was handed from one empire, the spanish, to another empire, the americans in 1898. And if I am lucky enough to visit this island paradise, I would love to go visit the Chamorro village and just listen to folks talk. And so to my listener in Hagatna, I say in Chamorro si Yu'os ma'ase and Buenas Noches, thank you and goodnight