Activated Stories

The Boy Who Sought the North Wind

This Norwegian Folk Tale is being presented especially for this ...

This Norwegian Folk Tale is being presented especially for this harsh winter and in preparation for the windy March to come. It involves a motif common to many folktales: a young traveler is taken advantage of by an innkeeper twice, but the third time...

The Man Who Dreamed of His Fortune

"The Man Who Dreamed of His Fortune" is a story ...

"The Man Who Dreamed of His Fortune" is a story from the "1001 Nights", otherwise known as the "Arabian Nights", a collection of folktales that can be traced back more than 1000 years. These tales have many parallels in many other cultures, and this...

Twelve Men Went Fishing

“Twelve Men Went Fishing” is a noodlehead story about the ...

“Twelve Men Went Fishing” is a noodlehead story about the English village of Gotham, which was supposedly inhabited entirely by fools. But the rumor was not entirely deserved – these “fools”, as is often the case, were...

Thor and Thrym

Norse Folktale

Damon & Pythias

Greetings! We're finally back on schedule with our first podcast ...

Greetings! We're finally back on schedule with our first podcast since May when we were in Reno, about to set out on our summer tour. And now here we are, 3000 miles, dozens of performances and a new rear axle later. We come to you from Philadelphia,...

Rip Van Winkle

It’s our 100th podcast! And we’re celebrating 22 years of ...

It’s our 100th podcast! And we’re celebrating 22 years of performing. So we thought it was appropriate to bring you the story of “Rip van Winkle”, since he spent 20 years sleeping – which is exactly the opposite of what...

King of the Birds

He may not exactly look like the cock of the ...

He may not exactly look like the cock of the walk, but the sparrow is officially the King of the Fowl – at least according to this folktale from India. But he paid a price for the foul behavior he exhibited in acquiring his crown. We present...

The Elephant's Child

“The Elephant's Child” is a tale from Africa, adapted from ...

“The Elephant's Child” is a tale from Africa, adapted from Rudyard Kipling's mangled English version in “Just So Stories”. It's one of various and sundry animal fables from various and sundry cultures explaining how various and...

Frog and Antelope

A folktale in honor of the Olympics

Hans in Luck

recorded at the Families on the Road Rally 2010