Do you like listening to stories? * Folksy is the podcast where we explore some of the most amazing literature ever. How? By me reading it to you, of course. * Hi! I'm izer, and I love reading stories. Especially the folk genre. Because, you know what? It
Let's hear about a disappearance, shall we...or two...or ten....oh what the hell. --- Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th-century. Send in a voice message - https://anchor.fm/folksy/message --- This, of course, is according to (and in the sequence of) this list - https://www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php --- Follow me on Instagram - https://instgram.com/izersocial I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day --- Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track Cold Hearted" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oilu0LsW2WI --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
Saki is the G.O.A.T of short short fiction twists. Don't believe me? Listen on, my friend... --- Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th-century. Send in a voice message - https://anchor.fm/folksy/message --- This, of course, is according to (and in the sequence of) this list - https://www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php --- Follow me on Instagram - https://instgram.com/izersocial I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day --- Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track "jester" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhzasBNShhI --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
Life is hard, you say? Hear about Ma Parker's life and get back to me on that... --- Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th-century. Send in a voice message --- This, of course, is according to (and in the sequence of) this list --- Follow me on Instagram. I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day --- Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track "fly" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
Men have been trying to screw over women for ages, it seems....figuratively, and literally. --- Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th-century. Send in a voice message --- This, of course, is according to (and in the sequence of) this list --- Follow me on Instagram. I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day --- Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track "caught in the rain" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
The story of a faun(satyr) and a man(man). Because sometimes things are not as they seem.... --- Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th-century. Send in a voice message --- This, of course, is according to (and in the sequence of) this list --- Follow me on Instagram. I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day --- Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track "lost time" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
Writing is a great profession. Child-rearing? Not so much... --- Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th-century. Send in a voice message --- This, of course, is according to (and in the sequence of) this list --- Follow me on Instagram. I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day --- Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track "lost time" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
Just a story of two friends, trying to get some fishing done, in a warzone. You know how it goes... --- Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th-century. Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message --- This, of course, is according to (and in the sequence of) this list: www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php --- Follow me on Instagram Here: instagr.am/izersocial . I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day --- Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track "Radio" here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNcuXo-2N5s --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
O Henry does poignancy better than he does comedy. Just saying. #NotSoHumbleOpinion --- Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th-century. Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message --- This, of course, is according to (and in the sequence of) this list: www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php --- Follow me on Instagram Here: instagr.am/izersocial . I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day --- Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track "Succubus" here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRJnfAcpRb8 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
The brave tale of one man who didn't want to go to Church.... --- Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th-century. Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message --- This, of course, is according to (and in the sequence of) this list: www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php --- Follow me on Instagram Here: instagr.am/izersocial . I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day --- Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track "Home" here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRJnfAcpRb8 --- --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
'An upheaval' is what Mister Chekhov wrote about in this story....Ring a bell, anyone? .____, Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th-century ._. This, of course, is according to (and in the sequence of) this list: www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php .____. Follow me on Instagram for content there too...soon. Here: instagr.am/izersocial . I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day.___. Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track "Lost TIme" here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xUVDz5ha5U --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
We need to have a chat, folks. Because this...might not be a fun tale.... __. Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th-century ._. This, of course, is according to (and in the sequence of) this list: www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php .____. Follow me on Instagram for content there too...soon. Here: instagr.am/izersocial . I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day.___. Thanks to Lakey Inspired for the background audio. Check out his amazing tracks here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyLbRJEFSa8 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
You may know him as the creator of the most obsessive man in the world. And he...might not be too different from Captain Ahab..._____. Folksy is back with a storytelling avatar!. __. Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th century._. This, of course, is according to (and in sequence of) this list: www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php .____. Follow me on Instagram for content there too...soon. Here: instagr.am/izersocial . I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day.___. Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyLbRJEFSa8 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
As the world goes to hell in a handbasket, let's read a story about the normalcy of social interactions. Maybe faking it will help?._____. Folksy is back with a storytelling avatar!. __. Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th century._. This, of course, is according to (and in sequence of) this list: www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php .____. Follow me on Instagram for content there too...soon. Here: instagr.am/izersocial . I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day.___. Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlt5DoDw9JU --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
So, Jack London of 'White Fang' fame writes one mean suicide story. This one. Maybe more._____. Folksy is back with a storytelling avatar!. __. Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th century._. This, of course, is according to (and in sequence of) this list: www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php .____. Follow me on Instagram for content there too...soon. Here: instagr.am/izersocial . I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day.___. Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track here - https://youtu.be/RgWKOuLcVHQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
Aldous Huxley low-key looks a 19th century Benedict Cumberbatch, and his stories sound like a character the Batch would play. Was the 19th century...cool? . Folksy is back with a storytelling avatar! . Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th century. . This, of course, is according to (and in sequence of) this list: www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php . . Follow me on Instagram for content there too...soon. Here: instagr.am/izersocial . I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day. . Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbeDlxSrHAU --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
Mark Twain may have had a little girl fetish in his later years, but early on, he was pretty good with little boys too.... Folksy is back with a storytelling avatar! Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th century. This, of course, is according to (and in sequence of) this list: www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php Follow me on Instagram for content there too...soon. Here: instagr.am/izersocial I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day. Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYXXWuMg49s --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
Beneath Louisa May Alcott's genius writing style lies a firebrand activist. See if you can catch a glimpse of it in this week's tale. Folksy is back with a storytelling avatar! Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th century. This, of course, is according to (and in sequence of) this list: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php Follow me on Instagram for content there too...soon. Here: https://instagr.am/izersocial I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day. Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOk_u9ljRx8 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
Folksy is back with a storytelling avatar! Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th century. This, of course, is according to (and in sequence of) this list: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php Follow me on Instagram for content there too...soon. Here: https://instagr.am/izersocial I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day. Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dURDfcsB1wY --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
This...was unexpected, but Edgar Allan Poe has a wit I like. Folksy is back with a storytelling avatar! Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th century. This, of course, is according to (and in sequence of) this list: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php Wanna see what weird shit I post on Insta or whatever? Here: https://instagr.am/izersocial I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
This is a PG rated podcast, aiite? All Ernest Hemingway fans beware, I do Not, repeat, DO NOT say the b-word. Even though Mr. Hemingway was kind enough to leave the usage at a minimum. Folksy is back with a storytelling avatar! Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th century. This, of course, is according to (and in sequence of) this list: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php Wanna see what weird shit I post on Insta or whatever? Here: https://instagr.am/izersocial I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
Saturday. It's a good day. That's about to be better. With all new stories and a brand new plotline, Folksy is back for a blazing second season. Saturdays 6PM IST, on Spotify (and pretty much everywhere else). I'll be waiting. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
Where a besotted stalker jumps down a 20 foot (ell?) tower only to stab his eyes. And nothing else. Also, witches are misrepresented. BIG TIME> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
Be vewwy vewwy afwaiid. The big bad wolf is out hunting KIDS!!!!!!! Second day of the "Grimm" weekend trilogy. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
A new naming convention, a new cover, and a triple tale fiesta weekend. ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED??!?!?! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
The Howard Pyle pile continues this week, as we read, not about pirates, but about red-dressed huntsmen-bothering devils. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
Join us on the harrowing journey of Robin hood, complete with murder, gore, violence and hazing. And that's just the prologue! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
Get ready for some more mythological shenanigans, as we revisit the Philippines through the pen of another forgotten female. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
In this week's foray, we revisit the Japanese islands' diaspora of mythology. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
Hop on to the story seeker, as we explore the titular tale with both ghosts and gods in this Hawaiian mythic tale. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
In this episode, we explore Russian folklore, with the words of legendary (and literally unacknowledged) Verra Blumenthal. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
This week's episode encapsulates Rudyard Kipling's mastery of bedtime tales, as we read his pourqouis tale of how the Whale got its throat. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
In this week's episode, we read a not-quite "Indian Tale", in the form of "The Finest Story in the World", by the youngest recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, ever. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
This week, we read Andrew Lang's interpretation of One Thousand and One Nights, a true classic in folklore. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
Prolific late-19th Century folk tale collector Andrew Lang brings us this version of the legend of Britain's greatest warlord, the Once and Future King. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
Annangai! This week's tales comes from the chilly tundra of Eskimo-land! (JK, there's no such place, and yes it sounds kinda demeaning, but then again, so does this week's book). With a repeat appearance by last week's author, Clara Kern Bayliss, a talented authoress still missing her own Wikipedia entry. Hear on! Welcome back to Folksy, the folk literature podcast. Join us as we explore the legends, myths and storytelling traditions of the ones that came before. Check out the subreddit! - https://www.reddit.com/r/izersocial (make sure to submit your faves in the submission thread!!) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
Magandang araw, and welcome to another episode of the Folksy Podcast. This week, we explore a bit of Filipino folk culture, with a tale in the stylings of Aesop's Fables and the Panchtantra. Welcome back to Folksy, the folk literature podcast. Join us as we explore the legends, myths and storytelling traditions of the ones that came before. Check out the subreddit! - https://www.reddit.com/r/izersocial (make sure to submit your faves in the submission thread!!) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
The original version of the story of how the fashion-conscious Emperor went on a naked walk around town. Welcome back to Folksy, the folk literature podcast. Join us as we explore the legends, myths and storytelling traditions of the ones that came before. Check out the subreddit! - https://www.reddit.com/r/izersocial (make sure to submit your faves in the submission thread!!) Sponsorships: off for this episode --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
The Chinese version of the story behind why dogs hate cats. Warning: An animal dies. Welcome back to Folksy, the folk literature podcast. Join us as we explore the legends, myths and storytelling traditions of the ones that came before. Check out the subreddit! - https://www.reddit.com/r/izersocial (make sure to submit your faves in the submission thread!!) Sponsorships: off for this episode --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
The touching memoir of a fictitious leaden prince with golden skin, and a sparrow with a heart too big for its body. Welcome back to Folksy, the folk literature podcast. Join us as we explore the legends, myths and storytelling traditions of the ones that came before. Check out the subreddit! - https://www.reddit.com/r/izersocial (make sure to submit your faves in the submission thread!!) Sponsorships: off for this episode --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
Be ready to be very afraid...of opening unmarked luggage from distant relatives. L Frank Baum spins a fizzy yarn of childish antic and abundant wonder in 'Box of Robbers. Welcome back to Folksy, the folk literature podcast. Join us as we explore the legends, myths and storytelling traditions of the ones that came before. Check out the subreddit! - https://www.reddit.com/r/izersocial (make sure to submit your faves in the submission thread!!) Sponsorships: off for this episode --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
Mythomagic ensues, as we dive headlong into the story of the trickster who brought humanity the gift of fire, only to be punished for an eternity for his temerity in the face of Gods... Check out the subreddit! - https://www.reddit.com/r/izersocial (make sure to submit your faves in the submission thread!!) Welcome back to Folksy, the folk literature podcast. Join us as we explore the legends, myths and storytelling traditions of the ones that came before. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
Deja vu strikes, as we read 'Tom Tit Tot', a seeming variation on the classic tale of 'Rumplestiltskin', only with less gold and more....well, you'll find out. The story comes from "English Fairy Tales", a collection by Joseph Jacobs. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
From the halls of Valhalla comes this collection of skalds' sagas by Jennie Hall :p If you've been following the Norse pantheon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you're in for a lot of revelations, old school style. Listen on, my fellow bibliophile! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
This week, we read from Yei Theodora Ozaki's "Japanese Fairy Tales" collection - specifically, "My Lord Bag of Rice", the first story. It's a quaint old tale with a happy ending (spoilers alert! :p) What did you think about the story? Let's get talkin'! Holla at me on Insta and/or Twitter @izersocial. Follow the progress on @folksypodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
'This has all the airs and graces of a period piece.' - izer Enjoy the Introduction to Sir Richard Francis Burton's 'Vikram and the Vampire', or 'Tales of Hindu devilry. A nice little dip into the pool for the first episode. What did you think about the story? Let's get talkin'! Holla at me on Insta and/or Twitter @izersocial. Follow the progress on @folksypodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
Do you like listening to stories? Folksy is the podcast where we explore some of the most amazing folk literature ever. How? By me reading it to you, of course. Hi! I'm izer, and I love reading stories. Especially these ones. Because, you know what? It's got fables, fairy tales and everything in the middle. Premieres 1st June. In the meantime, as long as you're here, why not follow me on Social Media? Just for shits and giggles. I'm @izersocial everywhere. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram - y'know, run the gauntlet. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message
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