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Best podcasts about fairy story

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English For Kids
The Mermaid, the Fairy & Char Char vs. the Bubble Monster! | Funny ESL Story for Kids

English For Kids

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2025 4:46


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Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast
Another Faire to Remember #92

Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2024 10:56


Another Faire to Remember is our 10th full-length, studio album. We are now funding the album on Kickstarter. Click here to make a pledge. In 2001, we released our fourth album. A Faire to Remember was a tribute to our love of Renaissance festivals. It featured our pick of the Top 10 most-popular Renaissance festivals that we had seen in the two years since we started playing music. Then it had some other found favorites like "Do Virgins Taste Better Medley", "Irish Ballad", "A Fairy Story", Monty Python's "Always Looking on the Bright Side of Life", plus our hit song, "If I Had a Million Ducats.". The album was a smashing success. A years after it's release, my step-mom was at a party talking with someone. She mentioned me and said I played with the Brobdingnagian Bards. They person responded, "Brobdingnagian Bards?! They're legendary!" I don't know about that. But the album was a big part of our success. It includes a bunch of our early-on, most-popular songs. Another Faire to Remember is a continuation of that triumphant album. We're recording it 23 years after that hit album. But we're not just making a B-side. Instead, we're showing our growth as musicians and as songwriters. You will hear several traditional songs on the album, but you'll also hear our songwriting. We are actively making new music for the Renaissance festival community. That's what this Another Faire to Remember is ultimately about. It's about sharing new songs that are inspired by our love Ren Faires. This album is for Rennies.  You will love the music. But it's not just about loving the music. It's about learning the songs and singing along. That's why many supporters of the Kickstarter will get a songbook to go with the album featuring lyrics and chords for all of the songs played on the CD. Speaking of CDs... [You have Cdeeeees] The goal of our Kickstarter is to raise funds to print physical copies of CDs and our Album Pins.  Will you help in that endeavor? Make a pledge right now. Thank you for all your support!

The Inklings Variety Hour
From the Old Winyards: Is Narnia a Fairy-Story? (Saturday Rerun)

The Inklings Variety Hour

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2024 84:33


An old favorite: This week, we follow up on our discussion of Tolkien's "On Fairy Stories" by applying some of his ideas to The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.  We're trying to assess whether (despite Tolkien's low view of it), Lewis' children's tale actually works as a Tolkienian "Fairy Story."  Works mentioned include: On Fairy Stories The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe The Black Bull of Norroway Preface to Paradise Lost (when discussing Primary v. Secondary Epic) Chris also promotes the blog he and his wife do--12tide.com--that includes resources to help people celebrate a twelve-day Christmas Season.    If you enjoy this podcast, please recommend it to a friend and give us a review on iTunes.  And please do feel more than free to drop us a line at InklingsVarietyHour@gmail.com.  We'd love to hear from you!

Union Church
Philippians 1:3-11 - Becoming Who We Are

Union Church

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 38:10


Listen along as we continue our series through Philippians. Notes//Quotes: Philippians 1:3-11 - Karen Every other ethical system calls us to the costly effort of becoming what we are not. But in the full salvation already bequeathed to us in Christ, the new nature is already ours, waiting for expression, poised for growth, until its potential is triggered by our obedience to the word of God - Alec Motyer “A striking feature of this verse is the way that Paul stacks up the words for all and always. The rhetorical impact is strengthened by Paul's use of alliteration (each word begins with the letter p) and by a play on words with similar sounds (pasē … pantote … pasē … pantōn). This serves to spotlight “the all-inclusiveness of his prayer … None of the Philippians Christians for any reasons whatever was excluded from the apostles' love and concern” - Dean Flemming “I coined the word 'eucatastrophe': the sudden happy turn in a story which pierces you with a joy that brings tears which I argued it is the highest function of fairy-stories to produce.The Resurrection is the greatest 'eucatastrophe' possible in the greatest Fairy Story – and produces that essential emotion: Christian joy which produces tears because it is qualitatively so like sorrow, because it comes from those places where Joy and Sorrow are at one, reconciled.” JRR Tolkien “Paul's confidence is not in the Christianity of the Christians, but in the God-ness of God, who is supremely trustworthy, able, and committed to finish the work he has begun” Markus Bockmuel “God is always good and I am always loved. Everything is eucharisteo.” Ann Voskamp  Acts 16:11-15 “We are not to reflect on the wickedness of men but to look to the image of God in them, an image which, covering and obliterating their faults, an image which, by its beauty and dignity, should allure us to love and embrace them.” - John Calvin   “We must understand that God does not "love" us without liking us - through gritted teeth - as "Christian" love is sometimes thought to do. Rather, out of the eternal freshness of his perpetually self-renewed being, the heavenly Father cherishes the earth and each human being upon it. The fondness, the endearment, the unstintingly affectionate regard of God toward all his creatures is the natural outflow of what he is to the core - which we vainly try to capture with our tired but indispensable old word “love” - Dallas Willard   “The word affection (splanchna) originally referred to the inner organs (heart, liver, lungs), which were seen as the seat of human emotions. In the Gospels, it expresses Jesus' heartfelt compassion toward others. Here Paul says that he loves his dear friends in Philippi with the same affection that Christ has for them. At the same time, Christ loves the Philippians through Paul. This testifies to a “three-way bond” of love between Paul, the Philippians, and Christ” - Dean Flemming What God desires from us, he graciously forms in us as we grow in our love for him. Ruth Chou Simmons  

Matters of Life and Death
Redemption: Always Plan A, sharing in Christ's sufferings, a Disney fairy story, and the offensive incarnation

Matters of Life and Death

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2023 40:50


Creation. Fall. Redemption. New Creation. Our series on the theological foundations of Christian ethics and the grand narrative of the Bible has reached the third chapter – redemption. How is the story of what Christ accomplished on the cross a uniquely Christian approach to the problem of evil, and what light does it shed on our approach to everything from artificial intelligence to reproductive medicine? In this episode we discuss the mysteries of the cosmic universal story of redemption – with a lamb slain from the foundation of the world alongside a real historical man dying in a real place and time once and for all. And we try to think through why this redemption story seems to be retold time and time again across our secular culture, from Marvel superhero films to Harry Potter, and why it remains so compelling and yet also strangely impossibly optimistic. • Subscribe to the Matters of Life and Death podcast: https://pod.link/1509923173 • If you want to go deeper into some of the topics we discuss, visit John's website: http://www.johnwyatt.com • For more resources to help you explore faith and the big questions, visit: http://www.premierunbelievable.com

The Clarke County Democrat Podcast

1. TELEVISION: Who starred in the drama “Knight Rider”? 2. U.S. STATES: What is the capital of Washington state? 3. ANIMAL KINGDOM: How long does the average housefly live? 4. LITERATURE: Which mid-20th century novel about animals has the subtitle, “A Fairy Story”? 5. SCIENCE: What is the softest mineral in the world? 6. GEOGRAPHY: Which major river flows through London, England? 7. MEDICAL: What is a common name for the condition veisalgia? 8. MOVIES: In which movie did the actress Gal Gadot make her debut? 9. HISTORY: Where was the first Disney park built? 10. LANGUAGE: What is the...Article Link

Strange Stuff Podcast
A Fairy Story

Strange Stuff Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2023 71:38


The Cottingham Fairies is a very famous case that occurred around 1907 and took the world by storm. Two young girls had apparently photographed fairies and goblins in the woods near their home, and it triggered a debate about the very evolution of the human race. This week, we take a look at the mindset of the people at the end of the Great War, and how perhaps the need for something wonderful and magical to happen, was facilitated by the years of horror everyone had just endured. The belief system was perhaps eager for it to be true. Even Sherlock Holmes got involved,,,, well, Arthur Conan Doyle anyway. Listen now and decide for yourself... are fairies real, or are we all just eager to be scammed?Support the showwww.strangestuffpodcast.comwww.patreon/strangestuffpodcast#strangestuffpodcast - Twitter & InstagramWe source our material from various web resources, and claim no credit for any original research, as we are too damn lazy/busy to actually carry it out. This is a light entertainment podcast that we do for fun, and any facts that Andy states in any given episode, may or may not be true. Enjoy the ride.

The Deeper You Go The Weirder It Gets

This episode is about my encounter with the supernatural entities known as Fairies and I discuss whether or not these fairies were real or simply a figment of my imagination.Show your support. Please like, share and comment!Podcast gear available at: https://deeper-you-go-the-weirder-it.myspreadshop.com/Pine pollen and Fermented Herbal Tonics available: Email for detailsFeel free to reach out with questions: garett.renon@gmail.comInstagram: garett.renonBook: The Self-Sabotage Guide: 9 Behaviors Preventing You from Becoming Stronger, Faster, And SexierThank you all for supporting the show!

Sadler's Lectures
J.R.R. Tolkien, On Fairy Stories - What Is A Fairy Story? - Sadler's Lectures

Sadler's Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2023 14:17


This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century English author, linguist, and literary critic J.R.R. Tolkien's essay On Fairy Stories It focuses specifically on his views on what actually makes a narrative a fairy story, considering some common but misconceived answers to this question, in order to determine a right answer to it, namely that they are stories that are about or involve, "touches on or uses" the realm of Faërie. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 2000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Get a copy of Poems and Stories, which contains this essay, here - https://amzn.to/3XF6nKb

Window on the West
Is Star Wars a Fairy Story? – On Fairy Stories, Part 1

Window on the West

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2023


This week, Michael, Dan, and I discuss the first part of Tolkien's seminal essay "On Fairy Stories", where Tolkien defines what a fairy (aka fantasy) story is. Why is this important? Well, the "fairy tale" in Tolkien's era was relegated to simple children's fiction, something adults grew out of along with their innocence and naiveté. But to Tolkien, these stories that take place in the land of Faërie contain more beauty and truths than any tale set in modern day environs. In this essay Tolkien defines these stories by what they have, and what they are not, not precisely by what they ARE. And we even jump into whether Star Wars or Star Trek might match Tolkien's definition! Then, join us in our extended episode (https://theonering.com/members) where we: Discuss what our favorite fairy story is (other than LOTR) Try and figure out what the best fairy story of the last 2 decades is (or if there even IS one!)

The Inklings Variety Hour
Rerun: Is Narnia a Fairy Story? (2020)

The Inklings Variety Hour

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023 84:33


Editing and releasing a podcast once a week is difficult. Editing a releasing a podcast once a week while grading end-of-term papers is...more difficult.  So...enjoy this 2020 vintage from the vaults, where Chris, Anika, and Meagan weigh in on the (now-semi-)perennial question: Is The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe a "Fairy Story" (as defined by Tolkien)?  Their answer...will shock you. Probably. I don't really remember what it was, if I'm being honest. Anyway, enjoy this rough cut of Season 1 wackiness, and stay tuned--we've got lots of new interviews and episodes coming your way...it's just a matter of me finding time to edit them! The next non-aged episode will be on The Soviet Lord of the Rings, Khraniteli.  Be afraid.  And maybe mildly impressed? Feel free to email us at Inklingsvarietyhour@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you.  

The Tolkien Road
0333 » Lord of the Rings & Easter Joy » Everything Sad Will Come Untrue » Samwise and The Field of Cormallen

The Tolkien Road

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2023 33:33


Happy Easter everyone! (we're Catholic, and so was Tolkien, so it's still Easter...) In this episode, we read Samwise's astonished awakening in The Field of Cormallen after the destruction of the One Ring, and discuss how it relates to the overwhelming joy of Easter. “The Resurrection was the greatest ‘eucatastrophe' possible in the greatest Fairy Story – and produces that essential emotion: Christian joy which produces tears because it is qualitatively so like sorrow, because it comes from those places where Joy and Sorrow are at one, reconciled, as selfishness and altruism are lost in Love.” ~ J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 89WATCH THE VIDEO » https://youtu.be/4n37OdecKXQEXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:- Kaitlyn of Tea with Tolkien- John R- Jacob Lockham- John H- Eru27FOLLOW & SUPPORT THE TOLKIEN ROAD:PATREON » SUPERFANS!TWITTERFACEBOOKINSTAGRAMLINKS & MATHOMS:- take 10% OFF Tolkien Road merch at True Myths Press » https://truemythspress.com/discount/TENOFF (enter code TENOFF at checkout)- listen to TOLKIEN'S WORKS for FREE » https://www.audibletrial.com/everon- buy Tolkien's Requiem » https://tolkiensrequiem.com/ - buy Tolkien's Overture » https://tolkiensoverture.com/SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING PATRONS:- John R- Kaitlyn of Tea with Tolkien- Jacob Lockham- John H- Melkor27- Emilio P- Jonathan D- Mike M- Robert H- Paul D- Julia- Werty- JoeBagelMan- Richard K- Matt R- Matthew W- Garret P- Chris K- John W- Eugene D- Chris B- Daniel S- Seb M- Shana Supreme- Ms. Anonymous- Andrew T- Redhawk- Shannon S- Brian O- Zeke F- James L- Chris L- Asya V- Ish of the Hammer- Teresa C- David of Pints with Jack- Eric BAS WELL AS THOSE CELEBRATING THEIR PATRON ANNIVERSARY IN APRIL OF 2023- Jonathan D- Julia- Katie P- Rebecca R- Ty M

Disney Stories For Kids | Fairy Tales | Classic Tales for Kids

A Dream Fairy Story is a very very exciting and inspirational story for little kids. Listen full story to know more.Listen to very popular and awesome bedtime stories, funny stories, and moral stories with Kids Candle. Make your children's night beautiful with full of morals and happiness.Listen continuously story without any Disturbance.Full Entertainment with Learning.Every story Teaches a beautiful Lesson.Follow us to Listen to More Interesting StoriesSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/stories-for-children/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

YuriyVR
Fairy Story (pre-record acoustic)

YuriyVR

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022 4:43


Christmas Fairy Stories Album Christmas is coming! Альбом волшебных Рождественских сказок Совсем скоро Рождество и Новый год!

Jack Benny Show - OTR Podcast!
Episode 1945: Orson Welles Podcast 1945-11-18 Orson Welles Commentaries - Rumors and Gossip About Reality, and The Fairy Story (Kathy, Terry, and Buck)

Jack Benny Show - OTR Podcast!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2022 29:50


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Because You Were Home
Trick or Treat Thursday Fairy Story and Ghostly Tales

Because You Were Home

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2022 16:52


Join Grace and Eimear for more terrifying tales

Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast

We're taking a flashback look and listen to A Fairy Story" on this new episode of the Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast show #70. Is this song still PC? WELCOME Dragon Con New merch Marc's New Kickstarter for Come Adventure With Me What song would you like to hear us talk about? UPCOMING SHOWS Andrew McKee: SEP 1-5: Dragon Con, Atlanta, GA SEP 10-11 Sherwood Celtic Festival NOV 5-DEC 11 Louisiana Renaissance Festival Marc Gunn: AUG 26: Three Taverns Brewery, Decatur, GA @ 6:30-9:30 PM SEP 1-5: Dragon Con, Atlanta, GA SEP 10-11: Middle Tennessee Highland Games & Celtic Festival, Hendersonville, TN SEP 28-OCT 2: Hobbit Band at ALEP in Shakertown, KY OCT 14-16: MultiVerse, Atlanta, GA SONG STORY: A FAIRY STORY “A Fairy Story” by Brobdingnagian Bards from A Faire to Remember Join the Nagians Only Club on Patreon. The Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast was produced by The Celtfather, Marc Gunn, and Andrew McKee, The Irish Bard. You can subscribe and listen to the show wherever you find podcasts. You can also subscribe to our mailing list. You will get updates of new music and podcasts. And of course, please tell one friend about this podcast. Word of mouth is the absolute best way to support any creative endeavor. Find out more at thebards.net --- SONG LYRICS: A FAIRY STORY words and music by Shay Healy, Oisin Music Ltd, Ireland In days of old in a kingdom bold, there lived a fearsome dragon. And the King he was in great distress and the countries spirits flagoned. Until one day there came a knight, he was handsome, bold, and charming. And he slew the dragon with his sword with a smile that was so disarming. With a hey and a ho and a hey nany no, a smile that was so disarming. Said the King I wish to know your name, but the knight said do not bother. For the name of a knight of the realm says he, is the same as any other. Said the King tonight in my daughter's bed you shall take your leisure. And she'll reward you for your deed, with a night of exhausting pleasure. With a hey and a ho and a hey nany no, anight of exhausting pleasure. One daughter she had raven hair, a maiden young and chaste. And she slept all night in the pale moonlight, naked to the waist. The other daughter she was fair, the fairest in the town. And she slept all night in the pale moonlight naked from her small waist down. With a hey and a ho and a hey nany no, naked from her small waist down. Well the knight he spends many hour behind the castle wall. But the ending to my story dear, isn't what it seems at all. For in neither bed of neither maid was he repaid for his glory. But he slept all night with the King instead for this is a fairy story. With a hey and a ho and a hey nany no, for this is a Fairy story.  

Monday's Locker Room Talk
Deep References, Corn Hair and Sexy Fairy Story!!!!

Monday's Locker Room Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2022 66:48


Please don't throw up after you eat!!! that could actually be a serious problem     subscribe to the iTunes feed....and tell your (secret) degenerate friends haha.  This is not a PG podcast by the way....you have been warned  Drink Responsibly!!!! and Be Ove 21!!!    Other podently cast (CuriousJohn): http://curiousjohn.podbean.com/  (or search CuriousJohn on itunes)   Sunday League Podcast (Explicit) 3 ex-Sunday Leaguers talking anything baseball and its lifestyle UNFILTERED! https://sundayleaguepodcast.podbean.com Have questions/advice requests for the podcast?

Best Whatever Ever! Stories for Kids
BONUS EPISODE! Spencer & Scarlett's Silly Stories

Best Whatever Ever! Stories for Kids

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2022 9:38


We're in-between seasons and on summer vacation… in the meantime, we're bringing you this very special BONUS EPISODE, which features not one, but TWO short stories written and narrated by Spencer and Scarlett. Spencer's story is about Friday the 13th and Scarlett's is about Fairies! We hope everyone is having a great summer! TheBestWhateverEver.comYou can now buy Best Whatever Ever! MERCH! T-shirts, stickers, whatever! Go to: https://bestwhateverever.threadless.comPlease share, subscribe and leave us a review and rating on APPLE PODCASTS. Much appreciated! Also, you can now leave ratings on SPOTIFY. Please give us a 5-star rating there too! Thank you!You can find us wherever you get your podcasts. Please share questions or feedback or art or… whatever via:Visit our website: TheBestWhateverEver.com Instagram: @BestWhateverEver (tag us!)Twitter: @BestWhateverPodFacebook Email: bestwhateverever@gmail.com Merch: https://bestwhateverever.threadless.comBest Whatever Ever! is a podcast for kids written, produced, edited and hosted by Ira Singerman, along with his bosses Spencer and Scarlett. Our theme song is by Sander Kalmeijer. Additional music and sound effects from storyblocks.com. 

Disney Princess Stories For Kids
The Candy Fairy Story

Disney Princess Stories For Kids

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2022 4:07


The Candy Fairy Stories very interesting bedtime story about One cute Candy Fairy and some little children. This story is very interesting and beautiful. Listen full story to know more.Hey, kids if you want to read more interesting stories then don't forget to follow us.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Startup Rebels
George Orwell: Animal Farm

Startup Rebels

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2022 95:22


"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others" - George Orwell. Tune in for our take on Orwell's satirical "Fairy Story" which follows a group of animals as they rebel against their farm's cruel master and try to establish a government based on high-minded revolutionary ideals. Orwell's allegory is a scathing critique of totalitarianism and Stalinism, and one of the great political novels of the 20th century. You can buy Animal Farm here: https://amzn.to/3NbroGS (paid link). We'd love to here from you at contact(at)rdmr.io or @rdmr_io on Twitter.  

P&C's Talking Tolkien Book Club
S8 Ep3: ROTK Bk6 Ch3: Fairy Story Exemplums: Middle Earth's Good Friday

P&C's Talking Tolkien Book Club

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 138:47


Fittingly, on 4/15/22 (Good Friday of 2022) finally Frodo and Sam reach the slopes of Mt Doom to complete the quest. But can they complete it? We go over beautiful moments to treasure, love, and draw wisdom from. And major twists in the plot that need explanation are analyzed. Please enjoy, and Thank You THANK YOU for listening and coming so far with us.

Sayee's Podcast
My Tooth Fairy Story - Old Podcast

Sayee's Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2022 7:21


This is a podcast when I was young. I had listened to this podcast today and I thought it was very funny. It is on my tooth falling out.  I was 5-6 years old. I told some funny and usual facts. So you can listen to this fun podcast and enjoy. I was going to make a podcast but I got distracted and made the podcast on the tooth fairy  

The Apple Seed
The Shape Shifting Girl

The Apple Seed

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2022 56:50


Great stories can change your world. Join The Apple Seed for tall tales, fairy tales, folk tales, personal tales, historical tales, and more! Hosted by storyteller Sam Payne. A production of BYUradio. Have you ever wondered what it might be like to be an ant? Small enough to hide from just about anything, but strong enough to lift thousands of times your own weight. Or maybe a bird, able to soar to wonderful heights and travel to far places. Many people dream about being an animal every once in a while. Today we have a story that will show you some of the advantages being able to turn into an animal would provide. On today's episode, enjoy the following: “Shape-Shifting Girl” Part I by Simon Brooks from More Second Hand Tales (2:43) Daily Mix: “Where the Wild Things are” with Teresa Love (14:09) “A Woman's Fairy Story” by Andrew Wright from Beggar in Bogota (22:06) “Shape-Shifting Girl” Part II by Simon Brooks from More Second Hand Tales (28:08)

AVALON
The Return of the King and the Eucatastrophe

AVALON

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2021 98:54


This episode is a discussion of Tolkien's third book in the Lord of the Rings series, “The Return of the King.” The episode introduces Tolkien's concept of The EUCATASTROPHE as an embracing of suffering. We also discuss the nature of kingship especially as it involves this embracing of suffering & the confrontation with nothingness. How is The One Ring an escape from suffering? How might mythology offer us a response to the temptation of the Ring of Power? And why was Tolkien so adamantly opposed to C.S.Lewis' statement that myths are “lies breathed through silver”? Myths, Lewis once told Tolkien, were "lies and therefore worthless, even though breathed through silver." "No," Tolkien replied. "They are not lies." THE EUCATASTROPHE Tolkien invented the word EUCATASTROPHE to describe the workings of grace in life (and in mythology). It is taken from Greek ευ- "good" and καταστροφή "destruction". Tolkien writes in Letter 89, "I coined the word 'eucatastrophe': the sudden happy turn in a story which pierces you with a joy that brings tears (which I argued it is the highest function of fairy-stories to produce). And I was there led to the view that it produces its peculiar effect because it is a sudden glimpse of Truth, your whole nature chained in material cause and effect, the chain of death, feels a sudden relief as if a major limb out of joint had suddenly snapped back. It perceives – if the story has literary 'truth' on the second plane (....) – that this is indeed how things really do work in the Great World for which our nature is made. And I concluded by saying that the Resurrection was the greatest 'eucatastrophe' possible in the greatest Fairy Story – and produces that essential emotion: Christian joy which produces tears because it is qualitatively so like sorrow, because it comes from those places where Joy and Sorrow are at one, reconciled, as selfishness and altruism are lost in Love." Most commonly the Eucatastrophe is equated with felix culpa; or a happy fault (paradoxically) – a bringing good out of evil. But it is more than that. The word “Catastrophe” signifies a “sudden and widespread disaster”; from Grk kata (over) and strophe (turning). Most everyone would see catastrophe, esp. the catastrophes of failure and death, as insurmountable. Tolkien held it as a great truth that our self-mastery, our Kingship comes from facing the Eucatastrophe, going through it, and eventually experiencing the joy of the Resurrection. This echoes the ancient Greek phrase: “Drasanta pathos; pathei mathos” The experience brings suffering; the suffering brings wisdom.” Only by embracing the suffering can we eventually come to the wisdom of knowing ourselves, and thus to the self-mastery of kingship.

Storie per bambini Italian
066. Daylight e La Fata della Palude Daylight and Swamp Fairy Story Fiabe Italiane

Storie per bambini Italian

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2021 13:37


The Well Told Tale
Beauty and the Beast

The Well Told Tale

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2021 35:42


Today, our story is another classic fairy tale, 'Beauty and the Beast'.  Although it has taken inspiration from much older stories, like the myth of Psyche and Cupid, it first appeared in print after Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve wrote a version.  It became more famous still when the author of many French fairy tales and morality stories, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, abridged this earlier version, and gave us the Tale we read today.  There are some notable differences between this story and the famous Disney version - for example, a Cinderella-esque inclusion of some ugly sisters - but it will delight fans of Disney and lovers of original fairy tales alike.If you'd like to support The Well Told Tale, please visit us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtaleBooks - (buying anything on Amazon through this link helps support the podcast):Beauty and the Beast -  https://amzn.to/3fNx5gz The Classic Fairy Tales - https://amzn.to/3fuqCa4 The Tale of Cupid and Psyche - https://amzn.to/3jmolyL  Films & TVBeauty and the Beast (animated) - https://amzn.to/3xpvkvV  Beauty and the Beast (live action) - https://amzn.to/3yoWYdI Beauty and the Beast - The Complete TV Series - https://amzn.to/37h704v  I would like to thank my patrons: Toni A, Joshua Clark, Maura Lee, Jane, John Bowles, Glen Thrasher and Ruairi.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtale)

Wylde In Bed: Erotic Audio Stories at Bedtime

It's Becky's birthday and she celebrates it with her granny deep in the forest. But what awaits this new woman as walks back through the forest? Are the howls in the distance as friendly as she fantasises about or does some darker fate await Becky. The latest Erotic short audio story from Devlin Wylde, but you know you can hear even more stories and test ride your own fantasies just by visiting wyldedesires.com Support this podcast

Oven-Ready HR
WeWork - The Unicorn That Really Was A Fairy Story

Oven-Ready HR

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2021 35:29 Transcription Available


In this  episode we take an in-depth look at the fall-out from the ill-fated IPO of co-working giant WeWork.A business that was created in the sharp-elbowed real estate market in New York, WeWork came to define what an office and organisational culture should look like for legions of Millennials and Generation Z worker.  It spawned countless imitations with competitors scrambling to keep up with its innovations and number of openings. At the helm was co-founder and CEO Adam Neumann whose extraordinary energy and vision combined with an enormous talent for self -promotion and propaganda was almost messianic.  Yet underneath a business that seemingly carried all before it were some troubling signs.    A lack of corporate governance and at times an appropriate adult in the room  A alcohol-fuelled work culture that appeared more at home in the Frat House than the boardroom  A senior team that lacked diversity and where nepotism was celebrated not questioned;  The fear and greed of investors seemingly content to pour more cash into a business that was losing focus and continuing to burn through billions of dollars of fundingCharting this extraordinary story is  Reeves Wiedeman whose book Billion Dollar Loser provides a meticulously researched account from WeWorks conception through to its failed stock market debut.  Reeves is a contributing editor at New York Magazine and has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Harpers, Rolling Stone and other publications.

The Inklings Variety Hour
Is Narnia a Fairy Story?

The Inklings Variety Hour

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2020 84:33


This week, we follow up on our discussion of Tolkien's "On Fairy Stories" by applying some of his ideas to The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.  We're trying to assess whether (despite Tolkien's low view of it), Lewis' children's tale actually works as a Tolkienian "Fairy Story."  Works mentioned include: On Fairy Stories The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe The Black Bull of Norroway Preface to Paradise Lost (when discussing Primary v. Secondary Epic) Chris also promotes the blog he and his wife do--12tide.com--that includes resources to help people celebrate a twelve-day Christmas Season.    If you enjoy this podcast, please recommend it to a friend and give us a review on iTunes.  And please do feel more than free to drop us a line at InklingsVarietyHour@gmail.com.  We'd love to hear from you!

Dimsdale Full Cast Drama and Comedy
Dimsdale: I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again - S04E07 - A Fairy Story

Dimsdale Full Cast Drama and Comedy

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2020


"I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again - S04E07 - A Fairy Story" from archive.org was assembled into the "Dimsdale" podcast by Fourble. Episode 1037 of 1095.

Best Whatever Ever! Stories for Kids
The Snooth Fairy (Another Tooth Fairy Story)

Best Whatever Ever! Stories for Kids

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2020 15:09


In episode 4 we met Michael, a kid who couldn’t wait for his loose tooth to fall out, so he concocted a whole bunch of schemes to trick his Tooth Fairy into leaving him money. In the middle of the story, his Tooth Fairy goes missing! What happened to her? We find out in today’s episode. Michael’s Tooth Fairy - whose name is Izzy - was stripped of her Tooth Fairy wings and became a lowly Snooth Fairy. Snooth Fairies deliver Sneeth, which are the big teeth that grow in after baby teeth fall out. And it’s an unpleasant and disgusting job! Follow Izzy on her adventure as a Snooth Fairy and how she finds purpose in the unlikeliest of places. TheBestWhateverEver.comThank you for listening! Please share, subscribe and leave us a review and rating on APPLE PODCASTS. Much appreciated!You can find us wherever you get your podcasts. Please share questions or feedback or art or… whatever via:Visit our website: TheBestWhateverEver.com Instagram @BestWhateverEver (tag us!)Twitter @BestWhateverPodFacebook Email bestwhateverever@gmail.com We’re even on YouTube. Best Whatever Ever! is a podcast for kids written, produced, edited and hosted by Ira Singerman, along with his bosses Spencer and Scarlett. Our theme song is by Sander Kalmeijer. Additional songs and sound effects from storyblocks.com. ==== Time Stamps ====02:18 - The story starts here!12:41 - The outro with Ira, Spencer & Scarlett starts here! And we hint at the next episode’s Whatever!===================

Judy Garland and Friends - OTR Podcast
Orson Welles Podcast 1945-11-18 Orson Welles Commentaries - Roumors and Gossip About Reality, and The Fairy Story (Kathy, Terry, and Buck)

Judy Garland and Friends - OTR Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2020 29:50


Best Whatever Ever! Stories for Kids
The Boy Who Cried Tooth: A Tooth Fairy Story

Best Whatever Ever! Stories for Kids

Play Episode Play 36 sec Highlight Listen Later Oct 1, 2020 12:22


Michael’s tooth is loose, and he can’t wait for it to fall out. He has his mind set on a shiny, new red bicycle and wants money from his Tooth Fairy NOW! He devises a series of plans (well, they’re more like scams) to trick his Tooth Fairy into giving him money NOW! But his scams, er, plans, backfire and he unintentionally gets his Tooth Fairy in trouble with her Tooth Fairy bosses.Thank you for listening! Please share, subscribe and leave us a review and rating on APPLE PODCASTS. Much appreciated!You can find us wherever you get your podcasts. We’re even on YouTube. Please share questions or feedback or art or… whatever via:Instagram @BestWhateverEver (tag us!)Twitter @BestWhateverPodFacebook Visit our website: TheBestWhateverEver.com and bestwhateverever.buzzsprout.comEmail bestwhateverever@gmail.com Best Whatever Ever! is a podcast for kids written, produced, edited and hosted by Ira Singerman, along with his bosses Spencer and Scarlett. Our theme song is by Sander Kalmeijer. Additional songs and sound effects from storyblocks.com. ==== Time Stamps ====02:20 - The story starts here!09:03 - The outro with Ira, Spencer & Scarlett starts here! And we hint at the next episode’s Whatever!11:27 - The credits start here (booooring)===================

The Well Told Tale
The Book of Beasts

The Well Told Tale

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 27:32


Today's Tale is a charming story by E. Nesbit.  She is perhaps best known for "The Railway Children" and her more fantastical novels such as "Five Children and It," and is widely regarded as the first modern children's author. "The Book of Beasts" is the first story in a collection called "The Book of Dragons," which we may well revisit in the future. But for now, join us in the library as we discover what secrets the Book of Beasts is hiding...If you'd like to support The Well Told Tale, please visit us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtale Books - (buying anything on Amazon through this link helps support the podcast): The Book of Dragons - https://amzn.to/36kijd0 Five Children and It - https://amzn.to/2G9rHWg  The Railway Children - https://amzn.to/33fy0QR FilmsFive Children and It - https://amzn.to/2HLe8Nn    The Railway Children - https://amzn.to/2G1hxaj  I would like to thank my patrons: Toni A, Joshua Clark, Maura Lee, Jennifer Wood, Jane, Kaffee Stark, Leathery Wings and Drew Atkins. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtale)

Wylde In Bed: Erotic Audio Stories at Bedtime
Paranormal Erotic Fairy Story Excerpt

Wylde In Bed: Erotic Audio Stories at Bedtime

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2020 19:20


Beyond the Veil of Whispered Dreams~The Veil Book 1Things are not always simple or what they seem. Daria McClaren is content. She has her dance school, her cousin Celine and the man of her dreams. Literally. Iauron is uneasy. As the High King of the Fae, his chosen Queen Verisiel is calling to him, but he cannot find her. The court insists that she has crossed over. He is not so sure that is the case. He has searched every realm looking. Every realm, but the human one. The race is on. Beyond the veil lie truths waiting to be revealed. Which one will have the courage to look? Will they be in time? Remember you can go ahead and download your own full length FREE Experiential Erotica just by coming to see me at https://wyldedesires.com (https://wyldedesires.com) And if you would like to enjoy more of Beyond the Veil of Whispered Dreams, you can go ahead and grab your copy from https://www.amazon.com/dp/B015NP04Q6?fbclid=IwAR3ni0Df00UFfvmD4-SrCBbdn_vHENT8c-JsooEIfltSpWeFhcfiVUUR_JE (amazon.com) Support this podcast

EXPOSED: WALL STREET SECRETS WARREN BUFFET DOES NOT TELL INVESTORS

Eric Blair developed a reputation on whistleblowing through his written word about worries for humanity if humanity did not pay attention to what was going on before their very eyes, in his case, before World War II. Eric is his real name. We know him as George Orwell predictor of the Coronavirus Plandemic social assaults & on 1984 we are seeing in techs evolution- carefully curated with people not seeing nor remembering changes & reals as they happen & happened

The Well Told Tale
Sinbad the Sailor - Part 2 (of 2)

The Well Told Tale

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2020 59:28


In the second part of our reading of Sinbad the Sailor, we hear his retelling of his last four voyages. He's already faced being lost at sea (twice), giant birds, ogres and found fabulous treasures.  What wonders await him on his final four voyages?If you'd like to support The Well Told Tale, please visit us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtale Books - (buying anything on Amazon through this link helps support the podcast): The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor - https://amzn.to/331a6sC  The Arabian Nights - https://amzn.to/3hSKtyz FilmsSinbad the Sailor (1947) - https://amzn.to/2P2En2a     Sinbad (Season 1, BBC) - https://amzn.to/3f0lCqp  Arabian Nights - https://amzn.to/3g651TE   I would like to thank my patrons: Toni A, Maura Lee, Jennifer Wood, Jane, Kaffee Stark, Leathery Wings and Drew Atkins. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtale)

The Well Told Tale
Sinbad the Sailor - Part 1 (of 2)

The Well Told Tale

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2020 43:44


This time, we return to the Thousand and One Nights to hear the Tale of Sinbad the Sailor, and his Seven Voyages. Interestingly, it wasn't in the earliest editions of the collection known as the Arabian Nights, and so likely developed as a story in its own right, but thanks to Galland's famous translation, this and some of the other famous stories became included in the collection as a whole. Sinbad has captured the imagination for centuries, so join us as we learn of what transpired on his first three voyages...If you'd like to support The Well Told Tale, please visit us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtale Books - (buying anything on Amazon through this link helps support the podcast): The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor - https://amzn.to/331a6sC  The Arabian Nights - https://amzn.to/3hSKtyz FilmsSinbad the Sailor (1947) - https://amzn.to/2P2En2a     Sinbad (Season 1, BBC) - https://amzn.to/3f0lCqp  Arabian Nights - https://amzn.to/3g651TE   I would like to thank my patrons: Toni A, Maura Lee, Jennifer Wood, Jane, Kaffee Stark, Leathery Wings and Drew Atkins. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtale)

The Well Told Tale
The Devoted Friend

The Well Told Tale

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020 25:57


Today's Tale is a whimsical short story from renowned Victorian writer, Oscar Wilde. Best known for his plays, Wilde did write a number of short stories, including this charming morality tale-within-a-tale. Or is it a critique of morality tales?   If you'd like to support The Well Told Tale, please visit us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtale Books - (buying anything on Amazon through this link helps support the podcast): Oscar Wilde Short Stories - https://amzn.to/3eJRBLn  The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde - https://amzn.to/3jkH5Oe The Picture of Dorian Gray - https://amzn.to/2WIXQZR Oscar Wilde's Wit & Wisdom: A Book of Quotations - https://amzn.to/2WJX5jd FilmsWilde - https://amzn.to/2WIXsL4    Dorian Gray - https://amzn.to/3jrIHFU  The Importance of Being Earnest - https://amzn.to/3fQZJeq  I would like to thank my patrons: Toni A, Maura Lee, Jennifer Wood, Jane, Kaffee Stark, Leathery Wings and Drew Atkins. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtale)

Tea with Tolkien
Episode 26: On Fairy Stories and The Gospel as the Greatest Fairy-Story

Tea with Tolkien

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2020


This week, we’re talking about Tolkien’s essay “On Fairy Stories”, looking at Tolkien’s term Eucatastrophe, and how Tolkien calls the Gospels the Greatest Fairy-Story.I wanted to begin with a little bit on Tolkien’s essay, On Fairy-Stories. Now this is in no way comprehensive because it’s really quite a long essay, but I still wanted to give you all an intro. Written in 1939, this essay was presented by Tolkien as the as the Andrew Lang lecture at the University of St Andrews, in Scotland. For a bit of context, Andrew Lang was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and anthropologist with a love for folk and fairy tales. Tolkien’s essay was a response to Lang’s work as a folklorist and collector of fairy tales but it really grew into something much more.On The Tolkien Estate’s website you can find an essay written by Verlyn Flieger, where she discusses On Fairy -Stories. “If it were nothing else, “On Fairy-stories” would have a primary place in Tolkien scholarship as Tolkien’s definitive statement about his art — which he called “Sub-creation” — and the concept that lies behind it — the power of words to create a Secondary World. However, “On Fairy-stories” has a good deal more to offer, and to a wider audience, than a simple artistic declaration, however important, to a fellowship of scholars. It is also a wide-ranging discussion aimed at anyone interested in the subject of fairy tales…”“And finally and above all, it is essential reading for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the multivalent myth, epic and fairy tale romance that is The Lord of the Rings.” Verlyn FliegerTolkien addresses three questions primarily: What are fairy stories? What are their origins? And what is the use of them? It is also in On Fairy-Stories that we first see the word Eucatastrophe, a term coined by Tolkien himself, which we’ll talk about in a bit. So if you weren’t sure if it was an essay worth reading, I hope by now you’re convinced! You can find On Fairy Stories in a few different places. First, there are a few free PDFs floating around the internet and I’m linking to one of them in the show notes. If you’d like to purchase a copy or perhaps find one at your local library, you can find it included in “Tree and Leaf” or “The Monsters and the Critics”. Both are linked at the bottom of this post.I wanted to read the first few lines of the essay because I think they set the tone quite well for the rest of the essay, as well as my own Tolkien studies. “I propose to speak about fairy-stories, though I am aware that this is a rash adventure. Faerie is a perilous land, and in it are pitfalls for the unwary and dungeons for the overbold. And overbold I may be accounted, for though I have been a lover of fairy-stories since I learned to read, and have at times thought about them, I have not studied them professionally. I have been hardly more than a wandering explorer (or trespasser) in the land, full of wonder but not of information.”- JRR Tolkien, On Fairy StoriesIf you’ve been listening to our podcast for a while, I think I read this quote in our very first episode because it reflects my own feelings toward reading and studying Tolkien -- I am a lover of Tolkien’s works, although I haven’t studied them professionally (yet). So after just a super brief introduction to On Fairy Stories, I wanted to discuss a question that’s come up a lot over the years, moreso in my experience in Evangelical circles but it’s also something I’ve heard Catholics wrestle with: Should Christians read fairy tales? To put it plainly, the answer is yes. In “On Fairy Stories”, Tolkien offers such a beautiful explanation that I wanted to share it with you all. Towards the end of the essay, Tolkien introduces the word ‘Eucatastrophe’, a term of his own invention. In letter 89 to his son Christopher, Tolkien refers to the essay:“And all of the sudden I realized what it was: the very thing that I have been trying to write about and explain - in that fairy-story essay that I so much wish you had read that I think I shall send it to you. For it I coined the word ‘eucatastrophe’: the sudden happy turn in a story which pierces you with a joy that brings tears (which I argued in is the highest function of fairy-stories to produces). And I was there led to the view that it produces its peculiar effect because it is a sudden glimpse of Truth, your whole nature chained in material cause and effect, the chain of death, feels a sudden relief as if a major limb out of join had suddenly snapped back. It perceives -- if the story has literary ‘truth’ on the second plane (for which see the essay) -- that this is indeed how things really do work in the Great World for which our nature is made. And I concluded by saying that the Resurrection was the greatest ‘eucatastrophe’ possible in the greatest Fairy Story -- and produces that essential emotion: Christian joy which produces tears because it is qualitatively so like sorrow, because it comes from those places where Joy and Sorrow are at one, reconciled, as selfishness and altruism are lost in Love. Of course I do not mean that the Gospels tell what is only a fairy-story; but I do mean very strongly that they do tell a fairy-story: the greatest. Man the story-teller would have to be redeemed in a manner consonant with his nature: by a moving story. But since the author of it is the supreme Artist and the Author of Reality, this one was also made to Be, to be true on the Primary Plane…” JRR Tolkien, Letter 89But not all fairy-tales are created equal, and not all fantastical stories are fairy-tales, at least Tolkien would argue this. “Far more important is the Consolation of the Happy Ending. Almost I would venture to assert that all complete fairy-stories must have it. At least I would say that Tragedy is the true form of Drama, its highest function; but the opposite is true of Fairy-story. Since we do not appear to possess a word that expresses this opposite--I will call it Eucatastrophe. The eucatastrophic tale is the true form of fairy-tale, and its highest function.” “It is the mark of a good fairy-story, of the higher or more complete kind, that however wild its events, however fantastic or terrible the adventures, it can give to child or man that hears it, when the “turn” comes,a catch of the breath, a beat and lifting of the heart, near to (or accompanied by) tears, as keen as that given by any form of literary art, and having a peculiar quality.” - JRR Tolkien, On Fairy StoriesStories that produce this form of Joy are good for our souls; all small eucatastrophes of the Secondary World will, in the end, point us to, or offer us glimpses of, the Great Eucatastrophe. In his poem Mythopoeia, Tolkien puts forth the argument that myths are not lies as C.S. Lewis once argued, but that they reflect in some way the True Myth, which is the story of Christ. Joseph Pearce elaborates on this idea in an article entitled, J.R.R. Tolkien: Truth and Myth: “Building on this philosophy of myth, Tolkien explained to Lewis that the story of Christ was the true myth at the very heart of history and at the very root of reality. Whereas the pagan myths were manifestations of God expressing Himself through the minds of poets, using the images of their "mythopoeia" to reveal fragments of His eternal truth, the true myth of Christ was a manifestation of God expressing Himself through Himself, with Himself, and in Himself. God, in the Incarnation, had revealed Himself as the ultimate poet who was creating reality, the true poem or true myth, in His own image. Thus, in a divinely inspired paradox, myth was revealed as the ultimate realism.” - Joseph Pearce, J.R.R. Tolkien: Truth and MythTolkien calls the Gospels a fairy-story, a myth, but not just any fairy-story, not just any myth — the Greatest Fairy Story, the True Myth. The truth of Christianity, to Tolkien, is at the very root of reality, and these higher or complete fairy-stories and myths Tolkien refers to reveal slivers of it, some more, some less. Mentioned in this Episode:On Fairy-Stories PDFEssay on the EssayTree and LeafThe Monsters and the CriticsJoseph Pearce, J.R.R. Tolkien: Truth and Myth

Sunday Arts Magazine
Azaria: A Controversial Architypal Fairy Story

Sunday Arts Magazine

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2020 17:01


Maree Coote is a writer, illustrator, typographer, photographer and publisher. For this she blames the over-stimulation of a successful, award-winning career in advertising.  She chats with the Sunday Arts Magazine team on the inspiration behind […] http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_sundayartsmagazine/p/joy.org.au/sundayarts/wp-content/uploads/sites/276/2020/02/Maree-Coote-interview-final-edit.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 17:01 — 7.8MB) Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS The post Azaria: A Controversial Architypal Fairy Story appeared first on Sunday Arts Magazine.

Deep in the Dark Forest
Little Red Cap by The Brothers Grimm

Deep in the Dark Forest

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 24:48


This week I have far too much fun with Red Riding Hood, or Little Red Cap, as it is known here. This is a new adaptation based on the version from the Brother’s Grimm, which has a happier ending that the older tale from Charles Perrault! Sort of. Not so much for the wolf, though.I have also added my version of a poem from Charles Perrault which he wrote as the moral at the end of his telling of the tale.Please let me know what you think, especially on Apple Podcasts. But you can also send me messages on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.Twitter: https://twitter.com/DITDFpodcastInstagram: deepinthedarkforestFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/deepinthedarkforest/Website: https://deepinthedarkforest.com

The Eudo Podcast
Episdoe 3.9: Tolkien on Fairy Story

The Eudo Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2019 41:22


In this episode Courtney and Paul talk about Tolkien's essay on fairy stories and explore the chief values of story. Be sure to subscribe to us and like us on Itunes!

Tea with Tolkien
Episode 14: I Feel like Spring After Winter

Tea with Tolkien

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2019


Pull up a cozy chair and join us as we chat about the works and Catholic faith of J.R.R. Tolkien! I hope this podcast encourages you to carry a little piece of Middle-Earth into your own life as we grow together in hobbitness and holiness. Thanks so much for listening!‘How do I feel?’ he cried. ‘Well, I don’t know how to say it. I feel, I feel’ — he waved his arms in the air — ‘I feel like spring after winter, and sun on the leaves; and like trumpets and harps and all the songs I have ever heard!’If you listened to our Tolkien Reading Day episode yesterday, this is one of my favorite Tolkien quotes that I had mentioned. And today I wanted to talk a bit more about it and Spring in general, particularly because last week marked the beginning of Spring for us and because March 25th is of course the day on which the Ring was destroyed as well as the Feast of the Annunciation.Spring represents or calls to mind images of hope, new life, a fresh start, the light after dark, warmth after the cold, cleansing rains, a gentleness after the harshness of winter. It is soft, and joyful, a season to be celebrated. Tolkien was a lover of myth and symbol and the natural rhythms of the seasons, and the way The Lord of the Rings flows is a testament to that.Tolkien writes in Letter 210, “Seasons are carefully regarded… They are pictoral, and should be, and easily could be, made the main means by which the artists indicate time-passage. The main action begins in autumn and passes through winter to a brilliant spring: this is basic to the purport and tone of the tale.”Tolkien, being a devoted Catholic, lived in line with the Church’s liturgical calendar. To Catholics, Spring is closely associated with Easter: the Resurrection, which Tolkien called the Greatest Eucatastrophe.In Letter 89 he wrote, “The Resurrection was the greatest ‘eucatastrophe’ possible in the greatest Fairy Story — and produces that essential emotion: Christian joy which produces tears because it is qualitatively so like sorrow, because it comes from those places where Joy and Sorrow are at one, reconciled, as selfishness and altruism are lost in Love. Of course I do not mean that the Gospels tell what is only a fairy-story; but I do mean very strongly that they do tell a fairy-story: the greatest. Man the storyteller would have to be redeemed in a manner consonant with his nature: by a moving story. But since the author of it is the supreme Artist and the Author of Reality, this one was also made to Be, to be true on the Primary Plane….”After death, comes life; after winter, comes spring. And we see this all over the place in his writings as they are so rooted in both physical actual time, as he had mentioned before, and in the symbolism of the seasons. Both Bilbo and Frodo leave Bag end right at the beginning of Autumn, and the Ring is destroyed right at the beginning of Spring…

Tea with Tolkien
Episode 6: Love Mingled with Grief

Tea with Tolkien

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2019 7:42


The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. — The Fellowship of the RingOne of the threads woven throughout all of Tolkien’s writing is grief… so many of the tales of Middle-earth are steeped in sorrow. And so today, I hope it’s alright, I wanted to talk about love and grief, sorrow and joy, and the way they are at one in Eucatastrophe.We see this paradox most plainly in the lives of the elves. They are the most beautiful of the children of Iluvatar, their goodness and strength are unmatched.But because of their immortality, they have lived through many lifetimes of men. They have seen the best and the worst…Galadriel says to Frodo in Book II, chapter 7, that she has spent many ages fighting the “long defeat” as she calls it.“the long defeat”, a phrase Tolkien also uses in Letter 195:“Actually I am a Christian, and indeed a Roman Catholic, so that I do not expect ‘history’ to be anything but a ‘long defeat’ –though it contains (and in a legend may contain more clearly and movingly) some samples or glimpses of final victory.” - Tolkien, Letter 195Within the lifetime of the Elves, they have seen the world as it grows dim. In both a figurative and literal sense. Arda at first was lit by the two lamps, which were knocked down by Melkor, and then the two trees of Valinor, which were destroyed by Melkor and Ungoliant, and then at last the sun and the moon were made. So even just in this sense, the light within the world has diminished…And so too within all the battles throughout all the ages, the Elves have seen as evil has slowly seeped into every corner of the earth. The long defeat.And yet, the Elves sing. They are often merry and joyful. They throw the most amazing parties! They are filled with so much goodness and peace despite their sorrow.In Book I, Chapter IV, Sam says “They are quite different from what I expected –so old and young, and so gay and sad, as it were.’This kind of paradox of joy mingled with sorrow, I think, is at the heart of The Lord of the Rings. Especially within the tale’s endings.Tolkien cared so deeply for this concept that he coined the term Eucatasteophe: “the sudden happy turn in a story which pierces you with a joy that brings tears…” - Letter 89Later in the same letter he wrote:“The resurrection was the greatest ‘eucatastrophe’ possible in the greatest Fairy Story –and produces that essential emotion: Christian joy which produces tears because it is qualitatively so like sorrow, because it comes from those places where Joy and Sorrow are at one, reconciled, as selfishness and altruism are lost in Love. “Throughout all of The Lord of the Rings we expedience small moments of Eucatastrophe, when all Hope seems lost for Frodo in the Barrow-Downs and Tom Bombadil Busts In to save them, when Merry and Éowyn face the Witch king of Angmar and destroy him, when the battle seems lost but Hope is rekindled… at the Crack of Doom when Frodo betrays his quest and claims the Ring as his own, but Providence provides another way for it to be accomplished. But there’s one scene in particular that just stays with me.We see this mingling of joy and grief within a character that feels so much more familiar, someone I see myself in more than the Elves: Samwise Gamgee.At the end of the War of the Ring, in Return is the King — The Field of CormallenWhen Sam awakens in Ithilien, he and Frodo have survived their quest, he sees Gandalf before them and asks “is everything sad going to come untrue?”I’ve found so much comfort in that phrase, and often paired it with Revelation 21:5 “And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.”Later in this chapter, they are all gathered together in celebration —“ And all the host laughed and wept, and in the midst of their merriment and tears the clear voice of the minstrel rose like silver and gold, and all men were hushed. And he sang to them, now in the elven-tongue, now in the speech of the West, until their hearts, wounded with sweet words, overflowed, and their joy was like swords, and they passed in thought out to regions where pain and delight flow together and tears are the very wine of blessedness.”The topic of grief has weighed heavily on my heart over the past few weeks.January is a difficult month for me, as It marks the anniversary of our miscarriage. I found out I was pregnant on January 9, 2015 only to find out on January 14th that I was losing the baby. Within that span of five days, I experienced so much joy as I fell so hard in love with this little baby, mingled with so much grief as I realized I would never get to hold him or her, to really know them at all.And even in all of the grief and wondering what things would have been life, even four years later, there is also a sense of peace that I cling to in knowing that our little baby is held so safely in the arms of Jesus.I found this quote in Letter 45 and I wanted to share it with you all:There is a place called ‘heaven’ where the good here unfinished is completed; and where the stories unwritten, and the hopes unfulfilled, are continued. We may laugh together yet...” - Letter 45, from 1941In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory. Farewell!” - Return of the King, Appendix BIs everything sad going to come untrue? Behold, I am making all things new…

Celtic Indy Podcast

MP3 LinkCaid Maile Failte this is episode 5 of the Celtic Indy podcast. In this episode I explain why the long haitus, as well as some upcoming shows. I hope you enjoy. As always leave any feedback either on the comments or email me celtic.indy.podcast@gmail.comUpcoming Shows: For a more complete list go to http://shamrockclubwis.com/midwest.htmlAug. 28 West Lafayette, IN Whigamaleeries @O'bryan's Nine Irish Brothers 9p.m.Sep 7 South Bend Kennedy"s Kitchen @Fiddler's Hearth 9 p.m.Sep 8 South Bend Three Men in Kilts @Fiddler's Hearth 9 p.m.Sep 8 Jeffersonville Celts on the River 10 a.m.IlliniosAug 28 Chicago Piob Agus Fidil @ Halstad Harp 8 p.m.Aug 31 Barrington Gareth Wood @ McGonigals 8 p.m.Sep 1 Chicago Piob Agus Fidil @ Irish American Heritage Center 5p.m.Sep 4 Chicago Piob Agus Fidil @ Halstad Harp 8 p.m.KentuckyAug 31 Louisville Dehli 2 Dublin @ Belvedere Park 7 p.m.Michigan Aug 31 Detrioit Larry Larson @ Gaelic League 8 p.m.Sep 1 Holland Aidan O'Toole The Curragh 8 p.m.Sep 8 Monroe Tartan Terrors Meyer Theater 8 p.m.Sep 9 Roscommon Tartan Terrors Kirtland Center 8 p.m.MinnesotaSep 7-8 Minneapolis Belfast Cowboys @ Whiskey Junction 9 p.m. OhioAug 29 Cleveland Zoo Station @ PJ McIntyres 9 p.m.Aug 30 Cleveland Zoo Station @ McCarthy's 9 p.m.Aug 31 - Sep 3 Painsville Ohio's Celtic and International Fall Festvial Lake County Festival GroundsSongs in this episode are:Gypsy Rover by Marc Gunn from The BridgeKillkelly by Mossy Moran from Mossy Moranfrom Hard TimesFairy Story by The Brobdingnagian Bards from A Faire to RememberSheelin Side By On the MoveWith or Without You by Celtic Crossroads from SecaucusCome Out ye Black and Tans by Bill Grogan's Goat from Bill Grogan's GoatBanshee by Highland Reign from New TraditionThe Lass of Corrie Mill by Emily Ann Thompson from Emily Ann ThompsonDirty Old Town by The Irish Airs from Mise EireSave a Piece of the Island for Me by The Wakes from No Irish Need ApplyBring me Home Boys by Marc Gunn & The Bedlam Bards from Firefly Drinking Songs*Listen to these other great podcasts for Celtic Music. - -Marc Gunn's Pub Songs Podcast - - If you have a podcast you would like added to the list comment or send me an e-mail at Celtic.Indy.Podcast@gmail.comAny comments, critiques, or Questions send to Celtic.Indy.Podcast@gmail.com*Every Tuesday is Irish Jam Session night at McGinley's Golden Ace Inn 2533 E Washington St, in Indianapolis. *Every Friday night between 9:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. The Claddagh Irish Pub Downtown has live music. Comments can be posted on the shownotes or emailed to me at celtic.indy.podcast@gmail.com

CrossFeed Religious News Audio
CrossFeed 198: Post-Apocalyptic Edition

CrossFeed Religious News Audio

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2011 64:41


Jim and Dale have been Left Behind! We talk about Harold Camping's prediction and then move on to this week's real news. Stephen Hawking on heaven What's happening to church membership? Confessing the sin of being raped How Muslim was Osama Bin Laden? Christians freed in Iran

CrossFeed Religious News Video
CrossFeed 198: Post-Apocalyptic Edition

CrossFeed Religious News Video

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2011 64:41


Jim and Dale have been Left Behind! We talk about Harold Camping's prediction and then move on to this week's real news. Stephen Hawking on heaven What's happening to church membership? Confessing the sin of being raped How Muslim was Osama Bin Laden? Christians freed in Iran

Seven O'Clock Stories
Ninth Night: Another True Fairy Story

Seven O'Clock Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2010 9:29


Seven O'Clock Stories
Eighth Night: The Prettiest Fairy Story in the World

Seven O'Clock Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2010 8:09


St Andrew's Church Oxford
Apologetics 4 - Is Easter just a fairy story?

St Andrew's Church Oxford

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2009 79:00


Lollards Podcast – FreakyTrigger
Freaky Trigger and the Lollards of Pop – Series 2, Week 13

Lollards Podcast – FreakyTrigger

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2008


A song of two halves. The RAH Band's terrific 'Clouds Across The Moon'. Marvel's stock aliens. Ellen Allien's 'Wish'. Tolkien's footling theories on the essence of Fairy Story. Fleet Foxes sing. "Aslan" magazine and improv RPGs. With a twist - GASP. The midweek number 1 is Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds. OR IS IT?

Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast
Live from Lisdoonvarna, Ireland

Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2007 42:56


Recorded live in Lisdoonvarna, Ireland while on the Brobdingnagian Bards Tour of Ireland. Songs This Week: “Man of La Mancha” “Old Dun Cow” from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales, “Frog Kissin’” from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales, “A Fairy Story” from A Faire To Remember, “Lily the Pink” from Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales, “Spancil Hill” from Songs of Ireland, “Whiskey in the Jar” from A Faire To Remember, “An Irishman Who Doesn’t Drink“ “Donald, Where’s Your Trousers Medley” from A Faire To Remember, Marc Trying to Think/”Munumanuh” “Star of the County Down“ “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” from A Faire To Remember. If you enjoy the Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast, support Marc Gunn and Andrew McKee. Subscribe to our mailing list at www.thebards.net. Buy our music. And then LIKE and SHARE this podcast with other Nagians.

Once Upon a Time [OUT]
Daylight and The Swamp Fairy Story

Once Upon a Time [OUT]

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 13:36


STORYTIME |Bedtime Fairy Tale Stories for Kids & Teenagers in English|Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/once-upon-a-time-out/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy