Podcast appearances and mentions of Hans Christian Andersen

Michael and Ethan discuss the 1926 silent film Faust by F. W. Murnau, while drinking Tamdhu 12yo Single Malt.In this episode:Quintessential film bro stuffEverything is political with a small p, but some things are political with a capital P (especially in cinema of the Weimar Republic)Faust is saved (spoilers)Silent film may be the only genre less subtle than the musicalEthan absolutely garbles a reference to Christopher Isherwood, partly by thinking he might be Herman Hesse. Isherwood was associated with Vedantic Hinduism and his novel Goodbye to Berlin was the basis for the musical Cabaret.Emil Jannings shade (deserved)Hitler's Monsters, by Eric KurlanderIn case it was unclear: Ethan didn't want to be watching this film, even as he was watching this filmAll things are Star Trek (annoying)Michael makes an unacknowledged “jam” punIf you want to read along to our recurring unlistenable segmentNext time Michael and Ethan will discuss “The Little Mermaid” by Hans Christian Andersen! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Join us on GoodReads!Get on our Substack!Donate to our Patreon! MUSIC & SFX: "Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.(Links to books & products are affiliate links.)

Robert the Devil is a supernatural medieval legend that inspired a 19th-century French opera, which incorporates key elements from a seminal Gothic novel.  The opera and legend are substantially different but both interesting. We begin with Giacomo Meyerbeer’s 1831 opera, Robert le diable, which gained notoriety for a ballet sequence in Act III, which portrays an attempted seduction of the hero, Robert, Duke of Normandy, by the ghosts of corrupted nuns, freshly risen from their crypts. The scene is not found in the original legend, but as we learn, was borrowed from a particularly sensationalistic early Gothic novel,The Monk, written by Matthew Gregory Lewis in 1764.   We also learn that Meyerbeer's chief librettist, Eugène Scribe later went on to crib another storyline from Lewis’ The Monk for the 1854 opera by composer Charles Gounod, La nonne sanglante (“the bloody nun”). Rendering of cloister set for Paris Opera premiere. Along the way, we learn how Robert le diable helped save the financially imperiled Paris Opera after its royal subsidy had been withdrawn following the July Revolution of 1830.  Along with public curiosity about the scandalous ballet, ticket sales owed much to the 19th-century equivalent of special effects — flashy and innovative stagecraft (new gaslight design, trapdoors, floating will-o-the-wisps, etc.) and a spectacular set replicating a ruined gothic monastery. Hans Christian Andersen, George Sand and Frédéric Chopin lavishly praised the production. Honoré de Balzac and Alexander Dumas worked mentions of the opera into their novels. Edgar Degas painted not one but two renderings of the Ballet of the Nuns. Edgar Degas’ rendering of the “Ballet of the Nins” The opera also gave birth to a new style of ballet, one linked to Romanticism's interest in the supernatural: ballet blanc, “white ballet” named for the innovative long, flowing skirts that lent themselves to wafting movements suggestive of misty wisps moving in the darkness. The opera’s 1847  London premiere was attended by Queen Victoria and featured superstar soprano Jenny Lind as Robert’s sister.  Traffic came to a standstill as unruly spectators mobbed the streets hoping for  glimpse of either celebrity. The second half of our episode tells the original story of Robert the Devil.  It first appeared around 1250, sketched out in short form by the Dominican monk, Étienne de Bourbon, in a collection of exempla, or moral tales intended to be used by priests in their homilies.  A couple decades later, details were filled out in a longer, anonymous  poem, preserved in France's National Library. Then by the late 14th century, it was rendered as a miracle play in “Forty Miracles of Our Lady,” commissioned by a guild of Parisian goldsmiths. By 1500, the story had arrived in Britain. That year, Wynkyn de Worde, assistant to pioneering London printshop owner Thomas Caxton, issued a chapbook prose translation hewing close to the French 14th-century poem. I found the Wynkyn de Worde text reproduced in a handsome 1904 volume complete with line illustrations, decorative initials, and borders reminiscent of the Arts and Crafts books of William Morris.  As promised in the episode, here is the link to that book: Robert_the_Deuyll.pdf.  (Visit the show notes on the Bone and Sickle website if you can’t click link). As for the  story itself, it’s best you enjoy it without spoilers as told by Mrs. Karswell.  It’s full of demonic wrath, battles, court intrigue, miracles, pathos, and a very and prolonged peculiar penance.  All told in charming 16th-century language with all the little sound-design extras you’ve come to expect from Bone and Sickle.

Maintenant Vous Savez, c'est aussi ⁠Maintenant Vous Savez - Santé⁠ et ⁠Maintenant Vous Savez - Culture⁠. Babylone, qu'est-ce que ça vous évoque ? Possiblement plein de choses. Car ce mot fait partie de la culture commune de tous, sans qu'on sache forcément précisément pourquoi cette cité a dépassé sa condition historique. Pour mieux comprendre il faut, comme toujours, commencer par le début. Babylone est devenue un élément de mythe en partie en raison de son importance historique et de sa position centrale dans l'Antiquité. En effet, situé en Mésopotamie sur les rives de l'Euphrate, dans l'actuel l'Irak, Babylon était la capitale du puissant Empire babylonien, un empire qui a prospéré du 18ème au 6ème siècle avant J.-C. Quelle est la place de la ville de Babylone dans l'histoire ? Pourquoi la ville est-elle mythique ? Babylone est aussi devenue un élément de pop culture, non ? Écoutez la suite de cet épisode de "Maintenant Vous Savez - Culture". Un podcast Bababam Originals, écrit et réalisé par Jonathan Aupart Première diffusion : février 2023 À écouter aussi : ⁠Hans Christian Andersen écrivait-il vraiment des contes pour enfants ?⁠ ⁠Quelles sont les comptines pour enfants les plus trash ?⁠ ⁠Pourquoi Mickey Mouse a-t-il révolutionné l'industrie du cinéma ?⁠ Retrouvez tous les épisodes de ⁠"Maintenant vous savez - Culture"⁠. Suivez Bababam sur ⁠Instagram⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello everyone,Todays episode is called 'The Elderbush'  And is a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen.If you enjoy listening to these stories, please do leave an Apple review so we can grow and reach more people.Sweet Dreams. Lucy ❤#SleepStories #BedtimeStories #GuidedMeditation #Relaxation #Calm #Mindfulness #MeditationPodcast #SleepPodcast #Folktales #FairyTales #Storytelling #SoothingVoices #SleepAid #RelaxingStories #Tranquility #DriftOffToSleep

After reading a much-too-long epic (that really could've been boiled down to a single episode), we decided we needed a palette cleanser. For some reason, we also decided that palette cleanser would be Hans Christian Andersen. This week, we read The Rose Elf. Suggested talking points: Advancements in Bellibolt Technology, Excommunicated from the Pinocchio Community, Folktale Chop Shop, Magic Ennui Ball, Nega-Bilbo, Kafka Kourt   Check out Gordie's TTRPG, Mythomorphosis If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

Le 26 mai, date à laquelle Bram Stoker a publié son roman Dracula, est célébré par les amoureux de la littérature et des vampires du monde entier comme la Journée mondiale de Dracula. Créature de littérature apparut au 18ème siècle, Dracula a depuis inondé la pop culture que ce soit en série, en jeu vidéo, ou bien sûr au cinéma et ce, dès 1922, avec le chef d'oeuvre Nosferatu, ou plus récemment avec la version de 1992 de Francis Ford Coppola (toujours un chef d'oeuvre). Mais d'où vient ce personnage ? Dracula est-il inspiré d'une histoire vraie ? Ecoutez la suite dans cet épisode de "Maintenant vous savez - Culture". Un podcast Bababam Originals, écrit et réalisé par Jonathan Aupart. Première diffusion : mai 2023 À écouter aussi : ⁠Hans Christian Andersen écrivait-il vraiment des contes pour enfants ?⁠ ⁠Pourquoi les films sont-ils censurés dans l'avion ?⁠ ⁠Quel est l'auteur de théâtre le plus adapté au cinéma ?⁠ Retrouvez tous les épisodes de ⁠"Maintenant vous savez - Culture"⁠. Suivez Bababam sur ⁠Instagram⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join LaTangela as she chats with the magical team of CYT Baton Rouge. Christian Youth Theater offers a safe space for families to bond, create and inspire. Gearing up for another amazing production: The Little Mermaid is on the way! In a magical kingdom beneath the sea, the beautiful young mermaid, Ariel, longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above.Based on one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved stories and the classic animated film, Disney's The Little Mermaid is a beautiful love story for the ages. Ariel, King Triton's youngest daughter, wishes to pursue the human Prince Eric in the world above, bargaining with the evil sea witch, Ursula, to trade her tail for legs. But the bargain is not what it seems, and Ariel needs the help of her colorful friends, Flounder the fish, Scuttle the seagull and Sebastian the crab to restore order under the sea. Dates / Times: Thursday, May 21st @ 7:00pm Friday, May 22nd @ 7:00pm Saturday, May 23rd @ 2:00pm Saturday, May 23rd @ 7:00pm Sunday, May 24th @ 3:00pm Get your tickets now and learn more : www.CYTBatonRouge.org Chime in: www.LaTangela.com www.TanTune.com www.TanCares.org RADIO - WEMX- Baton Rouge, La. Mon-Fri 10a.m.-3p.m.CST KTCX - Beaumont, Tx. Mon-Fri 3-8 CST KMEZ - New Orleans, La. Mon-Fri 7p.m. - mid WEMX Sundays 6a.m. KSMB Sundays 6a.m .WWO - YouTube - #LaTangelaFay Podcast - ALL digital platforms - #iTunes #Spotify #WEMX www.LaTangela.com www.TanTune.com Special Thank You - Gordon McKernan Injury Attorney - Official Partner #GordonGives #TanCares #225BulletinBoard TanTune POOFGT Legacy AutoThe Fiery Crab Reliable Auto Paint & BodyHair Queen Beauty Super CenterSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hello everyone,Todays episode is called 'The Old House'  And is a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen.If you enjoy listening to these stories, please do leave an Apple review so we can grow and reach more people.Sweet Dreams. Lucy ❤#SleepStories #BedtimeStories #GuidedMeditation #Relaxation #Calm #Mindfulness #MeditationPodcast #SleepPodcast #Folktales #FairyTales #Storytelling #SoothingVoices #SleepAid #RelaxingStories #Tranquility #DriftOffToSleep

In this week's episode we are joined by Claudia Rueda. Claudia Rueda is a Colombian author and a New York Times Best Seller illustrator of over thirty picture books. Rueda's books have been published in the United States, Mexico, and Spain and have been translated into seventeen different languages. She's a 2016 Hans Christian Andersen and Astrid Lindgren Awards nominee. Claudia went to Law and Art school and worked as a political cartoonist in Colombia. She then studied Children's Book Illustration at UC Berkeley and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. Claudia lives in New York City and teaches a course on picture books at the School of Visual Arts. Buy her latest book here: bookshop.org/a/19191/9781536236583Check out her website here: claudiarueda.comFollow her on IG here: @claudiaruedaSupport the show

We each have a God–given destiny. A plan that God has for our lives, which fits perfectly with who He made us to be. The problem is that many people aren't living out that destiny – because there are some obstacles in their way. So let's find out what they are, and how to get around them – so that you can live out your destiny.   Putting First Things First Most people these days live hectic lives, just scraping through each day. Personally, my list of things to do is as long as my arm and then some. There are some personal things I have to do; things to do with writing and recording and producing this radio-programme; there's an organisation to run; people to meet with; this project; that project; a new idea over here, another one over there; hundreds of e-mails each day ... Welcome to my world. Now don't get me wrong; I'm not complaining and none of those things are terribly bad at all, but the point is that with so many more things to do than I can possibly fit into my day, or my week or even my year, my process for deciding what I do is absolutely critical. Chances are, the same is true for you. One of the big mistakes I used to make is that I'd sit down in the morning, which (given that I'm a morning person) is my most lucid and productive time, and just start answering e-mails. After a while, I realised I wasn't getting anything else done because by putting my E-mails first, I was putting other people's priorities first. I was in fact dancing to their tune instead of sorting out for myself what the most important things were on my agenda, and doing those things first. There's a well-known principle or framework that you read in a lot of management books, that sets out the difference between what's urgent and what's important, and what you discover is that almost nothing that's urgent is important, and almost nothing that's important is urgent. And yet most of us react to urgent things, or at least the things that other people say are urgent, and so we spend most of our time doing urgent things, instead of the important things – day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year. And before you know it, your life is kind of slipping away, doing a whole bunch of things, which, in the scheme of things, sure, they make you busy, but how important are they? Do you see my point here? How are you spending your life, and are the things you're spending your time on important and worthwhile? I guess I'm asking those questions for you to ask them of yourself, and answer them. Come on! Be brutally honest. For instance, making sure I have some time with my beautiful wife Jacqui is important. Making sure I encourage her and give her a hug and a kiss, and spend some unhurried time with her in the morning over breakfast is really important, but it's not urgent. It's not as urgent say as the e-mail that comes in from a radio-station somewhere around the world that says they weren't able to download tonight's radio-programme from our FTP server. And yet what I used to do (because remember, mornings are my most productive time) is get up early and spend no time at all with Jacqui over breakfast, and just work furiously through that time, and by the time she comes home from work and I come home from work, we're both tired and there you go. We haven't spent any time together. Do you see how easily this stuff happens in people's lives? The urgent trumps the important in so many people's lives, and before you know it, your life is falling apart. Things are in a mess. Marriages are falling apart, all because we allow the urgent to crowd out the important. It's scary, isn't it? So what about you? What about your life? Are you letting the myriad of urgent things crowd out the important things like spending time with people, managing your finances properly, nurturing your children, developing relationships with your co-workers? See, all those things are incredibly important, and in many-a person's life, they're being cast aside simply because we're too busy doing the urgent stuff. 'I don't have time to exercise!' Well, if you don't make time for exercise (which is important), let me tell you you'll certainly be making time for sickness (which will be urgent), and actually, that's how it works. Doing the important things generally over time reduces the number of urgent things that you need to do because if the important things go undone, that leads to crises and those crises increase the number of urgent things requiring an immediate response. I don't know what your destiny is, but this is what I do know: It doesn't lie in a myriad of things that other people tell you are urgent; it lies in the things that, in your heart of hearts, you know are important. If you or I went to God, this God who handcrafted us, who designed us in His heart – blueprinted our DNA, if we went to Him and said: 'Lord, what's the most important thing that I have to do with my life', what do you think He'd answer? What would He put at the very top of our to-do list? Well, actually, we already know. A clever young lawyer once asked Him a very similar question. The lawyer sort of said (and this is my paraphrase): Well, Jesus, you and I both know that in the Law of Moses handed down over all those years, there are 613 commandments and prohibitions. That's kind of a lot. I mean that's a lot day-to-day to remember to do, so how would you sum up the Law? I mean, if I'm trying to prioritise these things in my life, which one of all those commandments is the most important one? You can read the exact words in Matthew 22 and Mark 12, and if I had to paraphrase Jesus' reply in kind of here-and-now speak, it'd run something like this: Look, I know you have a lot of things to do. There are lots of rules: Do this, do that ... They're all good things, but you can sum up the whole Law in just two commandments – to love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, all your mind and all your strength. That's the most important one, and the second one is just like it: Love the people around you as much as you love yourself. That's the whole Law in a nutshell. Do you know something? The most important thing that I do almost every day, the thing that I do before anything else, is that I spend an hour or so alone with Jesus praying; reading the Bible; asking Him questions, and that's what sets the course for my whole day – day after day, month after month, year after year. Actually, it sets the course for my whole life. It is quite simply the single-most important thing that I do, and it's through that time with Him that I've discovered my destiny.   A Lifelong Journey If I were to ask you, "What's your destiny? What were you put on this earth to achieve – to do? What impact are you meant to have on this planet of over seven billion people? What's the point of your life, and is it heading in the right direction", I wonder how you'd answer those questions. I ask those questions of people rather a lot, and I can tell you the number of people who have a clear sense of destiny and purpose and direction – well you know, it's less than five per cent – maybe one in twenty; maybe. Now I'm not saying that we should each have our lives completely mapped out because things happen along the way. There are twists and turns in life that are totally unexpected. Little things can change the whole course of a life. We can't map out our whole lives in the minutest detail and say. "Yep. That's what I'm going to do, that's where it's going", and yet deep-down, we need to have some sense of a destiny. Another way of putting it would be to have a sense of direction for our lives. Where's your life headed? And that destiny is invariably tied up with two things: Our dreams, and our skills and abilities. If you're one of the majority – one of those people who hasn't quite yet cottoned on to the direction for your life, where it's meant to be headed – then this is for you. Can you remember the dreams that you had for your life when you were young? Can you? There were some back there that were never going to fly. I mean, if you're short and slightly dumpy, and you were dreaming of becoming a famous basketball-player, well, that was obviously never going to happen. But so often, there's a dream in people's hearts that's been there for a very long time. Here's a conversation that I've had so many times with people about this whole question of destiny. We get to talking about the direction in which their life is heading, and the person says to me something like: 'But you know, I'm sure there's meant to be something else, something more, something that I don't know, something I'm meant to be doing, but I don't know what it is'. Does that sound vaguely familiar? So I ask them then, "If you had no constraints, if money wasn't an issue, if you could be anything or do anything that you wanted, what would that be?' And the answer invariably comes back along these lines: 'Oh, well! Anything I want? Well you know, I've always dreamed of" ... and then, they tell me the answer. They tell me about their destiny. It's already there; it's already been woven somehow by God into their DNA. Now of course, there's a risk that this is a short dumpy basketball-player kind of dream, and so then I follow up with my second question: 'What are the things you're really good at?' Most people can tell you that, and what I've found is that there is almost always, in 90% of cases, a wonderful fit between their dream and their natural skills and gifting. You know something? We've just discovered their destiny. We've just discovered what they're meant to be doing with their lives, and the tragedy (I mean, the absolute tragedy) is that deep down they probably already knew that. So what's held them back? The constraints we put on our lives. Remember my first question? 'If you had no constraints, if money wasn't an issue, if you could be anything or do anything that you wanted, what would that be?' My question removes the constraints. Then all of a sudden, people can look at things the way they're meant to be looking at them – through the eyes of freedom. For twenty years, I was a high-priced IT consultant, but there came a time of dissatisfaction – a time when I came to the conclusion that I wasn't fulfilling my destiny. Every few years, the opportunity emerged to do what I'm doing now – to produce these radio-programmes, and use one of the small handful of talents that I naturally have (which is to be a communicator), to bring hope and change and transformation into people's lives through these radio-programmes, but that meant taking a risk. It meant confounding people's expectations of me. It meant leaving a big salary behind, and going and working in a small, at-the-time ailing, not-for-profit organisation. And those constraints and expectations and the money thing and the risk, all those things I have to tell you, were tough issues to navigate. It wasn't an easy decision to make. It was (at the time) a huge leap of faith for me. When I look back on it now, this is what I know ... it's always like that when we have to make a decision as to whether or not we're going to get out there and fulfil our destiny, because destiny requires courage. In fact, the two seem inextricably linked. When we step out on the destiny journey, there's always a risk of failure, and yet there is nothing as fulfilling and energising as living out your destiny. These last years doing what I'm doing now, there have been some real challenges, some really tough times, but I wouldn't swap them for anything. And in pursuing this destiny, here's what I know: The only person who can make it happen in our lives is Jesus Christ. Now some may scoff at that, and sure; there's plenty of evidence of genius and achievement out there in the world. People are capable of doing amazing things, but here's what I'm absolutely certain of: Jesus the Son of God, when He laid His glory aside, when He became one of us, when He came into this world with a destiny, His destiny was twofold. It was to reveal God to us and secondly, it was to die on that cross and rise again to give you and me a free gift of eternal life. And without that Jesus who fulfilled His destiny for you and me, you and I may well be able to achieve some amazing things, but we will never achieve anything of eternal significance and value. Because of my gift of communication, I guess I can hold people's attention. I think I can make them laugh and even cry, but without Jesus, without His story, without His grace, I have nothing of eternal value to impart, 'cos he's the One that saves. He's the One that transforms. He's the One that gives new life, and my destiny lies in Him to be who He made me to be, and to do the things that He made me to do, so that His purposes will be achieved on this earth; and my friend, your destiny, your true destiny, lies in Jesus too. He has plans and purposes for your life, and He came up with them even before you were born, and when we give our lives to Him completely, wholly, fully, without constraint, without limit, without reservation, then we discover that destiny, and let me tell you it is a perfect fit (your destiny) with who He made you to be. How do I know that? Psalm 139. Go read it – His Word, His truth, your destiny.   Ugly Duckling Syndrome The final obstacle to living out our destiny is this: We compare ourselves to other people. We all do that. We all look at these talented and gifted people around us, and we convince ourselves that we can never be as good as them; we can never do what they can do; we can never live out our dream, our destiny. You know what I call that? I call it ugly duckling syndrome. Hans Christian Andersen's powerful story The Ugly Duckling is a literary classic, not so much because of the way it was written (my hunch is that the piece probably loses some of its poetry and lilt, having been translated into English) – no, the power of The Ugly Duckling, the thing that's made it a classic, is in the way that it resonates so deeply in our souls. A swan's egg, by some strange set of events, finds itself in a ducks' nest in a farmyard, and so a swan is born into a family of ducks. No one really cares why or even realises that it's happened; everyone just assumes that this little guy is meant to be a duck, and all of his little life people reject him for being an ugly duckling because he's ugly! Everyone misunderstands him; everyone rejects him, and it hurts. He's all alone, but amidst the bleakness and hopelessness of this world, there is one thing – just one – that makes his little spirit soar. Have a listen. One evening, just as the sun set amid the radiant clouds, there came a large flock of beautiful birds out of the bushes. The duckling had never seen anything like them before. They were swans, and they were curved with their graceful necks, while their soft plumage shone in the dazzling whiteness. They let out a singular cry, as they spread their glorious wings, and flew from those cold regions to warmer countries across the sea. As they mounted higher and higher into the air, the ugly little duckling felt quite a strange sensation as he watched them. He whirled himself in the water like a wheel; he stretched out his neck towards them, and uttered a cry so strange that it frightened him. Could he ever forget those beautiful, happy birds? Then when at last they were out of his sight, he dived under the water and rose again, almost beside himself with excitement. He knew not the names of these birds, nor where they'd flown, but he felt towards them as he had never felt for any other bird in the world. He wasn't envious of these beautiful creatures, but wished to be as lovely as they. Poor, ugly little creature, how gladly he would have lived even with the ducks, had they only given him some encouragement. At the moment, he didn't yet know who he was. He just knew who he wanted to be, but because he didn't know who he was, who God had made him to be, he simply didn't have a license to go and be who he'd been made to be, and even when he finally encounters those birds again, he thinks he's going to die. Surely, surely, that can be the only outcome. 'I will fly with those royal birds,' he exclaimed, 'And they will kill me because I am so ugly! And to dare to approach them ... but it doesn't matter. Better to be killed by them than to be pecked by the ducks, beaten by the hens, pushed around by the maiden who feeds the paltry, or starved with hunger in the winter.' And he flew to the water, and swam towards the beautiful swans. The moment they spied him, they rushed to meet him with outstretched wings. 'Kill me!' said the poor little bird. And he bent his head down to the surface of the water and awaited death, but then something happened that changed everything in an instant. What did he see in the clear stream below? His own image: No longer a dark grey bird, ugly and disagreeable to look at, but a graceful and beautiful swan. To be born in a ducks' nest in a farmyard is of no consequence to a bird, if it is hatched from a swan's egg. It's not until we really know who we are that we discover how inconsequential the distorted images the world's misunderstanding reflects back to us, in fact, are. My friend, as I meet people around the world (and I've met so many; more and more as the years go by), I'm so deeply impressed by the amazing abilities – the talents, ideas, creativity, perspectives, motivations – that are buried inside each and every person, each person whom I've ever met. And that's not just other people: It's each one of us. It's not just them: It's you, because each (in our own unique different way) have the capacity, the capability, the potential to do the most amazing things – to be the most amazing people. Please, please, don't fall for that ugly duckling deception. You are such a person. You have a destiny, and it's waiting for you to be lived. That's precisely the thing that God wants you to know today, when you step out on your journey of destiny – your God-given destiny, for as the apostle Paul writes in Ephesians 2:10, you are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do the good works which God prepared beforehand, so that you would walk into them. See? God made you in a certain way, and He's already prepared the way – the good works, and they're waiting for you on the road ahead, and He's created you as a piece of His workmanship, perfectly suited to the destiny that you're called for. If you go back to Psalm 139:13-18, you discover that not only did God create us in our mother's womb, not only did He lay down every strand of DNA and give you a hair-colour and your heart and your eye-colour and all those characteristics, but He also at the same time wrote down in His book every day, every experience, everything that would happen on your journey, and those two (that He made you, and what He made you to do) are an absolutely perfect fit. It's about discovering that we are indeed God's workmanship, you and I. It's about discovering who we are and what our purpose is, so that we can go and walk into the good works that God prepared beforehand for us to walk into, with a certainty and a quiet confidence, in the knowledge that we're a perfect fit – that we're the right one for the job, no matter how daunting that job may first appear. Father God, we've heard Your good news. We know we've made so many mistakes. We've stepped out of Your plan. We went our own way, and each one of us (in our own way) knows it didn't work out. And so, we want to come back and we want to discover the me that you always meant us to be. Father, thank You for Jesus. We just want to accept Him; I believe that He died for me, and that He rose again; I believe that I'm forgiven because of Him, and that I have eternal life because of Him, and Father right this day, lock, stock and barrel, with everything that I am, with every hope and every dream and everything I have, I want to step back into Your plan for me. I want to step back into my destiny. I give everything I am and everything I have to You, for You to do with as You please. Father God, thank You that You do have a plan. Thank You that I can just come back because of Jesus, and thank You Father that in that plan, I'll get to know You, and as I get to know You more and more and more, I'll discover the person I was always meant to be. I'll discover the destiny that You have for me. I'll discover, in my heart and in my experience, that I am Your workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do the good works that You prepared beforehand, so that I could walk into them. Father, in the mighty name of Jesus, I want to thank You. I want to thank You for giving me this life. Amen.

In this episode, James Maude sits down with Jeffrey Wheatman, SVP and Cyber Risk Strategist at Black Kite and former 16-year Gartner VP, whose career started not in a SOC, but behind the counter of a hardware store in New York City. A stack of 2,600 magazines and a Novell NetWare training course later, he found himself in IT but quickly realized there was more than technology involved in security, there was a story to be told. In his career Jeffrey has coached nearly 500 CISOs on how to walk into a boardroom and actually be heard. Jeffrey explains why Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales make better security training tools than most vendor decks, why your choice of words might be quietly killing your credibility. He also discusses why AI isn't just a threat, it's an imperfect storm that is already tearing through your supply chain whether you're watching it or not.

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens follows Pip, an orphan who rises from humble beginnings after receiving a mysterious fortune, believing it will transform him into a gentleman worthy of love. As he navigates London society, Pip becomes entangled with the eccentric Miss Havisham and her cold ward Estella, while slowly uncovering the true source of his wealth. Francine Prose is the author of twenty-two works of fiction, including The Vixen, Mister Monkey, the New York Times bestseller Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932, A Changed Man, and Blue Angel, a finalist for the National Book Award. Her nonfiction includes the modern classic Reading Like a Writer and the acclaimed memoir 1974: A Personal History. A former president of PEN America and a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, she is widely regarded as one of our most insightful and versatile contemporary writers. Her latest book, Five Weeks in the Country explores a fascinating moment which Francine describes as this: “In 1857, Hans Christian Andersen visited Charles Dickens, his wife and nine children in the British countryside for five comically and heartbreakingly awkward weeks. Telling their story seemed like the perfect way to talk about writing, love, marriage, children and two brilliant authors: a public figure in crisis and a houseguest, more at home in his fairy tales than in life, who overstays his welcome.”Valentine's Claret Punch is our drink pairing, and is what Dickens and Anderson were drinking the night they met and led to the misunderstanding that led Anderson to believe he should visit the Dickens family for an extended stay!In this EpisodeGreat Expectations - John Mills FilmGreat Expectations - 1998 Version

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Trgovčev sin zavoljo pravljice o vžigalicah ostane brez neveste … Pripovedujejo: Janez Hočevar Rifle, Marko Mandić, Sabina Kogovšek, Saša Mihelčič, Ivo Ban, Ljerka Belak, Polona Juh, Aleš Valič, Nina Valič, Uroš Smolej. Avtor literarnega dela: Hans Christian Andersen. Prevedla: Silvana Orel Kos. Glasbena opremljevalka: Darja Hlavka Godina. Mojster zvoka: Jure Culiberg. Režiserka in avtorica priredbe: Irena Glonar. Posneto v studiih Radia Slovenija 2005.

"Kids can look at [Hans Christian Andersen's] story and say, oh wow, here's this famous author, and he went through this. Oh, there's hope… not only make it through, but do something that I really love doing", says Sandra Nickel. Sandra joins this epsiode to discuss her new book about  Hans Chrisitan Andersen and how he was likely autistic. To learn more about Sandra and her books visit /https://sandranickel.com/books/ .If you could subscribe on your favorite listening platform we would really appreciate that. If you are looking for customized coaching by autistics for autistics then visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.autismpersonalcoach.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  If you would be interested in being interviewed on Autism Stories or would like to be a sponsor send an email to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hello@autismpersonalcoach.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Thank you to TR Sun for their song “All Good” on todays episode.  if you would like to follow along or if your like me and seeing the lyrics make listening to music more accessible to you then check them out here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bitly.cx/6Ib2⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thank you very much to Amy Scurria for her opera piece "Inside" at the end of the episode. To learn more about Amy please visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amyscurria.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .

EPISODE 156HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN: HIS NEURODIVERGENT JOURNEY, AS SHARED BY AUTISTIC CHILDREN'S AUTHOR, SANDRA NICKELIt is now widely accepted that Hans Christian Anderson, renowned Danish author of children's books, was autistic. Sandra Nickel, an award-winning and autistic children's author brings Andersen's story to life in a beautiful book, “The Real Ugly Duckling”. Sandra, Barry and Dave discuss her motivation for writing her book, and the special qualities of his life's journey that can be so enlightening and affirming for children, adults, and all people who have, or who even may not have neurodivergent individuals in their lives.Learn more on our website!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.This week, the moment when Irish writer Roddy Doyle discovered he'd won one of the most prestigious honours in fiction: The Booker Prize. And our guest, Merritt Moseley, emeritus professor of English at the University of North Carolina in Asheville, discusses the history of the award.Plus, we look back at the assassination of radical African leader Thomas Sankara in 1987, and find out more about the Indonesian province that introduced Sharia law. Also, how Hans Christian Andersen's 'lost fairytale' was discovered in Danish archives, and the female rollerblader who beat the men to grab X Games glory.Finally, the story behind the creation of the children's playtime favourite, My Little Pony, in 1983.Contributors:Roddy Doyle – author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.Merritt Moseley - emeritus professor of English at the University of North Carolina in Asheville.Paul Sankara – brother of Captain Thomas Sankara.Bonnie Zacharle – toymaker.Azwar Abubakar - acting governor of Aceh.Ejnar Askgaard - curator and senior researcher, Museum Odense.(Photo: Roddy Doyle with his prize winning book, 1993. Credit: PA Images)

In October 2012, a local historian stumbled upon a misplaced pamphlet in the Danish Archives. It was a story called the Tallow Candle and is believed to be Hans Christian Andersen's first fairytale. Ejnar Askgaard, Curator and Senior Researcher at Museum Odense, verified the document. He speaks to Surya Elango. Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by and curious about the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more. Recent episodes explore everything from how the Excel spreadsheet was developed, the creation of cartoon rabbit Miffy and how the sound barrier was broken.We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: the moment Reagan and Gorbachev met in Geneva, Haitian singer Emerante de Pradines' life and Omar Sharif's legendary movie entrance in Lawrence of Arabia.You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, like the invention of a stent which has saved lives around the world; the birth of the G7; and the meeting of Maldives' ministers underwater. We cover everything from World War Two and Cold War stories to Black History Month and our journeys into space.(Photo: Hans Christian Andersen. Credit: Hulton-Deutsch Collection via Getty Images)

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The animated short film ‘Tulip’ opens as many stories do - with "once upon a time." The tale might sound familiar. It begins with a woman finding a tiny baby girl, curled up at the center of a blooming flower. Soon, Tulip climbs out her window and sets off on an adventure in her own backyard – meeting the many creatures that call it home as she tries to find her way back to her own. The film is a take on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale Thumbelina. Each scene is awash in bright colors and textures. Every part of Tulip - from the characters to the sets and backgrounds - is made by hand, most of it in felt, and brought to life using the time-intensive technique of stop motion animation. And the lush, green backgrounds may look familiar - the co-directors behind the film are based here in Western Washington. Tulip was originally released in 2020. It screened at film festivals like the Annecy International Animation Festival and the Seattle International Film Festival. Now, for the first time, anyone can watch the short on YouTube. Guests: Andrea Love is a stop motion animator based in Port Townsend. She was co-director for Tulip, and also headed up fabrication & animation. Phoebe Wahl is an illustrator and children’s book author based in Bellingham. She was the co-director, lead set and character designer, and script writer for Tulip. Related links: Watch 'Tulip' on Youtube Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes Soundside is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Some say this truly beautiful tale is actually a story that Hans Christian Andersen wrote about his love for an opera singer – a love that was never returned to him. Listen to the gentle story of a bird who enchants a kingdom, until a replica comes and takes her place...for a time. Free thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors, enVy Pillow.com and SierraSil.com, both of whom generously offer discounts on all online purchases when you use the code drift. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

When asked if he'd ever write his life story, Hans Christian Andersen said that this tale was it. With that in mind, I shaped this popular classic for Drift, while staying loyal to its theme of rejection and unrequited love, balanced with our need for family and a sense of belonging. Listen free, thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors, enVy Pillow.com and SierraSil.com, both of whom generously offer discounts on all online purchases when you use the code drift. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode of The Growing Readers Podcast, host Bianca Schulze welcomes author and audiobook narrator Sandra Nickel to discuss her luminous, lyrical picture book biography, The True Ugly Duckling: How Hans Christian Andersen Became a Swan.Sandra shares how a lifetime of loving fairy tales collided with a deep personal connection to neurodivergence—and how a strange, tender, relentlessly creative boy from Denmark became the perfect vessel for a story about what happens when your differentness is exactly what makes you extraordinary.From writing in complete silence to choosing a fairy tale structure over a traditional biography, Sandra reveals why emotional distance is one of fairy tales' greatest gifts, how she crafted a book for every child who has ever felt like they were too much for the world around them, and why Hans Christian Andersen might be the most quietly radical figure a child reader could encounter today. Whether you're a parent of a kid who masks, an educator looking for a biography that reads like a bedtime story, or a reader who has ever had a door shut in your face and wondered if you should stop knocking, this conversation is a warm and tender celebration of the children the world almost missed.Read the transcript on ⁠The Children's Book Review⁠ (coming soon).Highlights:Strange Child, Extraordinary Legacy: How the very qualities that made Hans Christian Andersen an outsider became the source of his enduring genius—and why Sandra wanted children to see themselves in thatThe Fairy Tale Structure Decision: Why Sandra chose to write a biography that feels like a fairy tale—and what emotional distance a fairy tale can offer that a straight narrative cannotWriting Toward the Child Who Needs It Most: How Sandra thinks about the child reader she can't quite define—the one who may never have a label but is walking around feeling like they're too much for everybodyIt Was Always the Children Who Loved Him: The remarkable fact that it was adults who kept shutting doors on Andersen—and children who kept his heart goingHe Just Kept Reinterpreting the Direction: On perseverance, inner voice, and what it looks like to keep following your true self even when the path keeps shiftingSeven, A Remarkable Pigeon: Sandra's picture book, written at the same time, and why these two stories about using your differentness as your superpower will always be linkedA Love Letter to Seekers: What Sandra most wants the child reading this book to feel—and why she hopes they'll go straight to Andersen's own stories nextNotable Quote:"What made him strange is exactly what made him extraordinary." —Sandra NickelBooks Mentioned:The True Ugly Duckling: How Hans Christian Andersen Became a Swan by Sandra Nickel: ⁠Amazon⁠ or ⁠Bookshop.org⁠Seven: A Most Remarkable Pigeon by Sandra Nickel: ⁠Amazon⁠ or ⁠Bookshop.org⁠About Sandra Nickel:Sandra Nickel is the author of several picture books for young readers, including The True Ugly Duckling: How Hans Christian Andersen Became a Swan and Seven: A Remarkable Pigeon. She holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults and brings both a writer's craft and a deeply personal lens to stories about children who feel different. Her work champions neurodivergent kids, outsiders, and anyone who has ever had to find their own way to the door. Visit ⁠https://sandranickel.com/Credits:Host: Bianca SchulzeGuest: Sandra NickelAudio Editor: Kelly RinkProducer: Bianca Schulze

Supernatural Japan: Izumi Kyoka and the Global Fantastic  (U Michigan Press, 2026)examines the role of Japanese writer Izumi Kyōka (1873–1939) in the formation of modern literature of the fantastic in Japan as a global literary genre. Kyōka wrote some of the most famous stories of ghosts, monsters, and the supernatural in modern Japanese literature, including The Holy Man of Mt. Kōya, The Grass Labyrinth, and The Castle Tower. Despite the clearly modernist elements and global influences of Kyōka's fiction, his work has often been characterized as relying on traditional Japanese genres as inspiration for its themes and literary form. Pedro Bassoe considers how Kyōka's stories have been produced by a meeting of global influences—including Apuleius, The Arabian Nights, Hans Christian Andersen, the Brothers Grimm, Prosper Mérimée, Guy de Maupassant, Gerhart Hauptmann, and Jules Verne—combined with traditional Japanese genres. Bassoe develops the notion of “the scholarly fantastic” to describe how a set of realistic epistemologies reinforce the fantastic in Kyōka's writings. Supernatural Japan offers an up-to-date introduction to Izumi Kyōka and his writing for students, scholars, or fans of Japanese fantasy literature and media. Pedro Thiago Ramos Bassoe is Assistant Professor of Japanese at Purdue University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Supernatural Japan: Izumi Kyoka and the Global Fantastic  (U Michigan Press, 2026)examines the role of Japanese writer Izumi Kyōka (1873–1939) in the formation of modern literature of the fantastic in Japan as a global literary genre. Kyōka wrote some of the most famous stories of ghosts, monsters, and the supernatural in modern Japanese literature, including The Holy Man of Mt. Kōya, The Grass Labyrinth, and The Castle Tower. Despite the clearly modernist elements and global influences of Kyōka's fiction, his work has often been characterized as relying on traditional Japanese genres as inspiration for its themes and literary form. Pedro Bassoe considers how Kyōka's stories have been produced by a meeting of global influences—including Apuleius, The Arabian Nights, Hans Christian Andersen, the Brothers Grimm, Prosper Mérimée, Guy de Maupassant, Gerhart Hauptmann, and Jules Verne—combined with traditional Japanese genres. Bassoe develops the notion of “the scholarly fantastic” to describe how a set of realistic epistemologies reinforce the fantastic in Kyōka's writings. Supernatural Japan offers an up-to-date introduction to Izumi Kyōka and his writing for students, scholars, or fans of Japanese fantasy literature and media. Pedro Thiago Ramos Bassoe is Assistant Professor of Japanese at Purdue University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

Send a textTW: Child abuse;Welcome back!  To Caleb Can't Read!  Join us today as we go over the story of a VERY sexually repressed man.  A man so repressed that he probably shouldn't be writing children's stories.  But just as cockchafers couldn't stop Hans, you can't stop us from discussing his most famous stories, such as "The Princess and the Pea", "Thumbelina", and yes, "The Little Mermaid"!

Supernatural Japan: Izumi Kyoka and the Global Fantastic  (U Michigan Press, 2026)examines the role of Japanese writer Izumi Kyōka (1873–1939) in the formation of modern literature of the fantastic in Japan as a global literary genre. Kyōka wrote some of the most famous stories of ghosts, monsters, and the supernatural in modern Japanese literature, including The Holy Man of Mt. Kōya, The Grass Labyrinth, and The Castle Tower. Despite the clearly modernist elements and global influences of Kyōka's fiction, his work has often been characterized as relying on traditional Japanese genres as inspiration for its themes and literary form. Pedro Bassoe considers how Kyōka's stories have been produced by a meeting of global influences—including Apuleius, The Arabian Nights, Hans Christian Andersen, the Brothers Grimm, Prosper Mérimée, Guy de Maupassant, Gerhart Hauptmann, and Jules Verne—combined with traditional Japanese genres. Bassoe develops the notion of “the scholarly fantastic” to describe how a set of realistic epistemologies reinforce the fantastic in Kyōka's writings. Supernatural Japan offers an up-to-date introduction to Izumi Kyōka and his writing for students, scholars, or fans of Japanese fantasy literature and media. Pedro Thiago Ramos Bassoe is Assistant Professor of Japanese at Purdue University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/japanese-studies

Zzz . . . Drift off while Otis reads this Hans Christian Andersen short story – "The Roses and the Sparrows" zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/sleepyradio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page.  Awesome Sleepy sponsor deals: Avocado: AvacadoGreenMattress.com/SLEEPY for 15% off.  Quince: Go to Quince.com/sleepy for free shipping and 365-day returns BetterHelp: Visit BetterHelp.com/SLEEPY today to get 10% off your first month. GreenChef: GreenChef.com/50SLEEPYGRAZA and use code "SLEEPYGRAZA" to get started with 50% off Green Chef + FREE Graza Olive  Oil Set in your 2nd and 3rd boxes. ButcherBox: Sign up at butcherbox.com/sleepy and use code "sleepy" OneSkin: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code SLEEPY at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.oneskin.co/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ #oneskinpod GhostBed: Go to GhostBed.com/sleepy and use promo code “SLEEPY” at checkout for 50% off! Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at Shopify.com/otis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good Evening - it's Hans Christian Andersen again, of course! Little Ida's Flowers.A fairy tale from 1835 about a girl who wonders why her flowers wilt, leading a student to tell her they're tired from dancing all night at a ball in the king's castle.Thank you for being here tonight, sleep well!

Today's episode is a story about a poor soldier written for you by Hans Christian Andersen. He gains a magical tinderbox that summons three powerful dogs who bring him wealth and secretly carry a princess to him at night. Find out what happens when the King and Queen discover this. Draw us a picture of what you think any of the characters in this story look like, and then tag us in it on instagram @storiespodcast! We'd love to see your artwork and share it on our feed!! If you would like to support Stories Podcast, you can subscribe and give us a five star review on iTunes, check out our merch at storiespodcast.com/shop, follow us on Instagram @storiespodcast, or just tell your friends about us! Check out our new YouTube channel at youtube.com/storiespodcast. If you've ever wanted to read along with our stories, now you can! These read-along versions of our stories are great for early readers trying to improve their skills or even adults learning English for the first time. Check it out.

durée : 00:57:42 - Toute une vie - par : Élise Andrieu - Né en 1805 et mort en 1875, l'écrivain danois Hans Christian Andersen a écrit, entre autres contes, "La petite Sirène" et "Le Vilain Petit Canard". Mais quel a été son berceau ? Illustré par des lectures, ce documentaire raconte sa vie et son oeuvre. - réalisation : Céline Ters - invités : Karl Ejby Poulsen , Marc Auchet Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

durée : 00:57:42 - Toute une vie - par : Élise Andrieu - Né en 1805 et mort en 1875, l'écrivain danois Hans Christian Andersen a écrit, entre autres contes, "La petite Sirène" et "Le Vilain Petit Canard". Mais quel a été son berceau ? Illustré par des lectures, ce documentaire raconte sa vie et son oeuvre. - réalisation : Céline Ters - invités : Karl Ejby Poulsen; Marc Auchet

Hans Christian Andersen. „Nauji karaliaus rūbai“. Skaito aktorė Doloresa Kazragytė.

This week's rounds are Music (Intros), Urban Legends, Pastries (Quickfire), Geography and an extra Prize Round! There is no music this week because of the prize round. Prize Round Picture Question: Which country?

Ralph Shayne is an entrepreneur and finance professional, and the son of a mother who was a Danish citizen until she married an American and immigrated to the United States in the 1960s. Born and raised in Chicago, his mere existence is predicated on being the offspring of a mother who was part of the one in ten European Jewish children to survive the War because of the rare bravery, compassion and exploits of her fellow Danish citizens. On the show today he shares about the moral clarity of the Danish government during the Holocaust.  It is a reminder of the good that exists in the world.   Teaching Trunk: https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/students-educators/teaching-trunks/teaching-trunks-grades-7-12/ Graphics: https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/students-educators/virtual-student-educator-resources/hour-of-need-toolkit-graphics/ In collaboration with: https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/ Hour of Need is a graphic novel telling the true story of the resistance to Nazi rule in Denmark during World War II and the heroes that saved the Danish Jews by helping them evacuate to Sweden. Hour Of Need -- FROM THE BOOK WEBSITE: In the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, legend had it that should danger ever come to Denmark, the mighty warrior Holger Danske promised to wake from his centuries-long slumber to protect its citizens. When the Nazis move to round up young Mette and her fellow Danish Jews in a surprise raid in 1943 after years of letting Denmark rule its people, her father must make life and death decisions to save his family. Overnight, they have become refugees at the mercy of the complete strangers they meet during their escape. The mythical Holger Danske's promise to the Danish people manifests in the compassion and bravery of a school teacher turned resistance leader and other ordinary citizens who bravely defy the Nazi regime to come to her rescue in her hour of need. Told from the point of view of Mette returning to Denmark years later with her grandchildren, Hour of Need tells the story of how the people of an occupied nation–from king to fisherman–risked their lives to evacuate their Jewish countrymen to Sweden in small fishing boats. Hour of Need is a tribute to the heroes that saved the Danish Jews and how humanity triumphs in the darkest hours.   Edited by: Alex Wolf Original Music Composed by: Dan Hacker   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/templeisraelmi  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/templeisraelmi/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn9spWvsCBvcQ-o5XLeFLHKcLoj2nBAfM  Web: https://www.temple-israel.org/wakinguptolifepod  You can get this podcast anywhere you get your media.  Join over 10,000 listeners who have been inspired by the show. And if you have someone with a story to tell, please contact me at josh@temple-israel.org

The story of Alexander von Zemlinsky's The Mermaid begins with a passionate love affair and ends in heartbreak of the most unabashedly big-R Romantic kind. In 1900, the young, fabulously talented, and famously beautiful Alma Schindler came to Zemlinsky's home to study composition. Wildly passionate feelings soon developed between them, and Alma wrote the following in her diary: "I would gladly be pregnant for him, gladly bear his children. His blood and mine, commingled: my beauty with his intellect. I would gladly serve him in his professional life, live for him and his kith and kin, breathe [for him], attend to his every happiness, serve him with a gentle hand. God give me the strength and the willpower to do so." The relationship lasted a little over a year, until one night when Schindler attended a party that happened to be frequented by a brilliant conductor and composer twenty years her senior: Gustav Mahler. The rest is history. Zemlinsky was devastated and poured his energies into a tone poem based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid. The source may seem surprising, but as we'll see later on, it proved to be the perfect vehicle for Zemlinsky to exorcise the tortured memories of this turbulent relationship. For a long time, however, the score was lost. It wasn't until the 1980s that the full work was reconstructed, and it has since become one of Zemlinsky's most frequently performed pieces. And it's not hard to see why. The Mermaid is a forty-minute tone poem that, from start to finish, overflows with fin-de-siècle romanticism, very much in the vein of Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night). It is a work of irresistible beauty and passion, and it is being played more and more as Zemlinsky's name begins to take its rightful place in the standard canon of composers. Today on the show, I'll tell you a bit more about Zemlinsky in case you're not familiar with him, read more of the unbearably passionate letters and diary entries from both Zemlinsky and Alma Schindler, and, of course, walk you through the heartbreakingly beautiful music of The Mermaid, showing how Zemlinsky balances narrative and abstract form, and how he created this opulent, lush, and profoundly moving score. Join us!

New Combinations Host and Associate Artistic Director Wendy Whelan is joined by Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky this week as the countdown to the choreographer's next world premiere—and the 500th work created on the company—continues. Commissioned by Serge Lifar in 1935, the score, by the little-known neoclassical composer Jean Françaix, adapts Hans Christian Andersen's "The Emperor's New Clothes" for the stage. Among the ballet's unique challenges was the casting of the title character, which Ratmansky shares requires a "fearless" dancer with "charisma and a sense of humor." (23:53) Edited by Emilie Silvestri Music: "Sisyphus" by Andrew Wegman Bird Wixen Music Publishing, Inc. as agent for Muffet Music Co

We return in 2026, kicking things off with two short tales, one from Hans Christian Andersen, the other a Grimm, with the sliveriest of slivers for connective tissue to one another: traveling occurs in both.Suggested talking points: BYOB(omb), Self Actualized Pokémon Card, Doxxing Hans Christian Andersen, Any Tree; Giving or Otherwise, Hans Christian Andersen's PCP Shower Thoughts, The Cult of CornCheck out Gordie's TTRPG, MythomorphosisIf you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthingsIf you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

"The Fir-Tree" (Danish: Grantræet) is a literary fairy tale by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875). The tale is about a fir tree so anxious to grow up, so anxious for greater things, that he cannot appreciate living in the moment. The tale was first published 21 December 1844 with "The Snow Queen", in New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Second Collection, in Copenhagen, Denmark, by C.A. Reitzel. One scholar (Andersen biographer Jackie Wullschlager [de]) indicates that "The Fir-Tree" was the first of Andersen's fairy tales to express a deep pessimism.[1]

A little fir tree, is not happy, he longs to leave his forest and go out to see the world like the bigger trees which are taken and decorated with sparkly things. Eventually his wish comes true, but does it make the tree happy? Listen to storyteller Anne Johnson's retelling of this Hans Christian Andersen tale to find out. (Note, this version has an upbeat ending.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, Dateline fans! As a bonus for you, we're sharing the trailer for Morrison Mysteries: The Snow Queen, an all-new original podcast series from Dateline and Keith Morrison. In season 4 of Morrison Mysteries, Keith introduces you to best friends Kay and Gerda, who are tested when an evil mirror pierces Kay's heart, slowly turning it into ice. Gerda sets out to save him, but must conquer an old wizard woman, a thieving robber girl and finally, the powerful spell of the Snow Queen herself. Tune in to Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen to hear what happens. Follow Morrison Mysteries now and listen to all episodes on Friday, December 19. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hey, Dateline fans! As a bonus for you, we're sharing the trailer for Morrison Mysteries: The Snow Queen, an all-new original podcast series from Dateline and Keith Morrison. In season 4 of Morrison Mysteries, Keith introduces you to best friends Kay and Gerda, who are tested when an evil mirror pierces Kay's heart, slowly turning it into ice. Gerda sets out to save him, but must conquer an old wizard woman, a thieving robber girl and finally, the powerful spell of the Snow Queen herself. Tune in to Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen to hear what happens. Follow Morrison Mysteries now and listen to all episodes on Friday, December 19. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hey, Dateline fans! As a bonus for you, we're sharing the trailer for Morrison Mysteries: The Snow Queen, an all-new original podcast series from Dateline and Keith Morrison. In season 4 of Morrison Mysteries, Keith introduces you to best friends Kay and Gerda, who are tested when an evil mirror pierces Kay's heart, slowly turning it into ice. Gerda sets out to save him, but must conquer an old wizard woman, a thieving robber girl and finally, the powerful spell of the Snow Queen herself. Tune in to Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen to hear what happens. Follow Morrison Mysteries now and listen to all episodes on Friday, December 19. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hey, Dateline fans! As a bonus for you, we're sharing the trailer for Morrison Mysteries: The Snow Queen, an all-new original podcast series from Dateline and Keith Morrison. In season 4 of Morrison Mysteries, Keith introduces you to best friends Kay and Gerda, who are tested when an evil mirror pierces Kay's heart, slowly turning it into ice. Gerda sets out to save him, but must conquer an old wizard woman, a thieving robber girl and finally, the powerful spell of the Snow Queen herself. Tune in to Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen to hear what happens. Follow Morrison Mysteries now and listen to all episodes on Friday, December 19. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hey, Dateline fans! As a bonus for you, we're sharing the trailer for Morrison Mysteries: The Snow Queen, an all-new original podcast series from Dateline and Keith Morrison. In season 4 of Morrison Mysteries, Keith introduces you to best friends Kay and Gerda, who are tested when an evil mirror pierces Kay's heart, slowly turning it into ice. Gerda sets out to save him, but must conquer an old wizard woman, a thieving robber girl and finally, the powerful spell of the Snow Queen herself. Tune in to Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen to hear what happens. Follow Morrison Mysteries now and listen to all episodes on Friday, December 19. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hey, Dateline fans! As a bonus for you, we're sharing the trailer for Morrison Mysteries: The Snow Queen, an all-new original podcast series from Dateline and Keith Morrison. In season 4 of Morrison Mysteries, Keith introduces you to best friends Kay and Gerda, who are tested when an evil mirror pierces Kay's heart, slowly turning it into ice. Gerda sets out to save him, but must conquer an old wizard woman, a thieving robber girl and finally, the powerful spell of the Snow Queen herself. Tune in to Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen to hear what happens. Follow Morrison Mysteries now and listen to all episodes on Friday, December 19. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hey, Dateline fans! As a bonus for you, we're sharing the trailer for Morrison Mysteries: The Snow Queen, an all-new original podcast series from Dateline and Keith Morrison. In season 4 of Morrison Mysteries, Keith introduces you to best friends Kay and Gerda, who are tested when an evil mirror pierces Kay's heart, slowly turning it into ice. Gerda sets out to save him, but must conquer an old wizard woman, a thieving robber girl and finally, the powerful spell of the Snow Queen herself. Tune in to Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen to hear what happens. Follow Morrison Mysteries now and listen to all episodes on Friday, December 19. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hey, Dateline fans! As a bonus for you, we're sharing the trailer for Morrison Mysteries: The Snow Queen, an all-new original podcast series from Dateline and Keith Morrison. In season 4 of Morrison Mysteries, Keith introduces you to best friends Kay and Gerda, who are tested when an evil mirror pierces Kay's heart, slowly turning it into ice. Gerda sets out to save him, but must conquer an old wizard woman, a thieving robber girl and finally, the powerful spell of the Snow Queen herself. Tune in to Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen to hear what happens. Follow Morrison Mysteries now and listen to all episodes on Friday, December 19. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In season 4 of Morrison Mysteries, Keith introduces you to best friends Kay and Gerda, who are tested when an evil mirror pierces Kay's heart, slowly turning it into ice. Gerda sets out to save him, but must conquer an old wizard woman, a thieving robber girl and finally, the powerful spell of the Snow Queen herself. Tune in to Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen to hear what happens. All episodes will be available Friday, December 19. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.