255-Chinese Folklore: Picture Me This

🪱Mr. Worm is getting married! That (not creepy) stranger is looking in your windows! Shin is driving tired!Five interconnected stories from Korean folklore about letting people know the real you. And 😈 The Creature: DuergarIf you're at risk of being beaten up by the Duergar, no ...  Show more

⚔️Sir Graelent is too beautiful for his scruplesAt least that's what the queen thinks. Good thing she doesn't have the power to wreck his whole life if he doesn't love her. Oh, wait...😈 The Creature: The WitkəśSick bears eating dirt means you have to get your gunpowder boat, sca ...  Show more

Narrator: Elizabeth 🇬🇧 Writer: Jessica ✍️ Sound design: gentle birdsong 🐦🌺 Includes mentions of: Animals, Children, Romance, Death, History   Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we'll learn all about the incredible life of the writer and illustrator, Beatrix Potter. Through h ...  Show more

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Laila Weir ✍️ Sound design: cosmic space sounds 🛰️ Includes mentions of: Outer Space, Science & Nature, History.  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight's episode takes us through perhaps the greatest historical journey that there is - the story ...  Show more

Narrator: Elizabeth 🇬🇧 Writer: Laila ✍️ Sound design: quiet street ambience, distant bell 🏘🔔 Includes mentions of: Walking, History, Military History, Beverages   Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we return to the beautiful, historic city of Bordeaux in France to continue e ...  Show more

His eyelids. He cut off his eyelids. But that is not all that the Daruma (Bodhidharma) is famous for. He's the man who brought Chan to China and Zen to Japan. Some say he taught the Shaolin monks how to fight while other tales talk about how he invented green tea, or well, his ey ...  Show more