The Village of Fools

Two thought-provoking stories about nature and the great outdoors beautifully told by Cara Silversmith and Nick Hennessey. Both storytellers live in, and love, the countryside. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

This is a: 'Best of Super Great Kids' Stories' selected from our Archive. Anansi the trickster spider wants Nyame the Sky God’s box of stories. But It’s not going to be easy. He has to face many challenges to get it – but with a little determination, and a little trickery anythin ...  Show more

Today's story is inspired by English Folklore and written for you by Daniel Hinds. A king tries to take over a small town called Hamwich. Is he successful? Listen and find out! Check out Stories RPG our new show where we play games like Starsworn with all your Max Goodname friend ...  Show more

Rats are plaguing a small village, but one musician has an interesting solution. Get every episode ad-free at patreon.com/stories 

Today's story is a Korean folktale adapted by Daniel Hinds from the collection by Kim So-Un. One night in a village, a large tiger named Fang ate all of their pigs and vegetables. The townsfolk sent some people out to hunt the tiger. Were they successful? Listen and find out! Che ...  Show more

Ms. Elephant and Mr. Hippo are being very greedy with their berries and flowers, and the hare is VERY hungry! What will she do to earn some of the big kids' food? Tune in to this adaptation of a Central African folktale to find out! If you would like to support Stories Podcast, y ...  Show more