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Today we're doing a throwback episode to one of our favorites from the early days of Stories Podcast. The Plum Pit Thief! Kwan is an old man who doesn't have enough money to buy rice. When he steals some at the market, he gets sent to jail! Now what will he do? Check out Stories ...  Show more

Today's episode is adapted by Daniel Hinds from the original story “The Magic Bonbons” by L. Frank Baum. A little girl named Bessie Bostwick takes a magical box of chocolates from a young lady named Claribel Sudds. Find out what happens when Bessie, her parents, and two guests ea ...  Show more

It's National Native American Heritage Month, a perfect time to recast our episode on the real story of Pocahontas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Many of us have seen pictures of the original "Siamese Twins" Chang and Eng. But their story is so much more than a medical case study. Mo travels to Mount Airy, North Carolina - the inspiration for Andy Griffith's Mayberry and the real life home of the conjoined twins - to join ...  Show more

We are back with this gorgeous classic tale with a twist. Well, I say with a twist but it may have been the later version of this tale that had a twist, as this is probably the original version of the story, originating in England in the 19th Century! We will all know the version ...  Show more

Aw! Beautiful Japan! I've always wanted to go to Japan and this story hasn't helped in these lockdown times! Everything about this story is beautiful- the names, the descriptions, the story itself! Lonely Osamu helps a poor injured bird, and is greatly rewarded in unexp ...  Show more