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This is a bi-monthly podcast featuring songs and stories from some lesser known fairy tales and folk stories. Stories which lean toward the grisly and unnerving, stories which might help us deal with the ogres and wicked step mothers in our own lives. You can support this podcast by buying Julia a cup of tea here https://ko-fi.com/voxchops xox
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This is a podcast about people. Every week, we have an in depth conversation with a person of interest. We'll talk about how they got here, what they're up to and what motivates them. The goals are to highlight people, share their narratives and dive into what they do.
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Chimes Radio presents a collection of folk stories for kids from the land of India. Curated carefully from different parts of the country, we present some of the best folk tales from South India, North-East India, Western India and Northern India. Each of these story is laden with strong moral lessons for children that they will benefit from at an early stage. These folk stories for kids are the best way to teach them the right moral and soical values which will guide them for the rest of th ...
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It is a legendary Indian folk story. Once upon a time, a lion was trapped in a cage. He tried to escape but was unsuccessful. Finally, he saw a brahmin crossing the road and pleaded with him for help. First, the brahmin hesitated but on repeated requests, he agreed. But as soon as the lion was out, he pounced on the brahmin to devour him. Brahmin w…
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It is a legendary Indian folk story. Once upon a time, Brahmadutt was the king of Benares. Bodhisatta was born as the son of the chief queen of Brahmadatta. On the day of his naming, Brahmadatta fulfilled the wishes of 800 Brahmins. Then Brahmadatta asked the Brahmins about the lucky traces of the son. The Brahmins told the King that his son will b…
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Belching up toads, paper dresses, beheadings and murder, this story has them all. I love this Grimm fairytale from the Philip Pullman collection, and I hope you do too? This is the last episode in Season Three, so please write me a review and remember, storytelling is thirsty work! https://ko-fi.com/voxchops…
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A South Indian Folk story. Read our stories in Hindi below. Once there lived 10 businessmen in a village who all used to sell clothes for a living. One day after earning a lot of money they were returning back home but were attacked by a group of thieves in the jungle. The thieves were all armed but the businessmen had nothing but clothes. The thie…
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An old man in velvet pantaloons is befriended by a little boy with a toy soldier, however the soldier is NOT happy about this, has a tantrum and finds himself lost in the cracks and buried in an open grave, only to be found years later.Por Hans Christian Anderson
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Reynard the Fox is a bit tricky and tricks his wife that he's dead to see if she'll marry again ... never a good plan.Por Julia Norton - Singer & Storyteller
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A South Indian Folk Tale This is the story of a poor beggar and his wife who managed to save enough to prepare some sweet laddoos that they had chanced to taste at one of their friend's house. And what follows is some really funny series of events which scares the whole village to bits. www.chimesradio.com http://onelink.to/8uzr4g https://www.faceb…
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Childhood sweethearts Tamlane and Janet were all set until he 'disappeared' before their wedding day. He was off with the fairies (that's what you get for riding your horse 'widershins' around the hill), but it's OK, because she rescues him, by knocking him off his horse and holding on really tight while he changes into lots of things, then she chu…
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A very clever and vengeful sparrow gets his own back after his buddy the dog comes a cropper. Many things get chopped with an axe by accident and many other things get pecked out ... corks and eyes mostly. The moral? Please feed your dogs yummy things ... and don't underestimate a sparrow!Por Julia Norton - singer - actor - storyteller
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A very short story about a boy called Jack, a bone bread eating giant and his favourite dog ... shame about the dog.Por Julia Norton - singer, actor, storyteller.
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A 'lucky' boy escapes death is helped by two old ladies (because he was so polite and good looking) is very courageous ... and also a bit of a know it all.Por Julia Norton
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So there's a narcissistic cannibalistic witch Queen, a Prince who thinks it would be cool to have a pretty dead girl in a glass coffin for a trophy and 7 little people who, while kind at heart, should get an education on domestic labor stereotypes. Nothing to see here.Por Julia Norton-actor-singer-storyteller
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A South Indian Folk Tale Once upon a time, there was a village landlord who with the blessings of a saint, came to be the owner of a super Ginnie. That Ginnie was amazing and would finish off any task assigned to him in minutes. This became the cause of concern for the landlord until his wife came to his rescue. www.chimesradio.com http://onelink.t…
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A South Indian Folk Story In a village named Uttara, there lived a priest named Kusalanatha along with his wife and six sons. He was well to do but due to some misfortune they started to have financial issues. The situation was so bad that the priest had to do extra chores for a living. He used to collect bamboo rice from the forest. One day he saw…
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Youngest son rides fox, gets girl and gold.Por Julia Norton storyteller-singer-actor
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Independently wealthy senior citizen robbed by teen and locked in oven. Harsh.Por Julia Norton - Actor, Singer, Storyteller.
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A North Eastern Folktale This folk story for kids from the land of North East India, and specifically from the Khasi Tribe, tells the popular folklore about the secret behind peacock's colorful feathers. As per the legend, the peacock used to have normal grey colored feathers, and influenced by the prompting of his fellow birds, he took the flight …
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A North Eastern Folktale This folk story for kids from the land of North East of India, and specifically from the Khasi Tribe, tells the popular legend behind the solar eclipse. While the sun is considered a god in most of the Indian subcontinent, people belonging to the Khasi tribe consider it as a diety "Ka Sngi" and believe it is a vicious tadpo…
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When the moon gets curious and snagged on a branch and then dragged into the bog by witches and bogles ... yeah that.Por Julia Norton - singer - actor - storyteller
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A Kashmiri Folktale This folk story for kids from the land of Kashmir tells us about an instance where two friends who while in search of water, end up meeting a fairy and a lion. The lion then narrates the story of true friendship and gives a great moral lesson on how we should go about choosing our friends. www.chimesradio.com https://www.faceboo…
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This is a South Indian folktale. This story is about a greedy farmer who decides to steal from the temple of their local diety and how he invites misfortune by his deeds until he corrects his mistake. This story teaches us a moral lesson to never to steal from anyone and always follow the righteous path. www.chimesradio.com FB: https://www.facebook…
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Chanticleer a canny rooster and his wife Partlet, have adventures, that usually involve nuts, carts, deceit, slavery, violence, cannibalism and death. I also have no idea what Mr. Korbes did to deserve that. Do you?Por Julia Norton actor, singer & storyteller
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Welcome to the first episode of Season Three! Mom, needs a nap, hero can't stop snacking and a bewitched Princess can't stop spinning around and around her glass mountain... hmmm sound familiar?Por Julia Norton - Singer/Actor/Coach
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Less frog kissing and more frog splatting really and then at the end a weirdly obsessed servant has been to the blacksmiths...Por Julia Norton - Singer, Actor, Voice Coach
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Come on, who can resist a story about a half boy, half hedgehog, who rides a cockerel and plays the bagpipes? Credit must be given to my husband, son and his friend for providing pig noises in this episode and to 'FreeSound' and 'digifishmusic', 'Inchadney' and 'luis-audp' for their various piping recordings. xox…
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A not very dark or twisty episode this week, but a favorite of mine since childhood. The darkness I suppose lies in the fact that all these animals were going to get starved, drowned or decapitated because they had been deemed to old to be useful. I love the fact that they decide to start a band in their golden years...they're not the first and the…
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Like the earlier story I read Binnorie from the British Isles, this story also has a magical singing bone involved which identifies it's killer. Who could it be I wonder? I improvised a little tune for the poem in the story, one of my favorite things to do. It feels appropriately dark and plaintive. Enjoy!…
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When a little girl is just not satisfied unless she has the stars in the sky to play with...what could possibly go wrong?Por Julia Norton - Actor, Singer, Voice Coach
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Playing with fairies and fires...hmm that sounds like a plan. From Joseph Jacobs 'English Fairy Tales' The song at the end is called 'Fairy Frolic' from my album 'Lullaby Island' which you can download on amazon or itunes or here https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/nortonjulia My Own Self In a tiny house in the North Countrie, far away from any town or vil…
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Who are you going to believe? Me, or your own lyin' eyes?Por Julia Norton - Singer, teacher, actor.
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