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(Sort of) Off Topic 33: How Juliane Koepcke survived a plane crash and 11 days alone in the Amazon jungle.
10/05/2026

(Sort of) Off Topic 33: How Juliane Koepcke survived a plane crash and 11 days alone in the Amazon jungle.

Janey’s new Substack article about Episode 185’s story, “Bakunawa and the Seven Moons”. Today we’re talking about why so...
09/20/2026

Janey’s new Substack article about Episode 185’s story, “Bakunawa and the Seven Moons”. Today we’re talking about why sourcing is important (and there’s also a picture of Janey and Max with Grandmommy in there, as a little treat!)
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Off Topic season is back! Today we’re talking about Katy Perry’s biggest (most bizarre) controversies— from the time she...
09/10/2026

Off Topic season is back! Today we’re talking about Katy Perry’s biggest (most bizarre) controversies— from the time she performed in full yellow face to the time she (allegedly) killed a nun, we’re getting into it all!
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Episode 186: Janey’s story “Singeli’s Silver Slippers” came from the very nostalgic book “The Giant Golden Book of Elves...
09/07/2026

Episode 186: Janey’s story “Singeli’s Silver Slippers” came from the very nostalgic book “The Giant Golden Book of Elves and Fairies”, selected by Jane Werner, illustrated by Garth Williams.
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Episode 186: Max tells the Pashto story “Dur Bibi Dur”, from the amazing book “Heartstrings of the Khyber” by Shaherzaad...
09/07/2026

Episode 186: Max tells the Pashto story “Dur Bibi Dur”, from the amazing book “Heartstrings of the Khyber” by Shaherzaad Laila and Komal Salman. This story takes first place in “weirdest ways to attract a man” 💩 🦷
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Bonus 43: Max tells the story “The Tiger of the Kumgang Mountains”, from the book “The Story Bag” from Kim So-un. 🐯____ ...
09/07/2026

Bonus 43: Max tells the story “The Tiger of the Kumgang Mountains”, from the book “The Story Bag” from Kim So-un. 🐯
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Bonus 43: Janey tells us “In a Dark, Dark Box” by Jane Hollowood from 1987’s “The Ghost Story Treasury”. Did you ever he...
09/07/2026

Bonus 43: Janey tells us “In a Dark, Dark Box” by Jane Hollowood from 1987’s “The Ghost Story Treasury”. Did you ever hear the poem when you were a child? 👀
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Episode 185: Max’s story “The Friends”, was found in the book “The Cloak of Dreams”, Chinese fairytales collected by Bèl...
08/29/2026

Episode 185: Max’s story “The Friends”, was found in the book “The Cloak of Dreams”, Chinese fairytales collected by Bèla Balàzes, and edited by Jack Zipes. Be honest— do you agree with Janey that these two were way more than “just friends”? 👀
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Episode 185: Janey’s story, “Bakunawa and the Seven Moons” comes from the Philippines (pop quiz— where was her grandmoth...
08/29/2026

Episode 185: Janey’s story, “Bakunawa and the Seven Moons” comes from the Philippines (pop quiz— where was her grandmother from?) She found it in Samantha Newman’s “Dragon Myths and Legends”.
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Bonus 42: Janey tells the story “Impty-Umpty” from Julius Lester’s version of “The Last Tales of Uncle Remus” (illustrat...
08/29/2026

Bonus 42: Janey tells the story “Impty-Umpty” from Julius Lester’s version of “The Last Tales of Uncle Remus” (illustrations by Jerry Pinkney). We discuss rhe fraught history of Uncle Remus, the complicated biography of Joel Chandler Harris, and the absolute delight that is Julius Lester’s translations of these stories. What is your history with these tales?
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