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WokeTales - Woke Folktales

By: Vipul Sharma
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  • Stories have so much power and so does whoever controls the narrative. It is time to dissect and analyze these stories.
    Vipul Sharma
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Episodes
  • Episode 100 - The Golden Valley (Sicilian story)

    Episode 100 - The Golden Valley (Sicilian story)
    Mar 29 2023
    The Golden Valley is a Sicilian story, taken from Ruth Manning-Sanders’ collection A Book of Monsters. One royal family locates the natural phenomenon of their dreams: a whole valley of gold. This is a story of a king and queen who are wonderful parents, three brothers who love each other, and a monster who loves a golden architectural flair. Sometimes gold is just pretty, and a monster can become the best friend you’ve ever had.
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    13 mins
  • Episode 99 - Gretel in Darkness (Poem)

    Episode 99 - Gretel in Darkness (Poem)
    Mar 22 2023
    ‘Gretel in Darkness’ is a 1975 poem by Louise Glück exploring trauma. The poem is a dramatic monologue spoken by Gretel, the little girl from the fairy tale of Hansel and Gretel. In the poem, Gretel directly addresses the readers/listeners and Hansel, and offers her intimate thoughts reflecting on how she is haunted psychologically by the memory of the witch she killed, in order to save herself and her brother Hansel.
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    6 mins
  • Episode 98 - The Ebony Horse (Persian Folktale)

    Episode 98 - The Ebony Horse (Persian Folktale)
    Mar 15 2023
    The Ebony Horse is a story from the Arabian Nights, also known as the One Thousand and One Nights. The tale borders on being ‘science fiction’ before the genre existed. It sees a cunning inventor design an ebony horse which is capable of flying. A prince uses the horse to travel to other lands, where he falls in love with a princess. It is an entertaining tale, full of adventure and love and danger and suspense.
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    10 mins
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