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Fableulous Retellings

Marilag Angway and Meghan Griffin discuss the original fairy tales, fables, and mythologies and then five modern retellings in each season of this podcast.

Ranked #1

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Season 2, Episode 1: 1001 Nights (or Arabian Nights)

Season 2, Episode 1: 1001 Nights (or Arabian Nights)

Meg and Mari are back a little sooner than you would expect! They have started up season 2 and didn't take it easy as th... Read more

5 Sep 2017

1hr 26mins

Ranked #2

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Barbie in the Twelve Dancing Princesses

Barbie in the Twelve Dancing Princesses

Somehow, Marilag and Meghan found a way to talk about the 2006 Barbie movie. It might be mostly chatter of how awful the... Read more

24 Jan 2018

50mins

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12 Dancing Princesses

12 Dancing Princesses

Mari and Meg are back for a new season in the new year! The listeners chose 12 Dancing Princesses for this season, so we... Read more

9 Jan 2018

58mins

Ranked #4

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Season 1, Episode 3: Faerie Tale Theatre Presents

Season 1, Episode 3: Faerie Tale Theatre Presents

This week Mari and Meg discuss The Beauty and the Beast episode of Faerie Tale Theatre! Mostly we just giggle a lot at t... Read more

1 Aug 2017

46mins

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Ranked #5

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Ex Machina

Ex Machina

This week Mari and Meg discuss their first Bluebeard movie: Ex Machina! Is it Oscar Isaac's amazing beard that makes it ... Read more

21 Mar 2018

51mins

Ranked #6

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Jim Henson's The Storyteller

Jim Henson's The Storyteller

Mari and Meg watch Jim Henson's The Storyteller episode of Donkeyskin, where at least the dad kind of looks like he does... Read more

21 Nov 2017

39mins

Ranked #7

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Crimson Peak

Crimson Peak

This week we tackle another movie adaptation of Bluebeard! We are joined by Gena Radcliffe of Kill by Kill Podcast! We d... Read more

30 Mar 2018

51mins

Ranked #8

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The Step-Spinsters by Madina Papadopoulos

The Step-Spinsters by Madina Papadopoulos

Meghan and Mari are back for their anniversary episode! (We don't actually address that in the episode, but Fableulous h... Read more

19 Jul 2018

1hr 25mins

Ranked #9

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Season 2, Episode 2: The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh

Season 2, Episode 2: The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh

Mari and Meg discuss their first 1001 Nights adaptation! This YA book is great, despite Meg being slightly exhausted fro... Read more

19 Sep 2017

1hr 37mins

Ranked #10

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Bluebeard by Vonnegut?

Bluebeard by Vonnegut?

Meghan and Mari finally catch up for their last episode of the Bluebeard season! We discuss the 1980s Vonnegut book, whi... Read more

21 Apr 2018

1hr 10mins

Ranked #11

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Dreaming Anastasia

Dreaming Anastasia

Mari and Meg are back with a slightly disappointing Baba Yaga story this week. Dreaming Anastasia by Joy Preble is pitch... Read more

27 Sep 2018

46mins

Ranked #12

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Toads and Diamonds by Heather Tomlinson

Toads and Diamonds by Heather Tomlinson

This week Marilag and Meghan take a break from Cinderella retellings to discuss Toads and Diamonds! They discuss the dif... Read more

25 Jul 2018

58mins

Ranked #13

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Top Books Read in 2017!

Top Books Read in 2017!

To round out the first year of the podcast, Meghan and Mari put together a list of their favorite books read in 2017! We... Read more

19 Dec 2017

2hr 11mins

Ranked #14

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Bluebeard

Bluebeard

Fableulous Retellings is back for season 5! We read and discuss "Bluebeard," specifically focusing on what the heck the ... Read more

7 Mar 2018

38mins

Ranked #15

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Baba Yaga in Enchantment by Orson Scott Card

Baba Yaga in Enchantment by Orson Scott Card

Season 7 continues (a day late because holidays confuse Meghan) with a look at Orson Scott Card's 1999 novel Enchantment... Read more

6 Sep 2018

1hr 4mins

Ranked #16

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Step Sister Fairy Tales!

Step Sister Fairy Tales!

Mari and Meg discuss 4 other fairy tales that we would love to see turned into modern retellings! These stories come fro... Read more

2 Aug 2018

51mins

Ranked #17

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Season 2, Episode 3: Arabian Nights Miniseries

Season 2, Episode 3: Arabian Nights Miniseries

Mari and Meg are back this week discussing Arabian Nights, an American/British (Hallmark/BBC?) miniseries from 2000. Meg... Read more

26 Sep 2017

1hr 6mins

Ranked #18

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Season 1, Episode 6: Bronze - an interactive storyline

Season 1, Episode 6: Bronze - an interactive storyline

For the season finale of Beauty and the Beast, Mari and Meg try to double team an interactive storyline of what turns ou... Read more

22 Aug 2017

1hr 15mins

Ranked #19

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Season 3: Donkeyskin!

Season 3: Donkeyskin!

Marilag and Meghan are back to discuss a disturbing and almost nauseating French fairy tale: Donkeyskin by Charles Perra... Read more

7 Nov 2017

50mins

Ranked #20

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Season 2, Episode 4: The Storyteller's Daughter

Season 2, Episode 4: The Storyteller's Daughter

Mari and Meg are back with a new middle school grade book, The Storyteller's Daughter by Cameron Dokey. We discuss how w... Read more

3 Oct 2017

1hr

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