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Roots of Lore

Roots of Lore is a podcast from Caitlin Brehm that explores the roots of fairy tales and folklore to ponder the messages and morals they offered in times past and dig into the medicine they survived t... Read more

Warning: This podcast is a series podcast

This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

Ranked #1

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S1E7 - The Fairies and the Enchantments of Eloquence

S1E7 - The Fairies and the Enchantments of Eloquence

Sometimes stories serve as lessons for children, but in Perrault's day, sometimes fairy tales were a manners guide for a... Read more

2 Feb 2019

1hr 11mins

Ranked #2

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S1E1 - Charles Perrault: The Man Behind Mother Goose

S1E1 - Charles Perrault: The Man Behind Mother Goose

In season one of the Roots of Lore podcast, we'll be diving into Charles Perrault's fairy tales: Tales and Stories of th... Read more

5 Dec 2018

46mins

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Ranked #3

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S1E2 - Sleeping Beauty and what's really beneath true love's kiss

S1E2 - Sleeping Beauty and what's really beneath true love's kiss

What if Sleeping Beauty didn't wake up from her sleep because of a kiss? What if the story doesn't end with a marriage a... Read more

12 Dec 2018

58mins

Ranked #4

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S2E1 - The Season of Story

S2E1 - The Season of Story

The nights grow long and dark. And from them spring holidays, rituals, celebrations, and stories. Now perhaps more than ... Read more

18 Dec 2019

53mins

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Ranked #5

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S1E4 - Little Red Riding Hood: The Path of Pins or the Path of Needles

S1E4 - Little Red Riding Hood: The Path of Pins or the Path of Needles

Will you take the path of pins or the path of needles? This is the question that Little Red Riding Hood must answer not ... Read more

3 Jan 2019

52mins

Ranked #6

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S1E3 - Bluebeard: Facing what's behind the door

S1E3 - Bluebeard: Facing what's behind the door

There are many ways to examine a story, and Charles Perrault's story of Bluebeard is a haunting one. So in this episode ... Read more

19 Dec 2018

48mins

Ranked #7

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S1E6 - Puss in Boots: The Animal as Helper

S1E6 - Puss in Boots: The Animal as Helper

Animals appear often in fairy tales and folklore, and the most famous Animal as Helper is perhaps none other than our fa... Read more

16 Jan 2019

49mins

Ranked #8

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S1E9 - Cinderella: Glass Slippers & Ancestors

S1E9 - Cinderella: Glass Slippers & Ancestors

Cinderella is the fairy tale that, perhaps more than any other, sets our standard for how we expect a fairy tale to beha... Read more

8 Mar 2019

1hr 1min

Ranked #9

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S1E8 - Riquet with the Tuft: of Beauties and Beasts

S1E8 - Riquet with the Tuft: of Beauties and Beasts

What would you choose if you had to pick one: beauty or intelligence? In this episode of Roots of Lore, we're exploring ... Read more

20 Feb 2019

1hr 22mins

Ranked #10

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S1E5 - Little Thumb and the Trail of Breadcrumbs

S1E5 - Little Thumb and the Trail of Breadcrumbs

In this episode, we're exploring the class system of Louis XIV's France through the story of Charles Perrault's Le Petit... Read more

11 Jan 2019

56mins

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