Ep 41 - Flesh & Bones

This week on River Reads Episode 41- Flesh & Bones, featuring four tales from the collection Fairy Tales as retold by Bridget Hadaway, called Jack the Giant-Killer, The Firebird, Cinderella, and Blackbeard.River Reads is a program where those of all ages can escape into fairy tales and strange stories; both new and old, but mostly old and at times macabre, or silly, or even perhaps a little confusing as written in old english and the host fumbles words, and then there’s those stories whose premises have perhaps not aged as well over the years. Let’s face it you can’t be too picky when you’re dependent upon free material available to you through creative commons. River Reads is not a kids show but not not a kids show and may contain content suitable for a mature audience. Listener discretion is advised.River Reads has won Best Podcast in the Small Market category at 2023 Broadcast Dialogue's Canadian Radio Award. This episode's fairy tales are: Jack the Giant-Killer. Fairy Tales. Hadaway, B. London: Octopus Books, 1974.The Firebird. Fairy Tales. Hadaway, B. London: Octopus Books, 1974.Cinderella . Fairy Tales. Hadaway, B. London: Octopus Books, 1974.Blackbeard. Fairy Tales. Hadaway, B. London: Octopus Books, 1974.Remember to Tune in weekly for our Gender Blender segment, where we flip and play with traditional gender roles, reimagining classic fairy tales. Only revealing which tale is our Gender Blender tale at the end of each episode. Support the showRiver Reads: Fairytales and StoriesHost, Producer, Composer, Narrator: River WildeCover Art: River Wilde The River Reads Show - "Not a kids show but not not a kids show"Catch River Reads on air, Saturdays at 10am -11am PST  and Sundays at 9am - 11am PST on smithersradio.comAccess additional River Reads episodes directly at smithersradio.com/program/river-readsContact the host - [email protected]