Ep 21 - Fatal Flowers

This week on River Reads, Episode 21 - Fatal Flowers, (airing on Smither Community Radio, CICK 93.9FM, February 24th, 2024 at 10AM PST) we delve into  more melancholy tales around flowers.  In River Rambles, the host reflects on their initial hesitation to engage with these narratives, fearing they may evoke feelings of sadness and distress in our listeners.  However, a well crafted storytelling's purpose is to have the ability to elicit feelings, stimulate thoughts, and shape our beliefs. Taking this into consideration, we respectfully part ways with a number of our previous authors, embracing some foreboding thought-provoking narratives from Hans Christian Andersen's, "Fairy Tales and Stories."River Reads is not a kids show but not not a kids show. Listener discretion advised.River Reads is the recipient of a national award, winning the 2023  Broadcast Dialogue’s Canadian Radio Awards: Best Podcast in the Small Market category. River Reads is a program where those of all ages can escape into fairy tales and 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 premise have not aged as well over the years. Let’s face it, you can’t be too picky when you’re dependent upon creative commons copy right free material. This episode's fairy tales are:The Daisy.  Fairy Tales and Stories. Hans Christian Anderson.  Source: File:Fairy tales and stories (IA fairytalesstorie0ande).pdf. (2020, December 16). Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 01:34, January 18, 2024 from https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Fairy_tales_and_stories_(IA_fairytalesstorie0ande).pdf&oldid=519179407A Leaf from the Sky.  Fairy Tales and Stories. Hans Christian Anderson. Source: File:Fairy tales and stories (IA fairytalesstorie0ande).pdf. (2020, December 16). Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 01:34, January 18, 2024 from https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Fairy_tales_and_stories_(IA_fairytalesstorie0ande).pdf&oldid=519179407;Little Ida’s Flowers. Fairy Tales and Stories. Hans Christian Anderson. Source: File:Fairy tales and stories (IA fairytalesstorie0ande).pdf. (2020, December 16). Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 01:34, January 18, 2024 from https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Fairy_tales_and_stories_(IA_fairytalesstorie0ande).pdf&oldid=519179407; The Rose-Elf.  Fairy Tales and Stories. Hans Christian Anderson. SourceSupport 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]