Ye Xian: The Story of China's Cinderella

Words are everywhere -- and we're grateful, because we can't do this show without them. But all words were, at some point, just made up. So how does society decide what counts as a "real" word? In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max dive into the history of language, and the oddly ... Show More

What if you could hop from France to New York in less than four hours? Traveling twice the speed of sound, with caviar, lobster, champagne and cigars? This was the pitch of the Concorde jet -- a revolutionary, utterly ridiculous and brilliant craft that promised to fundamentally ... Show More

In late 17th-century England, it was almost impossible for anyone outside of the upper class to successfully get a divorce -- the process was expensive and required approval from both the church and the government. As a result, some couples agreed to end their unhappy marriages t ... Show More

Was the fairy tale of Hansel and Gretel - the story of a woodcutter’s children abandoned in the woods and left at the mercy of a witch - in fact, early true crime? A hit book - The Truth About Hansel and Gretel - said that historical records pointed to the story being based on fa ... Show More

<p>Khutulun's story is a little bit cloudy, in part because it’s many hundreds of years old, and in part because accounts of her life involve a combination of propaganda and an outsider’s interpretation of it.</p><p> </p> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.i ... Show More

A Prince and Princess stop the bad fairy. This story is about love. From "Sleeping Beauty" in Grimm's Fairy Tales. See story notes on my website: https://linktr.ee/katrinahao 

<p>A princess of the Sikh empire, Sophia Duleep Singh grew up in Great Britain, and was Queen Victoria's god daughter. But her childhood was not exactly a charmed one, and her family, caught between two worlds, experienced great upheaval and tragedy.</p><p> </p> Learn more about ... Show More

Everyone knows the Cinderella story, but did you know that there was a Chinese Cinderella story, from over 1,500 years ago? Instead of a fairy god mother, it was a fish and an old man that helped the Chinese Cinderella get to her ball. Did she have crystal shoes too? Well, sort o ... Show More

Granny MacDuff sits down by the fire to read the classic story, Cinderella. One humble girl, two wicked step-sisters, a Prince's dance at the palace, and a magical glass slipper, make this a love stories for the ages. For more Granny, follow her... 

This story is about a smart Princess. The story is "Rapunzel" from Grimm's Fairy Tales. See story notes on my website: https://linktr.ee/katrinahao 

<p>Hans Christian Andersen is often considered the father of the modern fairy tale, but his life was not the quiet existence depicted in his photos. His personal life is fairly bizarre, and he is sometimes compared to his own outcast fairy tale figures.</p><p> </p> Learn more abo ... Show More