by Vanessa Rogers | Oct 24, 2024
What works come to mind when you think of Gothic literature? This dark and macabre genre features many authors who might surprise you, including Shakespeare. In episode 64, Julia O’Connell, author of the Gothic Library blog, joins us to discuss the roots of...
by Vanessa Rogers | May 16, 2024 | Fairy Tale Flip, Fairy Tales, Folk Character, Legends, Storyteller
Fairy Tale Flip is a monthly podcast where we do a deep dive into history and hidden meanings behind one fairy tale. But we give you, the audience, three options from which to choose every month. This month of MAY, we are offering up three really awesome choices: Baba...
by Vanessa Rogers | Apr 16, 2024 | Fairy Tale Flip, Fairy Tales
Each month for Fairy Tale Flip we invite you to vote for ONE of THREE fairy tales that Donna Lee Fields and I will delve into. Here are the THREE options for April with videos down below! Let us know if you want us to do a deep-dive into a specific fairy tale! The...
by Vanessa Rogers | Oct 18, 2023 | Customs and Rituals, Traditions
Along the coastline of the SouthEastern swath of America, resides a resilient people, the Gullah (from S. Carolina), and the Geechee (from Georgia), sometimes referred to as the Gullah-Geechee. Both groups of people are descendants of enslaved West Africans brought...
by Vanessa Rogers | Aug 31, 2023 | Mythology, Uncategorized
How A Giant Birthed the World My introduction to trolls as a child, came from playful moments with my mom’s side of the family. Different members of the family would lumber down the hall yelling out, “Fe Fi Fo Fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman.” We children...