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Fireside Folklore with Hades

Once upon a time, gods and goddesses walked among us, granting their favor to heroes and creating sea monsters because … well, because they could. After one too many festivals was ruined by a vengeful Poseidon who thought the sacrifice of fish upon his altar wasn’t flaky enough, a hero bravely constructed a wall so thick and impenetrable that not even the most industrious of gods could breach it.Fast forward to 2023 when, as part of a wager, Hades decided to leverage one hapless mortal’s brief

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12:07

Story Sunday for 07-21-2024 - Baucis and Philemon

Fireside Folklore with Hades ·

2024/07/21

Send over your dead SMS messages.Greetings, listeners! In this episode, Hades retells the story of Baucis and Philemon. Rather than reading from a book, he simply tells you the tale from his own memory of it. In this story, we explore the concept of Xenia, hospitality given to all guests and strangers--a concept that is sacred to Zeus. We hope you enjoy it. The other deities are indisposed, though whether that's really because they were celebrating Take a Monkey to Lunch Day or were detained ...

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Trailer Thursday for 07-18-2024 - Why You Should Keep...

Fireside Folklore with Hades ·

2024/07/19

Send over your dead SMS messages.Greetings, listeners. In this trailer, we learn that paying it forward isn't just for humans! No, apparently it's a fashionable trend for the animal kingdom as well. Thankfully, they did because it saved Hassan's life!The tale is unfolding quite nicely, but it's been a much slower slog than I ever thought possible. So listeners, I've had a friend of mine keep me company and remind me why I'm doing this. If you have any feedback, questions, complaints, or stori...

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2:57

Whoopsie Wednesday for 07-17-2024: Persephone and...

Fireside Folklore with Hades ·

2024/07/17

Send over your dead SMS messages.'nuff said!

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4:00

Twisted Tuesday: The Gods Go Missing

Fireside Folklore with Hades ·

2024/07/16

Send over your dead SMS messages.Greetings, listeners! Welcome to the new era of the Underworld podcast--a podcast which has been tarnished for way too long! As for those Greek gods, I've detained them for the time being, until they can bring back the glory of what the Underworld was meant to be.

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21:08

Story Sunday for 07-14-2024: The Tongue-Cut Sparrow,...

Fireside Folklore with Hades ·

2024/07/15

Send over your dead SMS messages.Greetings, listeners! Artemis here with a story from Japan. This one is about a bad-tempered woman and what happened after she overreacted to a sparrow's honest mistake. Thankfully, unlike in last week's tale, nobody faces their demise! Good always triumphs over evil, but sometimes evil actually gets the opportunity for redemption. If you'd like to make any comments, send your arrows into the forest, but don't overdo it!

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Trailer Thursday, 07-11-2024: The Best Revenge Is a...

Fireside Folklore with Hades ·

2024/07/12

Send over your dead SMS messages.Greetings, listeners! Revenge is not a dish best served cold! In fact, it seems that our princess thinks it is best served hot. Fiery hot. However, that's a discussion for another day. For now, just know that she is cooking up something and when she's finished, all I'll be able to say is, "Well done." If you have any commentary, as ever, feel free to reach out. I'm still at hades@firesidefolklorewithhades.com. Be well and enjoy your weekend!

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Toss-Up Tuesday: Lies and Gold

Fireside Folklore with Hades ·

2024/07/10

Send over your dead SMS messages.Hey there, listeners. This episode is a bit of revelry Uncle Hades displayed over the weekend. Just don't tell him I shared it. At least not for awhile. You see, with him, it's important to ask for forgiveness rather than for permission. He has always empathized with Rumpelstiltskin's plight, and while we were all just hanging out after the story on Sunday night, he let it be known!

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Story Sunday 07-07-2024 - The Twelve Months

Fireside Folklore with Hades ·

2024/07/08

Send over your dead SMS messages.Hello there, listeners. It's Hestia and today I thought I'd read a story by the fireside. As the goddess of hearth and home, I thought it would be a cozy way to enjoy our tale. I also couldn't resist calling upon our grim brother to do the honors of playing the Great January. The others just couldn't manage to do it without laughing! In this tale, a young woman is rewarded for her kindness while her wicked stepmother and stepsister are punished. We hope you en...

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Trailer Thursday; 07-04-2024: Let's Mix It Up!...

Fireside Folklore with Hades ·

2024/07/04

Send over your dead SMS messages.Hey there, listeners! This week, my uncle got a touch of that Underworld malaise! So, he asked me to serve up the mocktail/cocktail recipe for the upcoming Golden Pail episode. Olympus knows when that's coming, but hey! Until it does, we can enjoy something refreshing! Happy Independence Day for those celebrating in the States, and for those who don't, let's raise our glasses to friends, family, and fun times!

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Toss-Up Tuesday: Bespoke Websites Made Just For You!

Fireside Folklore with Hades ·

2024/07/02

Send over your dead SMS messages.Hello there, listeners! Hermes here to tell you about a fun and wacky website. No, I don't get money for this, and no, I'm not having a laugh at your expense! I'm actually here to tell you about Websim.ai which creates the Internet in your image! That's right, folks. If you can think it, a website can be yours! Want to create a blog of my latest adventures? Check! What about a fictitious episode of this podcast which never happened? Check! Well, a transcript, ...

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Story Sunday: Peddler Polly and the Story Stealer

Fireside Folklore with Hades ·

2024/06/30

Send over your dead SMS messages.Greetings, listeners! This week's story has been made possible thanks to Aaron Shepard, a renowned storyteller of children's folklore. You may visit his website at http://www.aaronshep.com for more fun retellings and original stories.As I was thinking about the concept of copyright, the public domain, and how it has been stripped of its power in the last few decades, I came across this story and decided to share it with you tonight. May it serve as a reminder ...

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Trailer Thursday: It Takes Chutzpah To Name Your Ship...

Fireside Folklore with Hades ·

2024/06/27

Send over your dead SMS messages.Greetings, listeners! Here's another trailer from The Golden Pail in which the vizier must scramble together some treasure in order to build a ship of such splendor that it gets dubbed Allah's Gift. Unfortunately, this ship causes a lot of problems for one young princess. Namely, her supper is late! What an insult, wouldn't you agree? Anyway, until next time, we hope it whets your appetite for what's to come. If you have any questions, commentary, or...

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3:35

Whoopsie Wednesday: Apparently Ancient Princesses...

Fireside Folklore with Hades ·

2024/06/26

Send over your dead SMS messages.Hello, listeners! While Hades and I were working on the podcast, I sang a line about a spoiled princess having a car she couldn't drive. Neither of us bothered to review the song before I started singing it! This obviously couldn't go into The Golden Pail but it was funny, nonetheless, so I decided to share it with you for Whoopsie Wednesday. Hopefully we won't be making too many Whoopsie Wednesday segments, but if we do and they're particularly humo...

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Toss-Up Tuesday: Dear Prince, What Were You...

Fireside Folklore with Hades ·

2024/06/25

Send over your dead SMS messages.Hello there, listeners! Artemis here with a letter to Prince Charming about his mother's ridiculous advice. Whoever thought that picking out a woman to marry based on her ability to detect a pea under an enormous pile of mattresses and featherbeds clearly didn't understand the concept of red flags or high-maintenance! I'm here to school the prince about what makes a happy marriage. Why not Aphrodite? Because this prince needs a reality check, not one of Eros's...

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Story Sunday: Kupti and Imani; Is There Any Patience...

Fireside Folklore with Hades ·

2024/06/24

Send over your dead SMS messages.Greetings, listeners! Hermes here with a story read from the Olive Fairy Book by Andrew Lang. It's a story about how a messenger's silly mistake led to a young princess receiving patience as a gift! You see, I was supposed to have finished an adaptation of The North Wind and the Sun but my mortal conduit just didn't get all of my brilliant thoughts written down in time. Such is the way of life! Once you humans figure out how to type with the mind, everything w...

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Trailer Thursday: Trouble Begins with a Feather,...

Fireside Folklore with Hades ·

2024/06/21

Send over your dead SMS messages.Greetings, listeners! Here's a little trailer from the Golden Pail. No singing this time. Just a bit of good old-fashioned voice acting with cheesy music in the background to give it that epic feel. Our young hero, Hassan, runs away from his father, who probably wants to make his life a nightmare. Thankfully for him, he has a Djinn horse, and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to have Dad play the Djinn ... again. Their journey begins with a feather -- such a ...

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PSA: No Set Schedule

Fireside Folklore with Hades ·

2024/06/18

Send over your dead SMS messages.Greetings, listeners! It is with much deliberation that I have decided to change the release schedule for this podcast to "no set schedule". It wasn't a decision I made hastily. However, after realizing that I couldn't delegate my scripting or relegate the folklore to artificial entities, lazy deities, or spirited ghosts, I decided this was the only way forward for me. The duties of the Underworld are endless, my creativity is boundless, but time is precious, ...

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Godfather Hades, Dionysus's Attempt to Retell (And...

Fireside Folklore with Hades ·

2024/06/17

Send over your dead SMS messages.Is it good? Who knows? Was it fun? Definitely! The story went something like this: a father who was down on his luck couldn't feed or care for his thirteenth child, so he decided to find the kid a godfather. Why didn't he just send him to the Mafia? I don't know. Anyway, he rejects God and the Devil, because one has his favorites and the other lies, cheats, and steals. Finally, when Death comes along, the guy's like, "Hey! Death comes for us all. If my boy had...

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4:30

I'm a Golden Bird (The Underworld Undead Quartet)

Fireside Folklore with Hades ·

2024/06/14

Send over your dead SMS messages.Greetings listeners! Okay, so Hestia may be right. The key should be changed for her to minimize the cracking, but she's not getting off without us giving it a valiant try so that she can sing this one. I loved it so much I actually shared it with the mortal world, and I don't do that often, folks! So, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did, or at the very least, don't run for the Upperworld because it's too unsettling for you.

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I'm a Golden Bird (A Sneak Peek from the Golden Pail)

Fireside Folklore with Hades ·

2024/06/14

Send over your dead SMS messages.Hello there, listeners! I thought you'd enjoy a little preview of a song (our first song) in our long overdue episode, The Golden Pail. However, I, Hestia, think I'm not the right one for this, and I was hoping you'd help me talk my brother out of this? Or at the very least, tell him to change the key so that it's more comfortable for my ... ahem ... contralto range!

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