Summary
In this episode, we’ll be talking about Fairies in the New World. We have an interview with author Signe Pike, a discussion about fairies in our personal lives, poetry, story, and song.
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- “The Fairies,” by William Allingham (introductory snippet from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory)
- Some good authors to seek out for fairy tales and interpretation: Katharine Briggs, Marie Louise von Franz, Jack Zipes, Andrew Lang, Jakob & Wilhelm Grimm, Charles Perrault, Sheldon Cashdan, and Bruno Bettelheim.
- Our lovely guest Signe Pike can be found at her website or on Facebook, and we highly encourage you to read her excellent book Faery Tale: One Woman’s Search for Enchantment in a Modern World.
- The story “How to Tell Corn Fairies if you See ‘Em” comes from Carl Sandburg’s Rootabaga Stories.
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Promos & Music
Title music: “Homebound,” by Jag, from Cypress Grove Blues. From Magnatune.
Featured song: “The Mushroom Song,” by Tricky Pixie, from Mythcreants.
Incidental Music: “I Vo Bene,” by Shira Kamen, from Mistral. From Magnatune.
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