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Folksy | The Storytime Podcast

46 Episodes

36 minutes | Jun 27, 2020
"Disappearances" by Mrs. Gaskell | 2x20
Let's hear about a disappearance, shall we...or two...or ten....oh what the hell. --- Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th-century. Send in a voice message - https://anchor.fm/folksy/message --- This, of course, is according to (and in the sequence of) this list - https://www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php --- Follow me on Instagram - https://instgram.com/izersocial I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day --- Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track Cold Hearted" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oilu0LsW2WI --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/folksy/message
14 minutes | Jun 20, 2020
"The Reticence of Lady Anne" by Saki | 2x19
Saki is the G.O.A.T of short short fiction twists. Don't believe me? Listen on, my friend... --- Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th-century. Send in a voice message - https://anchor.fm/folksy/message --- This, of course, is according to (and in the sequence of) this list - https://www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php --- Follow me on Instagram - https://instgram.com/izersocial I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day --- Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track "jester" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhzasBNShhI --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/folksy/message
27 minutes | Jun 13, 2020
"Life of Ma Parker" by Katherine Mansfield | 2x18
Life is hard, you say? Hear about Ma Parker's life and get back to me on that... --- Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th-century. Send in a voice message --- This, of course, is according to (and in the sequence of) this list --- Follow me on Instagram. I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day --- Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track "fly" --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/folksy/message
32 minutes | Jun 6, 2020
"The Dilettante" by Edith Wharton | 2x17
Men have been trying to screw over women for ages, it seems....figuratively, and literally. --- Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th-century. Send in a voice message --- This, of course, is according to (and in the sequence of) this list --- Follow me on Instagram. I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day --- Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track "caught in the rain" --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/folksy/message
25 minutes | May 30, 2020
"The Curate's Friend" by E.M. Forster | 2x16
The story of a faun(satyr) and a man(man). Because sometimes things are not as they seem.... --- Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th-century. Send in a voice message --- This, of course, is according to (and in the sequence of) this list --- Follow me on Instagram. I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day --- Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track "lost time" --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/folksy/message
60 minutes | May 23, 2020
"Greville Fane" by Henry James | 2x15
Writing is a great profession. Child-rearing? Not so much... --- Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th-century. Send in a voice message --- This, of course, is according to (and in the sequence of) this list --- Follow me on Instagram. I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day --- Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track "lost time" --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/folksy/message
28 minutes | May 16, 2020
"Two Friends" by Guy de Maupassant | 2x14
Just a story of two friends, trying to get some fishing done, in a warzone. You know how it goes... --- Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th-century. Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message --- This, of course, is according to (and in the sequence of) this list: www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php --- Follow me on Instagram Here: instagr.am/izersocial . I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day --- Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track "Radio" here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNcuXo-2N5s --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/folksy/message
22 minutes | Apr 22, 2020
"The Gift of The Magi" by O Henry | 2x13
O Henry does poignancy better than he does comedy. Just saying. #NotSoHumbleOpinion --- Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th-century. Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message --- This, of course, is according to (and in the sequence of) this list: www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php --- Follow me on Instagram Here: instagr.am/izersocial . I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day --- Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track "Succubus" here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRJnfAcpRb8 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/folksy/message
26 minutes | Apr 15, 2020
"Sunday at Home" by Nathaniel Hawthorne | 2x12
The brave tale of one man who didn't want to go to Church.... --- Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th-century. Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/folksy/message --- This, of course, is according to (and in the sequence of) this list: www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php  --- Follow me on Instagram Here: instagr.am/izersocial . I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day --- Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track "Home" here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRJnfAcpRb8 --- --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/folksy/message
27 minutes | Apr 11, 2020
"An Upheaval" by Anton Chekhov | 2x11
'An upheaval' is what Mister Chekhov wrote about in this story....Ring a bell, anyone? .____, Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th-century ._. This, of course, is according to (and in the sequence of) this list: www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php .____. Follow me on Instagram for content there too...soon. Here: instagr.am/izersocial . I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day.___. Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track "Lost TIme" here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xUVDz5ha5U --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/folksy/message
5 minutes | Apr 8, 2020
Let's talk about Jules Verne | 2x10
We need to have a chat, folks. Because this...might not be a fun tale.... __. Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th-century ._. This, of course, is according to (and in the sequence of) this list: www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php .____. Follow me on Instagram for content there too...soon. Here: instagr.am/izersocial . I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day.___. Thanks to Lakey Inspired for the background audio. Check out his amazing tracks here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyLbRJEFSa8 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/folksy/message
22 minutes | Mar 28, 2020
"The Lightning Rod Man" by Herman Melville | 2x9
You may know him as the creator of the most obsessive man in the world. And he...might not be too different from Captain Ahab..._____. Folksy is back with a storytelling avatar!. __. Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th century._. This, of course, is according to (and in sequence of) this list: www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php .____. Follow me on Instagram for content there too...soon. Here: instagr.am/izersocial . I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day.___. Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyLbRJEFSa8 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/folksy/message
22 minutes | Mar 21, 2020
"After the Race" by James Joyce | 2x8
As the world goes to hell in a handbasket, let's read a story about the normalcy of social interactions. Maybe faking it will help?._____. Folksy is back with a storytelling avatar!. __. Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th century._. This, of course, is according to (and in sequence of) this list: www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php .____. Follow me on Instagram for content there too...soon. Here: instagr.am/izersocial . I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day.___. Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlt5DoDw9JU --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/folksy/message
17 minutes | Feb 29, 2020
"Semper Idem" by Jack London | 2x7
So, Jack London of 'White Fang' fame writes one mean suicide story. This one. Maybe more._____. Folksy is back with a storytelling avatar!. __. Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th century._. This, of course, is according to (and in sequence of) this list: www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php .____. Follow me on Instagram for content there too...soon. Here: instagr.am/izersocial . I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day.___. Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track here - https://youtu.be/RgWKOuLcVHQ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/folksy/message
20 minutes | Feb 22, 2020
"The Bookshop" by Aldous Huxley | 2x6
Aldous Huxley low-key looks a 19th century Benedict Cumberbatch, and his stories sound like a character the Batch would play. Was the 19th century...cool? . Folksy is back with a storytelling avatar! . Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th century. . This, of course, is according to (and in sequence of) this list: www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php . . Follow me on Instagram for content there too...soon. Here: instagr.am/izersocial . I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day. . Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbeDlxSrHAU --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/folksy/message
12 minutes | Feb 15, 2020
"Hunting the Deceitful Turkey" by Mark Twain | 2x5
Mark Twain may have had a little girl fetish in his later years, but early on, he was pretty good with little boys too.... Folksy is back with a storytelling avatar! Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th century. This, of course, is according to (and in sequence of) this list: www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php Follow me on Instagram for content there too...soon. Here: instagr.am/izersocial I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day. Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYXXWuMg49s --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/folksy/message
28 minutes | Feb 8, 2020
"Obtaining Supplies: Hospital Sketches" by Louisa May Alcott - 2x4
Beneath Louisa May Alcott's genius writing style lies a firebrand activist. See if you can catch a glimpse of it in this week's tale. Folksy is back with a storytelling avatar! Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th century. This, of course, is according to (and in sequence of) this list: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php Follow me on Instagram for content there too...soon. Here: https://instagr.am/izersocial I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day. Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOk_u9ljRx8 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/folksy/message
20 minutes | Feb 1, 2020
"The Homecoming" by Rabindranath Tagore | 2x3
Folksy is back with a storytelling avatar! Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th century. This, of course, is according to (and in sequence of) this list: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php Follow me on Instagram for content there too...soon. Here: https://instagr.am/izersocial I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day. Thanks to Prod. Riddiman for the background audio. Check out his amazing track here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dURDfcsB1wY  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/folksy/message
29 minutes | Jan 25, 2020
"The Angel of the Odd" by Edgar Allan Poe | 2x2
This...was unexpected, but Edgar Allan Poe has a wit I like.  Folksy is back with a storytelling avatar! Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th century. This, of course, is according to (and in sequence of) this list: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php Wanna see what weird shit I post on Insta or whatever? Here: https://instagr.am/izersocial I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/folksy/message
38 minutes | Jan 11, 2020
"My Old Man" by Ernest Hemingway | 2x1
This is a PG rated podcast, aiite? All Ernest Hemingway fans beware, I do Not, repeat, DO NOT say the b-word. Even though Mr. Hemingway was kind enough to leave the usage at a minimum.  Folksy is back with a storytelling avatar! Season 2 of Folksy features Golden Olden Tales from the best short story writers of the 19th century. This, of course, is according to (and in sequence of) this list: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/19th-century-short-story-writers.php Wanna see what weird shit I post on Insta or whatever?  Here: https://instagr.am/izersocial  I'm also @izersocial everywhere else, but I'm too lazy to post links. Maybe some other day. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/folksy/message
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