Wise Crone Cottage Podcast
Welcome to the Wise Crone Cottage podcast with storyteller, Kathy Shimpock. Here we'll meet the crone and uncover her wisdom as found, in fairy tales, folktales and myths. New episodes are released each month. All rights reserved.
Podcasting since 2019 • 52 episodes
Wise Crone Cottage Podcast
Latest Episodes
"A Christmas Carol" Read Along - Chapter 2 (S5, #4)
In this episode, the storyteller, Kathy Shimpock, will be reading Charles Dickens’ masterpiece, A Christmas Carol. The work is a novella, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843. Because...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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50:43
"A Christmas Carol" Read Along - Chapter 1 (S5, #3)
In this episode, the storyteller, Kathy Shimpock, will be reading Charles Dickens’ masterpiece, A Christmas Carol. The work is a novella, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843. Because of th...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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57:36
"Stribor's Forest": A Croatian Tale (S5, #2)
In this episode, the storyteller, Kathy Shimpock, will be reading “Stribor’s Forest.” It’s a Croation literary tale written by Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic. It is a tale longer than most, so grab some tea and your journal before we begin. After ...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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36:41
"Abandoning the Old Woman"; Elder Abuse & Grief (S5, E1)
In this episode, the storyteller, Kathy Shimpock, will explore elder abuse, as seen in stories, folklore and actual life. We'll start our exploration with a practice found in Japanese stories called ubasute or "abandoning the old woman."&...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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27:28
"The Old Woman and the Tiger" - A Chinese folk tale (S4, E12)
In this episode, the storyteller, Kathy Shimpock, will explore the Chinese folktale, “The Old Woman and the Tiger.” The story is retold by Mary Hemingway who grew up in northern China. In this story, we’ll see a different side of th...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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25:50
