Latest Fantastical Podcast Episodes
Mother Pearl and the Nuclear Disaster (Sci-Fi Horror) - Story #16
Stories from the Hearth - May 29, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsA love letter to Gojira, a post-Cold War parable, a tale of confinement, escape, and approaching catastrophe. Mother Pearl and the Nuclear Disaster is all of these things and more. It is the story of a child born into nuclear winter, a community obsessed with a giant pearl, a president with a wo...
The Fox That Moved in Upstairs (Glaswegian Fauxklore) - Story #15
Stories from the Hearth - April 24, 2022 06:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsBumps in the night. Shrieks through the wall. Strange smells in the hallway. A long-empty flat suddenly occupied by a reclusive and rather... furry individual. Upstairs neighbours are - let's face it - a nuisance, an anomaly, the bane of all apartment blocks. But when an urban fox moves into the...
The Art of Floating (Surreal Satire) - Story #14
Stories from the Hearth - March 27, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAn old woman with her can of spray paint invokes the anger of the Argentinian government, a group of armed civilians, and an American newsroom run by some questionable characters. At the core of what becomes an international crisis lies an ancient cave painting: hundreds of human hands overlappi...
La Ville des Nuages Noirs (Magical Crime Noir) - Story #13
Stories from the Hearth - February 27, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsDetective-Inspector Rosa Dubois is half-magic, half-human, and ever since she got blipped up here to the City of Black Clouds she's been searching for a case. A real case. With you (Igor the guinea pig familiar) by her side, Rosa bites off more than she can chew when a mysterious witch comes to ...
The Bard - A First Birthday Special!
Stories from the Hearth - January 10, 2022 17:26 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIt's our very first birthday! Come gather round the fire with us once more in this special birthday short story. Take a look at what the future holds for Stories from the Hearth, and learn how you can be a part of it. Wrap yourself in some fiction and hunker down by the hearth, it's getting cold...
From the Bauer of a Larch in Autumn (Mental Health) - Story #12
Stories from the Hearth - November 28, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAvery is about to turn 28, which means that soon she'll have lived longer than her father, the legendary rock-star Kash Bauer, ever did. She's been dealing with that fact all year, and this morning she can't seem to escape it. By the boughs of a larch in autumn, Avery Bauer seeks the answers to ...
The Wandering Burger - An Interview with Joe Fisher of Midnight Burger
Stories from the Hearth - November 14, 2021 07:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAn extra special episode of The Wandering Bard on Stories from the Hearth, in which Cal holds a conversation on storytelling with Joe Fisher, creator of the popular sci-fi audio drama Midnight Burger. Cal and Joe chat about Prince, Shakespeare, and the Devil; the terrors of the Metaverse, the sa...
The Selkie of Beinn nam Mic Caillte (Halloween Horror) - Story #11
Stories from the Hearth - October 31, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn a loch in the lee of a mountain in the Scottish Highlands there lives an ancient king. Banished by his people millennia ago, these days he survives on trickery, deceit... and the flesh of human men. This Halloween, a group of friends meet a stranger on the mountain trail. Together, they take ...
Minisode 7 - The Merwife of Shetland
Stories from the Hearth - October 10, 2021 07:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn the Stories from the Hearth minisodes, Calum reads a classic story from the public domain - be it fable, fairy-tale, legend or moral; European, or International. In minisode seven, they read their very own, original version of 'The Merwife of Shetland', an ancient folktale regarding the seal-...
The Merwife of Shetland (Bonus Minisode #7)
Stories from the Hearth - October 10, 2021 07:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn the Stories from the Hearth minisode series - normally exclusive to Patreon - Calum reads a classic story from the public domain; be it fable, fairy-tale, or moral; European, or International. Sometimes they perform them as they were first told, sometimes they rewrite them in their own style,...
Modest Mussorgsky and the Lonely Soldier (Historical Romance) - Story #10
Stories from the Hearth - September 26, 2021 07:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsLudoslaw Dragon is a lonely drunk. Ludoslaw Dragon has a hole in his heart. Ludoslaw Dragon has disappeared... In the aftermath of World War Two, a once-picturesque Polish town hides a dark secret beneath its air-raid rubble. A photograph of a young pianist is found amongst Ludoslaw's clothes. A...
TWB - Who Are The Storytellers? (Chinese Shadow Puppets)
Stories from the Hearth - September 12, 2021 07:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsBy flickering candlelight, Chinese storytellers have been telling tales with exquisite, colourful shadow puppets for over two-thousand years. Surviving war, famine, regime changes and revolutions, this is one of the world's oldest and most intricate storytelling traditions. I look at the music, ...
Chinese Shadow Puppets - TWB S2 E3
Stories from the Hearth - September 12, 2021 07:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsBy flickering candlelight, Chinese storytellers have been telling tales with exquisite, colourful shadow puppets for over two-thousand years. Surviving war, famine, regime changes and revolutions, this is one of the world's oldest and most intricate storytelling traditions. I look at the music, ...
The Big Splash || Ep. 14 Dead End
Fantastical Escape - A D&D Podcast - September 10, 2021 00:25 - 1 hourThe title says it all. -- Thank you so much for listening! Follow us on instagram (@fantastical.escape) and twitter (@fantasticalesc) for more content! There, you can find a link to our website, links to podcast visuals, the artists we use music from, and so much more! Said link is down below ...
Free Falling! || Dead End Ep. 13
Fantastical Escape - A D&D Podcast - August 29, 2021 22:17 - 1 hourWelcome to the first of what will probably be many group therapy sessions. After escaping the Cyric castle where Dead End faced some of their worst fears and regrets, the party finds a safe nook in the woods where they decide to set up camp for the night. With tensions high and the future lookin...
Caveworm: 2/2 (Fantasy Drama) - Story #9
Stories from the Hearth - August 29, 2021 07:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsReaching the elven town of Eldritch, it soon became clear to Lucky the troll that their kind was unwanted. Now, Lucky is set to face an even greater threat: a sect of zealous mages whose singular purpose is to bring about the extinction of the trollish race. Where has Lucky's sister-in-law Diaph...
12 - Caveworm (Part Two)
Stories from the Hearth - August 29, 2021 07:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsReaching the elven town of Eldritch, it soon became clear to Lucky the troll that their kind was unwanted. Now, Lucky is set to face an even greater threat: a sect of zealous mages whose singular purpose is to bring about the extinction of the trollish race. Where has Lucky's sister-in-law Diaph...
West African Griots - TWB S2 E2
Stories from the Hearth - August 08, 2021 07:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn West Africa, speech goes deeper than just communication - the spoken word is imbued with the natural power to create and to give life. For centuries, West African storytellers have been advisors to kings, emperors, village elders and tribal chiefs. They have served as walking libraries, fonts...
TWB - Who Are The Storytellers? (West African Griots)
Stories from the Hearth - August 08, 2021 07:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn West Africa, speech goes deeper than just communication - the spoken word is imbued with the natural power to create and to give life. For centuries, West African storytellers have been advisors to kings, emperors, village elders and tribal chiefs. They have served as walking libraries, fonts...
Under New Management || Dead End Ep. 12
Fantastical Escape - A D&D Podcast - August 05, 2021 17:48 - 1 hourAfter arriving at Gilnos a week early, Dead End learns that the Cyric Cult known as "End's Flock" plans to break Cyric from the Supreme Throne in a week's time. Jonas insists that they teleport to the hidden base early to try and kill the leader of the cult, Micarlin Corborel, to try them for a...
Ep. 24: State of the MCU (feat. Jeff Dumont and Steve Birmingham)
Fantastical Podcast - August 04, 2021 16:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWe are all caught up on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and we actually went to the movie theater together?!? Jeff Dumont and Steve Birmingham join Alex to discuss the curent state of the MCU. The guys talk about how they are feeling post Endgame and after the pandemic changes. Spoiler Alert for ...
Caveworm: 1/2 (Fantasy Drama) - Story #9
Stories from the Hearth - July 25, 2021 07:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsLucky is the unluckiest troll in the Hole: a massive cave system which has provided sanctuary for trolls like Lucky since his great-great-great-grandpappy Grimblade's time. But now there's a newcomer - Lucky's sister has married an elven woman - and with the elf's arrival, the peace between trol...
11 - Caveworm (Part One)
Stories from the Hearth - July 25, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsLucky is the unluckiest troll in the Hole: a massive cave system which has provided sanctuary for trolls like Lucky since his great-great-great-grandpappy Grimblade's time. But now there's a newcomer - Lucky's sister has married an elven woman - and with the elf's arrival, the peace between trol...
Bonus - Who Are The Storytellers? (Hula Dancers)
Stories from the Hearth - July 11, 2021 07:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhen Polynesians first settled the isolated Hawaiian Islands, they transformed traditional dancing into Hula, which almost all of us recognise in some form, even to this day. Except, Hula isn't just a dance, it is a complex, beautiful, and culturally important form of storytelling. Welcome to T...
TWB - Who Are The Storytellers? (Hula)
Stories from the Hearth - July 11, 2021 07:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhen Polynesians first settled the isolated Hawaiian Islands, they transformed traditional dancing into Hula, which almost all of us recognise in some form, even to this day. Except, Hula isn't just a dance, it is a complex, beautiful, and culturally important form of storytelling. Welcome to T...
TWB - Who Are The Storytellers? (Hawaiian Hula Dancers)
Stories from the Hearth - July 11, 2021 07:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhen Polynesians first settled the isolated Hawaiian Islands, they transformed traditional dancing into Hula, which almost all of us recognise in some form, even to this day. Except, Hula isn't just a dance, it is a complex, beautiful, and culturally important form of storytelling. Welcome to T...
Hawaiian Hula Dancers - TWB S2 E1
Stories from the Hearth - July 11, 2021 07:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhen Polynesians first settled the isolated Hawaiian Islands, they transformed traditional dancing into Hula, which almost all of us recognise in some form, even to this day. Except, Hula isn't just a dance, it is a complex, beautiful, and culturally important form of storytelling. This is Part...
Ep. 23: Talking About that Sticky Stuff! (feat. Jeff Dumont and Josh Levy)
Fantastical Podcast - July 09, 2021 16:30 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIt's an all baseball show! Alex is joined by Jeff Dumont and Josh Levy to talk all about MLB's sticky stuff crackdown, robo umps and that darn runner on second in extra innings rule.
10 - Lights Out
Stories from the Hearth - June 27, 2021 07:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe end of the world isn't caused by a meteor, a nuclear blast, a monster or god. The end of the world isn't exciting, nor is it terrifying. The end of the world comes slowly, quietly. It is so subtle that humanity doesn't realise the end has come until it is too late. In the ruins of old Tokyo,...
Lights Out (Post-Apocalyptic Romance) - Story #8
Stories from the Hearth - June 27, 2021 07:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe end of the world isn't caused by a meteor, a nuclear blast, a monster or god. The end of the world isn't exciting, nor is it terrifying. The end of the world comes slowly, quietly. It is so subtle that humanity doesn't realise the end has come until it is too late. In the ruins of old Tokyo,...
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