HeyJaredSandman Stories Presents
Tired but can't fall asleep? Here I do my best to find interesting stories from the public domain and read them to you until you fall asleep. The stories are mostly folktales from around the world.
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EP 355: Uganda- The Elephant That Wanted To Dance; The Man Who Knew Too Much; The Story of Nsangi and The Apes (Baskerville) (opens the original)
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#whystory #dancing #elephants Story 1: Weightloss is not the key to dancing. Story 2: Maybe nature got plants right. Story 3: Don't let the apes kidnap your children. Source: The flame tree and other folk-lore stories from Uganda Rosetta Baskerville Narrator: Dustin Steichmann Music: Bunyole Song 2 Sound Effects: Stream Close Up by Dustin Steichmann Podcast Shoutout: PBS Newshour Listener Shoutout: Asmara Eritrea . Language Eritrean Photo Credit: By Bart Wursten - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https:
EP 354: Panchatantra- CH 31 The Mice That Ate Iron; CH 32 The Results of Education; CH 33 The Sensible Enemy (Ryder) (opens the original)
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#epic #india #panchatantra Chapter 31- a man claims that mice ate a heavy balance beam. His friend replies that a bird carried off his son. Can either be true? Chapter 32- Twin birds have different experiences. Is it nurture or nature? Chapter 33- A man schemes to steal some gems, but when everyone is caught, he gives up himself to save the others. Is it enough? Source: The Panchatantra by Arthur W. Ryder Narrator: Dustin Steichmann Music: Tamang Music Tungna & Damfu Sound Effects: Night Field
EP 353: Laos- The Man in the Moon; The Origin of Lightning; Why the Parrot and the Minor Bird but Echo the Words of Man; The Fatherless Birds (Fleeson) (opens the original)
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#lightning #loss #parrots Story 1: A man keeps wanting different things and ends up in the sky. Story 2: A god is looking for his wife and lighting up the sky. Story 3: A sao bird is punished for speaking the truth. Story 4: Birds are crying for their missing father Source: Laos Folk-Lore of Farther India, by Katherine Neville Fleeson Narrator: Dustin Steichmann Music: โปงลาง ดนตรีประกอบโยคะ Pong lang music Sound Effects: Ansan Bugs by Dustin Steichmann; Campfire 02 by HECKFRICKER -- https://fre
EP 352: Korea- The Jewel of the Fox’s Tongue; Onions; The Woodcutter and the Heavenly Maiden (Jeong) (opens the original)
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#gumiho #myth #Korea First Story: Don't trust the kissing fox Second Story: Eat your onions before your friends eat you. Third Story: Also known in Korean as 선녀와 나무꾼, this is a famous story of listening to deer. Source: Source: Folktales from Korea by Jeong In-Seob Narrator: Dustin Steichmann Music: 해.품.달. 커버영상. (피리.생황) kim bo ri Sound Effects: windy pine forest (soft) by jgrzinich -- https://freesound.org/s/436858/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 Podcast Shoutout: Ye Olde Crime Podcas
EP 351: Japan- The Quarrel of The Monkey and The Crab (Ozaki) (opens the original)
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#feud #japan #monkey In this story, crab is just trying to grow some fruit, but monkey is a jerk. Will crab's son figure out who broke his father and get revenge? Source: The Japanese fairy book by Ozaki, Yei Theodora Narrator: Dustin Steichmann Music: 35回全国小・中箏曲コンクール 岡山市灘崎中 箏十七弦五重奏曲 Sound Effects: Hua Hin 5am Podcast shoutout: For your Ref Pod Listener shoutout: Cardiff Wales Photo Credit: By Kakuzō Fujiyama - This image has been extracted from another file, Public Domain, https://commons.wik
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