Best Fabulist Podcasts (2024)

An looking office in the downtown of a big city--everything seems ordinary enough from the outside, although you might wonder what's up with all those wires running to its roof. And if you could see inside, you might wonder even more.By Rudi Dornemann

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Folly 9:51

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2+ y ago9:51

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An accountant begins to frequent a secret, but maybe not-so-secret, place.By Rudi Dornemann

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Underpass 11:17

3y ago11:17

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Some years after an apocalypse has come and gone, a receptionist walks through a desert full of abandoned roads and becomes very aware of all the times that are not now and all the places that are not here.By Rudi Dornemann

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Depot 12:34

3y ago12:34

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In this episode, we travel to a depot on the edge of a continent and follow the journey of an X-ray technician, for whom it's the edge of much more.By Rudi Dornemann

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STRANGE APPETITES - THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE 7:03

3y ago7:03

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Startling, lyrical, and tender, Strange Appetites shines a light on loneliness in magical and mythical ways. Reality is bent but beautiful in these intricately carved stories, and the author's varietal, passionate and subtle tone shifts fall on the ear with astonishing rightness. Winner of the Adirondack Center for Writing’s People’s Choice Award 2…

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STRANGE APPETITES - WORLD’S END 3:33

3y ago3:33

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Startling, lyrical, and tender, Strange Appetites shines a light on loneliness in magical and mythical ways. Reality is bent but beautiful in these intricately carved stories, and the author's varietal, passionate and subtle tone shifts fall on the ear with astonishing rightness. Winner of the Adirondack Center for Writing’s People’s Choice Award 2…

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STRANGE APPETITES - CALLING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN 15:38

3y ago15:38

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Startling, lyrical, and tender, Strange Appetites shines a light on loneliness in magical and mythical ways. Reality is bent but beautiful in these intricately carved stories, and the author's varietal, passionate and subtle tone shifts fall on the ear with astonishing rightness. Winner of the Adirondack Center for Writing’s People’s Choice Award 2…

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STRANGE APPETITES - WHAT BLOOMS 2:53

3y ago2:53

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Startling, lyrical, and tender, Strange Appetites shines a light on loneliness in magical and mythical ways. Reality is bent but beautiful in these intricately carved stories, and the author's varietal, passionate and subtle tone shifts fall on the ear with astonishing rightness. Winner of the Adirondack Center for Writing’s People’s Choice Award 2…

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Library 12:50

3y ago12:50

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About visiting the library in the woods and finding something to read. Also about diagrams, birds on quests, and a strange fish.By Rudi Dornemann

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STRANGE APPETITES - LILITH CONFESSES 1:10

3y ago1:10

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Startling, lyrical, and tender, Strange Appetites shines a light on loneliness in magical and mythical ways. Reality is bent but beautiful in these intricately carved stories, and the author's varietal, passionate and subtle tone shifts fall on the ear with astonishing rightness. Winner of the Adirondack Center for Writing’s People’s Choice Award 2…

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STRANGE APPETITES - DAPHNE RETURNS 3:58

3y ago3:58

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Startling, lyrical, and tender, Strange Appetites shines a light on loneliness in magical and mythical ways. Reality is bent but beautiful in these intricately carved stories, and the author's varietal, passionate and subtle tone shifts fall on the ear with astonishing rightness. Winner of the Adirondack Center for Writing’s People’s Choice Award 2…

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STRANGE APPETITES - PIGEON LADY 2:34

3y ago2:34

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Startling, lyrical, and tender, Strange Appetites shines a light on loneliness in magical and mythical ways. Reality is bent but beautiful in these intricately carved stories, and the author's varietal, passionate and subtle tone shifts fall on the ear with astonishing rightness. Winner of the Adirondack Center for Writing’s People’s Choice Award 2…

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STRANGE APPETITES - PRICE CHOPPER RESURRECTED 2:50

3y ago2:50

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Startling, lyrical, and tender, Strange Appetites shines a light on loneliness in magical and mythical ways. Reality is bent but beautiful in these intricately carved stories, and the author's varietal, passionate and subtle tone shifts fall on the ear with astonishing rightness. Winner of the Adirondack Center for Writing’s People’s Choice Award 2…

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STRANGE APPETITES - SILVER LININGS 4:10

3y ago4:10

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Startling, lyrical, and tender, Strange Appetites shines a light on loneliness in magical and mythical ways. Reality is bent but beautiful in these intricately carved stories, and the author's varietal, passionate and subtle tone shifts fall on the ear with astonishing rightness. Winner of the Adirondack Center for Writing’s People’s Choice Award 2…

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Archive 15:27

3y ago15:27

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This episode, we go to an archive, complete with various birds, diaries, and instructions for saddling your sea creature. The second story in a set that'll include one fantastical place for every letter in the alphabet. If you're interested, you can also receive these stories via an email newsletter which you can subscribe to here.…

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STRANGE APPETITES - HITTING THE WALL 10:44

3y ago10:44

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Startling, lyrical, and tender, Strange Appetites shines a light on loneliness in magical and mythical ways. Reality is bent but beautiful in these intricately carved stories, and the author's varietal, passionate and subtle tone shifts fall on the ear with astonishing rightness. Winner of the Adirondack Center for Writing’s People’s Choice Award 2…

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STRANGE APPETITES -MY SISTER’S LABYRINTH 4:21

3y ago4:21

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Startling, lyrical, and tender, Strange Appetites shines a light on loneliness in magical and mythical ways. Reality is bent but beautiful in these intricately carved stories, and the author's varietal, passionate and subtle tone shifts fall on the ear with astonishing rightness. Winner of the Adirondack Center for Writing’s People’s Choice Award 2…

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STRANGE APPETITES - DIVORCE IN A NEW LIGHT 3:34

3y ago3:34

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Startling, lyrical, and tender, Strange Appetites shines a light on loneliness in magical and mythical ways. Reality is bent but beautiful in these intricately carved stories, and the author's varietal, passionate and subtle tone shifts fall on the ear with astonishing rightness. Winner of the Adirondack Center for Writing’s People’s Choice Award 2…

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STRANGE APPETITES - THE OPAL MAKER 7:07

3y ago7:07

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Startling, lyrical, and tender, Strange Appetites shines a light on loneliness in magical and mythical ways. Reality is bent but beautiful in these intricately carved stories, and the author's varietal, passionate and subtle tone shifts fall on the ear with astonishing rightness. Winner of the Adirondack Center for Writing’s People’s Choice Award 2…

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Bungalow 13:40

3y ago13:40

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A firefighter finds a new home in a new community. Along the way, there are fur-covered houses and six-legged whales. This is the first story in a set that'll include one fantastical place for every letter in the alphabet. If you're interested, you can also receive these stories via an email newsletter which you can subscribe to here.…

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The Old Hound 1:29

4y ago1:29

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An aging hound discovers the trouble with being over zealous and his owner learns the power of grace.

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The Fox and the Goat 2:19

4y ago2:19

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Do you weigh the costs before you make your choices? A goat does not and pays dearly for it!

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The Boy and the Scorpion 0:59

4y ago0:59

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Do you know when enough is enough? Find out what happens when a boy does not!

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The Eagle and the Fox 1:33

4y ago1:33

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An eagle and a fox discover the lengths mothers are willing to go for their children.

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The Hawk and the Pigeons 1:38

4y ago1:38

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A hawk provides a solution to some pigeons in need and the pigeons learn the price of seemingly good decisions.

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The Kid and the Wolf 1:11

4y ago1:11

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A kid (baby goat) challenges a wolf and finds out the true meaning of courage.

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The Woman and the Fat Hen 1:09

4y ago1:09

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A woman discovers what happens when you try to fix what isn't broken.

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The Archer and the Lion 1:32

4y ago1:32

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When an archer ventures into the mountains, he comes across a lion whose life will be forever changed by the encounter.

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The Wolf and the Crane 1:45

4y ago1:45

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What happens when a thoughtful crane and a sneaky wolf cross each other's paths? Find out in today's episode!

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The Fox and the Grapes 0:56

4y ago0:56

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Find out what happens when a fox tries his best to get to grapes beyond his reach.

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The woman who brought down a notorious mob boss 45:21

5y ago45:21

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Eunice Hunton Carter, a granddaughter of slaves, went on to become the lawyer who built the case against Charles “Lucky” Luciano, one the 20th century’s most powerful criminal kingpins. It was an assignment fraught with danger, but one Carter performed with tenacity, intelligence and a sense of mission, discovering the Achilles heel of a man who’d …

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The woman who reimagined the modern city 37:25

5y ago37:25

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Gabriella Gómez-Mont is neither an urban planner nor an engineer nor a politician. She’s an artist. But as creative director of Mexico City’s Laboratorio para la Ciudad (Laboratory for the City), she has tackled some of the thorniest problems confronting the modern metropolis—with astonishing success. She and her team launched one of the biggest op…

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The world’s biggest whistleblower 38:42

5y ago38:42

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One spring day, Bradley Birkenfeld boarded a flight out of Geneva, beginning a journey that would make him one of the greatest whistleblowers in financial history. The former banker with UBS provided information to U.S. authorities that would shatter Swiss banking secrecy and lead some 14,000 well-heeled Americans to fork over an astounding US$5 bi…

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The woman who hunts illegal arms merchants 38:23

5y ago38:23

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Kathi Lynn Austin has targeted, investigated and helped to bring down some of the world’s most dangerous arms dealers, exposing transactions that fuelled the Rwandan genocide and shutting down smuggling networks that helped power years of civil war in the Congo. But she is neither a cop nor a CIA agent nor a crusading prosecutor. She’s merely an Am…

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The Man Who Stood Up To Putin 40:22

5y ago40:22

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It’s been a decade since Sergei Magnitsky was tortured and killed in a Moscow prison. In that time, his name has become synonymous with rule-of-law and international justice—even as those principles come under attack around the world. It is memorialized in the laws of six countries allowing for sanctions against human rights offenders. How did Magn…

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The fabulist who saved D-Day 39:54

5y ago39:54

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On this 75th anniversary year of D-day, the world marked the invasion that started the liberation of France from Nazi rule. Forgotten in the celebrations was a lynchpin of that operation, a man operating very far from the front. Juan Pujol Garcia was perhaps the most important spy from WWII. As Agent GARBO, he walked into the innermost circles of t…

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Coming Soon: The Power of One 1:34

5y ago1:34

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History doesn’t call them heroes—but only because not enough people know their stories. The Power of One is a podcast dedicated to the extraordinary stories of ordinary people whose actions have dramatically changed the world in some way. Subscribe to hear the stories of unlikely heroes— the fantasist who saved D-Day, the woman who went up against …

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Ep. 6 "Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast" 1:00:53

7+ y ago1:00:53

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In this episode, Alec and Thomas discuss super smart nephews, Adderall, but most importantly, "Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast", the Novella by Eugie Foster. We discuss the symbolic nature of the masks, good intentions ending poorly, and what led this far-future society so astray.Next episode we'll discuss "V…

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Ep. 5 "Lucky Number Slevin" 50:10

8y ago50:10

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In this episode, Alec and Thomas discuss Pabst Blue Ribbon, but more importantly, Lucky Number Slevin, the 2006 Mob Movie directed by Paul McGuinen and starring Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis, Lucy Liu, Morgan Freeman, and Sir Ben Kingsley. We discuss the movie's intentional nature, the big twist at the end, and most importantly, Josh Hartnett's gorge…

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The Wood Ducks

8y ago

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Once a pair of wood ducks grew old together.By The Stuffed Fabulist

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Ep. 4 "The Battery" 45:59

9y ago45:59

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In this episode, Alec and Thomas discuss "The Battery", a 2012 independent horror movie, directed by Jeremy Gardner, starring Jeremy Gardner and Adam Cronheim.Who would you rather have with you after the apocalypse? Would Mickey and Ben have been friends, were it not for the outbreak? Did the ending show too much, or was it perfect? We'll discuss.N…