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Jack and The Beanstalk
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Giants are our fears and foes made large, Jack and The Beanstalk comes from a history of the small against the strong. It is what remains of a lost tradition of boys own adventure tales. In this episode we follow our fears from Goliath, to Norwegian independence, through to British colonialism and freudian psychoanalysis.
Read more about Jeffrey Jay Fowler and his upcoming work.
Music by Dave Depper and Will Bangs
Read the stories Gallery of Giants18 episodes
Archived series ("Inactive feed" status)
When? This feed was archived on June 23, 2021 22:09 (). Last successful fetch was on April 24, 2020 06:33 ()
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Manage episode 153163349 series 1083098
Giants are our fears and foes made large, Jack and The Beanstalk comes from a history of the small against the strong. It is what remains of a lost tradition of boys own adventure tales. In this episode we follow our fears from Goliath, to Norwegian independence, through to British colonialism and freudian psychoanalysis.
Read more about Jeffrey Jay Fowler and his upcoming work.
Music by Dave Depper and Will Bangs
Read the stories Gallery of Giants18 episodes
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