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Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big Adventures
Welcome to the wonderful, wacky, and wildly imaginative world of Dorktales Storytime, an award-winning kids and family podcast with stories for kids and their pop-culture loving grownups. Join hosts Jonathan Cormur and Mr. Reginald T. Hedgehog as they explore the land of Once Upon a Time through three kinds of tales: clever and geeky retellings of classic fairy tales and fables, original Once Upon a Time lore stories about magical places and friendly creatures, and inspiring stories about the…
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Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresDr. Patricia Bath | Eye Doctor and Laser Eye Inventor, History Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail A story that will open your eyes to scientific imagination! Dr. Patricia Bath was an ophthalmologist, inventor, and humanitarian who was…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresJabberwock This Way | Alice in Wonderland Adventures Retold | Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail OH NO! Alice accidentally summoned the Jabberwock who’s causing chaos across Wonderland. She’s frantic to banish the bullying beast when the…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresRedge’s K.N.I.G.H.T. School | Firefly Light Song | A Fantasy Hero's Journey | Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Redge’s K.N.I.G.H.T. School, the Knowledgeably Noble Institution for Gallant Hero Training! Here Hedge Knights in training discover…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresCountry Redge vs City Rodge | Country Mouse & City Mouse Fable Retold | Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail Rude! Ill-mannered! Uh oh! After only one night of their visit, Mr. Redge declares that his cozy, country inn experience is over for his city…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresGroundbreaking Music Makers | Cultural Music Pioneers, History Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail We’ve got stories of chart-topping trailblazers! Ritchie Valens broke cultural barriers with his musical style, and sparked the game-changing…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresThe Golden Touch Screen | King Midas Greek Mythology Retold | Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail After missing out on the latest aPhone release, the Acorn-product-obsessed Mr. Redge makes a desperate deal with a dark magic sorcerer…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresBrave Aviators (Replay) | Women in Aviation Pioneers, History Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail We booked you another reservation on Brave Aviator Airlines, where stories take flight! Join Jonathan and Mr. Redge on this encore adventure…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresCatching Tanya Time | From Girl Tales Podcast
Send us Fan Mail While Jonathan and Mr. Redge rest after all their merrymaking and the joyful tales they’ve told this season, Rebecca Cunningham makes a visit…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresA Winter's Tail | Jack Frost and Winter | Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail “Poppycock, nonsense and hedge-hogwash!” declares Mr. Redge when he learns winter is responsible for all the cold white stuff making his…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresTwas a Night Most Jolly Holly | Holiday Season | Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail ‘Tis the season of good cheer and you, dear listeners, are our reason to be merry! Once Upon a Times’ traditional hedgehog holiday has almost…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresLucille Bishop Smith | Business Founder & Culinary Inventor, History Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail A taste of kitchen creativity and a recipe for success! Lucille Bishop Smith was a Black American culinary entrepreneur, educator, inventor…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresAlice in Slumberland | Alice in Wonderland Adventures | Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail After tumbling down the rabbit hole, Alice and Redge find themselves smack dab in the middle of the Queen of Hearts’ kingdom. Seeing the…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresMaple Leaf Legends | Autumn Season Celebration | Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail As soon as the leaves fall, the Folktale Forest hedgehogs turn them into maple leaf medals. They award them to the trees every autumn for…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresOnce Upon A Time | Dorktales Storytime Theme Song | Stories for Kids Podcast
Send us Fan Mail “It’s a beautiful day for a story, adventure and glory, new friends, and old ones too!” We’re very excited to bring you, dear listeners, our…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresHogenstein | Frankenstein Retold | Halloween Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail It’s alive! Deep in the Foreshadow, the ever-dark lands of Once Upon a Time, Hogenstein, the infamous warthog scientist, invented the potion…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresDr. Kazue Togasaki | Japanese American Doctor, History Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail A story of duty, dedication, and deliveries! Dr. Kazue Togasaki was one of the first Japanese American women to become a doctor in the US…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresThe Tornado Two-Step | Pecos Bill Tall Tale Retold | Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail There's tension in the Folktale Forest! When two friends disagree over the blueprints for Midge the Pidge's new birdhouse, their argument…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresMasterpiece Stories: The Tortoise and the Hare with ABC Story Sisters | Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail Perhaps you've heard of a certain race between a smart-but-slow-moving tortoise and a quick-on-their-feet hare? In our bonus episode…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresTuning-in to Newsy Poolozi | World News for Kids
Send us Fan Mail Mr. Redge wonders where he’ll get his daily dose of adventure while Jonathan takes a storytelling break to spend time planting and tending his…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresMary Had a Little, Yes And | Mary Had a Little Lamb Improv | Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail It’s the perfect day for pure play! Sherlock Nettlesbee, the great deducing squirrel detective, joins Jonathan and Mr. Redge in an afternoon…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresWhat If Dragons Breathed Sprinkles? | Jonathan Cormur Guests on What If World Podcast
Send us Fan Mail Jonathan is visiting the magical realm of the What If World podcast where he is joined by the show’s host, Mr. Eric, for a storytelling…
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Why We Created Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Podcast
Send us Fan Mail We’re 50 episodes in so Molly Murphy, writer, producer and composer for Dorktales Storytime—and our host, Jonathan Cormur’s sister—has a…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresThe Magical Doorway | Fantasy Portal Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail On an otherwise normal day, a portal opens in a mysterious tree hidden in the very corners of a California redwood forest. Jonathan walks…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresBig Bad’s Big Feelings | SEL and Mindfulness | Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail Annoyed and anxious and angry, oh my! Looks like our friends from the Folktale Forest are on an emotional roller coaster, especially the Big…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresJerry Lawson | Video Game Inventor and Engineer, History Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail An epic quest to uncover an early video game pioneer! As a teen, Jerry Lawson was a self-taught electronics wiz—building ham radios, making…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresBear-Weather Friends | Two Travelers and a Bear Fable Retold | Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail Two traveling dudes mindlessly meander down a path when they awaken ferocious O, a ginormous growling bear, from his peaceful slumber! Will…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresEugenie Clark | The Shark Lady, History Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail A story of diving, discovery, and the Shark Lady! Fascinated by marine life as a child, Eugenie Clark grew to become a leading ichthyologist…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresA Fowl First Impression | The Peacock and the Crane Fable Retold | Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail Harumph! Why is a new neighbor making Mr. Redge’s quills stand on end? Maybe his outlook will change after hearing the story of the pompous…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresIda Lewis | Woman Lighthouse Keeper, History Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail A seafaring tale of daring do in a long dress and petticoats! At the young age of 15, Ida Lewis helped her father with his lighthouse keeper’s…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresRapunzel | STEM Princess Fairy Tale | Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail “Question everything!” That’s Rapunzel’s motto. The princess from Mythdom breaks all fairy tale stereotypes when she tells the story that her…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresPura Belpré | Puerto Rican Bilingual Librarian, History Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail A tale of storytelling magic and handmade puppets from the Bronx to the Lower East Side! Pura Belpré was the very first Puerto Rican librarian…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresA Hedgehog’s Home Run | The Crow and the Pitcher Fable Retold | Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail It’s the Folktale Forest’s annual Diamond Pitch Pennant! Mr. Redge is upset that his team, the Woodland Wonders, lost their first game. He’s…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresGeorge Washington Carver (Replay) | Agricultural Scientist and Inventor, History Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail In honor of Black History Month, we share an encore of our most popular Hidden Hero of History episode about George Washington Carver: It’s a…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresMr. Wolf’s Penumbra | The Wolf and His Shadow Fable Retold | Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail After worrying that the forest creatures don't respect him, Mr. Wolf exits his cave at sunset and is surprised by his new fearsome and…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresInnovative Architects | Trailblazing Women Architects, History Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail Two stories of trailblazing triumphs! Helen Liu Fong and Norma Merrick Sklarek broke new ground in building design to become two of the most…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresThe Emperor’s New Quills (Replay) | Emperor's New Clothes Retold | Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail Listener Favorites’ Encore! Is the fancy fabric for the emperor’s new clothes really invisible to those who are not worthy? Or is this a case…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresWhy We Created a Dorktales Theme Song | Stories for Kids Podcast
Send us Fan Mail It's a beautiful day for a story! Welcome to the wonderful, wacky, wild world of Dorktales Storytime! Join our storytelling hosts, Jonathan…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresA Cratchit Christmas | from Girl Tales Podcast
Send us Fan Mail Life in the Folktale Forest is merry and bright! Jonathan made a glorious holiday feast—including his pop-in-the-oven crescent rolls and his…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresJolly Holly Hedgehog | Hedgehog Holiday Song | Holiday Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail Pull up a log, gather ‘round the campfire with your cocoa and get ready for the Jolly Holly Day Spectacular! Jolly Holly has been passed down…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresThe Little Redge Hen | The Little Red Hen Retold | Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail Who’s on board to help Little Redge Hen sow some seeds, harvest the wheat, and grind it in to flour? “NOT I,” say the unbelievably unconcerned…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresSix Triple Eight | Black All-Female WW2 Army Corps, History Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail A story of an extraordinary mission of mail and morale! Overcoming the prejudice of her time, Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams became the…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresSleepy Hallow’s Eve | Legend of Sleepy Hollow Retold | Halloween Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail Hello boils, ghouls, and non-corporeal entities! Our SCARE-rator is here to tell you a spooky tale that will send shivers up your quivers and…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresÁngela Peralta | Mexican Opera Singer, History Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail ¡La historia del ruiseñor mexicano! Beloved for her remarkable Bel Canto singing style, Ángela Peralta became known the world over as “The…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresThe Princess and the Pincushion | The Princess and the Pea Retold | Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail The lonely Prince is fed up with the Queen and her court! Their snobby standards are keeping him from finding someone who cares about…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresEvelyn Cheesman | Bug Scientist and Adventurer, History Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail A tale that leads to an extinct volcano’s summit! Evelyn Cheesman’s deep love of the natural world led her to becoming the first woman curator…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresThe Goldiquills Effect | Goldilocks and the Three Bears Retold | Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail Rushing out to attend the annual Honey Harvest Hullabaloo, the three bears absentmindedly leave their home in haste and end up with an…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresDuke Kahanamoku | Father of Surfing, History Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail A story of sportsmanship, record breaking feats and the Spirit of Aloha! Hawaii’s Duke Kahanamoku is the father of modern surfing, known for…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresNewsy Pooloozi Vacation | News for Kids
Send us Fan Mail Mr.Redge and Jonathan are off on their jam-packed-awesome-times-very-cool summer adventure, so they’ve asked their friends to fill in with…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresCookie Cobbler Caper | The Elves and the Shoemaker Retold | Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail Christmas cookie baking and storytelling in July?! It's always a good time for a merry tale about a worried shoemaker who awakens one morning…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresBrave Aviators | Women Aviation Pioneers, History Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Brave Aviator Airlines, where stories take flight! Unbuckle your curiosity as we take off on an adventure through time to meet four…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresThe Great Acorn Incident | Chicken Little Folktale Retold | Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail When an acorn strikes a blow onto Henny Penny’s head, she mistakenly fears the worst and believes that the whole sky is falling! As she…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresRuth Asawa | Sculptor and Arts Education Advocate, History Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail A story of artistic triumph and long-lasting legacies! Ruth Asawa is one of California's most beloved sculptors and was an influential…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresMerry Band of Bremen | Bremen Town Musicians Retold | Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail Once rejected and cast aside, a group of farm and forest animals come together and dream of becoming a busking band of musicians. While on…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresMaria Tallchief | Prima Ballerina, History Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail A head-twirling tale of fairies, firebirds and en pointe feats! Maria Tallchief is a trailblazing dancer who leapt into fame to become…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresThe Lion and the Hedgehog | Lion and the Mouse Fable Retold | Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail The strong and stubborn King of the Jungle gets in an entangled predicament when he pauses while on his favorite Savana prowl. Will his…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresHedy Lamarr | Hollywood Actress and Wi-Fi Inventor, History Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail The Dorktales Broadcasting System presents a Tinseltown tale of scientific experiments and world-changing inventions! Who knew that…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresRedge’s Spring Awakening | Springtime Fairy Tale | Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail Winter is over and the renewal of spring is here! Jonathan hosts a vernal equinox celebration for all the characters in his stories, but Mr…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresMerlin Tuttle | Bat Scientist, History Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail A story of bat caves, field notes and righting a wrong reputation! Merlin Tuttle has spent his career studying bats and proving why they are…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresThree Billy Goats Buff | Three Billy Goats Gruff Fairy Tale Retold | Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail Three goat siblings set off on a quest to reach the hill with the healthiest snacks when they butt heads with a very hangry troll. Are they…
Dorktales Storytime | Stories for Kids Who Love Big AdventuresWilma Rudolph | Olympic Champion and Civil Rights Advocate, History Stories for Kids
Send us Fan Mail An Olympian tale with a golden outcome! Told as a child she’d never walk again to becoming the first American woman to win three gold medals…