Sleepy Stories
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Sleepy Stories
A daddy-daughter podcast. An informal reading of classic bedtime stories in the public domain.
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The Princess and Curdie, Chapter 12 - "More Creatures"
I don't know how I expected to end this episode, but "y'all have pleasant dreams, y'hear?" wasn't it. If y'all hear the grits flying out my mouth when...
The Little Prince, Chapters 3 and 4
We start to get some hints of the sadness underlying this children's story. Fortunately, my gigglebox child is there to rescue us from it. She calls m...
The Princess and Curdie, Chapter 11 - "Lina"
The goblin-creature Lina joins Curdie on his quest. There are some evil birds and then, I don't know, a montage? He seriously does the George Lucas th...
The Little Prince Chapters 1 and 2
Welcome to Season 2.1 of Sleepy Stories! While we're reading The Princess and Curdie in the other half of the podcast, we're going to start putting up...
The Princess and Curdie, Chapter 10 - "The Heath"
10 chapters in, Curdie's beginning his journey. The past is a different country, and its narrative rules are slow and unsteady.
That said, this...
The Princess and Curdie, Chapter 9 - "Hands"
A nice, short episode after last week's relatively large one. Lydia is stupendously tired throughout this one, but it doesn't stop her from offering c...
The Princess and Curdie, Chapter 8 - "Curdie's Mission"
This 35-minute behemoth had 2 full minutes of horrible mouth sounds and mushmouthed mispronunciations deleted from it. You're welcome.
Lydia hel...
The Princess and Curdie, Chapter 7 - "What Is In A Name?"
In this chapter, The Old Princess has one of the longest monologs about being godlike in any of MacDonald's work. Fortunately, Lydia is there to ask q...
The Princess and Curdie, Chapter 6 - "The Emerald"
Curdie and his father, Peter, meet the Great Great Grandmother in the mines, in a kind of angelic glory.
Also, Lydia brings in Angel Bear, who i...
The Princess and Curdie, Chapter 5 - "The Miners"
We got an incredibly energetic Lydia for this descent into MacDonald's mines. She was so energetic that I had to cut some audio where one of the many...
Princess and Curdie, Chapter 4 - "Curdie's Father and Mother"
This is another one of MacDonald's discourses on faith. It doesn't move the plot forward much, except it does make sense for someone who's had a run-i...
The Princess and Curdie, Chapter 3 - "The Mistress of the Silver Moon"
This is a long one, as Curdie the miner boy meets Irene's grandmother finally, and confronts what he did to her pigeon. While this book as a whole has...
The Princess and Curdie, Chapter 2 - "The White Pigeon"
We begin what's going to be a long path of Biblical imagery for this book. I'll admit upfront that Curdie's response to being touched by a divine mess...
The Princess and Curdie, Chapter 1 - "The Mountain"
George MacDonald waxes poetic about magma and recaps the plot of his previous novel, "The Princess and the Goblin," in this chapter.
For our par...
The Princess and the Goblin, Episode 32 - "The Last Chapter"
As you can see, George MacDonald loved a good tautology. Here we are at the end of our first season. We'll stumble into "The Princess and Curdie" afte...
The Princess and the Goblin, Episode 31 - "The Subterranean Waters"
Originally recorded in North Carolina, this episode has a bit of a different energy to it. Lyd's having a good time during this one, and so am I.
The Princess and the Goblin, Chapter 30 - "The King and the Kiss"
Lydia does some slight impromptu voice acting in this one-- I like it! She's also at her chirpiest, giving us constant commentary, so this may be one...
The Princess and the Goblin, Chapter 29 - "Mason Work"
If you've ever wanted a chance to get to know a stuffed ray named Moon Eyes, she and Lydia are both chatting up a storm early on in this short episode...
The Princess and the Goblin, Chapter 28 - "Curdie's Guide"
Curdie finally gets to have an apologetic chat with Princess Irene-- listen to children, y'all. Reunited, the heroes get to plan their next steps agai...
The Princess and the Goblin, Chapter 27 - "Goblins in the King's House"
Fans of a rambunctious girl-child won't be disappointed by this episode! Ain't gonna lie, her antics made this the hardest episode to edit thus far.
Sleepy Stories, Episode 26 - "The Goblin MIners"
There's strong evidence that this episode is Peak Silly for this Daddy-Daughter team. Blame it on fatigue, blame it on my voice acting struggles-- The...
The Princess and the Goblin, Chapter 25 - "Curdie Comes To Grief"
Lydia felt very sick while we were recording this one. She was almost inaudible for a lot of it, finally prompting me to play with the "Amplify" effec...
The Princess and the Goblin, Chapter 24 - "Irene Behaves Like A Princess"
Lydia was pukey-sick for this episode, and I think my delivery reflects some of the stress I was feeling. Sorry about that. Lydia delivers an amazing...
The Princess and the Goblin, Chapter 23 - "Curdie and His Mother"
Hey! Back to our regularly scheduled postings this week! We recorded this back on Saint Patrick's Day, giving you a pretty good idea of how long it wa...
The Princess and the Goblin, Chapter 22 - "The Old Lady and Curdie"
Not only do we get another Lydia stuffie-- Hershey-- joining us this episode, we also get some of MacDonald's best writing. Here are a few quotes:
The Princess and the Goblin, Chapter 21 - "The Escape"
There's a lot to unpack in this extra long episode, what with Lydia surprising me with Mister Crocodile and some fairly deep discussions. This is McDo...
The Princess and the Goblin, Chapter 20 - "Irene's Clue"
We switch back to the Princess Irene's perspective, and her magic ring gets her into subterranean trouble in this episode. Irene's very young, so it's...
The Princess and the Goblin Chapter 19 - "Goblin Counsels"
Curdie remains in the Goblin royal family's trap and we get a good idea of how nasty they can be in this chapter. Parental advisory: intimations of ca...
The Princess and the Goblin, Chapter 18 - "Curdie's Clue"
I think 'clue' is a mining term mentioned earlier in the book. Or maybe I'm thinking of 'gang?' Anyway, Curdie digs deep and strikes a rich vein of go...
The Princess and the Goblin, Chapter 17 - "Springtime"
Another short chapter, re-introducing Irene's King-Poppa and finally discussing the whereabouts of the Princess' mother.
Also, if you've ever wo...
The Princess and the Goblin, Chapter 16 - "The Ring"
An extremely spunky Lydia shows for this episode and tries her hand at voice acting! Maximum Lydia is reached in this episode. Plus, everyone assumes...
Princess and the Goblin Chapter 15- "Woven and then Spun"
Irene's Great-Great Grandmother shows that magical godparents are good for more than comfort and metaphysical discussion in this latest chapter of Geo...
The Princess and the Goblin, Chapter 14- "That Night, Week"
This week George MacDonald explores the concept of fear, as Princess Irene has her first encounter with a genuine monster!
The sources for our...
The Princess and the Goblin, Chapter 13- "The Cobs' Creatures"
The Princess' men-at-arms begin to encounter strange creatures at night. Goblin creatures. Also, Lydia discovers and gives up on a catch phrase.
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The Princess and the Goblin, Chapter 12-- "A Short Chapter About Curdie"
As a writer, I'm not particularly fond of chapters that don't do a lot to move the plot forward. Still, this chapter gives us a look at Curdie's metho...
The Princess and the Goblin, Chapter 11-- "The Old Lady's Bedroom"
A sleepy Lydia, a sleepy daddy, and sleepy characters-- this may be our Sleepiest Story yet!
Princess Irene rediscovers her beautiful, dreamlike...
The Princess and the Goblin, Chapter 10-- "The Princess' King-Papa"
You can tell how tired our girl is for this episode. I'm dragging a bit by the end, too. Still, we've got the first appearance of Irene's father, a pr...
The Princess and the Goblin, Chapter 9- "The Hall of the Goblin Palace"
You would not believe the number of coughing sounds I edited out of this one. More throat-destroying goblin voices, and a very punchy-sleepy Lydia chi...
The Princess and The Goblin, Chapter 8-- "The Goblins"
First off, I think Lydia was unwrapping something at the beginning. Sorry about that.
This chapter forces me to do goblin voices for the first t...
The Princess and the Goblin, Chapter 7-- "The Mines"
Chapter 7-- "The Mines."The story follows Curdie the miner boy for the first time, following him first home to his parents and then to his work in the...