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Episode 22: Tom Tit Tot

Episode 22: Tom Tit Tot

Air date: December 3, 2025
Runtime: 45:16

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This week Joe, Matthew, and Emma dive into Tom Tit Tot: Joseph Jacobs’ delightfully unhinged English version of Rumpelstiltskin. We talk pies (too many), imps (also too many), flax (never enough), and kings who really need to chill out about domestic textile production. We compare it to Grimm’s Rumpelstiltskin, break down its 19th-century dialect, explain why kobolds ruined the mining industry, and debate the morality of eating five hand pies in one sitting. If you enjoy a good “guess my name or I steal you” story, this one’s a classic.

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