97-Jack and the Beanstalk: Sleeping Giant

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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I feel pretty confident saying that this episode is the most fun you'll have listening to a story about child murder and cannibalism. Jack of Jack and the beanstalk fame is a hero who's...not really a hero. He's a lazy teenager who's kind of stupid. It's ok, though, because he keeps running into a kind ogre who repeatedly feeds him and saves his life...and he repays her kindness by robbing her blind. The second story is that of Jack the Giant Killer, which I just recently learned is a different Jack. His story loops in with King Arthur's too, and it's just a lot of fun...if waking up in matted, greasy giant hair is your idea of fun. The creature this week is a giant pig monster from Greek mythology! Which giant pig monster? Well, that's the fun (hint: there are too many giant pig monsters in Greek mythology). -- Sponsors: Are you listening to podcasts yet on Spotify's fantastic app? No? Wait, seriously? Go do that now! It's time to give Blue Apron a try and, right now, you can get $30 off your first box by going to http://www.blueapron.com/legends -- Music: "Direct to Video" by Chris Zabriskie "Cylinder Two" by Chris Zabriskie "Cicle Ariel" by Blue Dot Sessions "Lanky" by Blue Dot Sessions "March on Gumdrop Field" by Blue Dot Sessions "Plum King" by Blue Dot Sessions "The Gall" by Podington Bear "Villano" by Blue Dot Sessions

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0:00.0	This week, on Myths and Legends, there are two stories of Jacks and Giants.
0:05.0	On the first, we'll see a very simple way to get to sleep.
0:08.8	Just count your massive bags of gold that we all have.
0:12.3	On the second, we'll see how embroidery can put your life at risk.
0:16.0	The creature this week is actually an epic beast from Greek mythology.
0:19.0	Who was the scourge of the land?
0:21.7	Or so theses says, because he was the one that killed her, and he wasn't just trying
0:26.4	to pad his epicure a resume because she was just a normal human thief?
0:30.2	Nope.
0:31.2	Not at all.
0:32.2	This is Myths and Legends, episode 97.
0:41.2	Sleeping Giant.
0:43.0	This is a podcast where I tell stories from mythology and folklore.
0:49.4	Some are incredibly popular stories you think you know, but with surprising origins.
0:54.2	Those stories you might not have heard, but really should.
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