Nian the Beast

Stories Podcast: A Bedtime Show for Kids of All Ages

Stories Podcast / Wondery

Fiction, Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.2 • 12.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2017

⏱️ 25 minutes

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The story that inspired the tradition of Chinese New Year. Nian the Beast has been terrorizing a small village, and it's up to one young girl and a wise old man to save the day. Support the show at patreon.com/stories See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:07.4	Hello!
0:08.6	Welcome to Stories Podcast.
0:10.3	I'm your host, Amanda Weldon.
0:12.8	Today's story is Nien, the Beast of Chinese New Year, an adaptation of the origin story
0:17.8	of Chinese New Year by Daniel Hines.
0:20.5	Today we'd like to say a special thank you to Austin, Sloan and Debbie and their family.
0:26.0	Si and Vir and their family, Evie, Nola and Clara and their family, and Jack and Marin
0:33.0	and their family.
0:34.7	Thank you so much, Marin, Jack, Clara, Nola, Evie, Vir, Si, Debbie, Sloan and Austin.
0:42.5	You are part of what makes it possible for us to continue to produce fun news stories
0:46.6	for our listeners.
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