Three Questions for a Good Life

Stories Podcast: A Bedtime Show for Kids of All Ages

Stories Podcast / Wondery

Stories For Kids, Fiction, Kids & Family

4.2 • 12.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Today's story is based on The Three Questions by Leo Tolstoy, adapted and written for you by Daniel Hinds. The king seeks answers to these three questions: When is the best time to do each thing? Who are the most important people? What is the most important thing to do? Check out Stories RPG our new show where we play games like Starsworn with all your Max Goodname friends, and Gigacity Guardians featuring the brilliant firefly! https://link.chtbl.com/gigacity Draw us a picture of what you think any of the characters in this story look like, and then tag us in it on instagram @storiespodcast! We'd love to see your artwork and share it on our feed!! If you would like to support Stories Podcast, you can subscribe and give us a five star review on iTunes, check out our merch at storiespodcast.com/shop, follow us on Instagram @storiespodcast, or just tell your friends about us! Check out our new YouTube channel at youtube.com/storiespodcast. If you've ever wanted to read along with our stories, now you can! These read-along versions of our stories are great for early readers trying to improve their skills or even adults learning English for the first time. Check it out.

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0:00.0	Hello! Welcome to Stories Podcast. I'm your host, Amanda Weldon. Today's story is called
0:09.3	Three Questions for a Good Life by Leo Tolstoy, adapted for audio by Daniel Hines.
0:16.8	We have Stories Podcast merch available at Storiespodcast.com slash shop.
0:22.4	We're also on Cameo for all of your personalized video message needs,
0:25.9	and don't forget to follow us on Instagram at Stories Podcast.
0:29.4	If you send us a drawing of your favorite scene or character, we'll share it on our feed.
0:34.3	Now here's a word from our sponsors.
0:37.7	As parents with kids, I think we've all had those times when everyone in the family is off on their own personal devices.
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1:38.5	three questions for a good life.
1:51.1	Once upon a time, there was a king who wanted to be good to all his people.
1:56.0	The problem was, what was good wasn't always obvious.
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