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Episode: Halloween Fairy Tales with Elspeth Olson
Description: This week we invited on our resident librarian Elspeth Olson to talk one of our biggest mutual interests: fairy tales! Ben and Elspeth each tell a tale from 17th Century author Charles Perrault about horrifically wronged women, while Eliza branches out with a Japanese fairy tale about a woman who got a revenge of demonic proportions! We swear, this was not a coordinated theme...Go and follow Elspeth on Instagram, and check out her Etsy store, where she sells handmade ornaments, embroidered bookmarks and other gorgeous things! Ben's tale is "Bluebeard" from the 1900 edition of...