The Green Bird & Baga Yaga and The Brave Youth Spoiler alert: the fix is Free Palestine for the Palestinian folk tale of Speak Bird, Speak Again told by Abbie in this episode. Kelsey takes things to a lighter (right?) place with the Slavic tale of Baba Yaga and the Brave Youth. Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe. You can find us on Instagram @fairytalefixpod, and chat with us on our Discord channel ! Join our Patreon at patreon.com/fairytalefixpod and visit us at fairytalefixpod.com . ...
Aug 12, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Season 5Ep. 108
The Cloak of Rainbow Feathers & The Old Beggar Woman & The Three Lazy Sons MAKE WAY FOR OUR FAERIE OVERLORD! That’s right, this week the Fixtresses are joined by their dark mistress, their patron saint, their mysterious benefactor – the one and only Gisselle M. Ingan (cue air horns). Gisselle tells her very own original fairy tale – The Cloak of Rainbow Feathers (it’s beautiful, fun, and quite the Fairy Tale Fix itself). Abbie follows up with two shorts from the Original Folk and Fairy T...
Jul 22, 2025•1 hr 41 min•Season 5Ep. 107
Hacon Grizzlebeard & The Magic Eagle Now usually we stan a wicked hussy, but for once we’re with the prince during Kelsey’s retelling of Hacon Grizzlebeard, a 1930’s screwball comedy masquerading as a Scandinavian fairy tale! Abbie follows up with The Magic Eagle, a Timotean (Venezuela) myth that honestly could use more shenanigans, as it features only competent protagonists who heed the call to action, make a plan, and follow all the rules. What. The. Fu*k. Make sure to rate, review, and su...
Jul 08, 2025•1 hr 32 min•Season 5Ep. 106
Ride a Cockhorse to Banbury Cross, The Giantess’ Burden & How An Old Man Lost His Wen Fairy Tale Fix is back! This week we thank our listeners for your patience as we navigate the loss of our good friend and podcast editor & producer, Dustin. We miss you dearly, buddy. Abbie reads a story that would have tickled him pink–Ride A Cockhorse to Banbury Cross, and follows it up with a tale about putting yourself first and taking that well-deserved nap, The Giantess’ Burden. Kelsey reads a Jap...
Jun 24, 2025•1 hr 28 min•Season 5Ep. 105
Billy Duff and the Devil & The Leprechaun’s Trick It’s the end of Irish fairy tale month, and we’ve got two exciting tales to send it off in style! Abbie starts us off with Billy Duff and the Devil, a story about a lovable drunkard who gets up to all sorts of devilish mischief. Then, Kelsey sends us off with The Leprechaun’s Trick, a proper Irish classic. Grab a pint and settle in! Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe. You can find us on Instagram and sometimes TikTok @fairytalefixpod, a...
Mar 25, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 104
Sheela-Na-Skean, The Dream House & Fintan MacBochra, The Story of Shannon Finally, it’s our favorite time of the year – Irish fairy tale month! FOUR for the price of two!!! Turn down the lights and pretend it’s raining because Kelsey tells two ghostly tales perfect for a dark and stormy night; Sheela Na Skean and The Dreamhouse. Then, Abbie follows it up with two very cool Irish creation/mythology stories Fintan MacBochra and The River Shannon. Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe. You c...
Mar 11, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Season 5Ep. 103
The Demon’s Daughter & The Quarrel of the Monkey and the Crab We are back this week with more shenanigans and WTF fairy tales for you! After a quick chat about our favorite mascots (AKA Crazy Crab who delights and horrifies), Abbie reads The Demon’s Daughter, a tale that honestly could use a little more demon stuff in it. Kelsey then reads from her new book Japanese Folktales, The Quarrel of the Monkey and the Crab which shall be known hence forth as The Crabfather. Make sure to rate, review...
Feb 25, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Season 5Ep. 102
The Ruby Prince & A Dragon’s Favor Can we offer you some WTF Fairy Tales in these trying and completely precedented times? Abbie and Kelsey are in an altered state of multiple kinds after the winter break, as is the title character of the Punjabi fairy tale The Ruby Prince! The title character of China’s A Dragon’s Favor is chill as hell though – maybe too chill. Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe. You can find us on Instagram and sometimes TikTok @fairytalefixpod, and chat with us on ...
Feb 11, 2025•1 hr 31 min•Season 5Ep. 101
Cinderella Come celebrate with us as we bring you our 100th episode of Fairy Tale Fix! We mark this momentous occasion with the tale that’s been told 100 million times and counting–the transformation queen, the midnight majesty, the bippity-boppiest of them all, Cinderella. Abbie reads the Brother’s Grimm version for a fun twist on the tale, and Kelsey gives our former friend James Finn Garner a chance at redemption with his politically correct version. Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe. ...
Dec 24, 2024•2 hr 1 min•Season 5Ep. 100
The Nine Doves & The Lad Who Went to the North Wind December is the time of year we all collectively reach the end of our mental ropes and get to stop thinking – but Kelsey clearly didn’t get the memo! Fairy tale architecture and the decisions of kings are questioned when Abbie reads the Greek tale of The Nine Doves, followed by Kelsey’s reading of the Norse tale The Lad Who Went to The North Wind (a super chill dude actually). Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe. You can find us on Ins...
Dec 10, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Season 5Ep. 99
Today’s episode brought to you by existential dread! Kelsey regales the overly sappy fairy tale The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde—but don’t worry, she’s got a delightfully unhinged fix for our collective mood. Meanwhile, Abbie shares the indigenous (most likely Haida) folk tale The Ogre, the Sun, and the Raven, retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. (That’s sun, not son.)
Nov 26, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 5Ep. 98
It’s still spooky season in our hearts (and IRL apparently but let’s not focus on that)! Abbie regales three cautionary tales about traveling through bogs (which are always scary), and Kelsey recounts more millennial folklore with Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.
Nov 12, 2024•58 min•Season 5Ep. 97
It's Halloween–time for spooky forests, creepy disguises, and taking sweets from strangers. What better fairy tale than the classic Brothers Grimm Snow White & The Seven Dwarves?? In this episode, Kelsey retells the classic SW tale, and Abbie reads the somehow even more chilling politically correct version. Strap in because this episode gets REAL spooky. Seriously...wtf???
Oct 29, 2024•2 hr 7 min•Season 5Ep. 96
Well, we've finally wandered through the forest enough to run into the same witch twice. After Abbie starts to read the same story Kelsey read last episode, she turns to a cold reading of Esben and the Witch by our favorite fairy tale queen Ruth Manning-Sanders. Then, Kelsey follows it up with a short story called Tripple-Trapple from one of the newest RMS releases, A Book of Devils and Demons.
Oct 15, 2024•1 hr 41 min•Season 5Ep. 95
A very spooky forest witch welcome to returning guest Chadwick Heiberg! Our time zone hopscotch playing woodland bard returns with the incredibly satisfying sequel to his original story Three Little Witches with the story of One Arm, Two Wings. After, Kelsey tells a tale simply named Baba Yaga - and all three hosts work together to come up with the ultimate fix for it: a way better name.
Oct 01, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Season 5Ep. 94
New episode, same fairy tale nonsense about physical, traditional beauty being the most important thing about a femme presenting person. NOT ON ABBIE AND KELSEY’S WATCH! Hear how they fix the Eswatini legend of Nya-Nya Bulembu and the Portuguese tale of The Ugly Princess in this episode, and remember: your looks are the least interesting thing about you.
Sep 17, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Season 5Ep. 93
Before the folktale readings even begin, Kelsey and Abbie share stories from their misbegotten youths that are the opposite of fairy tale perfection. After the drama, Kelsey follows up with the classic Brothers Grimm tale of Snow White……..and Rose Red! Gotcha. Abbie finishes us off with a story (also from the BG’s) that reads like two pages accidentally got stuck together: The Turnip.
Sep 03, 2024•1 hr 33 min•Season 5Ep. 92
This week on Fairy Tale Fix: Abbie reads the monstrous tale of The Man Whale, a story that tells us who exactly are the most terrifying and treacherous of sea creatures (spoiler: it’s dead beat dads). Kelsey tells the Siberian tale of The Maiden Suvarna from the now-available Ruth Manning-Sanders A Book of Ghosts and Goblins, where things aren't quite what they seem.
Aug 20, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Season 5Ep. 91
ROSES HAVE THORNS! Kelsey reads The Rose Elf from our favorite bisexual disaster, Hans Christian Andersen, which starts off like a true fairy tale and then takes a sharp turn toward horror story. Abbie gets argumentative and reads African folk tale The Contest of Riddles, giving listeners the opportunity to argue amongst themselves whether or not Kelsey got any points or not for her predictions.
Aug 06, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Season 5Ep. 90
In this special Patreon preview, Abbie recites for Kelsey the 1680’s satirical poem The Dragon of Wantley, also known as A Farting Dragon Burlesque. Kelsey then regales her co-host with the tale of The Boy Who Wanted More Cheese. Both of these stories are exactly what they say on the tin, and it’s glorious.
Jul 24, 2024•1 hr 7 min
In this special Patreon preview, Abbie & Kelsey pick a couple of random fairy tales to read, and boy do these stories deliver! Kelsey discovers an incredible tale about an unreasonably confident man who has ALL the audacity in The Brave Little Tailor. Abbie brings the mood way down with Children of Famine, then way, WAY back up again when she reads The Ungrateful Son.
Jun 28, 2024•59 min
It's the end of MerMay, and wow, do we have one helluva story to end it with! Abbie cold reads a Cornish folk tale, The Mermaid's Vengeance, and it's a slow burn – you'll just have to trust the process. We're leaving on summer vacation for our #GretaGremlinSummer, but we'll be back in August. See you soon, Fairy Tale Fixers!
May 28, 2024•1 hr 30 min•Season 4Ep. 89
Mermaids Ahoy! Kelsey kicks off MerMay 2024 with the Irish tale of Fish Fitzgerald…err…the Lady of Gollerus - about an unlucky merrow whose story was definitely written by a weird old man. Abbie follows up with the true Bangladeshi story of a Puri Enchantment, and we hope everyone’s doing ok.
May 14, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 4Ep. 88
Join us this week as Abbie cold reads a couple of obscure Brothers Grimm fairy tales, including The Castle of Murder and The Carpenter & The Turner. Kelsey cold reads a tale that a listener sent specifically for Kelsey to read to Abbie. Can you guess where this is going? That's right – this tale is called The Cat and…erm… Rooster.
Apr 30, 2024•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 87
This week we finally learn the term “cold reading” thanks to our amazing Faerie Overlord and good friend, Giselle! Kelsey reads from a book discovered in her Little Free Library, posing the timeless question: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears. Meanwhile, Abbie treats us to a cold reading of a tale from our favorite storyteller, Ruth Manning-Sanders, featuring The Princess in the Iron Tower.
Apr 16, 2024•1 hr 30 min•Season 4Ep. 86
This week we're joined by our longtime friend Caroline Donham! Caroline tells us her Red Riding Hood fix that she rewrote when she was little, and it's just as cute as you'd imagine. Then she tells us some effed up nursery rhymes, and Abbie reads an even more effed up Brother's Grimm tale, The Heavenly Wedding.
Apr 02, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Season 4Ep. 85
We’re into some 100% real faerie stuff for Irish Fairy Tale Month with Abbie tackling the Harp of Dagda and attempting to coherently describe the Tuatha De Danann. Then Kelsey brings it home with a story that left our jaws on the FLOOR MULTIPLE TIMES: Hudden, Dudden, and Donal O’Leary.
Mar 19, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 84
For our first episode of Irish fairy tale month, we’re joined by some incredibly special guests… Katrina and Geoff from The Fairy Tellers podcast! Strap in for this super-sized and hilarious episode where Geoff puts the fear of God into us with The Doom, and then Katrina takes us for a wild ride that literally none of us could have ever predicted with The Legend of Ballytowtas Castle, both by the illustrious Lady Jane Wilde.
Mar 05, 2024•2 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 83
This one is for the #VillainSympathizers out there so…us basically! Kelsey retells the African American folktale Lonna And Cat Woman (we’ll let you guess who we’re rooting for here), and Abbie relates the story of Greek Cinderella - the most unreliable narrator of all time.
Feb 27, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 82
We're back with another of Abbie & Kelsey’s favorites – it's random reading time! Abbie continues our journey into the Ivanverse with the worst Ivan yet in What Happened To Ivan by Ruth Manning-Sanders, and Kelsey reads a fun dog-saves-the-day story with RMS's Niassa and the Ogre.
Feb 06, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 4Ep. 81
