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Telling Stories w/ Tom Thumb

Telling Stories w/ Tom Thumb

Written by: Tom Thumb
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 Telling Stories is a podcast about stories and storytelling. In each podcast I take down a book from my shelf and tell you about it, the stories it contains and which other stories they relate to.
One week I'll be telling tales from Sufi poetry, the next anecdotes from the world of chess, then on to stories about sharks, the next week hot air balloons - there are stories everywhere...
I'm a writer and storyteller from England and I spent 20 years travelling the worldl and picked up a few tales along the way.
You can find my books and more storytelling at www.tomthumb.orgTom Thumb Art Social Sciences Travel Writing & Commentary World
Episodes
  • 10. Hot Air Balloons - When Humans Learned to Fly

    10. Hot Air Balloons - When Humans Learned to Fly
    Nov 25 2025
    What was the point of science and Age of Enlightenment if it couldn't impress a few people along the way? Hundreds of thousands of people came to see the first hot air balloon flights though they were incredibly dangerous adventures that often ended in tragedy..
    Drawing on stories from the wonderful book, The Age of Wonder by Richard Holmes.

    You can find more podcasts, stories and books from Tom Thumb on www.tomthumb.oeg
    Tom Thumb is is the author of:
    Hand to Mouth to India
    Tales of a Road Junky
    Somewhere Under the Rainbow
    Science for Hippies

    And also the podcasts:
    Road Junky Travel Stories
    Stories of Tom Thumb
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    19 mins
  • 9. The Matrix - Red & Blue Pills, Misogyny & Conspiracy Theories

    9. The Matrix - Red & Blue Pills, Misogyny & Conspiracy Theories
    Nov 18 2025
    When the Matrix came out in 1999, it gave us a new version of an old metaphor for enlightenment and mystical revelation - what a shock then when its central metaphor got hijacked by the manosphere and conspiracy theorists..

    You can find more podcasts, stories and books from Tom Thumb on www.tomthumb.oeg
    Tom Thumb is is the author of:
    Hand to Mouth to India
    Tales of a Road Junky
    Somewhere Under the Rainbow
    Science for Hippies

    And also the podcasts:
    Road Junky Travel Stories
    Stories of Tom Thumb
    Show More Show Less
    11 mins
  • 8. The Blues - Selling Souls to the Devil

    8. The Blues - Selling Souls to the Devil
    Nov 9 2025
    There's an old myth in blue music that a musician would walk on down to the crossroads and sell their soul to the Devil in return for incredible talent.

    You can find more podcasts, stories and books from Tom Thumb on www.tomthumb.oeg
    Tom Thumb is is the author of:
    Hand to Mouth to India
    Tales of a Road Junky
    Somewhere Under the Rainbow
    Science for Hippies

    And also the podcasts:
    Road Junky Travel Stories
    Stories of Tom Thumb
    Show More Show Less
    13 mins
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