Adam Talks Scary Stories with Unspookable

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Adam Gidwitz discusses the significance of scary stories with Elise Parisian from Unspookable.

If you've been following the Kooky Spooky Countdown, it has all been leading up to this: Elise Parisian, the host of Unspookable, sits down with Adam Gidwitz, the creator and host of Grimm, Grimmer, Grimmest and New York Times best-selling author, to talk about scary stories themselves. Why do we tell them? What purpose do they serve? And what has Adam learned in all his years of studying and retelling Grimms’ Fairy Tales? All with a little help from our SCARE-rator, Jonathan Cormur, the host of Dorktales Storytime. It’s a conversation you don’t want to miss. ⁠The Kooky Spooky Countdown⁠Three award-winning, family-favorite children’s podcasts - Grimm, Grimmer, Grimmest (Pinna), Unspookable (Soundsington Media), and Dorktales Storytime - have teamed up this October for the Kooky Spooky Countdown, a seasonal, screen-free listening event for families and classrooms everywhere. Participants are challenged to listen to 13 “spooky-ish” podcast episodes to earn rewards, including exclusive congratulatory videos from all three podcast hosts.The challenge celebrates October’s festivities with safe thrills, playful storytelling, and engaging experiences. Families and classrooms can…

People in this episode

Host: Adam Gidwitz

Guest: Elise Parisian

Topics covered

• scary stories
• Grimms' Fairy Tales
• storytelling
• children's podcasts
• Kooky Spooky Countdown

Keywords

• scary stories
• Grimms' Fairy Tales
• storytelling
• children's podcasts
• Kooky Spooky Countdown
• Elise Parisian
• Adam Gidwitz

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Grimm, Grimmer, Grimmest, Unspookable, Dorktales Storytime, Pinna, Soundsington Media

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