Of Slippers and Spindles - Fairy Tale Retellings and Adaptations in Books, Film, and Theatre
by Cassie Greenlee, Daurie Rothhaar, Laura L, Matt Guion
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Episode 143: Beauty and the Beast wrap up and intro to The Little Mermaid
Jun 17, 2026
46m 46s
Episode 142: The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey
Jun 3, 2026
1h 29m 36s
Episode 141: Beast Charming by Jenniffer Wardell
May 20, 2026
1h 09m 03s
Episode 140: A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
May 6, 2026
1h 23m 39s
Episode 139: La Belle et La Bete
Apr 22, 2026
1h 01m 16s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/17/26 | Episode 143: Beauty and the Beast wrap up and intro to The Little Mermaid | Cassie and Matt wrap up their final thoughts on Beauty and the Beast with a discussion about how more modern retellings are changing the focus and the story's definition of Happily Ever After for the better. Then Cassie and Daurie turn their attention to a revisit of Little Mermaid. For a more in depth discussion of this story, go back to episode 25 about halfway through! We're splitting our focus this era between Disney retellings and Andersen retellings! Join our community! View a... | 46m 46s | ||||||
| 6/3/26 | Episode 142: The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey✨ | fairy tale retellingsliterature analysis+3 | — | The Fire RoseBeauty and the Beast | — | Mercedes LackeyThe Fire Rose+5 | — | 1h 29m 36s | |
| 5/20/26 | Episode 141: Beast Charming by Jenniffer Wardell✨ | YA adaptationBeauty and the Beast+3 | — | Beast CharmingBeauty and the Beast | — | Beast CharmingJenniffer Wardell+3 | — | 1h 09m 03s | |
| 5/6/26 | Episode 140: A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer✨ | disability representationportal fantasy+3 | Bri | A Curse So Dark and Lonely | — | A Curse So Dark and LonelyBrigid Kemmerer+3 | — | 1h 23m 39s | |
| 4/22/26 | Episode 139: La Belle et La Bete✨ | Beauty and the BeastFrench cinema+3 | — | La Belle et La Bete | — | Beauty and the BeastLa Belle et La Bete+4 | — | 1h 01m 16s | |
| 4/8/26 | Episode 138: Snow White Wrap Up and Intro to Beauty and the Beast✨ | Fairy Tale RetellingsSnow White+3 | — | Snow White and the Seven DwarfsBeauty and the Beast+1 | — | Snow WhiteBeauty and the Beast+3 | — | 53m 42s | |
| 3/25/26 | Episode 137: Disney's Live Action Snow White✨ | DisneySnow White+3 | Daurie Rothhaar | Disney's live action Snow Whiteoriginal animated feature film | — | DisneySnow White+5 | — | 1h 20m 31s | |
| 3/11/26 | Episode 136: Mirrored by Alex Flinn✨ | fairy tale retellingsauthor growth+3 | Bethanie | Prince Kai Fan PodMirrored+1 | — | Alex FlinnMirrored+6 | — | 1h 21m 11s | |
| 2/25/26 | Episode 135: Hemlock and Silver by T. Kingfisher✨ | fairy tale retellingsnarrative voice+3 | — | Hemlock and SilverSnow White+1 | — | T. KingfisherHemlock and Silver+6 | — | 1h 02m 40s | |
| 2/11/26 | Episode 134: Faerie Tale Theatre's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs✨ | Snow White retellingFaerie Tale Theatre+3 | Christian | Faerie Tale TheatreSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs | — | Snow WhiteFaerie Tale Theatre+5 | — | 51m 39s | |
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| 1/28/26 | Episode 133: Intro to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Second Era✨ | fairy tale retellingsSnow White+3 | — | Snow White and the Seven DwarfsFaerie Tale Theatre+1 | — | Snow Whitefairy tales+3 | — | 20m 33s | |
| 12/25/25 | Episode 132: The Muppets Christmas Carol✨ | ChristmasMuppets+3 | — | The Muppets Christmas Carol | — | MuppetsChristmas Carol+3 | — | 52m 27s | |
| 11/26/25 | Episode 131: The 10th Kingdom Wrap Up✨ | The 10th Kingdomminiseries discussion+4 | Daniel | The 10th Kingdom | — | The 10th Kingdomminiseries+5 | — | 37m 15s | |
| 11/19/25 | Episode 130: The 10th Kingdom Episode 5✨ | The 10th Kingdomminiseries discussion+3 | Daniel | The 10th KingdomStar Wars+1 | — | The 10th Kingdomfairy tale+5 | — | 1h 31m 36s | |
| 10/29/25 | Episode 129: 10th Kingdom episodes 3 and 4 | Cassie, Daurie, Laura, and Matt continue their discussion of the 2000 miniseries The 10th Kingdom, and look at episodes 3 and 4. Our love for Lucy Punch is on full display throughout the episode, and we also touch on our favorite elements of these two much stronger episodes -- their portrayal of Snow White and her story, the inclusion of the courtroom drama and all its tropes, and what happens when real world logic meets fairy tale rules. There's also some intense plot-doctoring discussi... | 1h 55m 39s | ||||||
| 10/15/25 | Episode 128: 10th Kingdom episodes 1 and 2 | Cassie, Daurie, Laura, and special guest Daniel dive deep into the first two episodes of the 2000 miniseries The 10th Kingdom, starring Kimberly Williams, John Larroquette, Scott Cohen, Dianne Weist, Ed O'Neill, and more. They discuss fairy tale characters in the real world and real world characters in fairy tale land, debate how to properly format magic wishes, and analyze what approaches and storylines would be handled differently if this story was told today. Join our community! View ... | 1h 48m 11s | ||||||
| 10/1/25 | Episode 127: Hansel and Gretel Wrap-Up and Intro to The 10th Kingdom | Cassie and Daurie wrap up their thoughts on Hansel and Gretel, including talking about some of the other adaptations out there, and then all four cohosts join together to introduce that cult classic fairy tale mash-up, The 10th Kingdom. Featuring many a side conversation and tangent, and a truly impressive run down of "Where You Know Them From." Join our community! View all of the benefits of joining our Patreon including the Official Of Slippers and Spindles Newsletter, bonus episodes, ... | 36m 43s | ||||||
| 9/17/25 | Episode 126: Sweetly by Jackson Pearce | Cassie and Daurie wrap up the Hansel and Gretel era with the loosest retelling this time around, Sweetly by Jackson Pearce. They discuss modernizing fairy tales, the Twilight Effect of the early 2010s media, and how to deal with surprise werewolves. Content warning for gore and violence. Join our community! View all of the benefits of joining our Patreon including the Official Of Slippers and Spindles Book Club, exclusive polls, monthly bookmarks, Zoom hangouts, and more! https://patreo... | 59m 09s | ||||||
| 9/3/25 | Episode 125: 2002 Hansel and Gretel movie | Cassie and Daurie watched the 2002 movie version of Hansel and Gretel, featuring Jacob Smith, Taylor Momsen, Howie Mandel, Alana Austin, Delta Burke, Tom Arnold, and Lynn Redgrave to answer the age old question: does it deserve that 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes? And the verdict is, yes. Yes, it really does. We watched it so you don't have to; all you have to do is listen to our discussion on how this take went so deeply wrong -- from poorly used framing devices to unnecessary character a... | 38m 33s | ||||||
| 8/20/25 | Episode 124: A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz | Cassie and Daurie give you two discussions for the price of one, as their exploration of A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz reveals a novel with Hansel and Gretel as the main characters, but a novel that isn't really a retelling of that classic story. So they pull in an old favorite and also look at how Hansel and Gretel was incorporated into Transformed: The Perils of the Frog Prince by Megan Morrison. They discuss what common elements tie all these stories together and wha... | 43m 41s | ||||||
| 8/6/25 | Episode 123: Cannon Movie Tales Hansel and Gretel | Cassie and Daurie begin Hansel and Gretel's era with the Cannon Movie Tales Hansel and Gretel featuring Helen Stoltzfus, Allison Brody, Sam Carter, Gene Morrill, Bo Patterson, and more. This movie pulls heavily from the Humperdinck opera, and features the acting talents of David Warner; Hugh Pollard; Nicola Stapleton; Emily Richard; and Cloris Leachman. We discuss how Cassie is a lying liar with a bad memory, how music and camera work can foreshadow things that do not actually exist, how UNBE... | 37m 54s | ||||||
| 7/23/25 | Episode 122: The Arabian Nights Wrap Up and Intro to Hansel and Gretel | It's time to bid another farewell to the ultimate storyteller's tale and turn to a pair of siblings getting lost in the woods and finding a house of questionable building materials. Cassie and Laura start us off with our final thoughts on The Arabian Nights and how its walking red flag was handled overall. Then Cassie and Daurie begin a journey into an apparently overlooked classic, Hansel and Gretel. We talk through the plot of the story and the many questions it brings up, then we reveal th... | 56m 51s | ||||||
| 7/9/25 | Episode 121: The Wrath and the Dawn duology by Renee Ahdieh | Cassie and Laura wrap up their The Arabian Nights era this week with a discussion of two of Cassie's favorite books of all time-- The Wrath and the Dawn and The Rose and the Dagger by Renee Ahdieh. We discuss the refreshing approach of Shahrzad as a would-be assassin, loopholes within curse loopholes, impressive trope subversions, and the surprising thing these books have in common with Pirates of the Caribbean 3. Also, spoilers for Pirates of the Caribbean 3 a little bit, I guess? Content wa... | 1h 32m 47s | ||||||
| 6/25/25 | Episode 120: A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston | Cassie and Laura discuss a looser retelling of The Arabian Nights this week -- A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston -- and touch on a variety of topics including our shared love of thread-based magic in fantasy, what kind of storytelling counts in a retelling of Shahrezad, and how the choice not to name any of the characters can be both fascinating and frustrating at the same time. Join our community! View all of the benefits of joining our Patreon including the Official Of Slippers and Sp... | 1h 07m 09s | ||||||
| 5/28/25 | Episode 119: The Storyteller's Daughter by Cameron Dokey | Cassie and Laura continue our Arabian Nights era with book one in the Once Upon a Time series from Simon Pulse -- The Storyteller's Daughter by Cameron Dokey. There's a bit more chatter up top in this episode than usual, so if you want to get straight to the discussion and bypass Toddler Tales and the history of the Once Upon a Time series, skip to 10:55! Laura and Cassie go off on several tangents during this discussion, but along the way, we do touch on how this novel captures the oral trad... | 56m 10s | ||||||
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