ITEM RENEWAL - A Very Scary Christmas Special featuring FUFT with Liz

About this episode

Liz Gotauco shares macabre yuletide folk tales in a special Christmas episode.

This week we're bringing you an ITEM RENEWAL from our archives. In this episode of Rhody Radio first released on December 19, 2023, Liz Gotauco AKA Cosbrarian dispenses with the merry and instead wishes you a Very Scary Christmas, sharing some macabre yuletide folk tales to accompany a dark winter night. If you love this episode and haven't yet, be sure to read Liz's book and listen to our episode with her and her sister Jade Gotauco all about folktales, illustrating the book, and their respective efforts to shine a light on neglected stories: F*cked Up Fairy Tales by Liz Gotauco, illustrated by Jade Gotauco Overdueing It Episode 35 - F*cked Up Fairy Tales the Book! With Liz and Jade Gotauco Overdueing It is a project funded by the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is produced by library staff around the Ocean State. We are proud to be a resident partner of the Rhode Island Center for the Book . The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers' own and do not represent those of the Overdueing It podcast, its sponsor organizations, or any participants' place of employment. The content of Overdueing It episodes are the property of the…

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Bouvier

Guest: Liz Gotauco

Topics covered

• Christmas
• folktales
• macabre
• storytelling

Keywords

• Rhody Radio
• F*cked Up Fairy Tales
• Jade Gotauco

Mentioned in this episode

Products: F*cked Up Fairy Tales

Books & works: ITEM RENEWAL, an ITEM RENEWAL, F*cked Up Fairy Tales, Overdueing It Episode 35, F*cked Up Fairy Tales the Book, Overdueing It, Frau Perchta, the Belly-Slitter, Meet the Thirteen Yule Lads, Iceland's Own Mischievous Santa Clauses, Why Iceland's Christmas Witch Is Much Cooler, Hans Von Trotha

Places: the Ocean State

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