Show overview
The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm has been publishing since 2011, and across the 13 years since has built a catalogue of 123 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 20 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a roughly quarterly cadence.
Episodes typically run under ten minutes — most land between 7 min and 13 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Arts show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 2.2 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2012, with 79 episodes published. Published by Eric Wagoner.
From the publisher
A few times a week, over my lunch break, I will record, edit, and publish one of the original 250 fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm and translated to English by Dr. Jack Zipes.
Latest Episodes
View all 123 episodesEp 122122: The Lettuce Donkey
A huntsman helps an old woman and is rewarded with an unusual way to get gold coins and a cloak of teleportation. A witch steals them from him but he outsmarts her with lettuce that turns people into donkeys and marries her daughter to live happily ever after.
Ep 121121. The Prince Who Feared Nothing
An extremely cocky prince goes out to adventure in the world, and it seems to pay off for him when a friendly lion defends him from a troublesome giant. The story ends with an awkward usage of the color black equating being cursed.
Ep 120120. The Three Journeymen
Three traveling journeymen agree to a strange request from the devil.
Ep 119119. The Seven Swabians
Seven guys from southern Germany set out across the world to have adventures.
Ep 118118. The Three Army Surgeons
Three surgeons brag they know all there is to know about surgery when in reality they have a magic salve. Their boasts come back to haunt them.
Ep 117117. The Stubborn Child
A stubborn child is killed by the lord, and apparently only a spanking can give him peace.
Ep 116116. The Blue Light
A wounded soldier is dismissed by an uncaring king. He finds a magical friend and gets revenge.
Ep 115115. The Bright Sun Will Bring it to Light
A poor wandering tailer robs and kills a fellow traveller.The victim’s last words were “the bright sun will bring it to light”. It took many years, but eventually, with the help of the bright sun, the tailor’s crime became known.
Ep 114114. The Clever Little Tailor
An unassuming little tailor correctly answers a princess’s riddle and is then entitled to marry her, but he must first spend a night with a bear.
Ep 113113. The Two Kings' Children
A young prince is kidnapped by foreign king and must pass a series of challenges. If he fails, he will be put to death, but if he succeeds, he will win one of the king’s daughters for his bride.
Ep 112112. The Fleshing Flail from Heaven
A farmer drops a turnip seed and it grows into a tree that reaches all the way up into heaven. So, naturally, he climbs it.
Ep 111111. The Expert Marksman
With the aid of a magical gun, a huntsman tricks and kills three evil giants. In doing so, he wins the hand of a princess.
Ep 110110. The Jew in the Thornbush
Warning! This story contains offensive racial stereotypes from another era, and is not suitable for all audiences. A journeyman apprentice is granted magical items and powers after being kind to a dwarf, but he later uses them to toment a jew he meets along the road.
Ep 109109. The Little Shroud
A beloved boy dies, and returns to tell his mother to stop crying.
Ep 108108. Hans My Hedgehog
A farmer and his wife give birth to a son who is half boy, and hedgehog. He grows up to play the bagpipes, ride a rooster, and inherit a kingdom.
Ep 107107. The Two Travelers
Two craftsmen, one a tailor and the other a shoemaker, one good and the other bad, travel together through the country.
Ep 106106. The Poor Miller's Apprentice and the Cat
A miller is nearing retirement age and has no family to pass his mill down to. He tells his three hired men that whichever goes out into the world and brings back the best horse can have the mill. One of them, a very simple man, finds a magical cat along the way.
Ep 105105. Tales About Toads
Three very short and sad tales (fragments, really) about toads.
Ep 104104. The Clever People
Good-hearted but dim-witted people get taken advantage of by greedy people.
Ep 103103. The Sweet Porridge
A cautionary tale about having a magic item but forgetting how to use it.