Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris

Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris

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Episodes 46

Avg. Duration 7m

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Since Nov 2025

Latest Episode Jan 2026

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Daily

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About This Podcast

Bearing a striking resemblance to Aesop of Aesop's Fables fame, American author Joel Chandler Harris' Uncle Remus is also a former slave who loves to tell simple and pithy stories. Uncle Remus or to give it its original title, Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings was published in late 1880 and received instant acclaim. The book was reviewed in hundreds of journals and newspapers across the country, leading to its immense success, both critical and financial. “Remus” was originally a fictional character in a newspaper column. Harris, who was a journalist with the Atlanta Constitution, a small-town newspaper, first presented Remus to the world via a regular column in which Remus was depicted as a person who regularly visited the newspaper offices to talk about the social issues of the day. However, later, Remus began to increasingly recount plantation folktales that Harris had compiled. He had heard them from the slaves of Turnworld Plantation as a 16 year old school dropout, working as an apprentice in a newspaper office located in the area. Harris was a poor, illegitimate, immigrant Irish boy who found more in common with the slaves on the plantation than with his so called social equals. He spent much of his free time in the slave quarters, absorbing their lifestyle, folklore and legends. Uncle Remus is famous also for one of its most lovable and astute characters, Br'er Rabbit. This smart, yet mischievous fellow and his companions have provided endless entertainment for generations of children. The original stories were rendered in authentic Southern Georgia slave dialect and later adapted so that they could be better understood. Apart from the doings of the trickster rabbit, Uncle Remus contains poems, songs and folk-tales deeply rooted in the plantation tradition. Though early critics were dismayed by the apparent racist nature of the stories and the passive acceptance of the slave-owning situation, modern versions have overcome these aspects and Uncle Remus today provides education, information and entertainment for children and parents. The 29 books that were originally written have been compiled into nine Uncle Remus series and three books were published posthumously. A total of 185 Uncle Remus stories were penned and they were path breaking in their depiction of the authentic speech of the Southern plantations. Extensively adapted for radio, animation, film and television, Uncle Remus is today an essential part of children's literature. In fact, not just children, but older readers too will find the book a delightful classic!

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Recent Episodes

1 – 01 – Uncle Remus initiates the Little Boy

Jan 02, 2026 6m

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1 – 02 – The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story

Jan 01, 2026 5m

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1 – 03 – Why Mr. Possum loves Peace

Dec 31, 2025 6m

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1 – 04 – How Mr. Rabbit was too sharp for Mr. Fox

Dec 30, 2025 5m

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1 – 05 – The Story of the Deluge, and how it came about

Dec 29, 2025 6m

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1 – 06 – Mr. Rabbit grossly deceives Mr. Fox

Dec 28, 2025 9m

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1 – 07 – Mr. Fox is again victimized

Dec 27, 2025 8m

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1 – 08 – Mr. Fox is outdone by Mr. Buzzard

Dec 26, 2025 6m

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1 – 09 – Miss Cow falls a Victim to Mr. Rabbit

Dec 25, 2025 9m

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1 – 10 – Mr. Terrapin appears upon the Scene

Dec 24, 2025 8m

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1 – 11 – Mr. Wolf makes a Failure

Dec 23, 2025 7m

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1 – 12 – Mr. Fox tackles Old Man Tarrypin

Dec 22, 2025 5m

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1 – 13 – The Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf

Dec 21, 2025 7m

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1 – 14 – Mr. Fox and the Deceitful Frogs

Dec 20, 2025 4m

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1 – 15 – Mr. Fox goes a-hunting, but Mr. Rabbit bags the Game

Dec 19, 2025 4m

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1 – 16 – Old Mr. Rabbit, he’s a Good Fisherman

Dec 18, 2025 6m

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1 – 17 – Mr. Rabbit nibbles up the Butter

Dec 17, 2025 9m

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1 – 18 – Mr. Rabbit finds his Match at last

Dec 16, 2025 8m

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1 – 19 – The Fate of Mr. Jack Sparrow

Dec 15, 2025 9m

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1 – 20 – How Mr. Rabbit saved his Meat

Dec 14, 2025 9m

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