Morgan Givens shares with NPR’s Noel King that his nephew was the inspiration behind Flyest Fables — a podcast series telling fictional stories for children — but not limited to only them.
NOEL KING, HOST:
We are living in anxious times. Remember last month when a lot of us were worried that the U.S. and Iran were going to go to war? My sister texted me back then, and she told me that my 10-year-old niece and 8-year-old nephew came home from school and asked her, is there going to be a World War III? Our anxieties are often kids’ anxieties. So how do you help a stressed-out kid relax? Morgan Givens thinks about this a lot. He tells stories on a podcast he created called Flyest Fables. His episodes usually start with a kid who’s having a real-world problem, like bullying or a sick parent. In one episode, a boy named Jaleel (ph) is relieved to just get home for the day. But then his dad calls out to him.
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