River Reads

About River Reads

Canadian Radio Awards 2023 Winner Best Podcast-Small Market. River Reads is a program for all ages to escape into creative commons fairy tales and stories, as narrated by host River Wilde. Enjoy tales, both new and old, but mostly old and at times macabre, or silly, or even perhaps a little confusing as written in old english and the host fumbles words; or those classic stories that have aged poorly. Featuring ‘River Rambles’, ‘Gender Blender’, and ‘River Reads’ Rating System’. The River Reads show is "not a kids show but not not a kids show." Listener discretion advised. Originally airs on CICK 93.9 FM Smithers Community Radio @ smithersradio.com. River Reads Rating System: MON: Maybe Offensive but the Narrator can not quite put their finger on why, it just feels weird. QM: Questionable Message; for those easily offended, or who do not want to engage in a possible involved discussion with your child. AHD: Animal May be Harmed or Die. PGD: Possible Gore and/or Death (“gore” is subjective) GGD: Gross Gore and/or Death (Wilde's favorite kind of stories)

Publisher

River Wilde

Category

arts · fiction · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Apr 2023

Latest episode

19 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

55 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Oct 2026

   Ep 53 - What You Whisper in Your Sleep

   This week on River Reads, season 6, Episode 53 - What You Whisper in Your Sleep, features two tales; one, from the collection The Blue Fairy Book edited by Andrew Lang, called The Brave Little Tailor, and the second tale from the collection Fairy Tales By Hans Andersen, and apologize for my pronunciation, is titled Ole Luköje (or also known as The Sandman or The Dream God). River Reads is a program where those of all ages can escape into fairy tales and str...

2. 

   6 Oct 2026

   Ep 52 - The Snow Queen: Finale (3 of 3)

   This week on River Reads, season 6, Episode 52 - The Snow Queen: Finale, is the finale episode of a three (3) part series, The Snow Queen. We finish featuring tales from the collection of 7 stories, called The Snow Queen, from Fairy Tales By Hans Andersen, titled, The Snow Queen- Fifth Story: The Little Robber Girl, The Snow Queen - Sixth Story: The Lapp Woman & The Finn Woman, and The Snow Queen- Seventh Story: Of The Snow Queen’s Castle & What Happened There At Last. Plu...

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   26 Sept 2026

   Ep 51 - The Snow Queen: Part 2

   This week on River Reads season 6, Episode 51 - The Snow Queen: Part 2, we continue featuring tales from the collection of 7 stories, called The Snow Queen, from Fairy Tales By Hans Andersen, today’s three tales are titled, The Snow Queen- Second Story: A Little Boy and A Little Girl, The Snow Queen - Third Story: The Flower Garden of the Woman Who Knew Magic, and The Snow Queen- Forth Story: The Prince & Princess. River Reads is a program where those of all ages can esc...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

538

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 46 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

42

Social presence

0

YouTube

66

Engagement

60

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