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Podcast: Freakonomics Radio
Episode: Can the Big Bad Wolf Save Your Life? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 497
Published on January 3, 2023
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Aesop's Fables
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But the big bad wolf also shows up in German folk tales like Little Red Riding Hood by The Brothers Grimm, and in the Russian musical story, Peter and the Wolf by Sergey Prokofiev, and centuries earlier too, in one of Aesop's Fables, The Boy Who Cried Wolf.
In the podcast, the host discusses various stories featuring wolves as villains, highlighting 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf' from Aesop's Fables to emphasize the historical negative portrayal of wolves in literature.