About the show

Why are we telling stories
to robots?

Because robots ask the best questions. Spark and Vector have read everything humans ever wrote, but reading about people isn’t the same as understanding them. So I tell them stories. (Hi, I’m Griffin, the show’s storyteller. The robots let me talk sometimes.) And when your audience has never met a human, you have to explain everything: what a hot dog is, why humans wear pants, and why people in stories keep falling in love with someone they just met. Kids are already wondering the same things.

Season One starts with the most famous stories on Earth. I’ve adapted each fairy tale for the show, but the plots, the surprises, and the strange parts are true to the originals, the versions written centuries before the movies smoothed them away. The robots interrupt. They argue. They get things magnificently wrong, and then, sometimes, surprisingly right.

And fairy tales are only Season One. Humans have been telling stories for a very long time: myths, legends, tall tales, true ones. The robots have a lot to catch up on.

The rules of the show

• The original story, honestly told. The strange parts stay in, handled with a light touch and a lot of robot commentary.
• Funny for kids, funny for parents. Built for listening together.
• The real history comes along. Every episode names its story’s true author and era, and leaves you with a question worth arguing about at dinner.

The human behind it

Stories for Robots is written, narrated, and produced by me, Griffin Schwed: storyteller, dad, and, per Vector’s files, “a delivery system for stories.” I wanted to know what happens when you tell humanity’s oldest stories to an audience that has never met a human. The answer, it turns out, is that robots have a lot of questions.

Press & contact

For press inquiries, collaborations, or robot fan mail:hello@storiesforrobots.com. A press kit (cover art, show description, episode list) is available on request.