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What The Folklore?
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A comedy podcast that exposes the absurd side of folklore. Each week we read a story, fix plotholes and create new ones, and invent unintended connections between tales.
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Episode 488: Detective Tardigrade is on the Case!
1w ago01:01:51Tap to summarizeAfter reading a much-too-long epic (that really could've been boiled down to a single episode), we decided we needed a palette cleanser. For some reason, we also decided that palette cleanser would be Hans Christian Andersen. This week, we read The Rose Elf. Suggested talking points: Advancements in Bellibolt Technology, Excommunicated from the Pinocchio Community, Folktale Chop Shop, Magic Ennui Ball, Nega-Bilbo, Kafka Kourt Check out Gordie's TTRPG, Mythomorphosis If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.
Transcribe →Episode 487: Suplex the Moon (The Story of Harap Alb, Part 3)
2w ago01:07:53Tap to summarizeThis week on WTFolklore, we finally conclude the epic known as The Story of Harap Alb, with perhaps the most pitiful, confusing "Animal A-Team" we've yet encountered on the podcast. Suggested talking points: Emoji Hieroglyphics, The Proposal-Disposal House, Now Available For Three Easy Payments of Two Easy Payments of $99.99, This Horse's MSRP Was Wildly Exaggerated, The Whiny Squadron of Various Boys, Roy G. Bear, Honorary Bug Check out Gordie's TTRPG, Mythomorphosis If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.
Transcribe →Episode 486: The Wrong Eyes Blinking (The Story of Harap Alb, Part 2)
3w ago01:05:37Tap to summarizeThis week on WTFolklore, cooler heads prevail, and instead of alternating back and forth between epics, we pick up where we left off last time and read Chapters 2 and 3 of The Story of Harap Alb, titled Under the Power of Bald-Man and The Bear's Lettuce and The Stag's Precious Stones Suggested talking points: Putting the "Monster" in Pocket Monster, King of the "One Guy Plays Every Guy" Genre, The Sheer Power of Upies, In This Place There are ONLY Bald Men, You Can Trust a Dad Who is Dressed as a Bear, A Beary Scary Sleeping Bag Check out Gordie's TTRPG, Mythomorphosis If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.
Transcribe →Episode 485: Playing Bridge with the Boys in a Bear Suit (The Story of Harap Alb, Part 1)
May 500:59:45Tap to summarizeThis week on WTFolklore, we do what we've always done best: complain about commercials. Then we read Chapter 1 of The Story of Harap Alb, which is itself titled The Ember-Eating Flying Horse Suggested talking points: Punched in the Mouth by a Sandwich, Bros En Masse, A Good Way to Annex Sons, Somewhere Cold and Full of Bears, A Castle Full of Ho-hos and Bagel Bites, Water-Spitting Mole-Horse Check out Gordie's TTRPG, Mythomorphosis If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.
Transcribe →Episode 484: The Wizard of Teeth (The Trial of Lovers: The Maiden of Mátsaki and the Red Feather Part 3)
Apr 1501:25:39Tap to summarizeEven though it says "Part 3" in the title, we close out Part 2 of The Trial of Lovers: The Maiden of Mátsaki and the Red Feather this week, thus bringing an end to our tale of a guy so dumb and annoying he caused the very concept of death to exist. Suggested talking points: One Cat One Taco, The Minions Pit, We're Putting for Bogey on this Folktale, The Ol' "Panini Hands" of Sadness, A Room Dedicated to Corn and Corn-Enjoyment, Longing to Return to the Lava Dimension Check out Gordie's TTRPG, Mythomorphosis If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.
Transcribe →Episode 483: Unanimous Vote from the Bug Council (The Trial of Lovers: The Maiden of Mátsaki and the Red Feather Part 2)
Mar 3100:56:02Tap to summarizeThis week, we conclude at least Part 1 of The Trial of Lovers: The Maiden of Mátsaki and the Red Feather, having learned nothing about said Red Feather, but a surprising amount about bugs, their legs, and the lexicon of demons and wizards. Suggested talking points: My Breaths Aren't Finite, Armpits of Steel, Caring is at a Minimum, Dropped Bundles From Weak-Armpited Men Running from Bug Children, The Problem of the Hot Lady, Strengthen Your Thoughts with Manliness, We're So Sick of These Horny Men, I'd Put a Bug in a Headlock Check out Gordie's TTRPG, Mythomorphosis If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.
Transcribe →Episode 482: Part 1 of Part 1 of ? (Part 1)
Mar 2400:48:13Tap to summarizeThis week on WTFolklore, we begin an unexpectedly long journey into The Trial of Lovers: The Maiden of Mátsaki and the Red Feather, a Zuñi Folktale that we've barely scratched the surface on, if the episode title serves as any indication Suggested talking points: Dream Tyler Redemption, What If Tom Clancy Bought a Farm, Sad-squatch, Optimus Dad-Bot, Screaming in Two Languages, Spare Not the Armpits, Yelling "BLOOD!" in a Crowded Theater Check out Gordie's TTRPG, Mythomorphosis If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.
Transcribe →Episode 481: A Cow Could be a Bird
Mar 1700:52:43Tap to summarizeWe're back to regularly scheduled antics after surviving d'Aulnoy again, this time to read The Dun Cow, a story that would've fazed us a decade ago, but to which we now find ourselves unfortunately inured. Suggested talking points: Side-Witch, I Don't Need Your Stink Bread, Grandfathered Into Being the Youngest, Clothing-based Vision Check out Gordie's TTRPG, Mythomorphosis If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.
Transcribe →Episode 48O: The Benevolent Lack of Frog (The Benevolent Frog, Part 3)
Mar 1001:16:02Tap to summarizeWe conclude our Journey through The Benevolent Frog, and come to the unanimous consensus: to improve the story, the frog must go. Thank you once more to Dani for joining us on this particular ride! And if you're interested in Gordie's new kickstarter, check it out HERE!!! Suggested talking points: Just Get to the Vows Before the Frog Shows Up, We are Proven Fools, SHE HAD KICKING STRENGTH THIS WHOLE TIME?!, Sucking in Complimentary Ways, One Man's Prince is Another Man's Lake Monster, A Sword the Length of a First Down Check out Gordie's TTRPG, Mythomorphosis If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.
Transcribe →Episode 479: Intorducing "Nary Frog" (The Benevolent Frog, Part 2)
Mar 301:03:22Tap to summarizeWe continue our Journey through The Benevolent Frog, and, unfortunately, this section DOES include a frog. Its benevolence, however, is up for debate. Thank you to Dani for joining us on this particular ride! Suggested talking points: Slowly Returning to Baby, We're Doin' Shrek, The Raddest Croissant, D'Aulnoy Walked so AO3 Could Run, Counting is Not a Frog Power, Juggling With Punches, All Signs Point to Eaten, A Concentrated Frog-Punch Check out Gordie's TTRPG, Mythomorphosis If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreon to help the show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.
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