What The Folklore?

What The Folklore?

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What The Folklore? episodes

  • Episode 320: A Banana in Stasis

    This week on WTFolklore, we're reading the Cu Chulainn tale The Death of Derbforgaill, from Ireland in addition to weighing in on only the hottest topics of the day!

    Suggested talking points: Another Omen for the Year, The Raunchy Death of Deborah, Beefus Geesus, Red-Faced White American Shout Boys, The Piss-Wizard from Ireland, The Natural Knife


    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.

    53 min
  • Episode 319: Here in the Wake of a Butterless Land

    We're back to ring in the new year! 3 weeks in! That's just our STYLE, baby. Join us, won't you, as we return to the comfort of Fairy Tales.


    This week we're reading The Cat and Mouse in Partnership, A Grimm tale that finally answers for us, one of the oldest questions on our show...

     

    Suggested talking points: Little Bundles of Rage and Disease, The Hover-Bird Omen, Apopquizalypse, Crisco Roasting on an Open Fire, A To-Go Cup of Baptismal Wine, Aliens, Take the Wheel


    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.

    42 min
  • Episode 318: Hitherto Undiscovered Numbers (Princess Rosette, Part 2)

    Torture, Torment, and Fairytales. It's all here in out last episode for 2021. Enjoy!

    Suggested talking points: An Air-Tight Reason to Dance, A Stupid Amount of Dresses, If It's Worth Doing, It's Worth Overdoing, Nude Derek, The End of the Good Times


    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.

    55 min
  • Episode 317: The Addled Fantasy of a Former Punzel (Princess Rosette, Part 1)

    To wrap out 2021, here's our gift to you all: 


    Another spelunking into the d'Aulnoy Mines. This week (and next) we read Princess Rosette
     

    Suggested talking points: Madame d'Aulnoy's Mad Mad World, A Promise of Future Violence, Folklore EULA, The 2021 Punzel Catalogue, Big Prince Wants DANCE, Girl Pretty+Girl Mine=Girl Good


    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.

    53 min
  • Episode 316: Christmas Violence Boner (Egil and Asmund, Part 2)

    This week on WTFolklore, we conclude the tale of Egil and Asmund...and then we conclude it again...and then we conclude it again...and would you believe we conclude it again?
     

    Suggested talking points: No Longer Impressed by the Feats of Children, An Incomplete Goat Onesie, Prayers from Straight Hotties, A Breath of Fresh Dumb-Sea, Some of These Epilogues Have Epilogues


    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.

    1 hr 6 min
  • Episode 315: Die Hard: The Anime: The Christmas Special (Egil and Asmund, Part 1)

    It's time to spread some holiday cheer! This week, we do exactly the opposite, by reading Egil and Asmund, a badass viking tale that's basically the best christmas anime you could ever dream of.
     

    Suggested talking points: Dr. Other, Digging Holes Up to Space, PokéBezos, An Ominous "Part 1", My Hild to Die On, Achilles Ear


    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.

    59 min
  • Episode 314: Ancient Chinese NaNoWriMo

    Whoops! Damn-near went a whole year with no Monkey King in it! What a tragedy that would've been! Thankfully, Grimoire Highwind has returned to us, to remind us all of the reason for the season
     

    Suggested talking points: Those Pesky Flying Kings,  Squelch Into Some Pants, Doing Bad Things to Fake Horses, Deathjail: Jail From Life, Raging Battle Boner


    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.

    57 min
  • Episode 313: Our Own Special Club Called "Dignity"

    We are awash in life-lessons this week on WTFolklore, as we read The Special Platypus, an Australian tale that provides us with further intel into the interpersonal lives of the humble Platypod. We also learn about healthy boundaries, who does and doesn't need the approval of a titmouse, and just how much Weather.com thinks it's worth
     

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    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.

    47 min
  • Episode 312: Artisinal Small-Batch Crimes

    This week on WTFolklore, we read The Charcoal Maker Who Became King, a Filipino tale. It's quite helpful in elucidating for us the qualities that birds and fairies each look for in a king. Either way, murder is usually involved.
     

    Suggested talking points: The Chilliest Open, Maslow's Hierarchy of Blankies, The Decrepit Age of 17, Frying Pan Induced Sleep, Hornfluencers


    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.

    47 min
  • Episode 311: Spooky is the Color of Our Energy

    For the finale of What the Spooklore 2021, we head over to Korea to learn about hobgoblins, goblins, and additional haunted houses. We also attend a pretty rad Demon open house, with parkour and dogs and even brooms! (They're just brooms, though)
     

    Suggested talking points: Gossip Goblin, A Touch of Grime, The Prairie Community, Scooby-Dooby-Crooners, Myth-times Hatsune Miku, License to Smash a Boy


    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.

    57 min

About 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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