What The Folklore?

What The Folklore?

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  • Episode 290: And So, They Vengefully Kissed the Dwarf

    This Week on WTFolklore, We have a (kinda) double feature, briefly reading A Riddling Tale, followed up by  The Grimm Brothers' Snow White and Rose Red, a somewhat plodding story we give a much-needed face lift to

    Suggested talking points: Animals Doing Things, Dry as a Wife Should Be, Kids Who Look Like Trees, Bear Scout Cookies, Beauty and the Beast Synldrome


    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.

    45 min
  • Episode 289: The Authority on Bird Fear

    On WTFolklore this week, we read The Battle of the Birds, a title that promises us juicy lore, and instead delivers a mishmash of plot points we're all too familiar with already.

    Suggested talking points: A Singular Dook, Married to Science, The Whole "Bone Ladder" Business, Ears of Holding, The Key to the Moon

    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 288: Infinite Jam that Drowns the World

    This week on WTFolklore, we read "The Raspberry Worm", and encounter a whole new breed of fruit authority. We do get bored and start talking about chicken sandwiches, but you really should've seen that coming by now.

    Suggested talking points: an NFT on Hopes and Dreams, Worm Census of Finland, Kid Cocaine, The Lesserberries, Richard Horrifying

    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 287: The Patron Saint of F*%k

    On this episode of What the Folklore, after the traditional Kingdom Hearts Cold Open, we read King Bean, a story of dubious Italian royalty, but that is mostly meant to scare witches.

    Suggested talking points: Southern-Fried Backhanded Niceness,  Noble Bean, The Fetish Checklist, Ableist Witch Bookclub, Expressing Hatitude 

    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.

    46 min
  • Episode 286: Cult of the Moon Ogre (The Fairy of Dawn, Part 2)

    This week on What the Folklore? we conclude The Fairy of Dawn, and shocking no one, find ourselves much more enamored by the cadre of horses than literally any other character. Oh, and a new cult dropped.

    Suggested talking points: The Justice Binary, The Goddess of Wednesday,  Land Sirens, How Windy Are These Dogs?, When the Dayball Sleeps, Yelling at the Lying Box

    If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings

    If you'd like to support Gordie's Tabletop RPG Kickstarter, visit: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gordiemurphy/reliquary-a-science-fantasy-world-building-tabletop-rpg

    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 285: Neighs to Neighs, Horse to Horse (The Fairy of Dawn, Part 1)

    This week, the three intrepid heroes of What The Folklore achieve their destiny, which for some reason was to hear the Romanian tale The Fairy of Dawn. Beggars can't be choosers, I suppose.

    Suggested talking points: Live Weather Requests, A One Alarm Lifestyle, Dragon Fingers, Quantifiable Horse Beauty, The Bottom of God's Lego Box, There's a Horse in You All!

    If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings

    If you'd like to support Gordie's Tabletop RPG Kickstarter, visit: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gordiemurphy/reliquary-a-science-fantasy-world-building-tabletop-rpg

    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.

    51 min
  • Episode 284: The Metaphorical Pants of Society

    This week on What the Folklore, we head on over to Lapland to hear the story of The Elf Maiden, which is not so much a story as it is a series of refusals to the call of adventure. It really makes you think about society, don't it?

    Suggested talking points: The Arkansas Community College Fightin' Balanced Breakfasts, Cinnamon Toast Slurp, Grand Theft Barno, Punch Tree Make Pants, Beef From Another World, Guided Fairytale Tour

    If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings

    If you'd like to support Gordie's Tabletop RPG Kickstarter, visit: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gordiemurphy/reliquary-a-science-fantasy-world-building-tabletop-rpg

    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.

    58 min
  • Episode 283: Who is That and Why is Hat?

    This week on Wtfolklore, we take another trip to Japan to hear about The Girl with the Wooden Helmet. There's also a very loud, pesky cat that keeps interrupting the audio, it's so weird. Anyway, hope you enjoy

    Suggested talking points: For the Love of the Crime, Glue Helmet vs. Pig Helmet, Wet Ass Sea Shanties, Pull the Sick out of my Wife, The Annual Buckethead Google, A Loosey-Goosey Approach to "Evidence"

    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.

    46 min
  • Episode 282: The Pie is Also a Doctor (The Blue Bird, Finale)

    The time  has come for the thrilling conclusion to d'Aulnoy's epic tale The Blue Bird. Will something inanimate come to life? Will there be a volcano? You may be surprised, dear listeners.

    Suggested talking points: We're Not Done with Ooze Yet, Reinstate the Bird, A Jim Butcher Novel Waiting to Happen, It's Egg Time.


    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.

    38 min
  • Episode 281: You Too Shall Ooze (The Blue Bird, Part 2)

    This Week on WTFolklre, we continue to read The Blue Bird by Madame d'Aulnoy, where things take a turn for the even goopier and oozier, and now demons may be involved? It's hard to say. Oh, remember that wizard? He's back.

    Suggested talking points: These Frogs are Too Powerful, A Timeshare on Daughters, Oozy Sleep, Daytime Crying, The Air Freshener of Traitors, Round 9 of King Hunt


    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

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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