What The Folklore?

What The Folklore?

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What The Folklore? episodes

  • Episode 280: Enter the d'Aulnoycalypse (The Blue Bird, Part 1)

    This Week on WTFolklre, we once again subject ourselves, and you our dear listeners, to a tale from one Madame d'Aulnoy, titled The Blue Bird. If you think we finish the story in this one sitting, buddy you must be new around here.

    Suggested talking points: Airport for Meanies, Directly from Brain to Wall, Myth Times Twitter, The Oozy one and the Eighth Wonder, Optimus Bunny, The Sloppiest Dragon


    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.

    51 min
  • Epsidode 279: Trustworth E. Coyote

    This Week on WTFolklre, we read The One About Coyote Going West, a Cherokeean tale about the time two lesbian coyotes dressed as Santa save Christmas with Raven Symoné by farting on Cherry Man atop a pile of toaster ovens...no really. For reals!

    Suggested talking points: Concurrent Reincarnation, Baby Dumdum Stories, Nothing Begets Ducks Begets People, Frozen III: Ovens, Elsa Butt Lesbian Santa Capitalism Mistakes


    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.

    50 min
  • Episode 278: Tom Bergeron's Collection of Drowning Videos

    This week the WTFolklore Gang reads The Ass, The Table, and The Stick from merry ol' England, as was requested by @kerfuffle on our Discord server, who's fault this all is. Over the course of the journey, we learn the true meaning of wealth, and meet the Demigod of Slapstick

    Suggested talking points: A Country of Go-Getters and Morons, Stick Rich, Donkey Bank, A Dumb Ride on Gravity, A Weird One-Sided Speed Date, Personalityectomy


    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 277: Half-Turkey-Half-Rat-Half-Duck-Half-Turtle, All Action

    On a very scientific WTFolklore, we learn the origin point  of platypuses, courtesy of the Australian tale, How Platypuses Came to Australia. We also learn a surprising amount about ladders and the various despotic figures of the animal kingdom.

    Suggested talking points: A Lit House, If Ears Could See, Ladder Detour, Turkey Brothel, Keeping a Duck Wife, Duck Hitler v. Turtle Hitler, Oversold the Science

    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 276: Prefasa and Nufasa

    This week on WTFolklore, we read The Wise Dog, a story from the Yoruba Tribe of Africa. Have you ever wondered why there  is so much trouble and strife in your life? Apparently Africa thinks it's your mom's fault, and they have some compelling evidence to back up the claim.

    Suggested talking points: "Smartest Book Ever" by E.R. Udite, Brevity is the Soul of Smart, Jane Whimbus, Jefferson Choo Choo, Disney's "The Guy and Where He Lives", The Great Grandog in the Sky

    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
  • Ramble's Revenge

    In this return to the Ramble format, we get back to basics as we really appreciate the craft of crime, measure our heights against various dictatorial figures, and take a more carceral approach to child rearing 

    14 min
  • Episode 275: A Manageable Amount of Future

    This week on WTFolklore, we read The Cricket , a story from China that introduces us to the exciting new world of championship cricket fighting, a sport so beloved that it devolved into a full-on police state!

    Suggested talking points: The Cat is About the Bug, A True Beef Honk, The Annual Cricket Reckoning, Wet Ass Grandma, The Clicks and Clacks of Battle

    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.

    48 min
  • Episode 274: A Hole For Crimes and Sin

    This week on WTFolklore, to celebrate the fresh, cerulean sheen cast over the state of Georgia, we've got three bite-sized tales from GA: Wooden Nutmegs, The Cross-Eyed Mule, and A Rough Night on the Farm. They explain...a lot.

    Suggested talking points: Dogs as Doctors, Non-Euclidean Parking Lot, Blue State Comedy Tour, Typewriter Monkey Vacation, Donkey Pop, The Throat Dimension

    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.

    44 min
  • Episode 273: Raunchy Cereal Elves

    On this, the spookiest week of the year, we read two stories from the spookiest place on earth: South Carolina. Don't believe us? You will when these terrifying tales are through!

    Suggested talking points: Bristling with Fiber Optics, Cereal for Adults, The Dickhead Gambit, Pancake Gun, Choo Choo Tank, Baby's First Spooky Story, The Prize Man

    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.

    51 min
  • Episode 272: Purely Polygonal Witches

    This week on WTFolklore we have a bite-sized Spooklore for you all, as we read The Sleeping Prince  from Suriname. We'll be back next week with a double-stuf explosion of Spooklore!

    Suggested talking points: Big Ol' Horse Brawl, Mystery Spook Flavors, Spiders ready for War, The Whimbus did Speak, The Bone Age

    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.

    33 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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