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The Good China train continues this week as we hear the thrilling conclusion to Sun Wukong's ordeal with Zhu Bajie!

Suggested talking points: Magnificent Midnight Battle at the Mountainside, Prose or GTFO, Garden Variety Ghost Guide, M'Monkey, Need for Deed, Eyeball Daddy, We All Return to Pig

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Who's ready for some Good China?

Suggested talking points: Punching for Fruit and Pants, Wrapped up in Monkey, A Very Urkel Vibe, Schrodinger's Daughter, Drowning in Good China

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This week on WTFolklore, we read Not a Pin to Choose Between Them, a Norwegian tale featuring many different currencies, none of which are particularly local to Norway. Mostly we spend our time trying to quantify "silliness", though.

Suggested talking points: Long Cows, Cows4CornCash.com, Boneless Hen, Bottom of the Woman Barrel, The Gibblebup Quotient, The Silliest Number

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This week on WTFolklore, we finally learn the answer to a question that has plagued mankind for centuries, which is Why the Parrot Repeats Man's Words, a tale from Thailand. Perhaps our title features a clue.

Suggested talking points: Sanitary Taffy Excretions, Brain Armor, Furby WiFi, Bird Court, A Dear Friend with Magic Powers, Beyond the Whimbus

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It's the end of the road. The Final "Final Folktale" until Square Enix deigns to gift the world with another one. The time we had together...I cherish. Walk tall, my friends

Special Thanks to Eric for joining us again on this one!

Music in chronological order:
Victory Fanfare (Holder & Ephixa Remix)

Apocalypsis Noctis by Yoko Shimomura 
Stand By Me by Florence + The Machine

 Final Fantasy Ending Theme by Nobuo Uematsu

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This week on WTFolklore, we're treated to The Farmer and his Hired Help, a story from Afghanistan with an exceptionally dry title. Fear not, dear listeners, because we spruce it up in the ways that only we know how to!

Suggested talking points: MMA for cats, The Hair Corner, Paid in Butter, FarmConLaw, Moment of Silence for many goats, Farm Wars

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This week on WTFolklore we're reading The Iron Shoes, one of the lost manuscripts collected in  "The Turnip Princess and Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales". How does this forgotten fairy tale stack up to the nonsense we regularly spew on the spot? Listen and find out!

Suggested talking points: The Life and Times of Alexander Downpipe, Reverse-Loopered, Victorian Ghostbusters II, The Original Heavy Metal, Occam's Pervert

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This week on WTFolklore we're reading How an Old Man Lost his Wen, a heartwarming, feel-good tale from Japan about how if you're not just so very dope at dancing, demons will wreck your whole face up. It's basically the opposite of Footloose. 

Suggested talking points: A Wizened Curse, Good Doctor Times, The Face Bank™, Wet and Wild vs. Fried and Smokey, Ancient Squirrel Man, The Cake Boss of Dancing

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This week on WTFolklore, your three favorite hosts who are unchanged from last week, read The Snake Princess, from Russia. Shoulders are briefly brushed with old friend Koschei, but things take a philosophical turn when we discover, once and for all, what True Happiness is.

Suggested talking points: Lore Reset, The Fall of Wobbles, Threatened to Bravery, Fire Go UP, Snake Go DOWN, The Great Punch Incident, Negcessary 

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This week on WTFolklore, we read several, related Rabbit tales from The Bird Who Cleans the World and Other Mayan Fables, collected by Victor Montejo. These stories, when paired together, paint the picture of a tragic downfall for the Trickster Rabbit, who undergoes a mental break not dissimilar to what's happening currently to at least one of the co-hosts.

Suggested talking points: Sunk Cost Fallacy in Motion, Headknife, Tired and Full of Nightmares, Relitigating Trees, The Antler-Shaped Hole in our Hearts, Bedsnax 

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