What The Folklore?

What The Folklore?

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  • Episode 162: The Ballad of Wrong Amy and Prince Instant Messenger: Part III

    We are done with Madame d'Aulnoy for another year: "The Bee and the Orange Tree" has come to a close. Was there ever a bee, or an orange tree? You'll have to wait for it, just as we did.

    Suggested talking points: SCOTUS application process, the d'Aulnoy flu, the new stages of grief, Grand Theft Camel, chatting with the bean, unloaded Chekov's gun, the orange tree revealed, a bad giving tree, fairy law offices, Linda's bean-tremors

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    1 hr 1 min
  • Ramblecast 162

    Do you want a global cat Olympics? Us too. We're going to find out how, and the role doping might play.

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    12 min
  • Episode 161: The Ballad of Wrong Amy and Prince Instant Messenger: Part II

    Another episode down, still waiting on either the titular Bee or Orange Tree (because we're still reading "The Bee and the Orange Tree"). It's a doozy folks.

    Suggested talking points: the deep cave, roadkill directions, Big Lots fire, very complex sign language, fifty shades of ogre, a whim of boning, Greg: Origins, BDSM intro class, BDSM true name, stinky arithmetic, Ogrekidz, Peekaboo Olympics

    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.

    56 min
  • Ramblecast 161

    We got another box, with a very nice gift in it! And also, we'll give you a quick recap of the movie Seven.

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    10 min
  • Episode 160: The Ballad of Wrong Amy and Prince Instant Messenger: Part I

    We're kicking it off a little late this year, but it's our anniversary! Which means it's time for our Nemesis-Madame d'Aulnoy-to come out of her hidey hole to inflict another long, nonsensical story upon us. This year's is no different: "The Bee and the Orange Tree" is starting off with a kick. Joining us is special guest Keith Brooks.

    Listen to Keith's podcast "The Eye:" http://theeyemnypd.libsyn.com/the-eye-in-big-trouble-in-little-chinatown-episode-1-yi

    Suggested talking points: a radical storyteller, the king of the Kroger happy aisle, the best Ogre names, fairy sexual habits, weird baby science, ogre freak show, Royal Fairy Trucio, tuberculosis chic, Shades of Goku, Ogre Ogre Ogre!

    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 3 min
  • Episode 159: Lieutenant Dan's Fists of Fury

    This week's story "The Princess in the Chest" has some elements that would make for a good movie, we just wish fairy tales would account for all of their characters. WHY do these people show up? Help us understand.

    Suggested talking points: a Discord ad, Gump elder lore, Hobbit adoption, the swollest sperm, the tired curse, reverse albino, forehead goatee, sir scuffles the Pigeon, the Pigeon King, a failed boat alarm

    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
  • Ramblecast 159

    We're talking about high school reunion strategies, and the secret of true names and how they can be used to stop high school fights.

    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.

    14 min
  • Episode 158: Cat Fractals

    "The Boy Who Drew Cats" is one of the only kind of whimsical stories we've done? At least it sounds whimsical at the start, but some of the goblin stuff kind of takes the wind out of those sales.

    This episode produced by Izzy Crimson

    Suggested talking points: boat alarm, muscle clerics, the origin of Banksy, a cat-based font, goblin trigger, cat drawing stamina, goblin fighting cat teams, Smurf afficionado

    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.

    54 min
  • Ramblecast 158

    We've each been cursed by the New Year's Witch! Find out what burdens we have to bear (we know it's almost February). We also get deep into which cartoons should be adapted into musicals, and there's a review of the Phantom of the Opera sequel.

    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.

    19 min
  • Episode 157: Chip's December Memories: Beauty and the Beast Part IV

    It's finally over, this terrible version of "Beauty and the Beast." And what did we learn? Monkey butlers sound pretty cool, and those mirrors were all right. Fairies are pretty messed up.

    Suggested talking points: genie sheep, Ferengi Fairies, mutual genie wishes, proving the marriage, asphyxiation matroishka, an incest inquiry, a forced director's commentary, an adopted monkey king, tada-bam!

    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

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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