What The Folklore?

What The Folklore?

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  • Episode 136: Toad Moon Rising

    There are some exciting new develops for this week's story "The Three Little Men In the Wood;" Gordie has a listener-suggested title, and Tyler was shown (for some reason) an online encyclopedia of bad puns. The story follows in much the same fashion. Also Carman will be at Dragon Con this weekend at the art show, so look for her there!

    Suggested talking points: the Bureaucromancer, a seasoned mancer, pizza puns, a complicated start, sticky milk baths, pizza-adjacent, a queen getting alleyoop'd, 24 hour toad flu, dead duck ghost, tangential titles, the Jawa Adventures, Lily Potter & Her Cool Son's Adventures, Stan Lee Eats Lunch

    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 135: Lord of Swamp and Storm

    We did a last-minute swaparooni to avoid dying by 10,000 lightning strikes to make sure that this week's story "the Wishes"would get out to the people. We're doing a new thing where you can suggest Gordie's title each week with the hashtag #whatamGordie so make sure you do that to spare him the existential crisis every week.

    Suggested talking points: thank you John Waterbottle, #whatamGordie, the goof stick, Vietnam Moon, succexyful, the corn crazies, a sausage nose, the origin point of genie, fairy social media intern, thievescant baseball coach, a story in code

    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 134: The Never-Ending Gordie

    This week we're reading "The Lass Who Went Out at the Cry of Dawn." This is a good one if you like magical hijinks and the rare competent protagonist. You may not like it if you're a wizard with a pretty weird operation up on a hill somewhere.

    Suggested talking points: Don't the Dew, fairy tale spy kit, mindfreak sorcerer, wizard takedown, knife miracles, ding dong deaded a wizard

    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.

    41 min
  • Ramblecast 134

    What's the next big streaming service going to be? We know what it is, and how to implement it. Don't even worry about it, but someone get Jeff Bezos on the horn.

    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.

    8 min
  • Episode 133: Two Thirds Trample Wine

    This week's story "Cinder Jack" is another one we've been putting off for a long time for no real reason. Was that justified? We're about to find out: and force some connections to some other fairy tales that were almost certainly not intended.

    Suggested talking points: a fair bit of mancying, Little Debbie cake economy, ding-dong loving frog, crop conspiracy, a new tower defense game, pig disappearances, two-thirds trample wine, cinder king, something going on Bony-side, Bony's menagerie, sometimes a church

    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
  • Ramblecast 133

    This week we're recapping the news for the past 10 days or so, discussing what you legally can and can't yell in a crowded theater, and playing a game involving Tom Clancy book titles.

    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.

    20 min
  • Episode 132: Flowers for Goofy

    The title of this week's story remains a mystery: possessing of a murky quality only matched by the characters and plot of story. Our executive producer for this episode is Heather Sinke, so thank you Heather!

    Suggested talking points: the meaning of grout, title remembrance, the Bremen Sound Experiment, "Hey There Old Shaver" by Bob Dylan, animal acapella, the robber life, Pitch Perfect 4: Animal Edition, heist musicals, the Disney glove theory

    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.

    43 min
  • Ramblecast 132

    This week we're codifying the laws of fortune cookies, and exploring some better delivery mechanisms; which leads to a new business idea.

    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.

    27 min
  • Episode 131: The Aesopalypse Volume II: Aesop's Sk8ter Boi

    We're back with another round of Aesop's fables. We get through more than three this time too. But not too many more than three. About as few as you can get more than three. We did four.

    Suggested talking points: river baths, ass decisions, startup ass rental, Lyft perks, butterfly wizards, transforming gnats, D&D Antz: the Movie, Spartacus pizza, the adventures of liar guy and truth guy

    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.

    52 min
  • Ramblecast 131

    This ramblecast is a little longer because we're completing a very important task: finishing our complete taxonomy of the animal kingdom, and mapping it to the alphabet. One animal group per letter.

    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.

    28 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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