What The Folklore?

In this week's ramblecast, we dig into why praying mantis' are eating bird brains, try to create some movie fusions, and design a better version of "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?"

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This week we're reading "Intelligence and Luck," and it plays out much as we expected, because fairy tales generally don't like characters who can just handle their own business.

Suggested talking points: war mayors, were-mayors, hotty hotcakes, what the teens are into, extracting the memes, blue-billed hoggleswogs, a true story about a fake bird, a map of DeviantArt, placebo peasant, all I know to do is plow

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This week we're talking about one of our favorite things: card games, and how to design a new one that replaces all human communication.

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In this week's story "How the Devil Married Three Sisters," we're finally getting some answers. And some more questions, mostly about how the devil can be so un-devil-like during the course of these events.

Suggested talking points: title-finding, the old basement bit, a true-woo, a debate on flowers, Tyler tricks, Margarita!, jr. Devils

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This week brings you the true story of Vanna White's origins, as well as Intern Cricket's contribution to a design project we have in mind.

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This week we're reading "The Seven Ravens," despite the objections of a two-thirds majority. This story turned out to be... not quite what we expected. There are some good nuggets buried in there.

Suggested talking points: the bird threshold, a dry bird well, Exhibit A: the tie, concurrent fairy tales, podcast constitution, gossip gag order, a very strong application, a new wave of feminism

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This week, we've invented a totally new type of art. We're also checking in on band names, and what the Tweens are up to these days.

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Quick editor's note: there's going to be some rough audio at the beginning of this one, but it gets fixed partway in. So when the sound changes, don't freak out. Other than technical issues, it's smooth sailing in fairy tale land with "The Bairn and the Sidhe," and all of the Bop-It secrets therein.

Suggested talking points: 5 feet a man, Scottish boats, human IRAs, the full talk, Bop-It fetish, harvest the butt with Pet Fur Co, the supplest regions, fattening up for the devils, Bob-it identities

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This week we're trying to piece together a screamed conversation that occurred in the bushes after midnight, as well as developing some new product and marketing strategies.

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We're giving France another shot at giving us a palatable story, after all of the d'Aulnoy that we've read over the years. Their effort "The Maiden In the Tower" is... an interesting strategy. It's a Rapunzel knockoff, but with some added twists, and a lengthy discussion about how babies are really born. If you're interested in seeing us at PodCon in December, check them out, and fill out the linked form:

Suggested talking points: folklore spectrum, personal pilgrimages, how babies are born, vision quest for names, Casserole Nancy, godmother looking for scraps of dudes, spider fairy births

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