What The Folklore? Podcast
1) Episode 483: Unanimous Vote from the Bug Council (The Trial of Lovers: The Maiden of Mátsaki and the Red Feather Part 2)
This week, we conclude at least Part 1 of The Trial of Lovers: The Maiden of Mátsaki and the Red Feather, having learned nothing about said Red Feather, but a surprising amount about bugs, their legs,...Show More
2) Episode 482: Part 1 of Part 1 of ? (Part 1)
This week on WTFolklore, we begin an unexpectedly long journey into "The Trial of Lovers: The Maiden of Mátsaki and the Red Feather", a Zuñi Folktale that we've barely scratched the surface on, if the...Show More
3) Episode 481: A Cow Could be a Bird
We're back to regularly scheduled antics after surviving d'Aulnoy again, this time to read "The Dun Cow", a story that would've fazed us a decade ago, but to which we now find ourselves unfortunately ...Show More
4) Episode 48O: The Benevolent Lack of Frog (The Benevolent Frog, Part 3)
We conclude our Journey through The Benevolent Frog, and come to the unanimous consensus: to improve the story, the frog must go.
5) Episode 479: Intorducing "Nary Frog" (The Benevolent Frog, Part 2)
We continue our Journey through "The Benevolent Frog", and, unfortunately, this section DOES include a frog. Its benevolence, however, is up for debate.
6) Episode 478: Prepare for War, Jeff (The Benevolent Frog, Part 1)
The time has come, once more. The clock has rolled over again, another year has passed, and to usher us into Year 11 of WTFolklore is none other than our dear, dear friend, Madame d'Aulnoy. Thank you ...Show More
7) Episode 477: The Terrible Burden of Human Consciousness
This week, after celebrating our own brand of "Big Game", we dive into one of the Four Great Folktales of China, "The Butterfly Lovers"
8) Episode 476: Chekhov's Armory
A slightly-less-but-still-bite-sized episode of WTFolklore as the Whimbus continues to throw its tantrums on us. This time we crack open a tome that threatens to remain with us for some time to come, ...Show More
9) Episode 475: Yet Another Win for Big Big Rock
It's a bite-sized episode this week on WTFolklore as we race against the sky to complete a recording. Not all of us made it...we read "Shippeitaro", a tale from Japan.
10) Episode 474: A Very Divorceable Man
This week on WTFolklore we read "The Bad Mother", a Romani tale so chock-a-block full of chaotic magic, it may well be our Primordial Fairy Tale.