What The Folklore?
644 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 218 ratingsA 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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Episodes
Strangeknife Diaries
April 09, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBLooks like them anime boys are at it again!
Episode 408: A Mysterious Fellow with a Slight Cherry Scent
March 26, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour - 68.5 MBThis week on WTFolklore, we read Nani Daughter of Nani, A Palestinian story who's title omits a FASCINATING detail about said character. You'll have to listen in to find out for yourself. Suggested talking points: Decorative Digital Monkey, The Algorithm Used to be a Guy, Rock-Pocket Memory Palace, An Ill-Fated Cereal Promotion, Prehensile Rapunzel, Natural-Born Forgetter, A Mattress for Every Emotion If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carm...
Episode 407: The Think-About-What-You've-Dungeon
March 19, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBThis week we read The Enchanted Ring. No, not that one, the other one, from Russia. This obviously means we had to infuse it with some timely, seasonal holiday flair of our own. Suggested talking points: Blarney Day, Peasant is a Mindset, An Island in a Sea of Reasoning, Ruble-to-Dog Exchange Rate, Master Ninja Carpenters, There Are No Mysteries in this Land, The Perfect Ding-Dong If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If yo...
Episode 406: Middle-Manager-Slash-King Tiger
March 12, 2024 16:00 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBThis week we read The Tiger King's Gift. No, not that one, the other one, from India. We actually meet a trinity of animal kings, so we encourage you to tag yourself among them. Suggested talking points: Time Crime, Enter the Month Zone, A More Wholesome Rage, A Well for Men, Living the Death Stranding Life, Terms of Genie Services, Inflation on the Value of Human Souls If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our ...
Episode 405: A Blackbelt in Royalty
March 05, 2024 17:00 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBThis week we read The Bird Catcher, from Serbia. It features either the very best or the very worst agent of Project Birdfall. We'll let you decide which. CONTENT WARNING: Infrequent, but repeated mentions of domestic violence. Suggested talking points: BYONut, Bird Concerts are Canceled, Ruining Lives For Fun, The Senile-o-Meter, Redefining Mischief, Soaked in Protein-Rich Horse Sweat If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings ...
Episode 404: Waiting Room Simulator 2024
February 27, 2024 17:00 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBThis week we read The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep, another banger from Hans Christian Andersen. It doesn't do much to disrupt it's own status quo by the end, but boy are there some twists along the way. Suggested talking points: A Proud Line of Highly Skilled Dishwashers, Big Hoof: Sasquatch of the South, Peppers That Learn English, Invest In Squirrel, Hans Christian Anderson's Toy Story, Rich in Syllables, Terribly Proximate If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visi...
Episode 403: Knitting...Sinisterly
February 20, 2024 17:00 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBThis week WTFolklore reads The Story of the Old Man Who Made Withered Trees to Flower, a Japanese story that demonstrates the perils of being TOO nice to someone, and the perils of being TOO stupid for niceness to be done unto you. Suggested talking points: The Baby-to-Grandparent Pipeline, The Job of Dog is Win Food, Cool Prank, Planet Earth, The Infinite Good Boy, Trickle-Up Namenomics, Leonardo da Vinci's TV Blueprints If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https:...
Episode 402: My Horse is Dead and the Toilet's Clogged
February 13, 2024 17:00 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBThis week we read The Flower Queen's Daughter, which transitions naturally from a PSA about egg consumption protocols to a Ye Olde retelling of Scott Pilgrim. Suggested talking points: Redemption Arc University, The AI-niverse, An Exercise in Broken Promises, Karate Fighting a Ditch, Midnight Egg Demands, Prince Grindset, Cordially Captured, Even More Egg Nonsense, Tom and Jerry Cave Paintings If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaarts...
Episode 401: THE MEGASUS
February 06, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBThis week WTFolklore reads two tales of similar structure, The Apples of Pregnancy and The Three Princesses and the Unclean Spirit. Turns out when you get your boys from apples, they ain't normal boys no more. But they ARE very capable infants. Suggested talking points: I Miss Boat, A Non-Stop Flood of Tom and Jerry Content, One Punch Jr., A Very Mysterious Way to Kill a Man, Fish Kinks, A Buzzsaw of Wings, Get Yourself a Kumquat Boy If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, vi...
Episode 400: WTFolklore, Now on LaserDisc!
January 23, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour - 81.3 MBWe have arrived at what is definitely our 400th episode (excluding a bunch of additional recordings that simply don't count). Such a momentous occasion requires a momentous surprise. Thanks to (lil') Geri for joining us! Suggested talking points: Fallen Carpet Paladin, Corn Wearing a Bib, The Bedtime Onion Threshold, The Blobfish of Phrases, Uncle Conference, You're Just Having a Stroke, Dear, Need to Make Room for Scorpions, Has Anyone Ever Been Angry at a Watering Can? If you'd like to ...
Episode 399: Fresh Ghost Meat
January 16, 2024 17:00 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBThis week we read The Plague Omen, a Polish tale that, on one hand, is about 4 years too late, but on the other, probably wouldn't have changed much if we're honest. Suggested talking points: Flex the Germs Off, Tummy Dentist, A Secret Auction With Yourself, Stank-Free Tales, Requiescat in Fauci, Can't Go Back to the Rat Shack If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word...
Episode 398: Piss Soup is Not the Way to Repay a Favor
January 09, 2024 17:00 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MBWTFolklore kicks off 2024 by reading Tsuru no Ongaeshi and several of it's variants, giving you a veritable zodiac wheel of animal wives to choose from! Suggested talking points: The Gradual Descent Towards Something, The Most Secret Best Known Folktale Award, A Grab-Bag of Human Parts, Posture Correcting Underpants, Furry Waifu Starter Kit, Eyes Full of Milk If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find...
Episode 397: Tips on How to Defeat a Child
December 19, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 72.5 MBRounding out the year 2023, we read the two wintery tales, The Little Girl and the Winter Whirlwinds and The Yule Buck and the Girl, to jam-pack as much WTFolklore in as we can before the holidays. You'll also learn an awful lot about Kellogg's cereal. Suggested talking points: Not an Ideal Wolverine, Pac-Man Fitness Tape, Smash Glass if Bugs and Duck, Grind 4 Grind, Kellogg is the Yule Gandhi, The World's Longest Pun If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www...
Episode 396: Cream of Water Soup
December 12, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBThis week on WTFolklore we read the Brazillian tale, Why the Sea Moans, which is obviously a well-known phenomenon and not just a made up excuse to tell another bizarre Cinderella-like. Suggested talking points: December Ants, Zynnergy with a Z, Tim Slurry, Return of the Math Corner, The Ocean Learns to Annunciate, Politely Ghosting a Princess, Handsome Has Expired If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show,...
Episode 395: Hallmark Movie Event Horizon
November 21, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBThis week on WTFolklore after some brief forays into the worlds of toilets and Hallmark movies, which ARE different, we read The Cat that Walked by Himself, certainly for the first time ever. We learn some uncomfortable truths about the sitcoms that are our lives, and the marketing acumen of our feline friends. Suggested talking points: Pork and Apples, Hummingbird Lore from the Toilet Kings, Tribute to the Toilet Trolls, The Dreadfulizor, Notary Milk Pot, Bat Religion If you'd like to sup...
Episode 394: The Constellation of Meats
November 14, 2023 17:00 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBThis week on WTFolklore we read The Fairies of the Waterfall, which inadvertently helps to clue us in on the diabolical modern-day machinations of the Fae. Suggested talking points: Vivid Nighttime Idea Hallucinations, A Big "We", Practical Laundry Math, Infrared Flags, Mandala Death Messenger, A Ham-Themed Year, Lorem Ipsum Lagoon, If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spread t...
Episode 393: New and Unforeseen Miseries
October 31, 2023 16:00 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBWe've made it to the spookiest day of the year! Enjoy our retelling of The Blacksmith's Stool: The Story of a Man Who Found That Death was Necessary Suggested talking points: GPS as a Statement Necklace, Freaky 2:30 to 4:30, Give the Stool a Chance, Forever Staycation, Spa Day in Space, Quarterly Ani-Devil Training, Diet-Death, Tinnitus of the Tongue If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online...
Episode 392: A Vibrant Picture of a Life in Shambles
October 24, 2023 16:00 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBThis week for Spooklore, we learn about Herne the Hunter, a man so baller in life that it was inevitable he'd be just as baller in death. Suggested talking points: Build-A-Backstory, Some of Us Have Brigands to Fight, The Most Recent Ghost, Just Lads Being Mates, Best at Woods, Best at Ghost If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, ...
Episode 391: Innocent Until Proven Vampire
October 17, 2023 16:00 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBThis week for Spooklore, we tell the tale of The Loss of Jacob Hurd, though in reality the tale is less about Jacob, and more about his own son's ghost-vengeance on his hassle of a father. Thanks to Dave for joining us again! Suggested talking points: Industrialized Curse Complex, Some Of These Words Are Just Vibes, The Girl-Child Iceberg, Dante's Inferno: Really Long Arms Edition, Bad Math and Broomsticks, The Sphincter of Dawn If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit:...
Episode 390: Whale Jail
October 10, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 75 MBThis week for Spooklore, we eventually get around to telling a Polish folktale, The Demon's Dance, but first we ask that you Descend into a societal horror with us. Thanks to Theo for joining us again! Suggested talking points: Plato's Cave of Corporatocracy, Knife: Mint in Box, High Mischief Tolerance, The Pope Store on Pope Island, Cutcotaku, An EpiPen Full of Sulfur, Eternal Chaperone of Demon Homecoming If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.c...
Episode 389: Ancient Chinese Sharknado
October 03, 2023 16:00 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBKicking off Spooklore once more is the return of the Journey West. Certainly not as body-horror-y as last years entry, but still enough Halloween flavor to whet the appetite. Suggested talking points: Herald of Mischief, The Ultimate Trick-Or-Treater, One Measly Murder, Pickled Horse, Dunkin' Infestation, Nature's Most Camaflouge Animal, Beanie Baby Martial Skills If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, ...
Episode 388: Filthy John's Big Thinkers Vol. 2
September 26, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBThis week on WTFolklore, we read The Riddle. That's something of a misnomer, as no riddles appear whatsoever. But there are plenty of personal anecdotes to be had. Suggested talking points: A Satisfying Scrunch, An Anecdote-Proof Life, Giant Dog Emporium, BYOBubble, Code Scheherazade, The Great Squander Games, The Sphynx Detox If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word...
Episode 387: Ms. Fieldmouse's Wiki Battleground
September 12, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBThis week WTFolklore reads Forest Bride: The Story of a Little Mouse Who Was a Princess, which very succinctly sums up what you should expect to hear about. In addition to more single-panel Facebook Comic Strip Audiobooks, of course. Suggested talking points: Maybe We're the Poops, Rank the Boys, Go Away My Sons, High-Stakes Parking Garage, Cheesecake Adjacent, Opinions on Barley, Lice For Rich-People If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carm...
Episode 386: That Bird is My Dad
September 05, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBThis week on WTFolklore is the follow-up story to last week, titled How Ball Carrier Finished His Task, and, listen, we MAY have been a little overzealous in our endorsement of a certain witch last week... Suggested talking points: Museum Of Things You Walk On, The Age of Windbreakers, Pigeon Beats Wolf, The Speed of Couch, Bonked to Death, Cried an Egg, The Truckerverse If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our...
Episode 385: The Empty Void of Human Creativity
August 29, 2023 16:00 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBThis week on WTFolklore, we read the Unattributed Native American tale, The Ball Carrier and the Bad One, which features a confusing training montage, distressingly terrible plans, and a shocking sequel hook Suggested talking points: Escape from the Chaos Zone, A Pokeball for Children, Booster Pack of Wolves, Simply Shriek Until Things Get Better, A Number 6 Combo and a Plan If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like...
Episode 384: There’s Witch in my Soul
August 15, 2023 16:00 - 46 minutes - 43 MBThis week WTFolklore reads the Icelandic tale, The Witch in the Stone Boat, after a brief return from a beloved segment. Suggested talking points: The Pungent Void, Celebrate by Suffering, Hot to Breathe, Boats are Binary, The Air is Thick with Scolding, Whisper and Bake Your Secrets, Troll-Shaped Bib, Full of Porridge and Dreams If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spread the w...
Episode 383: Everything You Say Confuses Me (Prince Tity, Part 2)
August 08, 2023 16:00 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBThis week WTFolklore concludes reading Prince Tity, and end up attending the most rancid-vibes party we've ever heard of. Suggested talking points: A Quick Jasper Fforde Endorsement, Two Birds with One War, Sadness-Horny Sickness, Eloquent Warmaking, Plot-Thread Picnic If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us ...
Episode 382: A Series of Fake Dads (Prince Tity, Part 1)
August 01, 2023 16:00 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBThis week WTFolklore begins reading Prince Tity, a French tale (not "that" France though), and meet a character we've been dreaming of our whole lives. Suggested talking points: Phrase of Woman, Merely and Oopsie, The Head-Lop-Off Pendulum, The Gucci Fairy, A Sentient Mist, King Divorced If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Y...
Episode 381: A Fun Way to Dunk on Rats
July 25, 2023 16:00 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBThis week WTFolklore reads How the Brazilian Beetles Got their Gorgeous Coats. That may seem like a very straightforward title to you at first glance, but as our episode title suggests, something deeper lurks below the surface of this tale. Suggested talking points: There Might Be Content, Outfluencers, Turds with Legs, Doomed to Never Be Aesthetic, Tigers All the Way Down, One Hell of a EULA, The Lying Meta If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.c...
Episode 380: Frogs are a Gateway to Frankenstein
July 11, 2023 16:00 - 52 minutes - 48 MBThis week WTFolklore reads The Magic Swan-Geese, or as it's more commonly known these days, Jim Henson's Labyrinth starring David Bowie. Suggested talking points: Venti Daughter, Murder is Naughty, A Wild Oven in the Tall Grass, The Cult of the Sob, The Inanimal Z Team, What WOULDN'T You Do for a Subaru? If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter,...
Episode 379: Johnny Hotdogseed
July 04, 2023 16:00 - 37 minutes - 34 MBThis week on WTFolklore, we celebrate Independence Day the only way we know how...by reading a story from Japan instead. Join us for The Cats' Elopement. Suggested talking points: Soothsaying MLM, More Smoke Than Casino, A Patriotic Eye-full, Web 3.0: Voices Screeching in the Wind, Cute and with Fewer Teeth than Normal, Cat Saloon If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spread the ...
Episode 378: Ibuprofen for the Soul (The Story of the Marquise-Marquis de Banneville, Part 2)
June 27, 2023 16:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBConcluding Pride Month 2023, we finish reading The Story of the Marquise-Marquis de Banneville, from Charles Perrault. Suggested talking points: Folktales are Optional, Subterranean Podcast Jail, A Duel Here and There is Nice, Tom Clancy's Bepis Problem, Shovelin' Arms Ain't Tired Yet, Gift of the Magi After Hours If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us ...
Episode 377: Go To Your Scream Shack (The Story of the Marquise-Marquis de Banneville, Part 1)
June 20, 2023 16:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBContinuing Pride Month 2023, we begin reading The Story of the Marquise-Marquis de Banneville, from Charles Perrault. Suggested talking points: The Big One About the Red Lady, Where Tangents Come to Drink and Unwind, Nobility Population Control, Desperate To Do Some Fraud, Gambling>Hot Lady>Lawsuit, A 15-Minute Intermission to Crowd Surf If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help sp...
Episode 376: More Witches 2024
June 06, 2023 16:00 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBHEY! YOU! CARMAN'S DOING A KICKSTARTER! CHECK IT OUT! To commemorate the beginning of Pride Month 2023, we read The Nobleman's Daughter Who Became a Soldier, a Lithuanian tale provided to us through the great efforts of our discord community. Suggested talking points: No Bits, All Bangers, A High-Stakes Episode, Helpful at Army, No Time For Singing, ABR: Always Be Recruiting, Ground-Can Don't Lie, If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carman...
Episode 375: 1-800-FISH (The Tree That Reached the Sky Part II)
May 30, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBHEY! YOU! CARMAN'S DOING A KICKSTARTER! CHECK IT OUT! This week on WTFolklore we miraculously continue reading The Tree That Reached the Sky. The scope of this tree expands exponentially, like a Big Bang. Suggested talking points: The Do-Over Wizard, How Do I Humpty This Dumpty?, The Vague Shape of a Dude, Til Bits Do Us Part, Stabs Monthly, The Regal Echidna, The Promised Apples If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If y...
Episode 374: The Most Gatsby Dragon (The Tree That Reached the Sky Part I)
May 23, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBHEY! YOU! CARMAN'S DOING A KICKSTARTER! CHECK IT OUT! This week on WTFolklore we begin reading The Tree That Reached the Sky. Though, in a way, we also conclude reading The Tree That Reached the Sky, even though next week, we're going to continue reading The Tree That Reached the Sky. It'll make sense when you get there Suggested talking points: Paid in Hugs and Reassurances, KFC At the End of the World, Three Pie Tree, The Tension Broom If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavor...
Episode 373: God Help You If You Skipped Part 1 (The Punishment of Gangana Part 2)
May 16, 2023 16:00 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MBHEY! YOU! CARMAN'S DOING A KICKSTARTER! CHECK IT OUT! After an almost definitely unhelpful recap of Part 1, we conclude our trek into The Punishment of Gangana. Hopefully this time you walk away with useful knowledge, like the difference between a dragon and a flying lizard, what is and is not a prank (kidnapping), and that if you just wait around long enough, eventually something will happen. Suggested talking points: The Good Podcasting Spice, Goatmeal, Look With Your Wallet, The Hat is ...
Episode 372: Now This is Podcasting (The Punishment of Gangana Part 1)
May 09, 2023 16:00 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBHEY! YOU! CARMAN'S DOING A KICKSTARTER! CHECK IT OUT! After discussing our various franchising options (again), We begin reading The Punishment of Gangana this week. We do our best to follow along, but it proves to be deceptively simple, and entirely interested in the minutiae of a number of characters it decides to name at random intervals. Good luck with Part 2, everyone. Suggested talking points: A Very Unfortunate Metric, Deep France, The Kingdom of Twitter, What a Charming and Delight...
Episode 371: Sounds are Not Always for You
May 02, 2023 16:00 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MBHEY! YOU! CARMAN'S DOING A KICKSTARTER! CHECK IT OUT! This week on WTFolklore, after a brief update on the state of mini-golf and pizza in this country, we read Yallery Brown, which is less of a cautionary tale and more of a general PSA to be on the lookout for this prick. Suggested talking points: A Good Place To Hide From a Baby, Phantom Pizza From a Mouse, The Age of Un-Time, Evolution of the Hair-Diaper, Ye Olde Smokebomb, Fish And Fish Accessories If you'd like to support Carman's ar...
Episode 370: The Stickiest Husband
April 18, 2023 16:00 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBHEY! YOU! CARMAN'S DOING A KICKSTARTER! CHECK IT OUT! This week on WTFolklore we read Herr Lazarus and the Draken, which sounds SUSPICIOUSLY familiar to another tale we read many, many years ago... Suggested talking points: Sweeping: A Thing You Don't HAVE To Do On Carpets, About 40% Cooler, Paperwork Makes Friendship Stronger, A Beef With Foxes, Fairy Shark Tank If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, ...
Episode 369: The Patron Saint of Food Network
April 11, 2023 16:00 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBThis week on WTFolklore we read Lutung Kasarung, the tale of a woman so committed to snatching defeat from the jaws of victory that she does it like, four or five times in a row. Also, there's a very humble, magical monkey. Suggested talking points: Carpetalism, Grocery Store Final Boss, Carpet Cannon (Celebratory), Carman Stanklation, Humble Monkey Dynamite If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find u...
Episode 368: Bring Me Your Hungriest, Thirstiest Boy
March 28, 2023 16:00 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBThis week on WTFolklore we read The Flaming Horse: The Story of a Country Where The Sun Never Shines, which is ACTUALLY the story of a man who loves two things most in life: Books and Murder. Suggested talking points: Lost the Rights to Sunshine, Regicide: Round 2, Good Ol' Fashioned Imagination Fight, Backup Plans are for Chumps, Sun Love Horse, Horse Love Sun, Murder Is Usually It's Own Reward If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaar...
Episode 367: The Franz Ferdinand of Birds (Princess Nobody Part 2)
March 21, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBThis week on WTFolklore we conclude reading Princess Nobody, Andrew Lang's fanfic about some of Richard Doyle's paintings AND A Midsummer Night's Dream, apparently. We also stumble on the potential catalyst for all the strife between birds and fairies we've documented since the podcast began... Suggested talking points: The Tenants of Carpetpunk, Laughter FAQ, Hair Pasketti, Royally Dusted, Big Bad Beetle-Bat Bar, Is it a Crime to do One Crime? If you'd like to support Carman's artistic e...
Episode 366: Something as Trivial as a Ghost-Giant War (Princess Nobody Part 1)
March 14, 2023 16:00 - 53 minutes - 49 MBThis week on WTFolklore we begin reading Princess Nobody, Andrew Lang's fanfic about some of Richard Doyle's paintings. It also has some serious Kingdom Hearts energy. Suggested talking points: A Two-Year Degree in "Sun", Speaking of Goblin Messes…, Fairy Heist of the Century, Constant Gallivanting, Pondering Princess Strats If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! ...
Episode 365: Dutch Goku
March 07, 2023 17:00 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBWow! 365 Episodes! You've got one for every day of the year now! This week on WTFolklore we read The Boy Who Wanted More Cheese, which is frankly a reasonable position to have. Suggested talking points: This Episode Brought To You By Carpets, Non-Tenured Adjunct Professor Laminate, The Raunchiness of Cheese, You Have To Earn Pockets, Paws at the Threshold, THE CHEESE HOUSE WAS A METAPHOR If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthing...
Episode 364: So Much For Nuance
February 28, 2023 17:00 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBThis week on WTFolklore, after a little bit of education on the storied profession of Butling, we read The Disobedient Son, which continues OUR storied tradition of misnomers. Suggested talking points: Dr. Carpets, Practical Butling, Little Devil Dormitory, We Don't Know Anything, Nudged Toward "Acceptable" If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitt...
Episode 363: The Time is Sweden, the Space is Sweden
February 21, 2023 17:00 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBThis week on WTFolklore, we read The Barrel Bung, A Swedish tale about jump scares and glory holes, and we peppered in a light dusting of Satanic Panic at the end, for flavor. Suggested talking points: The Timescale of Omens, Jumpscare Jenny, The One Thing a Bat Cannot Tolerate, BURN THE BUNG, Son of Pikachu, Down the Satanic Panic Hole If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help sprea...
Episode 362: Don't Look a Kiss-Horse in the Mouth
February 14, 2023 17:00 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBThis week on WTFolklore, we read Hans Christian Andersen's The Swineherd, which may or may not even feature a swine herd in it... Suggested talking points: Crime-Awareness Fighter, The Minimum Square Footage for Wedding, Free Bird! (Imperative), A Stack of Pigs to the Sky, Efficient Ways to Rot the Brain, Instinctual Curtsy If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! F...
Episode 361: Chekhov's Hidden Spatula
February 07, 2023 17:00 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBThis week on WTFolklore, we read The Legend of Leech, which is a blink-and-you'll-miss-it titular detail. Suggested talking points: Posthumous Donut Title, When Your Blood Goes Away, Woke Up Married, Coconut Lard, Turn Off the World 'til Tomorrow If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings 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 s...
Episode 360: A Glass Shovel and a 6PM Deadline
January 31, 2023 17:00 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBThis week on WTFolklore, we read The Two Kings' Children, Another Grimm tale. Gotta be honest, the boys REALLY phoned it in on this one. We'd have been better off if the prophecy in the beginning actually came true... Suggested talking points: Now That's What I Call Folklore!, Begging to be Final Destination'd, Stag Is Man, Man is Drag, Drag is Food, A Bobble Head to Split the Earth, Kid ROI, The King of Questions If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.pat...