Folk Podcasts
Old Gods of Appalachia
114 episodes - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 4.2K ratingsIn the mountains of central Appalachia, blood runs as deep as these hollers and just as dark. Since before our kind knew these hills, hearts of unknowable hunger and madness have slumbered beneath...
Camp Monsters
65 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2.5K ratingsThese are the stories of impossible encounters with impossible creatures in the wildest corners of North America. We’ll travel the country, sit around campfires and talk about that thing that ran ...
Unspookable
76 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 1.5K ratingsUnspookable is a family friendly look at the histories and mysteries behind your favorite scary stories, myths and urban legends. Each week host Elise Parisian digs into the history, brain science,...
Little Stories Everywhere
285 episodes - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★ - 989 ratingsNew episodes come out every Tuesday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ Kids subscribers. A good story can take you anywhere. Every week Little Stories Everywhere will bring yo...
NPR's Mountain Stage
335 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 407 ratingsMountain Stage Podcast
Americana Podcast
48 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 264 ratingsAmericana Podcast: The 51st State is a platform dedicated to sharing and expanding on the Americana genre's roots, reach, and definition. Each episode is told from the point of view of the musician...
Celtic Myths and Legends Podcast
41 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 263 ratingsA podcast focused on the myths, legends and folkloric creatures of the 6 Celtic Nations; Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Brittany and the Isle of Man.
Anthology of Horror
314 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 262 ratingsA horror variety show.
What The Folklore?
643 episodes - Latest episode: 3 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.
Espooky Tales
208 episodes - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 165 ratingsLatin American folklore, myths, legends, haunted places and espooky cuentos del rancho. Hear the stories you grew up with like La Llorona, as well as true stories from listeners and guests. Join fr...
Urban Legends
114 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 160 ratingsLuke Mordue examines the historical impact of the stories that haunt our society, tales that have gripped towns and cities worldwide for centuries as actual events - Urban Legends. First, hear the...
Transmissions
253 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 157 ratingsWeekly interviews with musicians, artists, authors, and filmmakers presented by Aquarium Drunkard.
The Twenty Percent True Podcast
133 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 126 ratingsEvery week a new story. Every episode a new monster.
Lucky Mojo Hoodoo Rootwork Hour
527 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★ - 124 ratingsThe Lucky Mojo Hoodoo Rootwork Hour is a real, live call-in show where the general public gets a chance to ask about actual problems with love, career, and spiritual protection, and we recommend an...
Celtic Roots Radio – Irish music podcast
125 episodes - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 113 ratingsCeltic Roots Radio (celticrootsradio.com) Here's a taste a' music to whet yer appetite – Celtic, folk, folk/rock, Appalachian, Breton, bluegrass, Scottish, Irish, Cajun, Cape Breton, singer...
April Eight Songs and Stories
69 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsHooray! Your family is heading for delight. April Eight Songs & Stories is a charming original fairytale podcast series for the whole family. Listen together as a lovely green world of wonder full ...
Irish Music Stories Podcast
83 episodes - Latest episode: 28 days ago - ★★★★★ - 89 ratingsThe show about traditional music, and the bigger stories behind it. Host Shannon Heaton talks to musicians, dancers, and scholars about where Irish music has been, where it's going, and what it mea...
Aloreing
115 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsDo you like folklore, cryptids, urban legends, and art? Aloreing is a podcast that brings all these together. Your hosts, Kimmy Hammons & Ryan Huskins discuss urban legends, creatures, lore and mor...
Foot Stompin Free Scottish Music Podcast
255 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 77 ratingsOur regular free Scottish music podcast from Scotland featuring the very best of Gaelic, Scots, bagpipes, fiddle, harp music, Scottish bands, ceilidh bands, highland Scottish music, pipe band, trad...
Hypnogoria
768 episodes - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 76 ratingsWelcome to Hypnogoria, Britian's longest running horror podcast! Coming to you from the Great Library of Dreams, Mr Jim Moon invites you to take a comfy armchair by the fireside to talk of all th...
Legends From The Pacific
174 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsA weekly Asian & Pacific folklore podcast. Join Kamuela Kaneshiro as he shares tales of people, traditions, and gods from Pacific Island countries, Asia, Australia, and the Americas. These stories ...
Out of the Box Album of the Week with Paul Shugrue
626 episodes - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsAll week, on each edition of Out of the Box, listen for songs from one of the best albums that’s just hitting stores and hear Paul Shugrue's review of that album.
Militantly Mixed: Mixed Race Podcast
261 episodes - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsWelcome to Militantly Mixed, the fearless podcast exploring race and identity from the Mixed-Race perspective. Join irreverently insightful host, Sharmane Fury, on a journey of self-discovery, empo...
Fabled Collective
95 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsFabled Collective explores mysteries, legends, myths, lore, ghosts, and fairy tales. Investigation of these tales of woe often reveal grim details that have been long hidden in the dark corners of...
Southern Demonology
150 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★ - 52 ratingsSouthern Demonology is a podcast that explores angelology, demonology, ghosts, spirits, and monsters from antiquity to the modern day through an academic lens. Get bonus content on Patreon Suppor...
Legends & Spirits
62 episodes - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 49 ratingsA paranormal podcast with a twist: join hosts Derik and Sarah Wingo (veteran NYC bartenders) as they teach you how to pair the perfect handcrafted cocktail to go with a chilling story and serve it...
Gourmet Music Podcast - UTR Media
102 episodes - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsWe help you find the most well-crafted faith-inspired music being made today. You want honest, artistic, non-cheesy, soul-enriching music? Host Dave Trout curates the artists and songs that will he...
Etched In Stone
29 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsNational Wrestling Hall of Fame and USA Wrestling's "Etched In Stone” podcasts are the stories of wrestling's legends, told by wrestlers. The series will take you inside the lives of those inducted...
Script Lock
126 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsWriters Max and Nick Folkman sit down with other writers and developers to discuss storytelling in video games.
Central Church NYC
374 episodes - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsWeekly and special sermon series. Central Presbyterian Church of New York City is a diverse community seeking to follow Jesus Christ in his mission to transform lives and make all things new. For m...
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