Folk Podcasts

Little Stories Everywhere

289 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★ - 989 ratings
New 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...

New England Legends Podcast

405 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 897 ratings
Twice each week, legend hunter, author, and historian Jeff Belanger and radio host Ray Auger explore the ghosts, monsters, aliens, folklore, history, roadside oddities, true crime, and legends of N...

W.B. Walker's Old Soul Radio Show

356 episodes - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 863 ratings

Magick & Alchemy

158 episodes - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 352 ratings
Magick & Alchemy by Tamed Wild is an enchanting podcast for modern-day witches and the earth-spirited. Join hosts Kristin Lisenby and Kate Belew each week as they discuss witchcraft, divination, m...

Americana Podcast

48 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 264 ratings
Americana 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

42 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 263 ratings
A 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

319 episodes - Latest episode: about 10 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 262 ratings
A horror variety show.

What The Folklore?

644 episodes - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★★ - 218 ratings
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.

Urban Legends

117 episodes - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 165 ratings
Luke 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

257 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 157 ratings
Weekly interviews with musicians, artists, authors, and filmmakers presented by Aquarium Drunkard.

Celtic Roots Radio – Irish music podcast

125 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 113 ratings
Celtic 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: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 102 ratings
Hooray! 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: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 90 ratings
The 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: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 82 ratings
Do 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: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 77 ratings
Our 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...

Legends From The Pacific

174 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 64 ratings
A 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

629 episodes - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
All 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

262 episodes - Latest episode: 21 days ago - ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
Welcome 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: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 54 ratings
Fabled 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

152 episodes - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★ - 52 ratings
Southern 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: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 49 ratings
A 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...

Etched In Stone

29 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 43 ratings
National 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

127 episodes - Latest episode: 25 days ago - ★★★★★ - 35 ratings
Writers Max and Nick Folkman sit down with other writers and developers to discuss storytelling in video games.

How Embarrassing! Podcast with Molly & Jeff

220 episodes - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
How Embarrassing! Podcast with Molly and Jeff explores the filthy little stories inside us all that we have kept hidden for so long. No story is too wrong, too ridiculous, or too embarrassing for h...

I Don't Know - The Podcast

70 episodes - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 25 ratings
I Don't Know the Podcast is a weekly sideways look at the paranormal hosted by K-Mill. Are ghosts real? What are UFO's? Are witches sexy? I don't know!

House of Legends: World Myths & Legends

93 episodes - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
World myths and legends with Scottish storyteller and USA Today bestselling author Daniel Allison. Discover breathtaking stories from around the world, all told in Daniel's intimate and lyrical sty...

Myth Monsters

148 episodes - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
A bite sized look into the monsters of global folklore, cryptozoology and mythology with your host, Erin. Jump in and learn about your favourite monsters from Gorgons to Kelpies, to Wendigos to Bi...

Muddy Boots

150 episodes - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 21 ratings
Muddy Boots wanders where sneakers never will, moving on the back roads through the backwoods and to the forgotten cracks of our imagination. Tune in to hear a patchwork of sound, snippet, and son...

Myth Taken: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcat

120 episodes - Latest episode: 27 days ago - ★★★★★ - 21 ratings
Hosts Laine and Cory discuss episodes, seasons, mythology, and folklore related to one of the best shows ever: Buffy the Vampire Slayer!

Dulcimerica with Bing Futch

287 episodes - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 18 ratings
Since 2007, Americana singer/songwriter Bing Futch has hosted this program focused on the Appalachian mountain dulcimer. Features workshops, song demos, travelogs, interviews and road trips into th...