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What The Folklore?

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.

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Episode 96: The Bony Connection

Episode 96: The Bony Connection

The threads of the Fairy Tale Mythos become further interwoven as we take some big leaps in logic to try to get Immortal... Read more

29 Nov 2016

1hr 24mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 68: The Vietnamese Boy From Beyond the Stars

Episode 68: The Vietnamese Boy From Beyond the Stars

This story "The Miraculous Banyan Tree" is our effort to #SaveKanye: giving him the role he so desperately needs. Guided... Read more

10 May 2016

56mins

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Episode 78: Coyote Arsonist

Episode 78: Coyote Arsonist

We've got a short one for you this week, another selection from Longhouse Legends, in which we take a look at what the w... Read more

19 Jul 2016

39mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 198: Bird Kinks

Episode 198: Bird Kinks

"The Raven and the Big Fisherman" is a rare story that just leaves us confounded with details from the first paragraph, ... Read more

13 Nov 2018

56mins

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Episode 163: The Truetrue About Sandywiggles

Episode 163: The Truetrue About Sandywiggles

We went on a whole journey with this week's story, "The Incombustible Tulip." Was a lot of that journey about pizza? It ... Read more

13 Mar 2018

1hr 10mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 194: Piss Ghost Coast to Coast

Episode 194: Piss Ghost Coast to Coast

Our spooky main course this evening is "The Fox Sister," with a short story titled "The Maiden's Grave" for desert. The ... Read more

16 Oct 2018

56mins

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Episode 193: Hey Now, You're An Intern

Episode 193: Hey Now, You're An Intern

"The Gold Teeth" is our second entry in Spooklore 2018, featuring a soundtrack by everyone's favorite late 90s/early 200... Read more

9 Oct 2018

56mins

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Episode 222: A Tenured Barber

Episode 222: A Tenured Barber

We're debating over whether "The Brahman and the Jackal," our story this week, is more or less interesting than the stor... Read more

30 Apr 2019

58mins

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Episode 67: The 420 Blaze-It Hunting Tour

Episode 67: The 420 Blaze-It Hunting Tour

Our story this week, "The Witch and Her Four Sons," is a little more straightforward as they go, but the Perennial Quest... Read more

3 May 2016

38mins

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Episode 84: Rumpelstiltskinning a Stripclub for Horses

Episode 84: Rumpelstiltskinning a Stripclub for Horses

We've got another listener-suggested story for you this week, called "The Firebird," and it's another Shakespeare-Profes... Read more

30 Aug 2016

1hr 29mins

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Episode 197: The Trunchbull Situation

Episode 197: The Trunchbull Situation

Poland never disappoints us, and this week is no exception! We're reading "A Present for the King's Godson," about a kid... Read more

6 Nov 2018

55mins

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Episode 199: The Other One About a Bus

Episode 199: The Other One About a Bus

As the title suggests, another bus idea has surfaced. Call it a stepping stone to greater things. There is also a story ... Read more

20 Nov 2018

57mins

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Episode 150: Bread Percent Run

Episode 150: Bread Percent Run

Free advice to all fairy tale authors, including the author of "The Two Travelers:" when you hit on a good theme, just s... Read more

5 Dec 2017

1hr

Ranked #14

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Episode 191: Bog's Burgers

Episode 191: Bog's Burgers

"Jack and His Master" is an old-fashioned fairy tale about some dum-dums who get into a mess they could have avoided. If... Read more

25 Sep 2018

1hr 11mins

Ranked #15

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Episode 220: Boat Ingredients

Episode 220: Boat Ingredients

Note: episode numbers have changed as we've updated formatting. You haven't missed any episodes! We saved "The Twelve To... Read more

16 Apr 2019

1hr 4mins

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Episode 93: 'Cha Boi and Savior

Episode 93: 'Cha Boi and Savior

We have an extra meaty episode this week to make up for last week, so dig into a hefty, weird, nutso story called "The M... Read more

8 Nov 2016

1hr 34mins

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Episode 52: Singalong Manhunt

Episode 52: Singalong Manhunt

It's usually not very nice when someone just gets bored of their partner and decides to leave, but it's made a little mo... Read more

9 Feb 2016

1hr 5mins

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Episode 60: My Daughter's Sheeper

Episode 60: My Daughter's Sheeper

What started off as a pretty innocent story took such a nonsensical turn partway through that it has embittered and ange... Read more

15 Mar 2016

1hr 5mins

Ranked #19

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Episode 226: Shy Little Dirt Babies

Episode 226: Shy Little Dirt Babies

"The Mina and the Merchant" takes us to India, where a house full of people just want to be able to work and enjoy the h... Read more

28 May 2019

52mins

Ranked #20

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Episode 83: Cakes & Babes

Episode 83: Cakes & Babes

We have a listener-suggested story this week, carefully decoded from Scottish Brogue, though it didn't make a lot more s... Read more

23 Aug 2016

58mins

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