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What The Folklore?

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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01:00:52

Episode 470: Wine, Horse, and Husband Insurance

What The Folklore? ·

2025/12/02

Content Warning: The story this week revolves around the central plot point of a dog's death.This week on WTFolklore, we read The Dog and the Sparrow, another Grimm tale that has somehow yet alluded our eyeballs...but no longer! Suggested talking points: The Tortoise and the Highlander, A Private Collection of Spheres, KrampusCon, Bart Simpson's God-Fearing Face, Maintaining the Crime Ecosystem, A Cactus Does Not Grow on Gossip Alone, CornborneCheck out Gordie's TTRPG, MythomorphosisIf you'd like to

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00:57:10

Episode 469: The Corn is a Metaphor for Corn

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2025/11/25

This week on WTFolklore, we read The Lambikin, originally an Indian story, retold as an Irish story, that we then wrestle into the shape of a Thanksgiving story.Suggested talking points: Gordie's House of Pain, Garfield Shrugged, Bored Halfway Through a Burger, Sillybles, Spending Corn to Make Corn, Patrick Bateman Visits Grandma, A Turkey in the Background for Legal Reasons, Tom Bombadil DiseaseCheck out Gordie's TTRPG, MythomorphosisIf you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit:

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01:01:01

Episode 468: The Five-Second-Rule for Poison

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2025/11/11

This week on WTFolklore, we read Vukub-Cakix, a Mayan tale that purports to be about "Twin Hero-Wizards". We purport they are neither.Suggested talking points: Make N' Shake, Forgive Me For the Blow Dart (and the Strangling...), Nobody Eats Plums, We Are Famous Doctors Trust Us, Licensed to Stethoscope, It Sounds Like Overkill Because It Is, Mountain DribblingCheck out Gordie's TTRPG, MythomorphosisIf you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit:

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01:00:27

Episode 467: Two Birds, One Stone, and Also One is a Cat

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2025/11/04

It's back to business-as-usual this week on WTFolklore as we re-calibrate our fairy tale senses with some good ol' fashion eastern european fare, The Glass Mountain, which stars a guy dressed as Hugh Jackman, who is dressed as Jack Black, who is dressed as a school boy.Suggested talking points: A Farquaad Wandering Amongst the Furries, Schrödinger's Wizard, Everything is Shaped like Jack Black, Unmade by Apples, The Line Between "Wonder" and "Nightmare", Prison in the Shape of a PrizeCheck out

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00:51:16

Episode 466: Thanks for the Sandwiches, My Whole...

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2025/10/28

DISCLAIMER: Gordie lost about half of his audio recording this week, so we had to improvise. See if you can guess the parts that got re-recorded!Spooklore 2025 draws to a close this week, and we have another WTFolklore-exclusive, custom made Cryptid tale for you! Join us as we venture to the most terrifying location in North America...New Jersey...Suggested talking points: Bricked My Toothbrush, Bobo or Bust, Paranormal Beach Vacation, Cryptid Support Group, "Please! Our Pigs are Brainless!", A

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00:50:13

Episode 465: Bed Bath & Unnamed Dread

What The Folklore? ·

2025/10/21

Spooklore 2025 continues this week, with a bit of a twist. Rather than continually avoiding every instance of a "This is a THING, and here are it's SCARY FEATURES" type stories, Carman has elected to assemble her own folktale about one such THING, The Santa Compaña. So enjoy this custom-made spooky story!Suggested talking points: Spooktralizer Prime, Facebook Marketplace: Post-Apocalypse Edition, Vitamin Weird, Dr. Eepy, Megastitious, Cauldron Cooties, Ghosts Vs. Machines That BeepCheck out Gordie's

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00:57:49

Episode 464: The Joann Fabrics Power Vacuum

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2025/10/14

Spooklore begins in earnest this week, as we read what may well be the earliest-recorded Found Footage ghost story, The Haunting of Athenodorus, or as we elected to call it, "Ghost Hunters: Ancient Athens Edition". Suggested talking points: A Barbershop Quartet of Air Horns, A Gas Station for Mimes, Eldritch Horny, The Clanking of the Whimbus, Haunt Me In a Second, My Spooky Wagon of Ghost Milk, Unbarbered In Their Dying Moments.Check out Gordie's TTRPG, MythomorphosisIf you'd like to support

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01:14:13

Episode 463: The Legend of Pork City

What The Folklore? ·

2025/10/07

On what is TECHNICALLY the first Spooklore installment of the year...we got a little distracted. Thankfully, our spooky instincts kicked in and we accidentally turn The Vision of Mac Conglinne into a ghost story anyway.Suggested talking points: Sorry About the Belly Ghost, Whetstone Dentistry, Applesauce IV, Creamgate, Consider the Butter, Cloudy With a Chance of Post-ApocalypseCheck out Gordie's TTRPG, MythomorphosisIf you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit:

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00:49:15

Episode 462: Give us Uppies, or Give us Death!

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2025/09/30

This week we return to our good friend Carl Sandburg for a Rootabega-adjacent story, The Haystack Cricket, and How Things Are Different Up in the Moon Towns. If you like random sounds strung together with no evident rhyme or reason, buddy look no further than a Carl Sandburg story...Suggested talking points: A Lamp Shaped Like a Scary Arm, A Leather Homunculus, Hummadummadarmanda, DJ of the Corn, Wave Goodbye to the Corntanic, Headaches with PicturesCheck out Gordie's TTRPG, MythomorphosisIf you'd

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01:44:56

Episode 461: So Now You're a 12-Headed Dragon: A...

What The Folklore? ·

2025/09/23

We are joined this week by very special guest T. Kingfisher! We had to call in back-up to wade our way through Princess Miranda and Prince Hero, a Polish tale featuring everyone's favorite creep, Koschei the Deathless. It also features a hero (named Hero) who makes some staggeringly questionable inventory-management choices on his quest. Suggested talking points: A Very Successful Quarry/Brothel, Friend Zoning (Not That Kind), Koschei I Choose You!, Classic Marriage Siege, The Moon Would Rather Not

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01:02:23

Episode 460: David Blaine Eats 40 Cows

What The Folklore? ·

2025/09/16

After talking about some crucial current events (read: Stuart Little Lore), we dive into The Little Purse with Two Half-Pennies, a Romanian tale with some stunning revelations about Project Birdfall's humble beginnings.Suggested talking points: An Awkward Starbucks Date with Spiderman, Skateboarding up the Wrong Tree, Geriatrics Anonymous, Chief Chicken Flogger, Decorative Ladies, Discovering New Colors of Rage, Kaiju Rooster Franz Ferdinand.If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors,

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00:53:39

Episode 459: Freaky Friday'd with a Corpse

What The Folklore? ·

2025/09/02

This week on What the Folklore, we read FOUR different explanations for where the heck all these god-dang mosquitos came from. As is our want, we take a more...buffet approach to the answer.Suggested talking points: Label Maker x Spooktralizer Slash Fic, Panera Bread Crime Aura, Wandering Around with a Mosquito Sack and a Grude, Petty Revenge Ravens and Snacks, Never Stop Gaz-SnackingIf you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthingsIf you like

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00:46:34

Episode 458: All Cherry Men are Weird Guys, But Not...

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2025/08/12

This week on What the Folklore, we read two different stories, The Eye Juggler and Gobbleknoll, which inadvertently creates our most Body Horror-oreinted episode yet! It's Spooklore Summer, baby!Suggested talking points: An Artificial World of Body Parts and Holes, Flirting for Free Cream, An Organic "Guess Who?" Board, A Spider in a Wig, Buffalo Tears, Dedicated to Being EatenIf you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthingsIf you like our show,

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00:53:52

Episode 457: I’m Not Constipated, I’m WISHING

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2025/08/05

This week on What the Folklore, we read The Nodding Tiger, a Chinese story that introduces us to the humble beginnings of a beloved friend.Suggested talking points: Modular Lego Road, Trained on Gas Station Roller Food, A Robust Evening Wood-Market, These are Man-Catchin' Nets, The Only Son That's Ever Mattered, The Definitive Temp-Tiger TimelineIf you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthingsIf you like our show, find us online to help spread

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01:04:06

Episode 456: Skateboarded Too Close to the Sun

What The Folklore? ·

2025/07/29

This week on What the Folklore, we read the Spanish tale The Bird of Truth, which has some serious texture pop-in issues. Either that, or the protagonist is legally blind and shy about it.Suggested talking points: Grizelda's Bar and Grill, Back to the Chaos Mines, Like Moses, but Way More Gucci, Pigeons in Leather, Serious Boy Business, Every Lizard is a Hot Man, Great Rejoicing (Some Be-headings)If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit:

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01:03:40

Who Says Solutions Can't Cause More Problems?

What The Folklore? ·

2025/07/22

This week on What the Folklore, we're reading Ligur the Water Giant, an obscure German-language tale with a wizard that rivals even the mighty Gaznak!Suggested talking points: A Bowl of Loose Toppings, We've Done a LOT to Vampires, Queen Oprah, Briefly At War with Whales (and Wales), A True Graduate of Princess Academy, Eagle-Surfing, WTFolklore DLCIf you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthingsIf you like our show, find us online to help

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00:44:13

454: Unstoppable Business Glacier of Success

What The Folklore? ·

2025/07/01

This week on WTFolklore, we head back to our old stomping ground of France for Blanche and Vermeille. You can tell it's a riveting tale, because we spend a good chunk of the episode discussing things you could wear instead of pants.Suggested talking points: Sneaking Agenda Into the Prose, 2,370,563 Ziplines to France, Hot Egg, A True Thing About Pants, Deep in the Pleats, Pants That Need Feeding, The Peasant Ick, Not a Happy Face in Rich-People-LandIf you'd like to support Carman's artistic

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01:28:28

Episode 453: Hell Dad is Real Sad

What The Folklore? ·

2025/06/24

I'll be honest, it's a doozy of a story this week. We are subjected to the whimsical mind of Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, AKA Lord Dunsany, who delivers us to The Fortress Unvanquishable Save for Sacnoth, AKA The Fortress of Doom. Get your High-Fantasy britches on for this one, folks.Suggested talking points: Lying Will Save Your Life, 2999 Whoopsie Boys, Ghost-Wizard-Punzel, We're Good at Letters, Customary Butter Bath, Bereft of Elephant, Wolves in the WainscotIf you'd like to support

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01:08:55

Episode 452: Goose at Heart

What The Folklore? ·

2025/06/17

It's a Tale of Two Tales, this week on WTFolklore, again! Again! This time, at least, there's some connective thematic tissue. First up is A Man That Was Married to a Goose, followed up by Uinigumasuittuq and the Origin of Living Beings Suggested talking points: Google-Fingers Activated, Diabolical (Citation Needed), Nary a Grass in Sight, Roolette: The Dating App That Deletes Itself, There's a Wife in the Wife-Hole, Cyrano de Bergerac Sans Rizz, Consensual Meat-Fetching, Date Night with

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00:58:55

Episode 451: The Department of Vibes

What The Folklore? ·

2025/06/10

It's a Tale of Two Tales, this week on WTFolklore, again!First up is The Snake Who Became the King's Son-in-Law, followed up by God's Godson Suggested talking points: Get Out Your Smile Calipers, The Foley Files, Idioms Better Watch Out, The Wheel of Cake, My Guns are My Sword, Buff Baby BattleIf you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthingsIf you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube

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