What The Folklore?

Mar 18 2025 600 ep. 44 mins 7.3k

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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 445: Probably Fairies Did It (The Princess Mayblossom, Part IV)

Mar 18 2025 89 mins

This week we finally claw our way to the end of "The Princess Mayblossom", and learn much more about Lucky Charms lore than anyone could've anticipated.

Episode 444: Classic Girl-Smells-Boy Story (The Princess Mayblossom, Part III)

Mar 11 2025 62 mins

This week we conclude our reading of The Princess Mayblossom! W..wait? We don't? WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE DON'T??

Episode 443: Breaking Punzel Protocol (The Princess Mayblossom, Part II)

Mar 04 2025 88 mins

We resume our reading of "The Princess Mayblossom" this week, down one man from the last. d'Aulnoy just takes and takes and takes from us, doesn't she?

442: Dungeons and d'Aulnoys (The Princess Mayblossom, Part I)

Feb 25 2025 94 mins

Ten Years. Ten Years of doing this, and d'Aulnoy is STILL punking us...

Episode 441: Get Out Of Here, Wife, It's Karate Time!

Feb 18 2025 53 mins

This week on WTFolklore we read two versions of "The Wedding of Mrs. Fox", one of which was considered a favorite by Jacob Grimm. One features dick jokes, the other does not. Guess which one was his favorite.

Episode 440: Abs Shaped Like a QR Code

Feb 11 2025 57 mins

This week on WTFolklore we read the Ukrainian tale, "Oh: The Tsar of the Forest", and are legitimately shocked at how resilient it's canon proves to be, despite our best efforts to deviate from it.

Episode 439: The Episode With Ten Minutes of Uninterrupted Silence

Feb 04 2025 51 mins

EDITORS NOTE: THERE IS A 10 MINUTE STRETCH OF INTENTIONALLY UNEDITED SILENCE FROM 9:09-19:09 This week on WTFolklore, after a very good joke that is worth everyone's valuable time, we read "The Immortal Rooster", which is actually, secretly, a much funnier ending to The Hobbit.

Episode 438: Good Morning, It's Time For Crime

Jan 28 2025 49 mins

This week on WTFolklore, we read "The Tale of Ming", a relic of significant cultural importance to China. We have perhaps...different takeaways than the original author intended.

Episode 437: Chili-Dog Delivered Via Gun

Jan 22 2025 48 mins

This week on WTFolklore, we read "The Snow Daughter and the Fire Son", AKA the story of the first two X-Men, Heatmiser and Snowmiser, a tale that begins, middles, and ends in tragedy for inexplicable reasons.

Episode 436: Bedtime Stories For Sleep Paralysis Demons

Jan 07 2025 53 mins

This week on WTFolklore, to make up for missing you on Christmas Eve, and to kick off 2025 in style, we're in for a "Rootabaganing". In layman's terms, that means we're reading both "How Five Rusty Rats Helped Find a New Village" and "The Potato-Faced Blind Man Who Lost the Diamond Rabbit on his Gold Accordion", two stories from the...unique mind of Carl Sandburg.