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Episode 344: INFINITE HORSES (Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, Part II)

Episode 347

This week on WTFolklore, we continue our trudge through Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, this time in China, which is not a sudden change of scenery a…

3 years, 9 months ago

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Episode 343: Sorry Mom, I'm Way Into Devils (Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, Part I)

Episode 346

This week on WTFolklore, we learn possibly THE most efficient way to squander two genies, chock full of wish-juice, as we begin (but do not conclude)…

3 years, 10 months ago

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Episode 342: That There's Clown Weather

Episode 345

This week on WTFolklore, we read pull the ripcord on an Emergency Rutabaga Bomb, and dip back into Carl Sandburg's Rootabaga Tales, to read through H…

3 years, 10 months ago

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Episode 341: There Are Men to be Punched

Episode 344

This week on WTFolklore, we read The Twelve Dancing Princesses, the classic Grimm Bros. tale about a rat king made out of daughters who dance their l…

3 years, 10 months ago

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Episode 340: R-E-S-P-E-C-P-C-P

Episode 343

This week on WTFolklore, we read two vastly different versions of The Legend of the Hero, Menesk, which both purport to be true accounts. Shockingly,…

3 years, 10 months ago

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Episode 339: Wild Forest Dog, For Which We Have No Word (The Tinder Box Part II)

Episode 342

This week on WTFolklore we finish reading the Hans Christian Anderson tale, The Tinder Box, which is shockingly revealed to be a collaboration with M…

3 years, 11 months ago

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Episode 338: The True Face of Updog (The Tinder Box Part I)

Episode 341

This week on WTFolklore we check in with the Hans Christian Anderson catalogue, reading The Tinder Box, which is a story that definitely, totally, 10…

3 years, 11 months ago

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Episode 337: The Two Languages, Gold and Murder

Episode 340

This week on WTFolklore we read the Grimm tale, The Iron Stove, wherein we finally decide to test our mettle as Folklorists, and employ the new GTC C…

3 years, 11 months ago

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Episode 336: Man Vs. Shoe

Episode 339

This week on WTFolklore we read The Shoes of Abu Kassim, which as far as we're concerned is a film franchise with Rowan Atkinson's name plastered all…

4 years ago

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Episode 335: A Living, Breathing Chore

Episode 338

This week on WTFolklore we read The Snow, The Crow, and The Blood, a story largely about none of those things! Surprise! 
It IS a cautionary tale abou…

4 years ago

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