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Episode 295: Courtship, King Quest, Sad Beanie Baby (The 3 Fairy Tale Genders)

Episode 297

This week on WTFolklore, we're reading the Chinese tale,  The Waiting Maid's Parrot, and we make a startling number of bird-based revelations in reco…

5 years ago

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Episode 294: Used Whale Dealership

Episode 296

This week on WTFolklore, after checking in on the Great Gas Shortage of 2021, we read Kae's Theft of the Whale, a Polynesian tale where everyone just…

5 years, 1 month ago

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Episode 293: Et Tu, Wall? (The Day Boy and the Night Girl, Part 2)

Episode 295

This week on WTFolklore, we conclude our reading of The Day Boy and the Night Girl  by George MacDonald, while also learning a lot about privilege, f…

5 years, 1 month ago

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Episode 292: Wi(mbus) Fi(mbus) (The Day Boy and the Night Girl, Part 1)

Episode 294

We begin another multi-part episode this week, reading The Day Boy and the Night Girl by George MacDonald, and get to relive experiencing the moon fo…

5 years, 1 month ago

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Episode 291: NOT TODAY, CUPID!

Episode 293

On WTFolklore this week, we read the French tale The Satin Surgeon, and take it upon ourselves to rescue the villain from the unfortunate tropes thru…

5 years, 2 months ago

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Episode 290: And So, They Vengefully Kissed the Dwarf

Episode 292

This Week on WTFolklore, We have a (kinda) double feature, briefly reading A Riddling Tale, followed up by  The Grimm Brothers' Snow White and Rose R…

5 years, 2 months ago

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Episode 289: The Authority on Bird Fear

Episode 291

On WTFolklore this week, we read The Battle of the Birds, a title that promises us juicy lore, and instead delivers a mishmash of plot points we're a…

5 years, 2 months ago

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Episode 288: Infinite Jam that Drowns the World

Episode 290

This week on WTFolklore, we read "The Raspberry Worm", and encounter a whole new breed of fruit authority. We do get bored and start talking about ch…

5 years, 3 months ago

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Episode 287: The Patron Saint of F*%k

Episode 289

On this episode of What the Folklore, after the traditional Kingdom Hearts Cold Open, we read King Bean, a story of dubious Italian royalty, but that…

5 years, 3 months ago

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Episode 286: Cult of the Moon Ogre (The Fairy of Dawn, Part 2)

Episode 288

This week on What the Folklore? we conclude The Fairy of Dawn, and shocking no one, find ourselves much more enamored by the cadre of horses than lit…

5 years, 4 months ago

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