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Slavic folklore: Udder Nonsense
Episode 406
🐄Baba Yaga, Dragons, Giant Talking Pigs🐄
We'll see what happens when a king who wants one son gets more than he bargained for: three sons, with the od…1 year, 1 month ago
European legends: Ale to the King
Episode 405
🍺Meet Cambrinus, things aren't going so well for him🍺
He's a peasant kid with a job that's going nowhere, a crush who doesn't love him back, and no on…1 year, 2 months ago
Monkey King: Not Found
Episode 404
🤑 The Monkey King and friends are making money and staying in fancy hotels🤑
What is this that you heard about them being monks? What? No. That's ridic…1 year, 2 months ago
Norse sagas: Wormtongue
Episode 403
⚔️The plight of the Viking celebrity poet⚔️
Friends become enemies, enemies become friends, and none of what you actually say matters all that much...…1 year, 3 months ago
Japanese folklore: Misconceptions
Episode 402
🐸Love means never having to say I'm sorry (I poisoned you)"🐸
...or something like that. This Valentine's Day there are three love stories from Japan. …1 year, 3 months ago
Chinese Zodiac: Rat Race
Episode 401
🐀It's Race Day🐀
Today, we tell the story of how the animals in the Chinese Zodiac got their years: a race that's terrible for all involved.😈 The Creat…
1 year, 4 months ago
Celtic folklore: The Baddies
Episode 400
👸 Our princess is in another castle! 👸
Two stories from Ireland where it's unclear who the villain is...and how it might just be among the people we l…1 year, 4 months ago
Canadian folklore: Wild Night
Episode 399
🎉At a bad New Year's party?🎉
It has to be better than little Joe and Baptiste's New Years, in the frigid Canadian wilderness. But they're going to cha…1 year, 5 months ago
Nordic Christmas: In the Bleak Mid-winter
Episode 398
🌲Trolls, zombies, and evil housecats🌲
It must be Christmas in the Nordic countries. Today, a young officer is stuck in the city after being in a brief…1 year, 5 months ago
Monkey King: King of Hearts
Episode 397
🐵Monkey and Co. are really hoping this city is different🐵
I mean, it has to be, right? Not every city can be full of monsters...can it? We're back in …1 year, 5 months ago