What The Folklore?

This week WTFolklore reads How the Brazilian Beetles Got their Gorgeous Coats. That may seem like a very straightforward title to you at first glance, but as our episode title suggests, something deeper lurks below the surface of this tale. Suggested talking points: There Might Be Content, Outfluencers, Turds with Legs, Doomed to Never Be Aesthetic, Tigers All the Way Down, One Hell of a EULA, The...

This week WTFolklore reads The Magic Swan-Geese, or as it's more commonly known these days, Jim Henson's Labyrinth starring David Bowie. Suggested talking points: Venti Daughter, Murder is Naughty, A Wild Oven in the Tall Grass, The Cult of the Sob, The Inanimal Z Team, What WOULDN'T You Do for a Subaru? If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaa...

This week on WTFolklore, we celebrate Independence Day the only way we know how...by reading a story from Japan instead. Join us for The Cats' Elopement. Suggested talking points: Soothsaying MLM, More Smoke Than Casino, A Patriotic Eye-full, Web 3.0: Voices Screeching in the Wind, Cute and with Fewer Teeth than Normal, Cat Saloon If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https:...

Concluding Pride Month 2023, we finish reading The Story of the Marquise-Marquis de Banneville, from Charles Perrault.  Suggested talking points: Folktales are Optional, Subterranean Podcast Jail, A Duel Here and There is Nice, Tom Clancy's Bepis Problem, Shovelin' Arms Ain't Tired Yet, Gift of the Magi After Hours If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.co...

Continuing Pride Month 2023, we begin reading The Story of the Marquise-Marquis de Banneville, from Charles Perrault.  Suggested talking points: The Big One About the Red Lady, Where Tangents Come to Drink and Unwind, Nobility Population Control, Desperate To Do Some Fraud, Gambling>Hot Lady>Lawsuit, A 15-Minute Intermission to Crowd Surf If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit...

HEY! YOU! CARMAN'S DOING A KICKSTARTER ! CHECK IT OUT! To commemorate the beginning of Pride Month 2023, we read The Nobleman's Daughter Who Became a Soldier, a Lithuanian tale provided to us through the great efforts of our discord community. Suggested talking points: No Bits, All Bangers, A High-Stakes Episode, Helpful at Army, No Time For Singing, ABR: Always Be Recruiting, Ground-Can Don't Lie...

HEY! YOU! CARMAN'S DOING A KICKSTARTER ! CHECK IT OUT! This week on WTFolklore we miraculously continue reading The Tree That Reached the Sky.   The scope of this tree expands exponentially, like a Big Bang. Suggested talking points: The Do-Over Wizard, How Do I Humpty This Dumpty?, The Vague Shape of a Dude, Til Bits Do Us Part, Stabs Monthly, The Regal Echidna, The Promised Apples If you'd like...

HEY! YOU! CARMAN'S DOING A KICKSTARTER ! CHECK IT OUT! This week on WTFolklore we begin reading The Tree That Reached the Sky. Though, in a way, we also conclude reading The Tree That Reached the Sky, even though next week, we're going to continue reading The Tree That Reached the Sky. It'll make sense when you get there Suggested talking points: Paid in Hugs and Reassurances, KFC At the End of th...

HEY! YOU! CARMAN'S DOING A KICKSTARTER ! CHECK IT OUT! After an almost definitely unhelpful recap of Part 1, we conclude our trek into The Punishment of Gangana . Hopefully this time you walk away with useful knowledge, like the difference between a dragon and a flying lizard, what is and is not a prank (kidnapping), and that if you just wait around long enough, eventually something will happen. S...

HEY! YOU! CARMAN'S DOING A KICKSTARTER ! CHECK IT OUT! After discussing our various franchising options (again), We begin reading The Punishment of Gangana this week. We do our best to follow along, but it proves to be deceptively simple, and entirely interested in the minutiae of a number of characters it decides to name at random intervals. Good luck with Part 2, everyone. Suggested talking poin...

HEY! YOU! CARMAN'S DOING A KICKSTARTER ! CHECK IT OUT! This week on WTFolklore, after a brief update on the state of mini-golf and pizza in this country, we read Yallery Brown, which is less of a cautionary tale and more of a general PSA to be on the lookout for this prick. Suggested talking points: A Good Place To Hide From a Baby, Phantom Pizza From a Mouse, The Age of Un-Time, Evolution of the...

HEY! YOU! CARMAN'S DOING A KICKSTARTER ! CHECK IT OUT! This week on WTFolklore we read Herr Lazarus and the Draken, which sounds SUSPICIOUSLY familiar to another tale we read many, many years ago... Suggested talking points: Sweeping: A Thing You Don't HAVE To Do On Carpets, About 40% Cooler, Paperwork Makes Friendship Stronger, A Beef With Foxes, Fairy Shark Tank If you'd like to support Carman's...

This week on WTFolklore we read Lutung Kasarung, the tale of a woman so committed to snatching defeat from the jaws of victory that she does it like, four or five times in a row. Also, there's a very humble, magical monkey. Suggested talking points: Carpetalism, Grocery Store Final Boss, Carpet Cannon (Celebratory), Carman Stanklation, Humble Monkey Dynamite If you'd like to support Carman's artis...

This week on WTFolklore we read The Flaming Horse: The Story of a Country Where The Sun Never Shines, which is ACTUALLY the story of a man who loves two things most in life: Books and Murder. Suggested talking points: Lost the Rights to Sunshine, Regicide: Round 2, Good Ol' Fashioned Imagination Fight, Backup Plans are for Chumps, Sun Love Horse, Horse Love Sun, Murder Is Usually It's Own Reward I...

This week on WTFolklore we conclude reading Princess Nobody , Andrew Lang's fanfic about some of Richard Doyle's paintings AND A Midsummer Night's Dream,  apparently. We also stumble on the potential catalyst for all the strife between birds and fairies we've documented since the podcast began... Suggested talking points: The Tenants of Carpetpunk, Laughter FAQ, Hair Pasketti, Royally Dusted, Big...

This week on WTFolklore we begin reading Princess Nobody , Andrew Lang's fanfic about some of Richard Doyle's paintings. It also has some serious Kingdom Hearts energy. Suggested talking points: A Two-Year Degree in "Sun", Speaking of Goblin Messes…, Fairy Heist of the Century, Constant Gallivanting, Pondering Princess Strats If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www...

Wow! 365 Episodes! You've got one for every day of the year now! This week on WTFolklore we read The Boy Who Wanted More Cheese, which is frankly a reasonable position to have. Suggested talking points: This Episode Brought To You By Carpets, Non-Tenured Adjunct Professor Laminate, The Raunchiness of Cheese, You Have To Earn Pockets, Paws at the Threshold, THE CHEESE HOUSE WAS A METAPHOR If you'd...

This week on WTFolklore, after a little bit of education on the storied profession of Butling, we read The Disobedient Son, which continues OUR storied tradition of misnomers. Suggested talking points: Dr. Carpets, Practical Butling, Little Devil Dormitory, We Don't Know Anything, Nudged Toward "Acceptable" If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carman...

This week on WTFolklore, we read The Barrel Bung, A Swedish tale about jump scares and glory holes, and we peppered in a light dusting of Satanic Panic at the end, for flavor. Suggested talking points: The Timescale of Omens, Jumpscare Jenny, The One Thing a Bat Cannot Tolerate, BURN THE BUNG, Son of Pikachu, Down the Satanic Panic Hole If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit:...

This week on WTFolklore, we read Hans Christian Andersen's The Swineherd, which may or may not even feature a swine herd in it... Suggested talking points: Crime-Awareness Fighter, The Minimum Square Footage for Wedding, Free Bird! (Imperative), A Stack of Pigs to the Sky, Efficient Ways to Rot the Brain, Instinctual Curtsy If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.p...

This week on WTFolklore, we read The Legend of Leech , which is a blink-and-you'll-miss-it titular detail. Suggested talking points: Posthumous Donut Title, When Your Blood Goes Away, Woke Up Married, Coconut Lard, Turn Off the World 'til Tomorrow If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spr...

This week on WTFolklore, we read The Two Kings' Children, Another Grimm tale. Gotta be honest, the boys REALLY phoned it in on this one. We'd have been better off if the prophecy in the beginning actually came true... Suggested talking points: Now That's What I Call Folklore!, Begging to be Final Destination'd, Stag Is Man, Man is Drag, Drag is Food, A Bobble Head to Split the Earth, Kid ROI, The...

We'll be honest, we got a little smug this week. We felt confidant in our abilities to predict where a story featuring an Animal A- Team would go. We forgot who we were dealing with... Thanks to Mars for joining us this week! You can also catch him streaming "Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms" Suggested talking points: See and Omen, Say an Omen, A Very Big Monday, Holding onto Whimsy Like a W...

Well, Here we are, right on time, in the first week of 2023. Time to rev up the ol' Folklore machine again, after it's winter slumber. For some reason, we've decided the best way to shake off the cobwebs is the read another Madame d'Aulnoy tale, Fair Goldilocks ...but we're gonna need some help. Thanks to Mars for joining us this week! You can also catch him streaming "Idle Champions of the Forgot...

Don't let the title fool you, this is DEFINITELY a Christmas themed episode, and it is chock-full, jam-packed with 3 different tales of holiday cheer, just for you dear listeners. Just don't think to hard about the mysteries of Santa Claus... Suggested talking points: Advent Calendar of Robbery, Festive From a Turkey's Point of View, Off to Kid Mountain, Toy Slough, Stew is Chew, Soup is Goop If y...