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On this, the spookiest week of the year, we read two stories from the spookiest place on earth: South Carolina. Don't believe us? You will when these terrifying tales are through! Suggested talking points: Bristling with Fiber Optics, Cereal for Adults, The Dickhead Gambit, Pancake Gun, Choo Choo Tank, Baby's First Spooky Story, The Prize Man If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, v...

This week on WTFolklore we have a bite-sized Spooklore for you all, as we read The Sleeping Prince   from Suriname. We'll be back next week with a double-stuf explosion of Spooklore! Suggested talking points: Big Ol' Horse Brawl, Mystery Spook Flavors, Spiders ready for War, The Whimbus did Speak, The Bone Age If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/car...

The Good China train continues this week as we hear the thrilling conclusion to Sun Wukong's ordeal with Zhu Bajie! Suggested talking points: Magnificent Midnight Battle at the Mountainside, Prose or GTFO, Garden Variety Ghost Guide, M'Monkey, Need for Deed, Eyeball Daddy, We All Return to Pig If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings I...

Who's ready for some Good China? Suggested talking points: Punching for Fruit and Pants, Wrapped up in Monkey, A Very Urkel Vibe, Schrodinger's Daughter, Drowning in Good China 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 spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us o...

This week on WTFolklore, we read Not a Pin to Choose Between Them , a Norwegian tale featuring many different currencies, none of which are particularly local to Norway. Mostly we spend our time trying to quantify "silliness", though. Suggested talking points: Long Cows, Cows4CornCash.com, Boneless Hen, Bottom of the Woman Barrel, The Gibblebup Quotient, The Silliest Number If you'd like to suppor...

This week on WTFolklore, we finally learn the answer to a question that has plagued mankind for centuries, which is Why the Parrot Repeats Man's Words , a tale from Thailand. Perhaps our title features a clue. Suggested talking points: Sanitary Taffy Excretions, Brain Armor, Furby WiFi, Bird Court, A Dear Friend with Magic Powers, Beyond the Whimbus If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endea...

It's the end of the road. The Final "Final Folktale" until Square Enix deigns to gift the world with another one. The time we had together...I cherish. Walk tall, my friends   Special Thanks to Eric for joining us again on this one!   Music in chronological order: Victory Fanfare (Holder & Ephixa Remix) Apocalypsis Noctis by Yoko Shimomura  Stand By Me by Florence + The Machine  Final Fantasy Endi...

This week on WTFolklore, we're treated to The Farmer and his Hired Help , a story from Afghanistan with an exceptionally dry title. Fear not, dear listeners, because we spruce it up in the ways that only we know how to! Suggested talking points: MMA for cats, The Hair Corner, Paid in Butter, FarmConLaw, Moment of Silence for many goats, Farm Wars If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavor...

This week on WTFolklore we're reading The Iron Shoes , one of the lost manuscripts collected in  "The Turnip Princess and Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales". How does this forgotten fairy tale stack up to the nonsense we regularly spew on the spot? Listen and find out! Suggested talking points: The Life and Times of Alexander Downpipe, Reverse-Loopered, Victorian Ghostbusters II, The Original Hea...

This week on WTFolklore we're reading How an Old Man Lost his Wen , a heartwarming, feel-good tale from Japan about how if you're not just so very dope at dancing, demons will wreck your whole face up. It's basically the opposite of Footloose.  Suggested talking points: A Wizened Curse, Good Doctor Times, The Face Bank ™ , Wet and Wild vs. Fried and Smokey, Ancient Squirrel Man, The Cake Boss of D...

This week on WTFolklore, your three favorite hosts who are unchanged from last week, read The Snake Princess , from Russia. Shoulders are briefly brushed with old friend Koschei, but things take a philosophical turn when we discover, once and for all, what True Happiness is. Suggested talking points: Lore Reset, The Fall of Wobbles, Threatened to Bravery, Fire Go UP, Snake Go DOWN, The Great Punch...

This week on WTFolklore, we read several, related Rabbit tales from The Bird Who Cleans the World and Other Mayan Fables , collected by Victor Montejo. These stories, when paired together, paint the picture of a tragic downfall for the Trickster Rabbit, who undergoes a mental break not dissimilar to what's happening currently to at least one of the co-hosts. Suggested talking points: Sunk Cost Fal...

This week's episode is like a scattered dream, or perhaps a far-off memory. We try to line the pieces up.   Music in chronological order: Victory Fanfare (Holder & Ephixa Remix) Deep Dive by Yoko Shimomura  Final Fantasy Ending Theme by Nobuo Uematsu   If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter , Facebook , and Youtube . Support us on Patreon to help the sho...

This week on WTFolkore, we read The Rebel Princess , a Ukrainian tale. What begins as your average Boy Meets Girl, Boy and Girl pour over ancient manuscripts, Girl becomes feral tree person story rapidly escalates to a high seas adventure for a bookclub of drunk lady pirates. It's pretty rad. Suggested talking points: Agen-C, Smash Glass in case of Life, True Stank, Very Fancy Babies, Fantasy King...

This week on WTFolkore, we read Salt, Sauce, and Spice, Onion Leaves, Pepper, and Drippings , a Hausa tale from Northern Nigeria. We spend a considerable amount of the episode reflecting on soup and it's metaphorical capabilities, going so far as to radically change the one presented in a story. Ironically, we forgot a core component of any soup: Evil Spirits. Suggested talking points: Download In...

This week on WTFolklore, we read Tunjur, Tunjur , a Palestinian Arabic tale that presents the world with some exciting new challenges in parenting. It also allows us to reexamine the lasting trauma of being born as an inanimate object. Suggested talking points: Husband Juice, Classic Verbal Memes, The Storkitron, Human Kilns, Crave Paintings, Inanimate Object Support Group If you like our show, fi...

Tyler continues his Focus to explain the plot of every Final Fantasy to his captive co-hosts this week, lest a vengeful Pulse Fal'Cie come along and make a motorcycle jetplane dragon lady burst out of his tattoo to turn him a Cieth. Tuesdays, amirite?   Special Thanks to Eric for joining us again on this one!   Music in chronological order: Victory Fanfare (Holder & Ephixa Remix) Blinded by Light...

This week on WTFolklore, we're covering Achol and Her Wild Mother , a Sudanese tale that we think is an absolutely perfect fit for the brand new and not at all desperate new streaming platform, Quibi! Suggested talking points: Accidental EGOT, Entry-Level Lion, Bits of Important Limbs, Well-Rassled Steaks, For Quibi's Consideration If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Foll...

This week on WTFolklore we're reading The Enchanter and The Enchantress,   a story so poorly titled it'll make your head spin.  It does, however, sport some very compelling characters and some sexy, sexy magic. Suggested talking points: Gendertoad, Scrambled Dog Eggs (with Ketchup), Internally-screamed Magic Spells, Myth-times Walmart, Crimebelina If you like our show, find us online to help sprea...

This week we're reading the Haitian tale, The Gizzard , which may sound at first like well-worn territory for us, but in fact comes with many advancements in Gizzard Tech, as well as cautionary information about Yard Devils Suggested talking points: Fart Margins, Oompa Boompas, The Bacon Flap, GizzPizz, Non-Consensual Blood Brotherhood, Boynana Sundaes, Brain Swag If you like our show, find us onl...

Spoilers: You will hear 12 loud, unpleasant sounds played in succession from 43:13-43:52, if you would like to skip it. This week on WTFolklore we're covering Final Fanta..mphg ghppphf splrf (sound of being gagged) , (sound of being tied up with ropes) This week on WTFolklore we're covering The Story of Mo-e Mo-e: Also a Story About Po-o and About Kau-hu-hu the Shark-God, and About Mo-e Moe's Son,...

Have you ever wished that Star Wars was about magic rocks, took place entirely on land, and had names like Zargabaath and Bhujerba? Wish no more!    Special Thanks to Eric for joining us again on this one!   Music in chronological order: Victory Fanfare (Holder & Ephixa Remix) Final Fantasy XII Boss Theme by Hitoshi Sakimoto  Final Fantasy Ending Theme by Nobuo Uematsu   If you like our show, find...

This week, Tyler tells the gang a story he's INTIMATELY familiar with.   Music in chronological order: Victory Fanfare (Holder & Ephixa Remix) Vana'diel March by Naoshi Mizuta Hikari (PlantiB Remix) by Utada Hikaru  Final Fantasy Ending Theme by Nobuo Uematsu   If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter , Facebook , and Youtube . Support us on Patreon to hel...

We're keeping it overall very simple this week, light and fluffy, just your average run-of-the-mill story about zombies, sports, big cats, time travel, whales, racism and religion! Special Thanks to Eric for joining us again on this one!   Music in chronological order: Victory Fanfare (Holder & Ephixa Remix) A Fleeting Dream and Final Fantasy Ending Theme by Nobuo Uematsu   If you like our show, f...

You know what they say: ninth time's the charm. Nothing exemplifies that more than Final Fantasy IX, a story about virtue, existentialism, frogs, bugs, rat people, airships, canaries, wizard build-a-bears, two planets eating eachother, multiple dimensions, The Darkness of Eternity, and a crystal that manifested life as we know it. It don't get more Final than that.   Special Thanks to Eric for joi...