What The Folklore?

This week we're reading "The Seven Ravens," despite the objections of a two-thirds majority. This story turned out to be... not quite what we expected. There are some good nuggets buried in there. Suggested talking points: the bird threshold, a dry bird well, Exhibit A: the tie, concurrent fairy tales, podcast constitution, gossip gag order, a very strong application, a new wave of femin...

This week, we've invented a totally new type of art. We're also checking in on band names, and what the Tweens are up to these days. 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 show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

Quick editor's note: there's going to be some rough audio at the beginning of this one, but it gets fixed partway in. So when the sound changes, don't freak out. Other than technical issues, it's smooth sailing in fairy tale land with "The Bairn and the Sidhe," and all of the Bop-It secrets therein. Suggested talking points: 5 feet a man, Scottish boats, human IRAs, the full talk, Bop-It...

This week we're trying to piece together a screamed conversation that occurred in the bushes after midnight, as well as developing some new product and marketing strategies. 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 show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information abo...

We're giving France another shot at giving us a palatable story, after all of the d'Aulnoy that we've read over the years. Their effort "The Maiden In the Tower" is... an interesting strategy. It's a Rapunzel knockoff, but with some added twists, and a lengthy discussion about how babies are really born. If you're interested in seeing us at PodCon in December, check them out, and fill ou...

We have a long ramblecast for you this week to make up for last week. We're starting off with a discussion on improving travel conditions, and we move on to a subject that's going to become very close to our hearts: the flat earth theory. 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 show grow at www.pat...

We're diving into "The Journey West" again, because it's been awhile since we found out what the rascally Monkey King was up to. And we won't find out this week, because the book just decides to have a side trip into a filler chapter. Suggested talking points: Time Traveler Ben Carson, Gordie's Awkward Party Corner: Playlists, the body-slamming congressional candidate, mandarin shrimp mi...

This week we discuss the different kinds of reapers out there, pitch some patches for Overwatch, and think about what a sequel to Pagemaster would be like. 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 show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www...

We're visiting a seldom-traveled part of the world for us with this week's story "The Seven Weavers." We're off to Vietnam, to check up on more of the same set of sisters from previous Vietnamese stories we've ready. Turns out: Jeff Bridges is innate to all of them. Suggested talking points: folklore victims, the Kanye we were looking for, hotboxing a baby, putting Alice In Wonderland to...

Teeth are a mystery, and Gordie's been pondering them since having his wisdom teeth removed last week. Do birds have them? What's up with what cows do to their food? Why do we have to go through two sets of them as humans? Completely scientifically sound answers incoming. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube. Support us on Patreo...

Despite the talking points, this one does not have any Bony in it. We just want to get out ahead of this one: the #BonyAlert is set to 0. But these are some fun hashtags you can use to confuse your friends. This week we're finally getting to the much-awaited "Cottage In the Sky." Suggested talking points: new titles, #BonyAlert, #BonyWatch, #BonyWarning, fake weather/sports, reverse pest...

Carman and Tyler have cultural whiplash, inflicted when switching between British and American baking shows. 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 show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepodcast.com.

This week's story "The Boy With the Very Long Hair" has a reasonable foundation, but just needs a little bit of spice at the end to get things really popping. Which is where we come in. Sometimes it just takes a few dedicated people who are fixated on a couple of non-related topics to get a story right. Suggested talking points: Google Spy, baby Schwarzenegger, hunting a place to belong,...

This week we pause to consider the creators of things that are memed, parodied, and otherwise remade. Including the writers of folklore, and the creator of Clippy. Warning: there are some graphic pictures of that paperclip out there. 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 show grow at www.patreon....

This story "The Princess Bellaflor" makes more sense when you start to consider the drug habits of horses, and do a little measuring as to the soul capacity of a horse's body. We didn't get a movie out of this story, but we did out of a pretty sweet related project. Suggested talking points: the Mouse's sticky paws, the dairy bifurcation, hot-boxing ants, animal A-Team, crackhead horse s...

We found a treasure trove of knockoff animated movies made by a Brazilian studio, and discuss why Netflix changed its rating system. The short answer is that Tyler abused the old one. 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 show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and infor...

What we initially hoped was a dinosaur-centric story turned out to be... not quite that. "Clever Lass" refers to a human woman, not a dinosaur. But we still think it was a worthy gamble. Suggested talking points: Mr. Science Fiction/Witcher Author Michael Crichton, dinosaur priorities, proto-knife girl, blogging instincts, stored riddles If you like our show, find us online to help sprea...

We're exploring all of the ways Disney has missed opportunities with their fairy tales, and updating their plots to involve modern conflicts. 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 show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show at www.wtfolklorepod...

This week's story, "Molly Whuppie," is one of those that just needs a little bit of massaging for it to really take shape, which is where we come in. But at least it features a competent main character, and those are hard to come by. Suggested talking points: a triple cannibal murder, an extreme ding dong dash, Tyler's pizza adventure, reverse peeing, enemy grinds, gateway party drugs, a...

What happens when the book of fate is very non-specific, and/or wrong? Is the error fated, or do you just chalk it down to some kind of clerical goof-em-up and move on? We're going to found out in "The Prince and the Three Fates." Also if you're into mixing animals together, stay tuned. Suggested talking points: A William Faulkner fairy tale, how we want to die, animals that start with D...

After the collapse of I-85 in Atlanta, we're recounting our best infrastructure related stories, as well as going over the rules for survival in Atlanta traffic. 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 show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can find merchandise and information about the show...

A bad attitude does not pay off, as we learn in reading "The Two Caskets" this week. But you do get to see how a GOOD attitude pays off. Also there's some time travel, and we typecast some folks. Suggested talking points: Bus absolutes, cow pranks, where cows pee, the super good law center for law, the real location of Malaysia Flight 370, H.P. Teencraft, the Ourobororat, KFC logo evolut...

Tyler brings us a fresh new scheme that will change advertising forever. We discuss horror movie, and what to do when you figure out that you're in one, as well as the possibility of a digital Plato's Cave. 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 show grow at www.patreon.com/wtfolklore. You can fin...

"Cap O' Rushes" is finally here, despite our best attempts to avoid it. Because of those attempts, we found out we have a pretty good lock on what's going down in the animal kingdom, but we still managed to come up with a plausible conspiracy theory about the story. Suggested talking points: the rest of Steamboat Willy, a quick film lesson, putting off the story, skateboard sponsorships,...

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