What The Folklore?

We're all going to stumble through trying to pronounce some Welsh names as we read the second branch of the "Mabinogion" this week. A lot of it is focused on how you could skin a line of horses without being stopped, so if you have any input, send it on over. Suggested talking points: Flensing a horse, putters and leavers, why horses live in pairs, hype men for babies, a wooden power sui...

Tyler has some more ideas to drive up listener engagement. We come up with the perfect team to fix the US Constitution by getting embedded into the ink molecules. We figure out how to create the next Elon Musk to build a sky city. 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...

Gordie are Tyler are choosing to get "Peter Bull" out of the way this week, which leads to the discover of what Harry Chapin REALLY meant when he wrote "Cats In the Cradle." It explains how the hell the pieces of this story fell the way they did. Suggested talking points: new mics, story aversion, Andrew Ljaunger, cow-boy math, the crime within, money word of the day, X-animals...

We're having fun with our new audio mixer, so get ready for some sound experiments! We're also discussing some ways to drive up listener engagement, by adding some inaccessible dimensions to the show. 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 merc...

This is the maiden voyage of our brand new mic system (TM), so we hope you enjoy the beefed up sound! We're using it to read "The Three Strong Women," and yes, there are fights in it. Suggested talking points: Mermaid Christmas, fancy new mics, story dictator, casting wrestlers, Whale Santa and his barnacle workshop, word wrestling If you like our show, find us online to help spread the...

This week, Gordie makes his case that being lactose intolerant and allergic to paprika should be considered a civil rights issue, citing many legal precedents. 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...

Gordie and Tyler have done their best to get out of reading "Our Lady's Child," but that fateful day has come at last. No protests, however reasonably they may be, will be heard. There's also some pretty pungent hair and diaper stuff. Suggested talking points: a folklore habit, the best romp through fairyland, a chocolate bunny diagnosis, cuter crimes, the cold war but with your children...

We realized that Stan Lee left Octopus-Man right there on the table for the taking. And we don't mean a guy who made some metal arms, we mean a for-real octopus mutant guy. And we created that superhero, because the world needs it. 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.co...

Suggested talking points: Babes Island, A Diesel Departure, Flimflam Feline Feast, Bechdel Deliberation , Watch Her Make Toilet, That Was Totally Monkeys, Chocolate Dipped Puppies, 400,000 Like-minded Dudes, A Man of Dynamite, Husbands For Everyone!, Lady Morbunt 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...

It's still going. This is not the last part of this story. That said, take special note of how it starts. We're also getting a d'Aulnoynian standard in a long flashback from a character that proves one of our predictions-technically speaking-correct. Suggested talking points: the robber without object permanence, Barroness Tiffany, horses are for earners, the ghost candyman, taxi horse, Prince Ron...

In part 2 of our anniversary episode, our heroes become more entangled with the nonsense that surrounds them. Some super OP gifts are given out. Madame d'Aulnoy is at the full height of her powers. Brave onward, listeners. Suggested talking points: “Home Aloned” Your Own Son, Vertical Barracks, Horse on Shuffle Mode, Jekyllboy, Air Prince of Bel, Acute Krane Kick Response, Ashton Kutcher’s Merry P...

It's our second anniversary, which can mean only one thing: Madame d'Aulnoy strikes back with another four-part story, called "Prince Ariel,"and it has all of her hallmarks: made up stuff that makes no sense, long flashbacks, filling in the wrong plotholes, the whole nine yards. Joining us this week is a special guest, Brandon from the podcast Jump Kick Punch! Suggested talking points: t...

Cherry Man keeps coming back. From obscurity to fame, he's become something of a fixation for us. We're talking about his origins, what exactly he is, and how he got his powers. 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...

We're back on schedule following a hectic two weeks or so, and we have a pretty involved theory about this main character's backstory as a cryptid egg/football player whose career went awry. It fills in the gaps of "Cinderstick" very nicely. Suggested talking points: Holy day split, the Twisted Fire Stopper, kanky spanks, a Yeti digression, real cryptids, Cinder Rave, too brief a smokebo...

In this week's ramblecast, we're discussing the best way to get in close to be friends with a Tiger, and any legal ramifications involved, as well as addressing the kind of content Youtube needs. 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 merchandi...

We got stuck on the Little Mermaid for awhile here, even though there's really no great tie-in. But we're not about the easy life, we'll work hard to make an analogy stick, especially when it doesn't really fit. This week we're reading "The 12 Months." Suggested talking points: the Reboot, Prague: Boom City Boom, mermaid reproductive patterns, grub sister, road sniffs, the apple problem,...

Suggested talking points: and the babies were fine, noose chain, metaphor wars, mouse love, the new retail therapy, Fuckboi Micky, the #4 at Jimmy John's, the dance you want to dance 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 inform...

We accidentally invented a whole new religion for this episode, in which we're reading "Unanana and the Elephant." There are some ties to a recent popular addition to the Folklore Mythos, and what we like most in a story: a character with a plan. Suggested talking points: Choo Choo 99, super round babies, police extensions, Babar gets gutted by an angry woman, the bean payoff, the Tony R...

The news this week is a little bit too juicy not to dive into this week, so we're contemplating our existential democracy. It's a pretty messed up world out there, but we're here to filter everything for you into something more palatable. 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...

Suggested talking points: an aristocratic reading stand, centaur-bear, beef buds, a treasure trove of iconography, Twisty Rick the Oakslinger, a stingy baker's dozen, notarized beef squadThis week's story "John the Bear" makes a nice addition to the Ur-Story, giving us some room to speculate wildly as to what's going on. A quasi-bear-man kills a bunch of devils in this week, it's pretty...

This week we're discussing the possibilities of a folklore Tinder profile/dating service, and delving into a brand new area for comedy: what makes men and women different? Amiright??!?! 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 inf...

This is not really a formal episode, but we received a very lovely box of stuff from a listener and decided that we should open it on air, and added in a few gifts to each other as well: if you'd like to join us, feel free! We got each other some pretty dumb gifts. But the listener box was amazing. If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Yo...

We're all back in the same room for the first time in over a week, fresh off the holidays! We've got another one from the Washington state area, called "The Boy and His Magic Robe." We're getting into Birdfall a little bit, and talking about serial killer psychology a lot. Suggested talking points: the whoopee chamber, the open writing coffee table, the evil approaches, Tim Gunn's escape...

Due to the holidays interfering with our recording last week, we've assembled a collection of clips from the following episodes: My Daughter's Sheeper, The One About the Bus, The Vietnamese Boy From Beyond the Stars, Switcheroonium, the Tale of Foolums Gap, Bomb-Ass Cave Kids, Mr. Bucket Sex Party If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and You...

We're finishing up "The Snow Queen" this week, and introducing a side character that's sure to join the pantheon of great fairy tale side characters. Everything is coming full circle. Math is key, body fluids are a go, and the writers of Frozen are increasingly wrong. Suggested talking points: inner snow dad truth, fairy tale crossover, robber cannibals, the disease room, Bae the Reindee...