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This week on WTFolklore after some brief forays into the worlds of toilets and Hallmark movies, which ARE different, we read The Cat that Walked by Himself , certainly for the first time ever. We learn some uncomfortable truths about the sitcoms that are our lives, and the marketing acumen of our feline friends. Suggested talking points: Pork and Apples, Hummingbird Lore from the Toilet Kings, Tri...

This week on WTFolklore we read The Fairies of the Waterfall, which inadvertently helps to clue us in on the diabolical modern-day machinations of the Fae. Suggested talking points: Vivid Nighttime Idea Hallucinations, A Big "We", Practical Laundry Math, Infrared Flags, Mandala Death Messenger, A Ham-Themed Year, Lorem Ipsum Lagoon,  If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: htt...

We've made it to the spookiest day of the year! Enjoy our retelling of The Blacksmith's Stool: The Story of a Man Who Found That Death was Necessary Suggested talking points: GPS as a Statement Necklace, Freaky 2:30 to 4:30, Give the Stool a Chance, Forever Staycation, Spa Day in Space, Quarterly Ani-Devil Training, Diet-Death, Tinnitus of the Tongue If you'd like to support Carman's artistic ende...

This week for Spooklore, we learn about Herne the Hunter, a man so baller in life that it was inevitable he'd be just as baller in death.   Suggested talking points: Build-A-Backstory, Some of Us Have Brigands to Fight, The Most Recent Ghost, Just Lads Being Mates, Best at Woods, Best at Ghost If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings I...

This week for Spooklore, we tell the tale of The Loss of Jacob Hurd, though in reality the tale is less about Jacob, and more about his own son's ghost-vengeance on his hassle of a father. Thanks to Dave for joining us again! Suggested talking points: Industrialized Curse Complex, Some Of These Words Are Just Vibes, The Girl-Child Iceberg, Dante's Inferno: Really Long Arms Edition, Bad Math and Br...

This week for Spooklore, we eventually get around to telling a Polish folktale, The Demon's Dance , but first we ask that you Descend into a societal horror with us. Thanks to Theo for joining us again! Suggested talking points: Plato's Cave of Corporatocracy, Knife: Mint in Box, High Mischief Tolerance, The Pope Store on Pope Island, Cutcotaku, An EpiPen Full of Sulfur, Eternal Chaperone of Demon...

Kicking off Spooklore once more is the return of the Journey West. Certainly not as body-horror-y as last years entry, but still enough Halloween flavor to whet the appetite. Suggested talking points: Herald of Mischief, The Ultimate Trick-Or-Treater, One Measly Murder, Pickled Horse, Dunkin' Infestation, Nature's Most Camaflouge Animal, Beanie Baby Martial Skills If you'd like to support Carman's...

This week on WTFolklore, we read The Riddle . That's something of a misnomer, as no riddles appear whatsoever. But there are plenty of personal anecdotes to be had. Suggested talking points: A Satisfying Scrunch, An Anecdote-Proof Life, Giant Dog Emporium, BYOBubble, Code Scheherazade, The Great Squander Games, The Sphynx Detox If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://w...

This week WTFolklore reads Forest Bride: The Story of a Little Mouse Who Was a Princess, which very succinctly sums up what you should expect to hear about. In addition to more single-panel Facebook Comic Strip Audiobooks, of course. Suggested talking points: Maybe We're the Poops, Rank the Boys, Go Away My Sons, High-Stakes Parking Garage, Cheesecake Adjacent, Opinions on Barley, Lice For Rich-Pe...

This week on WTFolklore is the follow-up story to last week, titled How Ball Carrier Finished His Task, and, listen, we MAY have been a little overzealous in our endorsement of a certain witch last week... Suggested talking points: Museum Of Things You Walk On, The Age of Windbreakers, Pigeon Beats Wolf, The Speed of Couch, Bonked to Death, Cried an Egg, The Truckerverse If you'd like to support C...

This week on WTFolklore, we read the Unattributed Native American tale, The Ball Carrier and the Bad One , which features a confusing training montage, distressingly terrible plans, and a shocking sequel hook Suggested talking points: Escape from the Chaos Zone, A Pokeball for Children, Booster Pack of Wolves, Simply Shriek Until Things Get Better, A Number 6 Combo and a Plan If you'd like to supp...

This week WTFolklore reads the Icelandic tale, The Witch in the Stone Boat , after a brief return from a beloved segment. Suggested talking points: The Pungent Void, Celebrate by Suffering, Hot to Breathe, Boats are Binary, The Air is Thick with Scolding, Whisper and Bake Your Secrets, Troll-Shaped Bib, Full of Porridge and Dreams If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https:...

This week WTFolklore  concludes reading Prince Tity , and end up attending the most rancid-vibes party we've ever heard of. Suggested talking points: A Quick Jasper Fforde Endorsement, Two Birds with One War, Sadness-Horny Sickness, Eloquent Warmaking, Plot-Thread Picnic If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, fi...

This week WTFolklore  begins reading Prince Tity , a French tale (not "that" France though), and meet a character we've been dreaming of our whole lives. Suggested talking points: Phrase of Woman, Merely and Oopsie, The Head-Lop-Off Pendulum, The Gucci Fairy, A Sentient Mist, King Divorced If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If yo...

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...