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Breath? You should take a deep Faith? this is quite the leap Taste? You KNOW it's bittersweet This week on WTFolklore, we face our fears, and recap a tale that, as one Grimoire Highwind puts it, is "Not Meant for Human Consumption". We're also joined by special guest, Nate!   Music in chronological order: Victory Fanfare (Holder & Ephixa Remix) Face My Fears by Hikaru Utada  Final Fantasy Ending T...

This week on WTFolklore, we read The Blue Light, a sort of remix of two other tales we've read rather recently, see if you can guess which! In it, we learn of the terrifying capabilities of color-coded dwarves, and the frightening lengths they will go to in order to alleviate their own boredom. Suggested talking points: Beyond the Pavlov Barrier, Smash That Castle Button, Handfuls of Sherbet, Invi...

This week on WTFolklore, we continue our trudge through Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp , this time in China, which is not a sudden change of scenery at all. Turns out life is just nothing but problems, especially if you continually, almost deliberately forget you have a magical genie living on your finger. Suggested talking points: Hungry Hungry Himbo, Disney Movie Crisis Actors, Pitchforks and Pa...

This week on WTFolklore, we learn possibly THE most efficient way to squander two genies, chock full of wish-juice, as we begin (but do not conclude) reading Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp Suggested talking points: AMAB, Amp-to-Amp Genie Wishes, The Round Boy and Jafar, PLEASE Nort the Vizier, A Cause to Lube Up, Hit-Genies If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.p...

This week on WTFolklore, we read pull the ripcord on an Emergency Rutabaga Bomb, and dip back into Carl Sandburg's Rootabaga Tales , to read through How They Broke Away to go to the Rootabaga Country. Yes, "rutabaga" is spelled wrong on purpose. Prepare to learn a lot more than you ever cared to know about the gestation of Clowns. Suggested talking points: Turn the Doorknob so the Whimbus May Touc...

This week on WTFolklore, we read The Twelve Dancing Princesses , the classic Grimm Bros. tale about a rat king made out of daughters who dance their lives away every night down in Space Jam World. Suggested talking points: Busted Podcasting Rig Covered in Spikes, A Ratking of Girls, Just a Tame Inside Fire, High Top Emu Boots, A Monarch's Dozen, Twelve Baby Anakins, Three "Honk Shoos" and One "Mim...

This week on WTFolklore, we read two vastly different versions of The Legend of the Hero, Menesk , which both purport to be true accounts. Shockingly, Astoundingly, and with great effort, we DO manage to make both accounts true simultaneously. All we had to do was tear open a TIME HOLE. Suggested talking points: The "English" to "Why-is-this-happening" Translation, The Story Equivalent of Peripher...

This week on WTFolklore we finish reading the Hans Christian Anderson tale, The Tinder Box , which is shockingly revealed to be a collaboration with Mary Shelley (the inventor of Mars), and a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of infinite dog money. Suggested talking points: Digital Space Knapsack, Largely a Work of Spite, Old-Timey Zippo, One Million Money to Live, Mars Needs Monarchy, Way Too Cl...

This week on WTFolklore we check in with the Hans Christian Anderson catalogue, reading The Tinder Box , which is a story that definitely, totally, 100% takes place on Mars, and you can't change our minds. Suggested talking points: Backwards Engineering Excuses, Punzel Chassis, Giger's Big Red Kaiju, Whips and Sugar Sticks, No Sentiment on Mars, Too Many Stairs for Friendship If you'd like to supp...

This week on WTFolklore we read the Grimm tale, The Iron Stove , wherein we finally decide to test our mettle as Folklorists, and employ the new GTC Classification System to better inform YOU about what kinda story you're in for. Mileage may vary. Suggested talking points: Return to the Cotton Eye Joe Void, The Tyler Hate Zone, Nut Dress, Magic Paycheck Splurge, Winky Drinky Coinkydinky, Yoink-a-L...

This week on WTFolklore we read The Shoes of Abu Kassim , which as far as we're concerned is a film franchise with Rowan Atkinson's name plastered all over it. We also discover just why Elon Musk is SO obsessed with tunnels. Truth bombs abound on this episode. If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us onlin...

This week on WTFolklore we read The Snow, The Crow, and The Blood , a story largely about none of those things! Surprise!  It IS a cautionary tale about letting your horny be your guide in life, and falling under the charming spell of a little red man who needs some extra dps for his sidequests. But at the end of the day, he'll help you lobotomize a lady of your choosing, so you decide if it's a g...

This week on WTFolklore after a short...Divergence...from our normal banter, we read an anthology of King Midas tales from around the world, all focused on a, uh, lesser known aspect from the original tale. Suggested talking points: A World Where Parkour is Important, One Hundred Percent None Percent Normal, Bloated with Secrets, The Sweeney Todd Paradox, No Rules Just Write If you'd like to suppo...

This week on WTFolklore we check in on Carman's time at FWA, Tyler's ongoing Robin Hobb Problem, and then read the Grimm's tale, Bearskin.   Somewhat appropriately, as this is only half the Devil's number, he only appears for half the episode Suggested talking points: Hotboxing All the Buzzy Boys, Cybergrams, A One-Man Island of Misfit Toys, Army Teaches You the Hard Tickles, The Stinkiest Bezos I...

This week on WTFolklore we revolutionize book-buying, before then convincing you to never buy a book again by reading The Story of Jason Squiff and Why He had a Popcorn Hat, Popcorn Mittens, Popcorn Shoes , a distinctly American tale. Either that, or this recording is just a long stretch of static, you tell me. Suggested talking points: Chadow, Shrek Fathomed a Dragon, D'Aulnoy's Second Life, Head...

This week on WTFolklore, after a brief update to our resumes and tax forms (keepin' it strictly business this week), we finish reading The Bird 'Grip' , from Sweden.  Suggested talking points: Men of Indeterminate Age, Kickflipping Burgers, Jiminy Cricket's Kettlebells, Now That's What I Call Gurdy, Wikihoofs, The Valley That's Bad to Look At If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, v...

This week on WTFolklore, after redoubling our efforts to bring you the greenest podcast on the net, we begin reading The Bird 'Grip' , from Sweden. We also encounter the saddest possible party we've ever seen. Suggested talking points: USB Sunflower, Earth Shanties, Old Lady Zubjöks, Two Sons for the Price of None, Door-to-door War Salesman, Clown Eggs If you'd like to support Carman's artistic en...

This week, it's a new entry in the Anthology edition, with classic clips from the following episodes: 126: The Whitest of Privileges 127: A certain Grimminess 129: Jessica Fidgetspinner 132: Flowers for Goofy 137: The New Ghost-Based Economy Ramblecast 139 139: Pokemon: Gun 141: Were-Bud   If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If yo...

This week on WTFolklore, we meant to just read The Magic Cap , but you accidentally get a double feature, cause Tyler also really, really, REALLY needed to talk about Pinocchio: A True Story . Suggested talking points: Budgeting Pinocchio Time, Pay Me In Smiles, The Hero's Meander, The Red-Nose Thirst, Great-Great-Grandwitch, The Dexter of Pranks If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavor...

This week on WTFolklore, we read Johnny Reed's Cat. Rather than write a bunch of words here, instead we ask you simply picture a cat in your mind's eye...woah! where's it going! Ah it stopped suddenly! Now it's sleeping... Yeah, now you're gettin' it... Suggested talking points: The Lazy Man's Train Tracks, Door Real-estate, Are You Foppish or Bwappish?, You've Crossed the Wrong Cat Mafia, Impress...

This week on WTFolklore, we read The Iron Wolf , a Ukrainian tale about a (probably) mechanical beast who's WAY into that grindset-mindset, and is mysteriously linked to the beef dimension Here are some links if you'd like to make donations in support of Ukrainian civilians currently displaced due to the occupation of their country: https://donate.coreresponse.org/give/393950/#!/donation/checkout...

This week on WTFolklore, we tell the exceptionally short Glooscap and the Baby , which only takes us roughly 12 minutes to get through. "How can this be?" You ask yourself, looking at the runtime. We simply ask that you trust us on this one...   Suggested talking points: Celebrity Treasure Maps, Tangent Sandwich, Daily Cannibal Raid, Peaked as an Infant, The Slow and The Curious, The Jimmy Fallon...

This week on WTFolklore, we read The Singing, Springing Lark , a Grimm tale with...a number of familiar elements.  Suggested talking points: There's No Hole in Volleyball, Frasier Crane Lego Set, Maybe Sometimes a Lion, Here's a Nut Go It, Timon and Pumba's Excellent Bedroom Encounter (But there's a Bird at the Start) If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon...

This week on WTFolklore, we return to that old classic Pentamerone to read The Young Slave , a story so engaging that we spend a good chunk of the episode enumerating which ghosts are and are not useful, as well as a number of points of history we could irreparably damage with a time machine and a Bop-It. Suggested talking points: Art Is Ruined Forever, The Nasty Book, Marble Breeding, You Did a P...

This week on WTFolklore, we read The Jaguar and the Little Skunk , the heartwarming, inspiring, and encouraging tale of a little dude who really shoulda just stayed in his damn lane. Suggested talking points: Crave The Pod, Eat the Meat that We didn't Eat, An Eensy Weensy Bit Dead, Orbital Dunks If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings...