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Episode 345: The Shadows on this Cave Wall are in 4K Sep 06, 2022

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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, Invisible Smoke Break, King Vs. Lung Cancer Vs. Cudgel, Just Hanging (Out) at the Gallows

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Episode 344: INFINITE HORSES (Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, Part II) Aug 30, 2022

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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 Palanquins, Rembrandt's State Faire Caricatures, Dwayne "The Bird" Johnson

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Episode 343: Sorry Mom, I'm Way Into Devils (Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, Part I) Aug 23, 2022

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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

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Episode 342: That There's Clown Weather Aug 09, 2022

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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 Touch Your Eyes, Weird Creepy Parrots With Grass Hair, Icky Ticket, A Train Kiss, Thriving Balloon Economy, Santa Claus Skin Cells

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Episode 341: There Are Men to be Punched Aug 02, 2022

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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 "Mimimimi"

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Episode 340: R-E-S-P-E-C-P-C-P Jul 26, 2022

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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 Peripheral Vision, Caked Too Hard, George Washington's Buff Boy Ethos, Justify Our Timehole

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Episode 339: Wild Forest Dog, For Which We Have No Word (The Tinder Box Part II) Jul 19, 2022

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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 Close to Bedtime

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Episode 338: The True Face of Updog (The Tinder Box Part I) Jul 12, 2022

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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

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Episode 337: The Two Languages, Gold and Murder Jun 28, 2022

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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-Lady

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Episode 336: Man Vs. Shoe Jun 21, 2022

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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.

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