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Episode 326: The Unconquerable Baby Mar 08, 2022

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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 Escape Room

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Episode 325: The Fastest Way to De-Blood a Dove Mar 01, 2022

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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)

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Episode 324: The Toilet Comes For Us All, In the End Feb 22, 2022

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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 Pregnant Time For Jail, Special Baron Treats, Primo Ghosts

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Episode 323: Somewhere Between "Incentive" and "Lubricant" Feb 15, 2022

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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

Episode 322: Hot, Young and Goat-Wealthy Feb 08, 2022

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This week on WTFolklore, we're headed to France to read The Legend of the Arrode Cavern, where we learn what does and does not constitute a "Dragon", all about changing tires on a car, and what kind of horse memorabilia you can get at Cracker Barrel...wait, what were we talking about?

Suggested talking points: Snowfish, The Protagonist's Glow, The Pastoral Province of Sexy, Welcome Back to the Dragon Club, Sucking Up Wheat Like Plankton, Accidentally Filled with Cake

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Episode 321: Living Beancheck to Beancheck Feb 01, 2022

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Hey! It's Tyler's Birthday! Or, at least it was! When we recorded this!
For such an auspicious occasion, Carman elected to read Lazy Jack, a tale that was allegedly tailor-made to upset Tyler.

Suggested talking points: See a Sooth Say a Sooth, Pokemon Butthole Catalog, Personal Finance Folklore, Soft Cheese on a Hot Day, Temp Tiger's Promotion

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Episode 320: A Banana in Stasis Jan 25, 2022

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This week on WTFolklore, we're reading the Cu Chulainn tale The Death of Derbforgaill, from Ireland in addition to weighing in on only the hottest topics of the day!

Suggested talking points: Another Omen for the Year, The Raunchy Death of Deborah, Beefus Geesus, Red-Faced White American Shout Boys, The Piss-Wizard from Ireland, The Natural Knife

If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings

Episode 319: Here in the Wake of a Butterless Land Jan 18, 2022

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We're back to ring in the new year! 3 weeks in! That's just our STYLE, baby. Join us, won't you, as we return to the comfort of Fairy Tales.

This week we're reading The Cat and Mouse in Partnership, A Grimm tale that finally answers for us, one of the oldest questions on our show...

Suggested talking points: Little Bundles of Rage and Disease, The Hover-Bird Omen, Apopquizalypse, Crisco Roasting on an Open Fire, A To-Go Cup of Baptismal Wine, Aliens, Take the Wheel

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Episode 318: Hitherto Undiscovered Numbers (Princess Rosette, Part 2) Dec 28, 2021

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Torture, Torment, and Fairytales. It's all here in out last episode for 2021. Enjoy!

Suggested talking points: An Air-Tight Reason to Dance, A Stupid Amount of Dresses, If It's Worth Doing, It's Worth Overdoing, Nude Derek, The End of the Good Times

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Episode 317: The Addled Fantasy of a Former Punzel (Princess Rosette, Part 1) Dec 21, 2021

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To wrap out 2021, here's our gift to you all:

Another spelunking into the d'Aulnoy Mines. This week (and next) we read Princess Rosette

Suggested talking points: Madame d'Aulnoy's Mad Mad World, A Promise of Future Violence, Folklore EULA, The 2021 Punzel Catalogue, Big Prince Wants DANCE, Girl Pretty+Girl Mine=Girl Good

If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings

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