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Episode 237: Somebody DOX This Horse! Aug 27, 2019

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"The Dwarf With the Long Beard" is a Slavic story which leaves us much to enjoy, and a few bits to fix up at the end. There is indeed a dwarf with a VERY long beard, and what more can you ask for?

This episode brought to you by executive producer DJMollyC, Aarne-Thompson type 72, "Teaching Young Animals to Observe"

Suggested talking points: Augustween, what that beard do, the cheesecake baron, dragon crinkles, increased production value, Dobro-Tek, horse secrets, a horse's real butthole, neutron hump star, all's fair in a prince-off, musclejuice, boypunzel

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Ramblecast 237 Aug 25, 2019

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We have a collection of food anecdotes, including a few from a very bizarre sub restaurant.

Episode 236: The Most Sensual Part of a Worm Aug 20, 2019

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"The Rolling Head" is a story that has us returning to that perennial question: "why?" There's also a lot of snake play (??) in this one.

This episode brought to you by executive producer Wyatt, Aarne-Thompson type 1204, "Fool Keeps Repeating His Instructions So As To Remember Them"

Suggested talking points: a trip down memory flank, wwwwtm, snake culture appropriation, an old-fashioned SWATing, snakey playmates, eyebrow stuff, snake husbando voltron, your ass is stars kid!

Ramblecast 236 Aug 18, 2019

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Gordie really needs to get a piece into the local Museum of Bad Art, and we're trying to figure out the best plan.

Episode 235: Slug Princess Solves Y2K Aug 14, 2019

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"Maid Maleen" by the Grimm Brothers makes a lot more sense when you start thinking about it in the context of a princess trying to solve the Y2K scare. Just trust us on this one.

Suggested talking points: dark tower as bedtime, mightydad, go to your room for seven years, war thoughts, head chopping noise ordinance, a slug princess's width, the most metal ending, standard royalty temper tantrum, lame king vengeance, nettle3

Ramblecast 235 Aug 11, 2019

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What does two weeks of life changes hold? Puppy training? Remembering bad standup acts? Obscure music trivia? All of the above?

Episode 234: A Very Good Bonemancer Jul 30, 2019

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We didn't make it far into "The Selkie Bride" before we had to start tinkering with it, adding in the singer Seal and a whale-shaped nuclear-powered fishing submarine.

This episode brought to you by executive producer Kelty, Aarne-Thompson type 569, "The Knapsack The Hat and The Horn"

Suggested talking points: bass skin, a hail mary for endorphins, Willy Gear, a very good bonemancer, a jellical selkie ball, Seinfeld babies, Gundams with Gordie, the real meaning of Kiss From a Rose, Ocean's Sealeven

Ramblecast 234 Jul 28, 2019

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The new trailer for Cats the Musical has hit us all in strong ways, and we gotta talk about it.

Episode 233: Double Good Happy Snail Jul 23, 2019

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Hans Christian Andersen's "the Happy Family" seems to be the result of a strange trip he had out in the garden. It's about racist snails, has no events in it, and is low key a dystopia.

This episode brought to you by executive producer Olwen, Aarne-Thompson type 1927, "The Cold May Night"

Suggested talking points: dingle dash, fairy tale google, where's the snail beef?, Immortan Joe snail, Hans Christian downtown, San Fransnailsco

Ramblecast 233 Jul 21, 2019

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We've seen so many low-budget kids movies, we thought it was about time to write our own.

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