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Episode 461: So Now You're a 12-Headed Dragon: A User's Guide (with T. Kingfisher) Sep 23, 2025

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We are joined this week by very special guest T. Kingfisher! We had to call in back-up to wade our way through Princess Miranda and Prince Hero, a Polish tale featuring everyone's favorite creep, Koschei the Deathless. It also features a hero (named Hero) who makes some staggeringly questionable inventory-management choices on his quest.

Suggested talking points: A Very Successful Quarry/Brothel, Friend Zoning (Not That Kind), Koschei I Choose You!, Classic Marriage Siege, The Moon Would Rather Not Know, All-Terrain Horse.

A big thank you once more to T. Kingfisher!
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Episode 460: David Blaine Eats 40 Cows Sep 16, 2025

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After talking about some crucial current events (read: Stuart Little Lore), we dive into The Little Purse with Two Half-Pennies, a Romanian tale with some stunning revelations about Project Birdfall's humble beginnings.

Suggested talking points: An Awkward Starbucks Date with Spiderman, Skateboarding up the Wrong Tree, Geriatrics Anonymous, Chief Chicken Flogger, Decorative Ladies, Discovering New Colors of Rage, Kaiju Rooster Franz Ferdinand.

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Episode 459: Freaky Friday'd with a Corpse Sep 02, 2025

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This week on What the Folklore, we read FOUR different explanations for where the heck all these god-dang mosquitos came from. As is our want, we take a more...buffet approach to the answer.

Suggested talking points: Label Maker x Spooktralizer Slash Fic, Panera Bread Crime Aura, Wandering Around with a Mosquito Sack and a Grude, Petty Revenge Ravens and Snacks, Never Stop Gaz-Snacking

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Episode 458: All Cherry Men are Weird Guys, But Not Every Weird Guy is a Cherry Man Aug 12, 2025

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This week on What the Folklore, we read two different stories, The Eye Juggler and Gobbleknoll, which inadvertently creates our most Body Horror-oreinted episode yet! It's Spooklore Summer, baby!

Suggested talking points: An Artificial World of Body Parts and Holes, Flirting for Free Cream, An Organic "Guess Who?" Board, A Spider in a Wig, Buffalo Tears, Dedicated to Being Eaten

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Episode 457: I’m Not Constipated, I’m WISHING Aug 05, 2025

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This week on What the Folklore, we read The Nodding Tiger, a Chinese story that introduces us to the humble beginnings of a beloved friend.

Suggested talking points: Modular Lego Road, Trained on Gas Station Roller Food, A Robust Evening Wood-Market, These are Man-Catchin' Nets, The Only Son That's Ever Mattered, The Definitive Temp-Tiger Timeline

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Episode 456: Skateboarded Too Close to the Sun Jul 29, 2025

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This week on What the Folklore, we read the Spanish tale The Bird of Truth, which has some serious texture pop-in issues. Either that, or the protagonist is legally blind and shy about it.

Suggested talking points: Grizelda's Bar and Grill, Back to the Chaos Mines, Like Moses, but Way More Gucci, Pigeons in Leather, Serious Boy Business, Every Lizard is a Hot Man, Great Rejoicing (Some Be-headings)

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Who Says Solutions Can't Cause More Problems? Jul 22, 2025

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This week on What the Folklore, we're reading Ligur the Water Giant, an obscure German-language tale with a wizard that rivals even the mighty Gaznak!

Suggested talking points: A Bowl of Loose Toppings, We've Done a LOT to Vampires, Queen Oprah, Briefly At War with Whales (and Wales), A True Graduate of Princess Academy, Eagle-Surfing, WTFolklore DLC

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454: Unstoppable Business Glacier of Success Jul 01, 2025

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This week on WTFolklore, we head back to our old stomping ground of France for Blanche and Vermeille. You can tell it's a riveting tale, because we spend a good chunk of the episode discussing things you could wear instead of pants.

Suggested talking points: Sneaking Agenda Into the Prose, 2,370,563 Ziplines to France, Hot Egg, A True Thing About Pants, Deep in the Pleats, Pants That Need Feeding, The Peasant Ick, Not a Happy Face in Rich-People-Land

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Episode 453: Hell Dad is Real Sad Jun 24, 2025

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I'll be honest, it's a doozy of a story this week. We are subjected to the whimsical mind of Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, AKA Lord Dunsany, who delivers us to The Fortress Unvanquishable Save for Sacnoth, AKA The Fortress of Doom. Get your High-Fantasy britches on for this one, folks.

Suggested talking points: Lying Will Save Your Life, 2999 Whoopsie Boys, Ghost-Wizard-Punzel, We're Good at Letters, Customary Butter Bath, Bereft of Elephant, Wolves in the Wainscot

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Episode 452: Goose at Heart Jun 17, 2025

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It's a Tale of Two Tales, this week on WTFolklore, again! Again! This time, at least, there's some connective thematic tissue.
First up is A Man That Was Married to a Goose, followed up by Uinigumasuittuq and the Origin of Living Beings

Suggested talking points: Google-Fingers Activated, Diabolical (Citation Needed), Nary a Grass in Sight, Roolette: The Dating App That Deletes Itself, There's a Wife in the Wife-Hole, Cyrano de Bergerac Sans Rizz, Consensual Meat-Fetching, Date Night with Dog-Husband

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