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This week on WTFolklore, we read several, related Rabbit tales from The Bird Who Cleans the World and Other Mayan Fables, collected by Victor Montejo. These stories, when paired together, paint the pi...

21 Heinä 202039min

This week's episode is like a scattered dream, or perhaps a far-off memory. We try to line the pieces up. Music in chronological order:Victory Fanfare (Holder & Ephixa Remix)Deep Dive by Yoko Shimomur...

7 Heinä 20201h 13min

This week on WTFolkore, we read The Rebel Princess, a Ukrainian tale. What begins as your average Boy Meets Girl, Boy and Girl pour over ancient manuscripts, Girl becomes feral tree person story rapid...

30 Kesä 202059min

This week on WTFolkore, we read Salt, Sauce, and Spice, Onion Leaves, Pepper, and Drippings, a Hausa tale from Northern Nigeria. We spend a considerable amount of the episode reflecting on soup and it...

16 Kesä 202052min

This week on WTFolklore, we read Tunjur, Tunjur, a Palestinian Arabic tale that presents the world with some exciting new challenges in parenting. It also allows us to reexamine the lasting trauma of ...

9 Kesä 202054min

Tyler continues his Focus to explain the plot of every Final Fantasy to his captive co-hosts this week, lest a vengeful Pulse Fal'Cie come along and make a motorcycle jetplane dragon lady burst out of...

26 Touko 20201h 13min

This week on WTFolklore, we're covering Achol and Her Wild Mother, a Sudanese tale that we think is an absolutely perfect fit for the brand new and not at all desperate new streaming platform, Quibi!S...

19 Touko 202039min

This week on WTFolklore we're reading The Enchanter and The Enchantress,  a story so poorly titled it'll make your head spin.  It does, however, sport some very compelling characters and some sexy, se...

12 Touko 202043min