437: Czech folklore: House of the Dragon

🍼 If your parent goes through the trouble of getting you superpowers...

Kind of the least you can do is get them a new house. And fight all the dragons infesting that house. And get their increasingly specific and dangerous medical treatments for their very real and not made-up illnesses.

😈 The Creature: Sisimito

I did not know the Soviets had a secret program to create Chimpanzee-human hybrid. That's almost unrelated to the Sisimito. Almost.

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🎵 Music Credits

this is where I leave you by Breakmaster Cylinder
snails attack! by Breakmaster Cylinder
An Egg-Shaped Room For Your Thoughts by Breakmaster Cylinder
Building Blocks B by Breakmaster Cylinder
Our Names Engraved by Blue Dot Sessions

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443: Tricksters: Does Whatever A Spider Can

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9 Sep 1h

442: Greek Myths: The Poseidon Adventures

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25 Aug 51min

441: Celtic folklore: Deerly Beloved

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12 Aug 1h 1min

440: Monkey King: The Shakedown

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29 Jul 54min

439: Indian folklore: Guess I'll Die

✏️Gaṅgâdhara's astrologer dad has some bad news for his boy: he's going to die.Well, first he'll spend a decade in prison, and then die. Then things will get better? It's the story of the Soothsayer's...

15 Jul 1h 4min

438: Maui: Whatever Happened to the Man Who Snared the Sun?

🏝️No one has seen or heard about Maui for quite some timeMeanwhile, all these strange portents are leading disparate groups to a faraway island, all the while there are ominous tales spoken in whispe...

1 Jul 51min

436: Korean folkore: Feet First

🪱Mr. Worm is getting married! That (not creepy) stranger is looking in your windows! Shin is driving tired!Five interconnected stories from Korean folklore about letting people know the real you. And...

3 Jun 1h 7min