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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 Jul 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 Jul 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 Jun 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 Jun 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 Jun 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 Mai 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 Mai 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 Mai 202043min