What the Folklore?

Our story this week, "Life's Secret," makes a big claim. It's right there in the title. But does it deliver? Of COURSE not. This episode brought to you by executive producer Whisper Biscuit, Aarne-Thompson type 1626, "Dream Bread" Patreon Our blog Our Youtube channel Carman's Etsy shop

This week we're checking in on how the World Cup-sometimes known as the Big Kick-is going so far, review Carman's first day devoted to podcast duties, and lil Jerry has some thoughts on faces. Patreon Our blog Our Youtube channel Carman's Etsy shop

"The Four Feathers" is a bizarre narrative featuring some (probably unintentional) surrealist horror. But that's what you get when you put a four-year-old in charge of things. This episode brought to you by executive producer Christopher, Aarne-Thompson type 106, "Talking Like an Animal " Patreon Our blog Our Youtube channel Carman's Etsy shop

We're trying to assess Cricket's job performance, and... there's no way around it, she's just not meeting performance goals. There's also a section on our favorite billboards, and some fun new ways to go about getting a massage. Patreon Our blog Our Youtube channel Carman's Etsy shop

This week's story, "The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Child," was the inspiration for the movie Princess Kaguya. What we ended up with is not exactly that movie, which is great. This episode brought to you by executive producer Kyle, Aarne-Thompson type 207C, "The Bell of Justice " Patreon Our blog Our Youtube channel Carman's Etsy shop

What's wrong with the old barter system? Why do we need money? There are some sweet trades available if you keep your eye out, and somehow that's going to take a turn into some extremely alternative birthing methods. Patreon Our blog Our Youtube channel Carman's Etsy shop

Come for the weird asbestos water, stay for the hero who fights off witches with a spoon: we're reading "Tatterhood" this week. It's a story with a whole bunch of interesting stuff waiting at the periphery. This episode brought to you by executive producer Timothy, Aarne-Thompson type 675, "The fool whose wishes always came true" Patreon Our blog Our Youtube channel Carman's Etsy shop

This week we're discussing what it would be like if we turned the government over to mice, and about a plan to convince the people that fish traveled over land to achieve manifest destiny. Patreon Our blog Our Youtube channel Carman's Etsy shop

We're back in Grimmland this week with "The Crows." It's a story with a much better story going on in the margins about one woman's total control over a town, and a possible nemesis. How much of that did we add? Folklore changes, it's an oral tradition. Which means it's all canon. This episode brought to you by executive producer Dom, Aarne-Thompson type 1313, "The Man Who Thought Himself Dead" Music from: My Heart Will Go On - Recorder By Candlelight by Matt Mulholland Patreon Our blog...

Little Jerry has more suggestions for us this week: what human experiences could you replace with a drink? Brainstorming? Calling grandma? Where does it end? Patreon Our blog Our Youtube channel Carman's Etsy shop

The riddle in this story "The Prince Who Married His Own Left Half" will haunt us for the rest of our days. We'll never know a moment's peace until we know the answer, so someone please help us out. And while you're here, stay for the wizard romance. This episode brought to you by executive produce Justin, Aarne-Thompson type 500, "Guessing the Helper's Name" Patreon Our blog Our Youtube channel Carman's Etsy shop

We're showing you what's behind the curtain this week, revealing Tyler's process for coming up with stuff to talk about on mic. We end up in all sorts of places, including at Disney World: buried in the goats. Patreon Our blog Our Youtube channel Carman's Etsy shop

What animal crime deserves what animal punishment? We're going to see an example in "The Painted Turtle" this week, a Sauk legend from Wisconsin that also features Jesus, and his grandma General Grievous. Which part of that did we make up? Listen to find out! This episode brought to you by executive produce Sara, Aarne-Thompson type 470A, "A Skeleton Is Invited to a Wedding" Patreon Our blog Our Youtube channel Carman's Etsy shop

We're giving away allllll the Avengers: Infinity Wars spoilers on this special spoilercast (don't worry, none of us have seen the movie). All the stunts, special effects, and twists revealed! (Again, safe to listen, no real spoilers). Patreon Our blog Our Youtube channel Carman's Etsy shop

We're finally going to finish this Stinkwitch story, and boy does it get rough. Just put it all away, we're done. Also yes, there's a new intro and outro but don't worry, it'll all be ok. Patreon Our blog Our Youtube channel Carman's Etsy shop

This week is part two of "The Subtle Princess." We thought we could marathon this one right to the end, but we were WRONG. So the story will cut off a little abruptly, and we'll finish it off next week. There are... horrors to come. Patreon Our blog Our Youtube channel Carman's Etsy shop

Everyone get your taxes done? So did we, though we have some skepticism about how this whole "economy" thing works. We think we have some ideas to improve it. Patreon Our blog Our Youtube channel Carman's Etsy shop

You might expect more subtlety from a story called "The Subtle Princess," but you would be wrong. This is the first part of a multi-part story, so strap in! This episode brought to you by executive producer April, Aarne-Thompson type 1345, "stories depended on puns." Patreon Our blog Our Youtube channel Carman's Etsy shop

How would everyone feel about an audio-only video game stream? Sounds pretty good, right? We're going to try to flesh it out, as well as propose an alternate way to approach phone technology. Patreon Our blog Our Youtube channel Carman's Etsy shop

Important little details concerning fairies in this week's story, called "Childe Roland." But, they're buried under a lot of nonsense about some very weird brothers, and Bobby Flay's attempt to end the Iron Chef competition once and for all. This episode brought to you by executive producer Jerimiah, Aarne-Thompson type 440: The Frog King. Patreon Our blog Our Youtube channel Carman's Etsy shop