What The Folklore?

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. If you ...

17 Jun 201819min

"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 ...

12 Jun 201851min

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...

10 Jun 201822min

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 y...

5 Jun 20181h 8min

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. This week we're talking about some of the good barters we've done recent...

3 Jun 201814min

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 peri...

29 Mai 201853min

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. If you like...

27 Mai 201815min

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 ...

22 Mai 201847min