What The Folklore?

This week, after celebrating our own brand of "Big Game", we dive into one of the Four Great Folktales of China, The Butterfly LoversSuggested talking points: The Super Toilet Bowl, Secret Treaty (to ...

10 Feb 57min

A slightly-less-but-still-bite-sized episode of WTFolklore as the Whimbus continues to throw its tantrums on us. This time we crack open a tome that threatens to remain with us for some time to come, ...

3 Feb 40min

It's a bite-sized episode this week on WTFolklore as we race against the sky to complete a recording. Not all of us made it...we read Shippeitaro, a tale from Japan.Suggested talking points: Nary a Go...

27 Jan 31min

This week on WTFolklore we read The Bad Mother, a Romani tale so chock-a-block full of chaotic magic, it may well be our Primordial Fairy Tale. Suggested talking points: The Price is Wrong, Speaking o...

13 Jan 1h 19min

We return in 2026, kicking things off with two short tales, one from Hans Christian Andersen, the other a Grimm, with the sliveriest of slivers for connective tissue to one another: traveling occurs i...

6 Jan 1h

We cut it VERY CLOSE this year, but it wouldn't be a year of What The Folklore without us dipping in to another chapter of The Journey West.Thanks to Dave, Jayson, Matt and Melissa for all joining in ...

31 Dec 20251h 1min

After a quiet December of very little posting, we've returned with a gift for the holidays as we read The Wooden Shoes of Little Wolff.Suggested talking points: Gordiesmas, Golfception, Pulp Fiction: ...

23 Dec 20251h 6min

Content Warning: The story this week revolves around the central plot point of a dog's death.This week on WTFolklore, we read The Dog and the Sparrow, another Grimm tale that has somehow yet alluded o...

2 Dec 20251h