Episode 241: Crane Wife
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In the past, we’ve talked about bird husbands and seal wives, but today we’re diving deep into Animal Spouses with the Japanese folk tale, the Crane Wife!
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Episode 240: Your Urban Legends LII - A Haunted Osmosis Jones Situation
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This episode is full of creepy shenanigans, don’t worry. We talk viral Tiktok ghosts, respecting funeral directors and undertakers, and what was definitely a Hot Topic teen ghost.
Read MoreEpisode 239: Advice from Folklore IV (with Dr. Moiya McTier)
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The gods have given more advice, and we’re sharing it with you. We trick imposter syndrome with a trickster, making new houses and apartments into a home, and tackling to-do lists.
Read MoreEpisode 238: Exploring Other Worlds (with Becky Chambers)
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We chat with award-winning science fiction author Becky Chambers! We define space opera, talk about building big worlds without confusing your audience, and creating “cozy science fiction”.
Read MoreEpisode 237: Sinbad the Sailor (Part 2)
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Ahoy! Is that the return of Sinbad the Sailor? It is! We’re judging the luckiest/unluckiest man in folklore this week, as well as talking about the economics of coconuts and monkeys.
Read MoreEpisode 236: Your Urban Legends LI - Ghostly Cheez-Its
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Would you eat the cursed Cheez-its? It’s important that we know if you would. Also, we talk about being trained by a ghost on how to be a good adult, and rate some theatre ghosts.
Read MoreEpisode 235: Beauty and the Beast (Myth Movie Night)
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Here comes the podcast, with its myths like always. We’re covering the origins of the classic, Beauty and the Beast, and decide that if we try, we can all be disembodied himbos.
Read MoreEpisode 234: Sirens and Black Voices (with Bethany C. Morrow)
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We’re joined this week to talk with author Bethany C. Morrow about her novels, using “speculative” fiction to tell the truth, how Black sisterhood is lifesaving, and decentralizing fantasy and mythology.
Read MoreEpisode 233: Sinbad the Sailor
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An episode with a framing device, within a framing device. We’re getting meta here with the One Thousand and One Nights story, Sinbad the Sailor. We discuss whether or not Sinbad is the luckiest or unluckiest guy in the world, his buckwild plans, and befriending eccentric rich guys.
Read MoreEpisode 232: Your Urban Legends L - Mold? Or GHOSTS?
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Haunted woods, haunted schools, and creepy kids. We’re hitting all of the classics in this Urban Legends episode, including the return of a familiar figure...
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