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Introducing… Folklorica! A podcast about stories hosted by two people who really like hearing, reading and even telling, you guessed it, stories. We’re your hosts Clayton Steacker and Maggie Boles. We are amateur ethnographers. Gifted googlers. We travel the world (metaphorically because we don’t re…

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    • May 27, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 50m AVG DURATION
    • 38 EPISODES


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    The Girl in the Chest

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 59:19


    It's my chick in a box! This week, we bring you the final episode of season 2. As if that really means anything. The Girl in the Chest - The Story of the Third Sister Who was Brave and Good from The Laughing Prince by Parker Fillmore published 1921 Love u. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Girl in the Chest

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 57:19 Transcription Available


    It's my chick in a box! This week, we bring you the final episode of season 2. As if that really means anything. The Girl in the Chest - The Story of the Third Sister Who was Brave and Good from The Laughing Prince by Parker Fillmore published 1921 Love u. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Bluebeard

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 72:44


    Bonjour. Ready for a French folktale?? Aujourd'hui on lit "Barbe Bleue" de Histoires ou contes du temps passé écrit par Charles Perrault et publié en 1697. Except that we're actually reading the version from Andrew Lang's The Blue Fairy Book published 1889. We've heard it stays very true to the original Perrault version and is in English, which is better for us. Enjoy! Follow us for sporadic posting on Instagram and Twitter. Email us your secrets at folklorica@strawhutmedia.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Bluebeard

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 70:44 Transcription Available


    Bonjour. Ready for a French folktale?? Aujourd'hui on lit "Barbe Bleue" de Histoires ou contes du temps passé écrit par Charles Perrault et publié en 1697. Except that we're actually reading the version from Andrew Lang's The Blue Fairy Book published 1889. We've heard it stays very true to the original Perrault version and is in English, which is better for us. Enjoy! Follow us for sporadic posting on Instagram and Twitter. Email us your secrets at folklorica@strawhutmedia.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Bird of the Sweet Song

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 63:34


    A story from the Azqueltán, Jalisco in Mexico! Read it as it was published in the The Journal of American Folklore in 1912 here: The Bird of the Sweet Song The book Maggie is reading is called How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny O'Dell. Buy it from your local bookstore. Read more about the fight for the rights of the indigenous people of Azqueltán. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter. Email us at folklorica@strawhutmedia.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Bird of the Sweet Song

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 60:49 Transcription Available


    A story from the Azqueltán, Jalisco in Mexico! Read it as it was published in the The Journal of American Folklore in 1912 here: The Bird of the Sweet Song The book Maggie is reading is called How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny O'Dell. Buy it from your local bookstore. Read more about the fight for the rights of the indigenous people of Azqueltán. Follow us for sporadic posting on Instagram and Twitter. Email us your secrets at folklorica@strawhutmedia.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Saint Nicholas and the Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2020 58:11


    Here we have a very special holiday episode of Folkorica! Clayton reads "Saint Nicholas and The Children" by Cyrus MacMillan from his book Canadian Fairy Tales published in 1922. Read more about St. Nick's sweaty bones. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter. Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Saint Nicholas and the Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2020 55:26 Transcription Available


    Here we have a very special holiday episode of Folkorica! Clayton reads "Saint Nicholas and The Children" by Cyrus MacMillan from his book Canadian Fairy Tales published in 1922. Read more about St. Nick's sweaty bones. Follow us for sporadic posting on Instagram and Twitter. Email us your secrets at folklorica@strawhutmedia.com. Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Bishop and the Tohunga

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2020 71:49


    A Maori tale about Bishop George Selwyn and a very cool Tohunga. Read the full text of the story here Listen to that weird folk song that Clayton found Gaze in wonder at the beautiful Mokoia Island Watch our friend's friend, Taika Waititi's TEDx Talk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Bishop and the Tohunga

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2020 69:04 Transcription Available


    A Maori tale about Bishop George Selwyn and a very cool Tohunga. Read the full text of the story here Listen to that weird folk song that Clayton found Gaze in wonder at the beautiful Mokoia Island Watch our friend's friend, Taika Waititi's TEDx Talk Follow us for sporadic posting on Instagram and Twitter. Email us your secrets at folklorica@strawhutmedia.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Goat-Face

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2020 58:12 Transcription Available


    From Italy! Lizard fairies and ungrateful goats. Goat-Face from Tale of Tales/Entertainment for Little Ones, aka Stories from Pentamerone by Giambattista Basile  in 1634 (1st Volume) and 1636  (2nd Volume). Follow us for sporadic posting on Instagram and Twitter. Email us your secrets at folklorica@strawhutmedia.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Goat-Face

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2020 60:57


    From Italy! Lizard fairies and ungrateful goats.

    King Solomon and the Worm

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2020 78:45 Transcription Available


    Worms. Demons. Suicidal birds. It's a Jewish folktale that inspired a lot of personal stories so naturally we ramble! King Solomon and the Worm from A Treasury of Jewish Folklore, edited by Nathan Ausubel (1948). Originally from Jewish Fairy Tales, selected and translated by Gerald Friedlander (1917). Follow us for sporadic posting on Instagram and Twitter. Email us your secrets at folklorica@strawhutmedia.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    King Solomon and the Worm

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2020 81:30


    Worms. Demons. Suicidal birds. It's a Jewish folktale that inspired a lot of personal stories so naturally we ramble!

    The Man Who Did Not Wish to Die

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2020 66:29 Transcription Available


    A story from Japan. Paper cranes. Killer sharks. And our very first guest, Maddy Cross. This story is from The Japanese Fairy Book  by Yei Theodora Ozaki, published in 1903. Follow us for sporadic posting on Instagram and Twitter. Email us your secrets at folklorica@strawhutmedia.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Man Who Did Not Wish to Die

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2020 69:14


    A story from Japan. Paper cranes. Killer sharks. And our very first guest, Maddy Cross.

    The Story of Benito

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2020 46:17 Transcription Available


    It's the story of a good little dude. Read the full text of The Story of Benito from Philippine Folk Tales collected by Mabel Cook Cole and published in 1916. Follow us for sporadic posting on Instagram and Twitter. Email us your secrets at folklorica@strawhutmedia.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Story of Benito

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2020 49:02


    It's the story of a good little dude.

    Grey-Man

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2020 55:17 Transcription Available


    Maybe it's not always a bad idea to climb into a sack in Iceland. A tale with twists and turns and a good old grey man from Icelandic Legends by Jon Arnason. Follow us for sporadic posting on Instagram and Twitter. Email us your secrets at folklorica@strawhutmedia.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Grey-Man

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2020 58:02


    Maybe it's not a bad idea to climb into a sack in Iceland. A tale with twists and turns and a good old grey man.

    The Foolish Young Mussulman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2020 57:11 Transcription Available


    A tale from Tibet about a real dumb-dumb! Also, our last episode of season 1. What do you want to hear next season? Happy New Year! Follow us for sporadic posting on Instagram and Twitter. Email us your secrets at folklorica@strawhutmedia.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Foolish Young Mussulman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2020 59:56


    A tale from Tibet about a real dumb-dumb! Also, our last episode of season 1. What do you want to hear next season? Happy New Year!

    The Water of Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2019 39:31 Transcription Available


    Travel to Catalonia with us as we read uber-cutie Andrew Lang's version of The Water of Life. There will be snarky stones, helpful giants, and talking birds! Wow. What a time to be alive! It's the last episode of the year and the second-to-last episode of Season 1! Follow us for sporadic posting on Instagram and Twitter. Email us your secrets at folklorica@strawhutmedia.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Water of Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2019 42:16


    Travel to Catalonia with us as we read uber-cutie Andrew Lang's version of The Water of Life. There will be snarky stones, helpful giants, and talking birds! Wow. What a time to be alive! It's the last episode of the year and the second-to-last episode of Season 1!

    Dance Mad

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2019 41:14 Transcription Available


    The Wintu story of a damn good party. Plus.... fish! Follow us for sporadic posting on Instagram and Twitter. Email us your secrets at folklorica@strawhutmedia.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Dance Mad

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2019 42:59


    The Wintu story of a damn good party. Plus.... fish!

    Dionysus

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2019 35:26 Transcription Available


    You know him. You love him. Dionysus, Bacchus or whatever you call him (daddy?). His origin story is what's on our minds today. Follow us for sporadic posting on Instagram and Twitter. Email us your secrets at folklorica@strawhutmedia.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Dionysus

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2019 37:11


    You know him. You love him. Dionysus, Bacchus or whatever you call him (daddy?). His origin story is what's on our minds today.

    The Water Kelpie

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2019 31:28 Transcription Available


    A Scottish tale of warning. Sticky horses! Missing fingers! Backwards hooves! Follow us for sporadic posting on Instagram and Twitter. Email us your secrets at folklorica@strawhutmedia.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Water Kelpie

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2019 33:13


    A Scottish tale of warning. Sticky horses! Missing fingers! Backwards hooves!

    The Legless Knight and the Blind Knight

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2019 46:20 Transcription Available


    A Russian tale from Alexander Afanasyev. Two knights-- one legless, one blind-- what will happen next? Follow us for sporadic posting on Instagram and Twitter. Email us your secrets at folklorica@strawhutmedia.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Legless Knight and the Blind Knight

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2019 49:05


    A Russian tale from Alexander Afanasyev. Two knights-- one legless, one blind-- what will happen next?

    Saint Wilgefortis

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2019 36:58 Transcription Available


    She was the patron saint of bearded ladies, abused ladies, trans folk and intersex people. We read the Austrian version of her story! Follow us for sporadic posting on Instagram and Twitter. Email us your secrets at folklorica@strawhutmedia.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Saint Wilgefortis

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2019 39:43


    She was the patron saint of bearded ladies, abused ladies, trans folk and intersex people. We read the Austrian version of her story!

    The Girl Without Hands

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2019 37:45 Transcription Available


    The Girl Without Hands is one of those Brothers Grimm fairytales that didn't make the cut for Disney adaptations. We honestly don't understand why. Follow us for sporadic posting on Instagram and Twitter. Email us your secrets at folklorica@strawhutmedia.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Girl Without Hands

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2019 40:30


    The Girl Without Hands is one of those Brothers Grimm fairytales that didn't make the cut for Disney adaptations. We honestly don't understand why.

    Announcing Folklorica!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2019 0:47 Transcription Available


    Introducing… Folklorica! A podcast about stories hosted by two people who really like hearing, reading and even telling, you guessed it, stories. We're your hosts Clayton Steacker and Maggie Boles. We are amateur ethnographers. Gifted googlers. We travel the world (metaphorically because we don't really have money) and bring back folk tales and legends from far and wide. Have you ever heard the story of the legless knight? Well get ready for that and more! We read, we learn, we discuss, and of course, we struggle to pronounce names. But the important thing is WE TRY. Join us every Tuesday for Folklorica! From Straw Hut Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Announcing Folklorica!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2019 0:47


    Introducing… Folklorica! A podcast about stories hosted by two people who really like hearing, reading and even telling, you guessed it, stories. We’re your hosts Clayton Steacker and Maggie Boles. We are amateur ethnographers. Gifted googlers. We travel the world (metaphorically because we don’t really have money) and bring back folk tales and legends from far and wide. Have you ever heard the story of the legless knight? Well get ready for that and more! We read, we learn, we discuss, and of course, we struggle to pronounce names. But the important thing is WE TRY. Join us every Tuesday for Folklorica! From Straw Hut Media

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