Folklorica

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The Girl in the Chest
2021/5/27 | 1h
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 Goodfrom The Laughing Prince by Parker Fillmore published 1921Love u.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bluebeard
2021/3/18 | 1h 13 mins.
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 [email protected] more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Bird of the Sweet Song
2021/2/25 | 1h 3 mins.
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 SongThe 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 [email protected] more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Saint Nicholas and the Children
2020/12/24 | 58 mins.
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 [email protected] Christmas to all and to all a goodnight!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Bishop and the Tohunga
2020/12/11 | 1h 11 mins.
A Maori tale about Bishop George Selwyn and a very cool Tohunga.Read the full text of the story hereListen to that weird folk song that Clayton foundGaze in wonder at the beautiful Mokoia IslandWatch our friend's friend, Taika Waititi's TEDx TalkFollow us for sporadic posting on Instagram and Twitter. Email us your secrets at [email protected] more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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About Folklorica

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 Thursday for Folklorica! From Straw Hut Media

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