Folklorica

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

Episodes

May 27, 2021 57 mins
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
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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!
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February 25, 2021 60 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 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.
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December 24, 2020 55 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.
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Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight!
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December 10, 2020 69 mins
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


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July 2, 2020 58 mins
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).
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June 27, 2020 78 mins
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).
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June 18, 2020 66 mins
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.
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May 28, 2020 46 mins
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.
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May 21, 2020 55 mins
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.
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January 2, 2020 57 mins
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!
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December 26, 2019 39 mins
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!
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December 19, 2019 41 mins
The Wintu story of a damn good party. Plus.... fish!
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December 12, 2019 35 mins
You know him. You love him. Dionysus, Bacchus or whatever you call him (daddy?). His origin story is what's on our minds today.
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December 5, 2019 31 mins
A Scottish tale of warning. Sticky horses! Missing fingers! Backwards hooves!
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November 28, 2019 46 mins
A Russian tale from Alexander Afanasyev. Two knights-- one legless, one blind-- what will happen next?
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November 21, 2019 36 mins
She was the patron saint of bearded ladies, abused ladies, trans folk and intersex people. We read the Austrian version of her story!
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November 14, 2019 37 mins
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.

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August 15, 2019 48 secs
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...
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