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
February 25, 2021 • 63 min
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 • 58 min
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 11, 2020 • 71 min
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 • 60 min
From Italy! Lizard fairies and ungrateful goats.
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June 27, 2020 • 81 min
Worms. Demons. Suicidal birds. It's a Jewish folktale that inspired a lot of personal stories so naturally we ramble!
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June 19, 2020 • 69 min
A story from Japan. Paper cranes. Killer sharks. And our very first guest, Maddy Cross.
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May 29, 2020 • 49 min
It's the story of a good little dude.
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May 21, 2020 • 58 min
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.
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January 2, 2020 • 59 min
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 • 42 min
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 • 42 min
The Wintu story of a damn good party. Plus.... fish!
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December 12, 2019 • 37 min
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 • 33 min
A Scottish tale of warning. Sticky horses! Missing fingers! Backwards hooves!
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November 28, 2019 • 49 min
A Russian tale from Alexander Afanasyev. Two knights-- one legless, one blind-- what will happen next?
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November 21, 2019 • 39 min
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 • 40 min
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 • 47 sec
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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