Episodes

  • Episode 29: Switching it Up with Krampus & Knecht Ruprecht

    Episode 29: Switching it Up with Krampus & Knecht Ruprecht
    Dec 27 2022

    This week, after wresting back our audio equipment, we investigate the Yuletide justiciars on both sides of the Alps: Krampus and Knecht Ruprecht.
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    32 mins
  • Episode 28: Decking the Longhalls with the Icelandic Yule Family (Season Finale)

    Episode 28: Decking the Longhalls with the Icelandic Yule Family (Season Finale)
    Dec 19 2020

    This week, for our Season 1 finale, Claire has brought us a whole family of holiday characters: Grýla, Leppalúði, Jólakötturinn, and the Yule Lads. If you think the names of these Icelandic icons are a handful, wait until you see what they get up to!

    Happy holidays to our listeners in every Friend tier, and thank you for sticking with us through Season 1!
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    32 mins
  • Episode 27: Wandering with the Wampus Cat

    Episode 27: Wandering with the Wampus Cat
    Dec 5 2020

    This week, we opt not to light a campfire on our Appalachian camping trip, so as not to upset the Wampus Cat. This fearsome feline is infamous for its dreadful howl and curious mode of locomotion, but could it be yet another victim of bad PR?
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    28 mins
  • Episode 26: Gussying Up with Mami Wata

    Episode 26: Gussying Up with Mami Wata
    Nov 21 2020
    This week, we trek across the coastline of Africa, hoping to catch a glimpse of Mami Wata. This goddess beneath the waves has an impressive retinue of powers and possessions, and may even be the original mermaid.
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    23 mins
  • Episode 25: Scoochin’ with the Tsuchinoko

    Episode 25: Scoochin’ with the Tsuchinoko
    Nov 7 2020
    This week, Claire and Vince book it back to Japan to catch a glimpse of the elusive Tsuchinoko. This rotund reptile is a friend of many talents, and has a bounty on its head that may be too good to pass up.
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    29 mins
  • Episode 24: Goofin' with Goblins (Halloween Special!)

    Episode 24: Goofin' with Goblins (Halloween Special!)
    Oct 31 2020
    This week, we delve into caves and peek into ovens in search of those pint-sized pranksters you know and love. Goblins are infamous for their abundance of tricks, but this Halloween, will we discover the treats they have to share?
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    36 mins
  • Episode 23: Moonlighting with Manananggals

    Episode 23: Moonlighting with Manananggals
    Oct 24 2020
    This week, we stay up at night behind closed windows in the Philippines, hoping to catch a glimpse of the manananggal. These feisty females often get compared to vampires, but that might be unfair... to the vampires, that is.
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    33 mins
  • Episode 22: Daring the Dairy with Milk Hares

    Episode 22: Daring the Dairy with Milk Hares
    Oct 17 2020
    This week, we sit quietly in the cow-pastures of Scandinavia in search of the elusive milk hare. We learn the bewitching origins of these lactophilic lagomorphs, as well as the service they render to the spellcasters to whom they are bound.
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    31 mins