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226-European Folklore: Failing Upward
This week, it's the story of Fortunatus, the man who, bet you could never guess from his name, was given an inexhaustible fortune, and how things kind of went off the rails [...]
225-Egyptian folklore: Kitchen Nightmare
The Egyptian folktale of a young woman who's not messing around. After fleeing her home, she only sees one way to live free: become a monster that haunts the wild.
224-African Folklore: It’s the Great Pumpkin, Kiali
A story from Africa about a hunt for a murderer that goes off the rails very quickly with talking animals...and giant, sad pumpkins.
223B-Samurai Legends: Dinner Party
Five samurai warriors do some arts and crafts and go to a demon dinner party.
223A-Samurai Legends: The Devil went down to Kyoto
Three connected stories of samurai from medieval Japan.
222B-Norse Legends: It Takes a Pillage
We wrap up the saga of Egil and Asmund with Thor, Odin, mythological dwarves, sword arms, Valhalla, and a bloody giant wedding.
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Carissa Weiser
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Carissa is a former audiology professor with a background in psychoacoustics, linguistics, and creative writing. She loves her family, photography, tennis season, and riding horses.
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Jason is a former hospital researcher with a background in English literature and narrative theory. He's a big fan of his wife and child, hiking, Batman, and cake (the dessert, but the band's ok, too).
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