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Send us Fan MailWelcome to our last episode before our summer break! This week, we're unlocking one of our favorite bonus episodes, released way back in August 2023. This week, Max is going to tell us all about a gambling princess with a pear problem, and Janey is going to tell a cautionary tale of choosing stupid names for your children.If you think you'll miss us this July, consider this your sign to join the Patreon! No matter what, we hope you enjoy!Janey’s Sources - Fairer-Than-A-FairyAndrew Lang’s The Yellow Fairy Book  Max’s Sources - The Cuirasser and the Horned Princess"Slavic Myths" edited by J. K. JacksonSupport the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello and welcome to a monstrously themed episode! Today we are discussing werewolves and wendigos, and finally getting some much-needed insight into the Alabama White Thang from the Monster Ladies, Jessica Freeburg and Natalie Fowler. Enjoy!Janey’s Sources - The WendigoLOCATION: Minnesota, USA“Monsters of the Midwest” by Jessica Freeburg and Natalie Fowler  “ZHAUWUNO-GEEZHIGO-GAUBOW (Maisaninnine, Mesnawetheno) (Jack Fiddler),” by James R. Stevens in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 13, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed May 31, 2026,  “Columbus and Other Cannibals” by Jack D. Forbes  “Bury My Guilt in an Indian Burial Ground” by Jana Schmiedling for Medium  Max’s Sources - The Georgia WerewolfLOCATION: Talbotton, Georgia, USA“Monsters of the South” by Jessica Freeburg and Natalie Fowler  “The Legend of the Georgia Werewolf Girl” by Jeffery Wells for Georgia Mysteries “The Werewolf Girl of Georgia” by Wayne Miller for Werewolves.com  Find a Grave listing for Emily Isabella Burt  Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello and welcome! This week, Janey is going to tell us a shorty-baby-cutie story about a woman who doesn't know how to bargain, and Max is going to tell us a VERY terrible story that has a small moral at the end! Good luck!Janey’s Sources - The Sunchild LOCATION: Greece Andrew Lang’s The Grey Fairy Book  Full Free story  “Letiko, La Fille du Soleil” by Caputo Nato  Lamias on Wikipedia  Max’s Sources - “The Princess Who Stood on Her Own Two Feet” by Jeanne DesyLOCATION: Ohio, USA“Don’t Bet on the Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales in North America and England”, edited by Jack Zipes  Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello and welcome! This week Max is going to tell us a story that may or may not explain something we may or may not need to know (and also there's a water horse, and we know how much Janey loves that.) ALSO Janey is going to tell us about a perfect princess (and the horrible family she's attached to). Enjoy!Janey’s Sources - The Toy PrincessLOCATION: EnglandFolk & Fairy Tales, edited by Martin Hallett and Barbara Karasek. 4th Edition. Mary De Morgan biography  Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello and welcome! It's another sleep-deprived/low-oxygen episode, so you're welcome (or we're sorry?) This week, Janey is going to tell us about a DEFINITELY 100% straight king with ZERO things to examine in his own life, and Max is going to tell us a fever dream! Enjoy!Janey’s Sources - Fanta-Ghíro the BeautifulLOCATION: Italy"Italian Folktales" retold and edited by Italo Calvino  Max’s Sources - Our Lady of Good CounselLOCATION: Italy"The Pomegranates: and Other Modern Italian Fairy Tales" translated by Cristina Mazzoni, from the Oddly Modern Fairy Tales collection edited by Jack Zipes  Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello! This week we're celebrating spring's triumphant return with Max's story about what can only be described as "some sort of lake yeti" discovering the convenience of Lyft, and Janey's tale of a King in desperate need of an HR department. Enjoy!Janey’s Sources - The Useless WagonerLOCATION: Hungary“Fairy Tales of Eastern Europe”, collected and retold by Neil Philip, Illustrated by Larry Wilkes. Full Free Text  Max’s Sources - White ThangLOCATION: Alabama“Monsters of the South” by Jessica Freeburg and Natalie Fowler“Cryptids of the South: The White Thang of Alabama” Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailCowabunga, everybody! This week, Janey is going to tell us about a disloyal knight with a surprising secret, and Max is going to tell us an alien invasion story that teaches us all a powerful lesson (don't trust a man just because he says he's a doctor...) Enjoy!Janey's Sources: BradamanteLOCATION: FranceNot One Damsel in Distress: World Folktales for Strong Girls by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Susan Guevara. @DwarfismHistory on Instagram  "The Story Of 'Orlando Furioso’" NPR. February 2009.  “Orlando Furioso, Canto IV” on Yesterweird  Bradamante on Wikipedia Ruggiero on Wikipedia  “The Road to Middle Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology” by Tom Shippey Max’s Sources - The Tale of Flying SaucersLOCATION: California“American Folkore and Legends”, John J. and Potter Marcatante Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello and happy spoooOOOOookyy March! This week, we're bringing out our scariest Irish tales to impress Andi and Feliz, the hosts of the "You Two Scare Me" podcast! First, Max is going to break the glass ceiling of headless horsePEOPLE, and then Janey's going to remind us all of the most important rule of horror: children. are. scary. We hope you enjoy!Sources: Check out the You Two Scare Me Podcast!Listen to their episode on The Irish BansheeJaney’s Sources - The Case of the Leannabh SidheLOCATION: EnglandFearsome Fairies: Haunted Tales of the Fae, edited by Elizabeth Dearnley Max’s Sources - The DullahanLOCATION: IrelandFull free text of “The Good Woman” “The Dullahan” by Ghost City Tours “The Headless Horseman” by Irish Myths “The Dullahan” by The Irish Place Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello and welcome to another episode! This week Janey is going to tell us about a man who will go to great lengths to get his boss laid, and Max is going to tell us about an old man's fears! Enjoy!Janey’s Sources - The Tibetan EnvoyLOCATION: Tibet“The Spring of Butterflies and Other Chinese Folk Tales”, translated by He Liyi, edited by Neil Philp “Story of Songtsan Gambo and Princess WengCheng” by Yangkyi, for Tibet Vista  Max’s Sources - LOCATION: Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello and welcome to yet another week of life! This week, Max is going to tell us the dangers of letting a good story languish on the shelf, and Janey is going to tell us about some real sillies. We hope you enjoy this shorty-baby-cutie episode! Janey’s Sources - The Three SilliesLOCATION: England“Favorite Folktales from Around the World” edited by Jane Yolen  Max’s Sources - The Story BagLOCATION: Korea Full free text of “The Story Bag” The story bag; a collection of Korean folk tales : Kim, So-un, 1907-1981 Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello and happy Thursday! This week, Max is going to tell us a story about a salty sea-scrub whose wife deserves better, and Janey is going to tell us about a Rasputin-baby who can never die! (No one said these episode descriptions had to be helpful. Janey just gets to write whatever she wants in here! Watch this-- Pie 'a la mode' is stupid thing to call it, since "a la mode" doesn't mean "add ice cream", it just means "is trendy now". It should be called "Pies-cream", because it rhymes.) ANYWAY WE HOPE YOU LIKE THIS EPISODE! Janey’s Sources - Morena-Y-A-Letsatsi, or the Sun ChiefLOCATION: Lesotho, South Africa"African Myths and Tales: Epic Tales" with forward by Kwadwo Osei-Nyame Jr.  Full Free Tale  Max’s Sources - The Droll of the MermaidLOCATION: Cornwall, England“The Watkins Book of English Folktales” by Neil PhilipFull free text of “The Droll of the Mermaid” by William Bottrell, as told by Uncle Anthony James  Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello everyone! This week we're catching ya'll up on some life stuff and saying goodbye to an old friend. Then Max is going to tell us a horror story about an eye-catching beauty in the woods, and Janey is going to teach us all the proper comeback to someone telling you you're "too much". We hope you enjoy!Janey’s Sources - The Little Girl with a Big VoiceLOCATION: South Africa“Tales of the Night Sky: Stories of Stars from Around the World”, retold by Corinna Keefe, illustrated by Gaby Verdooren  “African Ethnoastronomy” (Some stories behind South African constellation folklore)  “If You’ve Ever Been Told that You’re ‘Too Much’, Read This”, an article by Annie Wright   Max’s Sources - The Rose BeautyLOCATION: Turkey“Turkish Folktales” edited by Jake Jackson  Full free text of “The Rose Beauty”  Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHELLO! Today we have an amazing guest, the Cosbrarian herself-- LIZ GOTAUCO! Liz is the creator behind the series "F*cked Up Fairytales with Liz", and the author of the hilarious book inspired by the series!This week Max and Janey tell stories from her book, and she tells us a story about vengeful fairies and the danger of telling bad jokes (yes, we take this personally.) We hope you enjoy!BUY THE BOOK: "F*cked Up Fairy Tales" by Liz Gotauco Janey’s Sources - The Flayed Old WomanLOCATION: Italy“The Tale of Tales” full book (by Giambattista Basille), free sourceMax’s Sources - The Buzzard HusbandLOCATION: Guatemala“The Mythology of Mexico and South America” by John Bierhorst "9 Fascinating Vulture Facts" from 4vultures.org Vulture Facts from Wildlife Center MORE VULTURE FACTS from Desert Museum Liz's Sources - Sweet Pea and Sweet WilliamLOCATION: England"Sweet Pea and Sweet William" FULL STORY"Tales From Beyond the Rainbow" by Pete Jordi Wood (@realbasicwitch) Jeana Jorgenson (folklorist) @jeanadances on instagram"Fairy Tales from Folk Lore" from Wilber Hershel Williams "Skin deep" translated by Nancy Canepa"Latin American Folktales" edited by John Bierhorst (Liz's source for "The Buzzard Husband")Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello and welcome to our LAST episode of 2025! On this episode, Max is going to tell us a story about a girl who can see the important things (like what kind of belt you're wearing), and Janey is going to tell us why Rapunzel should have been a man. We hope you've had a wonderful year, and that 2026 only goes up! Janey’s Sources - The Three FatesLOCATION: Egypt“Fairy Tales of the Orient” by Pearl S. Buck  Max’s Sources - The Invisible OneLOCATION: Micmac Territory (~New England and southeastern Canada)“Algonquin Legends” by Charles G. Leland - full free text online Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello, you dirty birds! On this very special "69" episode, we're doing a deep dive into historical love letters from two very specific historical men. First, Napoleon Bonaparte is going to teach us the meaning of "anxious attachment style", and then Max is going to read us James Joyce's love letters that are not for the faint of fart (ehem...heart...) A million kisses!J and MJaney's Sources - Historical Love LettersLOCATION: France and Ireland“Napoleon’s Letters to Josephine” on Project Gutenberg (thanks, Steve!)  “Napoleon Bonaparte” from History.com  “The truth about Napoleon and Josephine’s marriage, divorce, and lasting legacy” by Nylah Iqbal Muhammad for Vox  “Joséphine's letters to trusted Napoleon general to go on sale in Paris” by Maev Kennedy (2014) for The Guardian  “James Joyce’s Love Letters” by Maria Popova for The Marginalian  “James Joyce’s Love Letters to His “Dirty Little Fuckbird” by Nadja Spiegelman for The Paris Review  BONUS: "Love and Limerence" by Dorothy Tennov Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello and welcome back! This week Max is going to tell us about how wicked smart people from New Hampshire are, and Janey is going to tell us a very cathartic story that comes with the disclaimer "I swear I like my job". Sorry about our terrible accents! Enjoy!Janey's Sources - MmadipetsaneLOCATION: Lesotho, South Africa“Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales”  Full story (page 3)   Max's Sources - Three Times and OutLOCATION: New Hampshire“New England Bean-Pot: American Folk Stories to Read and to Tell” by Moritz A Jagendorf, illu by BA Botkin https://montvernonhistoricalsocietynewsletter.wordpress.com/2023/07/21/chasing-the-devils-tale/ Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailThis week, Janey is going to bring us the final story in The Arabian Nights, about a man who just hates this baby... and Max is going to tell us that classic story of a nameless child finding God wandering around in the woods. Wonder what'll happen! For those of you who are in the half of the world that's moving into winter, we hope you stay warm and cozy!Janey's Sources - The Story of Codadad and His BrothersLOCATION: (possibly Turkey) “The Arabian Nights” illustrated by Earl Goodenow  Full free story Max's Sources - Little FourteenLOCATION: France“Folktales of France” edited by Genevieve Massignon  Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello and happy Halloween (eve)! Today Janey is going to scare you with a tale about the oldest, wrinkliest woman in the world, and Max is going to tell us why romance books are going to get us all killed. Enjoy!Janey's Sources - TreasureLOCATION: Chatsworth, Georgia, USA“Spooky Georgia: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore”, retold by S.E. Schlosser, illustrated by Paul G. Hoffman.  Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello and welcome to another episode! This week, Janey is going to teach us a valuable lesson about the importance of writing complex characters, and Max is going to re-tell a cozy little comic! May your October be spooky and bright!Janey's Sources - “W.S.” by L.P. HartleyLOCATION: England“Roald Dahl’s Book of Ghost Stories”  L.P. Hartley’s wiki  Max's Sources - A Small Wild MagicLOCATION: None / Australia“Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales” edited by Kelly Link and Gavin J. GrantKathleen Jennings (plus their Instagram)  Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello and welcome to the shocking conclusion of this the 2025 Off Topic Season. This week, Max is closing us out with the truly baffling list of all the reasons why Nicholas Cage had to make those insane movies between 2009-2015. (Also Janey is REAL mouthy, so if you disagree, be sure to write in!) Timed videoPresentationAll sources in presentation  Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailBuckle up, babes! Janey's going to tell us about the most insane assassination you may have never heard of! Let us know if you followed this story when it happened, because Janey's never stopped thinking about it. Sources:“Kim Jong-nam Says N. Korean Regime Won’t Last Long”, by The Chosun Daily in 2012. “Kim Jong-il’s son reappears in Singapore one year after feeling Macau” from The Shanghaiist.   “Was Kim Jong Nam in Sights of His Paranoid Half-Brother?” by Yoshihiro Makino for Asahi Shimbun. Murder at the Airport: The Brazen Attack on Kim Jong-Nam, by Reuters “Assassins review— unravelling the bizarre death of Kim Jong-nam” by Adam Sweeting for The Arts Desk. “How North Korea got away with the assassination of Kim Jong-nam” by Hannah Ellis-Peterson and Benjamin Haas for The Guardian. Dr. Harini Bhat, PharmD (@tilscience) explaining VX2 Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello and happy first episode of October!!!! This week, Max is going to tell us a wonder tale about a sexy bear and the weirdo prince who loves her, and Janey is going to give us all the CREEPS and make us want to do our laundry. Enjoy!!!Janey's Sources - Oh Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My LadLOCATION: England“Classic Ghost Stories” edited by John Grafton  M.R. James Wiki  “The Pilgrim’s Progress” by John Bunyan  Poem by Robert Burns (Wiki)  Max's Sources - BearskinLOCATION: France“Wonder Tales” edited, introduced by Marina Warner, translated by Terence Cave, illustrated by Sophie Herxheimer“Imprisonment and the Fairy Tales of Henriette Julie de Murat” By Mari Ness for Reactor “I’ve Fallen for Who Now? The French Fairy Tale “Bearskin”” By Mari Ness for ReactorWikipedia “Bearskin” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearskin_(French_fairy_tale)Wikipedia “The Bear” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bear_(fairy_tale)Wikipedia “The She-Bear” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_She-bearSupport the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailIt's alive! IT'S ALIVE! ("It" being another Off Topic episode!) Welcome back, gals and ghouls! This week, Max is telling us all about the teenaged mother of science fiction herself, and the lengths she went to to avoid hanging out with Lord Byron. Enjoy!Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello and welcome! This week, Janey is going waayyyyy off topic to talk about something that freaked her out so bad, she felt the need to make a legal disclaimer at the top!  DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for entertainment purposes only. Please check out the sources below for more information. SOURCES: “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief”, directed by Alex Gibney Jenna Miscavige, former Scientologist (on Tiktok)How much Scientology costs, according to members (For Business Insider) "What allegedly happens inside Scientology's notorious 'prison camp' called 'The Hole’” By Jethro Nededog for Business Insider  Headley vs. The Church of Scientology  "Scientology's Vanished Queen” by Ned Zeman for Vanity Fair “Bridge to Total Freedom” chart  “Understanding Scientology” by Margery Wakefield— Chapter 1: From Dianetics to Scientology   and Chapter 5: Dianetics L. Ron Hubbard’s Wikipedia  Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailOn today's episode, Janey is going to tell us about a girl who CHOOSES to look that way (it's not an accident, so stop trying to fix her hair), and Max is going to guide us into spooOOOooky season with a story about a man with control issues. Enjoy!Janey's Sources - TatterhoodLOCATION: Norway“Tatterhood and other tales” edited by Ethel Johnston Phelps  Max's Sources - The Wolf BrideLOCATION: Pennsylvania, USA“Upstate, Downstate: Folk Stories of the Middle Atlantic States” by M.A. Jagendorf  Book review of “Pennsylvania Dutch: The Story of an American Language” “Wayfaring Stranger” article by Linda Griggs “The Language of the Pennsylvania German Gypsies” by Henry Shoemaker Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHappy 2nd Off Topic! This week, Max is going to tell us about an organization in search of people who could predict disasters. (We have a feeling you're going to like this one.)Sources:https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/04/the-psychiatrist-who-believed-people-could-tell-the-futurehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Premonitions_Bureauhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_for_Psychical_Researchhttps://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-premonitions-bureauhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4yxj6Y743Z6F32k5GC2txv8/six-eerie-predictions-from-the-premonitions-bureauhttps://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/data-bank-nations-dreams-and-visionshttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/oct/23/premonitions-that-turn-out-to-be-true-is-there-science-to-explain-them-amelia-taitSupport the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailIt's open season on topics, and Janey's starting us off with a bunch of facts about the Medieval Times dinner theater that nobody asked for! (Very seriously, if any knights listen to our podcast, please call us.) Enjoy!Sources: “The Untold Truth of Medieval Times" by Adam Swierk for Mashed.  “How Medieval Times Survives in the Digital Age” by Christopher Reynolds for Toronto Star.  “A 30-Year Career Writing and Directing for the Medieval Times” by Eric Grundhauser for Atlas Obscura.  “How Medieval Times Became the Largest Breeder of Pure Spanish Horses in America” by Francesca Mari for TexasMonthly.  Medieval Times on how they care for their Horses History of the Medieval Times/ knight training Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello and welcome back! This week, Max is going to tell us a Filipino story about a man with questionable reasoning skills, and Janey is going to pull us kicking and screaming into spooky season. We hope you like it!Janey's Sources - PressedLOCATION: Georgia, US“Spooky Georgia: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore”, retold by S.E. Schlosser, illustrated by Paul G. Hoffman.  S.E. Schlosser’s website  Max's Sources - How Juan Married a PrincessLOCATION: Philippines“World Folktales: An Anthology of Multicultural Folk Literature” by Anita Stern Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailOn this week's episode, Janey is going to tell a story about a boy-kicker who got the last stomp, and Max is going to tell us about a little guy who gets his juice squeezed! (Some days writing these intros feels like a cosmic test....) Hope you enjoy!Janey's Sources - Ragged Emperor“The Bronze Cauldron: Myths and Legends of the World” by Geradline McCaughrean and Bee Wiley (Illustrator)  Wikipedia entry for "Yu the Great" Max's Sources - Crooked Foot the DwarfLITTLE BOOK OF LATIN AMERICAN FOLKTALES  Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello! We're back from summer break and excited to tell you two brand new stories! This week Max is going to tell us about a radioactive little guy who just wants to dance, and Janey is going to tell us about a man who chose to tickle the wrong round girl. Enjoy!Janey's Sources - Three Strong Women“Diane Goode’s Book of Giants and Little People”  Max's Sources - Disco Hedgehog“Viktor and Rolf Fairy Tales”  Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello! We hope you're having a good summer. Things have been crazy, and we just wanted to pop in from our summer break and leave you all a little love. On July 4th, we donated $500 in the name of (Sort of) The Story to the American Civil Liberties Union. We love you, no matter where you're from. Janey's Sources - The Wife Who Could Remove Her Head (from Episode 33)"The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers and Other Gruesome Tales" by Jen Campbell (Illustrated by Adam de Souza)  Latin American Folktales: Stories from Hispanic and Indian Traditions by John Bierhorst  History of The Pipils  Max's Sources - Ix Chel (from Episode 13)"Who Was the Mayan Goddess Ixchel?"  "Ixchel Mayan Goddess"  "A Legend of One Goddess" "Ix Chel" from Gods and Goddesses  "IxChel and the Dragonflies" from Tres Cuentos Literary Podcast  "The Moon in the Well: Wisdom Tales to Transform Your Life, Family, and Community" by Erica Helen Meade  "The Mayan Pantheon: The Many Gods of the Maya" by Joshua J. Mark for World History Encyclopedia ADDITIONAL Sources - “Support for immigrant families targeted for deportation” from Immigrants Rising  KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: Tools from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center  “I Have Rights” Red cards from ILRC  (PRINT THESE)Immigrants' Rights | American Civil Liberties Union  Immigration Hotlines (Report ICE Raids in your area) Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello and happy last-episode-before-summer-break! This week, Max is going to tell us a Mayan tale about two little scamps who learn the age-old lesson that ball IS life, and Janey is going to teach us to never trust Old Greg (but if you haven't learned that lesson by now, you might be doomed). We hope you enjoy!PS, we are taking the month of June (and possibly July) off! This is absolutely necessary for us to rest and recharge after Hurricane Twilight Puppet Musical devastated our mental cities (does this bit work?) If you want more episodes, consider joining the Patreon at the $7 level! We have a ton of very fun bonus episodes up and ready to binge-- plus you get access to the Discord!We love you, we'll miss you, and we thank you for listening! <3 Janey's Sources - The Soul CagesCeltic Fairy Tales retold by Neil Philip  Free Text  “The Soul Cages: A Fake Folktale” from Writing in Margins  The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers by Jen Campbell Max's Sources - The Tricks of Hunahpú and XbalanquéFull scan online of “The Enchanted Orchard, and other folktales of Central America” by Dorothy Sharp Carter Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello and welcome back! On this week's episode, Janey is going to tell us about a helpful little mouse who can do it all, and Max is going to tell us about a woman who prioritizes her needs over work (god FORBID a woman do something for herself every once in a while). Enjoy!Janey's Sources - The Forest BrideFull free text  Max's Sources - The Weaver Maiden and the Cowherd“Myths of the World” by Padraic ColumSummary of “The Cowherd and the Weaving Maid” variant  Summary of “The Weaver and the Cow Herdsman,” Korean variant  Summary of “The Legend of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl” variant Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello and happy Part 2 of our Mythology episode! This week Max is going to tell us the story of Theseus, Ariadne, and the Minotaur! Get ready to rage!Max’s Sources - Theseus, Ariadne, the Minotaur, and the LabyrinthDiffen.com - “Labyrinth vs. Maze”  Classical Kids’ summary of Theseus, Ariadne, and the Minotaur  Greek Mythology: The myth of Theseus and the Minotaur Liverpool Museums, “Theseus and the Minotaur” Knossos Palace, “The Myth of Theseus and the Minotaur”  The Metropolitan Museum, “Theseus, Hero of Athens”  Epoch Magazine, “Theseus and Ariadne in Naxian Identity” Ancient Greece, “Theseus and the Minotaur” Theoi, “Ariadne” Cornell College, “Analysis of Ariadne and Theseus” The Guardian, “In love’s labyrinth” by Charlotte Higgins  Myth Matters podcast, “Into the Labyrinth and the myth of Ariadne’s Thread”  Full free text of Catullus 64 in English and Latin BONUS: Homeric Hymn to DemeterSupport the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello! Our theme for the next two episodes is "mythology", and Janey is kicking us off with the Greek story of Jason and Medea. We're going to learn about the Argonaut-Boy Trip, how the gods screwed Medea over, and also discuss why we support women's wrongs. Hope you enjoy!Sources:The Voyage of Argo, Apollonius of Rhodes  Medea by Euripedes (Full play)  Ovid’s Metamorphoses  Medea and Jason: The Backstory, from the Metropolitan Opera  The Golden Fleece, from World History Encyclopedia Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHappy April Fools Day, Loca!  https://youtu.be/2CLzjKXzwB0?si=sLl_8Muj59M_p3N2Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello and welcome to the end of March! This week, Max is going to change the way we think about Jack and the Beanstalk, and Janey is going to tell us about a magical kidnapping! (Business as usual!) Janey's Sources - Jamie Freel and the Young LadyFull StoryMax's Sources - Jack and the BeanstalkAndrew Lang's "The Red Fairy Book" Full free text of “Jack and the Beanstalk” from the Red Fairy Book  Article on the variations and roots of Jack and the Beanstalk  Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHappy St. Patrick's Day! This week we're telling Irish stories! Janey is going to tell us about a man who runs away to fairy land, and Max is going to tell us about a woman who does the same! We hope you enjoy!A note on spelling: Janey's story is about Finn McCool, which is how "Irish Folk and Fairy Tales" spells it. The traditional spelling is Fionn mac Cumhaill, but since we wanted to make the "Cool and the Gang" joke, we're sticking to the anglicized version. Janey's Sources - The Birth and Death of Oísin “Irish Folk and Fairy Tales” edited by J.K. Jackson  YOUTUBE VIDEO: “The Story of Tír na nÓg” by Folk Survival  P.J. Lynch Gallery illustrations  “Tír na nÓg: The Story of Niamh and Oisín” by Terri Murphy  Max's Sources - The Wooing of BecfolaFull free text of “The Wooing of Becfola” by James Stephens Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailWelcome back to another episode! This week, Max is going to tell us about a man who can't stop touching rocks, and Janey is going to tell us about the dangers of picking flowers (don't do it, ladies! It's not worth it!) Enjoy!Janey's Sources - What Came of Picking FlowersAndrew Lang's "Grey Fairy Book"Full free story  Max's Sources - The Touchstone"The World Treasury of Fairy Tales & Folklore: A Family Heirloom of Stories to Inspire & Entertain" by Rose Williamson, Joanna Gilar, and William Gray  Full free text of “The Touchstone” by Robert Louis Stevenson  Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailWelcome back, friend! On this episode, we're taking a break from talking to the invisible king to bring you two tales of women in love! Janey's going to introduce us to one of the best New Orleans folk legends around, and Max is going to tell us all about a woman who is cursed to be ugly, but may  have a secret skill that will make her the most popular girl at the party... who knows? Enjoy!Janey's Sources - “Annie Christmas”“Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales” retold by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon  Annie Christmas wikipedia  Max's Sources - The Great Green Worm“Wonder Tales” edited and with an introduction by Marina Warner, translated by A. S. Byatt, illustrated by Sophie Herxheimer  Full free text of “The Green Serpent” translated by James Robinson Planché  Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello and welcome to our very special LIVE episode! This week, we told our stories to all the lovely people on our Discord (and only had very minor awkward technical issues). If you love flummoxing fairies and swelling, this is the episode for you. (Also what's your deal? Why are those your two interests?) Janey's Sources - Long, Broad and Sharp Eyes“Czech Fairytales” by Karel Jarormir Erben and Bozena Nemcova  Full free story  Max's Sources - The Woman Who Flummoxed the Fairies“The Woman Who Flummoxed the Fairies” retold by Heather Forest, illustrated by Susan Gaber  Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailOn today's episode, Janey is going to tell us about a woman with a deadly bush, and Max is going to give us some tips on how to get rid of uninvited guests! Enjoy!Janey's Sources - The Snow, The Crow, and the BloodFull free story Wikipedia entry on “The Grateful Dead” motif  Max's Sources - The Horned Women "Fairy Tales of Ireland" by W. B. Yeats, illustrated by P. J. Lynch  Full free text of “The Horned Women” by Lady Jane Francesca Wilde from “Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms & Superstitions of Ireland with Sketches of the Irish Past” Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello and Happy New Year! We're starting 2025 off strong with Max's tale of the worst boy, and Janey's tale of the best boy! That's right, it's a BOY episode! We hope you enjoy!Janey's Sources - The Maiden in the Castle of Rosy Clouds“An Illustrated Treasury of Swedish Folk and Fairy Tales” illustrated by John Bauer  Stop the Bleed Online Course (IMPORTANT)   Max's Sources - Ivan Tsarevich, The Fire-Bird  and the Gray Wolf“Russian Tales: Traditional Stories of Quests and Enchantments,” illustrated by Dinara Mirtalipova  Full free text of “Ivan Tsarevich, The Fire-Bird, and the Gray Wolf” by Alexander Afanasyev, translated by Jeremiah Curtin  Wikipedia article for Tsarevitch Ivan, the Firebird, and the Gray Wolf  Wikipedia article for Igor Stravinsky’s ballet and opera, “The Firebird”  Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello and happy holidays! Today we're re-releasing a story Max told on episode 106, called "Boneless", from Robert D. San Souci's Short and Shivery. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do, and that you have a safe and restful holiday season! We'll see you next year!Love, Janey and MaxMax's Sources - Boneless"Short and Shivery: Thirty Chilling Tales" by Robert D. San Souci "Boneless (folklore)" on Villains Wiki  Free text of variant for "Boneless" Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello and happy almost-holidays, everyone! Today Janey we are so absolutely overwhelmed by our emotions today because Hans Christian Andersen decided to be mean to a baby. Then, Max is going to melt our cold, cold hearts with the true story behind Frosty the Snowman. We hope you enjoy the last episode of 2024!!!Janey's Sources - The Ugly DucklingFull free story  Max's Sources - The Snow Child“Russian Tales: Traditional Stories of Quests and Enchantments,” illustrated by Dinara Mirtalipova  Full free text of original version from “Slavonic Fairy Tales” by John Teophilius Naaké  Wiki article on “Snegurochka” (the snow maiden) Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello (we're sorry!) On this week's episode, Max is going to tell us possibly the most upsetting story we've ever heard (ick!). Then Janey is going to cleanse our palates with a trickster tale! Enjoy!Janey's Sources - Diamond Cut DiamondAndrew Lang’s “The Olive Fairy Book”  Full free text  Max's Sources - The Spreaders “When the Chenoo Howls: Native American Tales of Terror” by James Burchac and Joseph Bruchac Full free text of “The Spreaders” retold by James Bruchac  Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello and welcome to another episode! Today we're drowning our collective sorrows in folklore. Janey is going to tell us about the devil's teeny tiny baby boy, and Max is going to tell us about the worst mother in the world! We love you! <3  Janey's Sources - The Devil’s Godfather"Dancing on Blades: Rare and Exquisite Folktales from the Carpathian Mountains" by Dr. Csenge Virág Zalka Ördög Wikipedia Max's Sources - The Old Hag’s Garden“Catarina the Wise: And Other Wondrous Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales,” by Giuseppe Pitrè, edited and translated by Jack Zipes  Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHappy November everybody! On this week's episode, we're both telling stories about man-bears! In Max's story, we're going to learn the importance of pacing ourselves and staying humble, after which Janey is going tell how to make our dreams come true (by agreeing to marry a bear). Enjoy!Janey's Sources - The White Bear King"Winter Tales: Stories and Folktales from Around the World", by Dawn Casey  Max's Sources - The Man Bear“When the Chenoo Howls: Native American Tales of Terror” by James Burchac and Joseph Bruchac Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello and welcome to our Halloween episode! This week we're celebrating with the spookiest stories we could find. Janey will remind us all to be careful what we wish for, and Max will warn us about poking our noses where we don't belong.Janey Sources- The Monkey's PawFull free PDF  Background of W.W. Jacobs  Max's Sources - Tea House“Are You Scared Yet?: Haunted Houses” by Robert D. San Souci https://bookshop.org/a/86350/9780312551360Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]

Send us Fan MailHello and happy Indigenous Peoples' Day! Today, Janey is going to tell us the true story of Pocahontas, as passed down by the oral historians from Pocahontas's own people, the Powhatan Nation.Please be advised, this is an extremely dark story, and there are many triggering themes, including sexual violence, colonization, murder, etc. Sources:“The True Story of Pocahontas: The Other Side of History”, by Dr. Linwood “Little Bear” Custalow and Angela L. Daniel “Silver Star”   “The True Story of Pocahontas: Historical Myths versus Sad Reality” by Vincent Shilling for Indian Country Today  1614 Letter from John Rolfe to Thomas Dale  Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at [email protected]