Folklore Podcasts to Know

Compiled by J. S. Hopkins for Hyldyr, July 2023. Special thanks to Danielle Cudmore.

Maybe you’re on a journey from point A to point B, perhaps you’ve a lot of repetitive tasks ahead of you, or maybe you’d just like a little audio company. Sometimes it’s nice to listen to a podcast. Here we provide a list of folklore podcasts featuring scholars in the field of folklore studies.

Blúiríní Béaloidis / Folklore Fragments

IRELAND

A fantastic and unique folklore podcast focused on contemporary Ireland. As the podcast itself puts it: “Bluiríní Béaloidis is the podcast from The National Folklore Collection, University College Dublin, and is a platform to explore Irish and wider European folk tradition across an array of subject areas and topics. Host Jonny Dillon hopes this tour through the folklore furrow will appeal to those who wish to learn about the richness and depth of their traditional cultural inheritance; that a knowledge and understanding of our past might inform our present and guide our future.”

Fair Folk Podcast

CANADA

Nomadic scholar Danica Boyce lives and breathes folklore in all its forms. Join Boyce as she traverses the land, making field recordings and carefully analyzing material. We're especially fond of her eternally relevant almanac episodes but don't miss her interview episodes with scholars like folklorist Terry Gunnell. Boyce’s folk music selections are always a treat.

Folklore & Fiction

CANADA

Truly unique and a real treat, everyone has something to gain from tuning in to folklorist Ceallaigh MacCath-Moran's Folklore & Fiction podcast. Expect to find much discussion for both the budding folklorist and author, and if you're an author who intends to draw from folklore—as the greatest do—you'll find this podcast to be a particular treasure trove.

More Folklore Podcasts

Can’t get enough folklore topics in your podcast? Curious what else is out there? We recommend heading over to the American Folklore Society’s list of folklore podcasts. There you’ll find no shortage of discussion and features about diverse folklore topics.

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