• 381: Japanese folklore: Lend Me Your Ears

  • Aug 21 2024
  • Length: 40 mins
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381: Japanese folklore: Lend Me Your Ears

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  • Two stories from Japan about the stories we tell one another. On the first, it's a not-so-famous musician who gets a massive new audience for the legend he has been telling. For the second, it's a man who needs to do his duty...which means doing something terrible to someone he loves.

    The creature is to Totoima, a boar with a stomach ache...from devouring his children...

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    Music:

    "Harper's Desk" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "House of Grendel" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "An Introduction to Beetles" by Blue Dot Sessions
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