Fairies and Nature?
January 13, 2026
Brace yourself, because we’re about to say something… controversial. Against the grain. Contentious. Shocking, even. Here it goes: in the actual folklore, fairies often don’t have a ton to do…
Read MoreFlorence + The Machine’s Everybody Scream and the Redemption of Folk Horror
November 12, 2025
We adore Florence + the Machine. This is NO secret around here. We’ve been to multiple concerts together, own tons of merch, and affectionately refer to Florence Welch as our…
Read MoreWhen Your Libra Moon Says ‘Peace at All Costs!’ But You Gotta Hold the Boundary
September 30, 2025
In our signature course Enchant, which we’re teaching live this month, our third week is devoted to boundaries – what they are, why you set them, how you set them,…
Read MoreWoolanies: Tales of the Warman Family Cryptid
September 16, 2025
If you’ve watched our Urban Legends Explained series on The Great Courses Plus, you know that, at the end of episode two on cryptids, I mention the fact that my…
Read MoreHedgehogs with Wings and Football Helmets: Favs From Our Urban Legends Series on TGC+!
August 12, 2025
So remember last week we told you that our Urban Legends series for The Great Courses Plus had dropped, but we couldn’t really write a ton about it yet because…
Read MoreA Real Princess™
June 17, 2025
“…they could see that she was a real princess, because she had felt the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty featherbeds. Nobody but a real princess could…
Read MoreThe Dreaded “A” Word
March 18, 2025
Want to hear a small pet peeve of ours about St. Patrick’s Day? It’s probably not going to be what you think it is. In fact, we’re willing to bet…
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