26. (Sort of) Off Topic: The British Premonitions Bureau
12 Sep 2025
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Send us a textHappy 2nd Off Topic! This week, Max is going to tell us about an organization in searc...
25. (Sort of) Off Topic: Medieval Times
05 Sep 2025
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162. This One’s for the Juans (witches is tricky)
04 Sep 2025
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161. Kickin' Boys (keeps the rheumatism away)
21 Aug 2025
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Send us a textOn this week's episode, Janey is going to tell a story about a boy-kicker who got...
160. Disco Hedgehog (let’s wrestle Grandma)
07 Aug 2025
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159. Latin American Stories RE-RELEASE (Abolish ICE)
04 Jul 2025
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158. We’re the Hero Twins (why is there only one bed in this cave?)
22 May 2025
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Send us a textHello and happy last-episode-before-summer-break! This week, Max is going to tell us a...
157. That's That Me Manchego (this princess has ADHD)
08 May 2025
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Send us a textHello and welcome back! On this week's episode, Janey is going to tell us about a...
156. The Labyrinth was a Maze (Justice for Ariadne)
24 Apr 2025
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Send us a textHello and happy Part 2 of our Mythology episode! This week Max is going to tell us the...
155. Justice for Medea (everybody wants a hot goth girlfriend until…)
10 Apr 2025
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01 Apr 2025
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Send us a textHappy April Fools Day, Loca! https://youtu.be/2CLzjKXzwB0?si=sLl_8Muj59M_p3N2Support...
154. High Value Beans (here comes my story finger!)
27 Mar 2025
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Send us a textHello and welcome to the end of March! This week, Max is going to change the way we th...
153. Finn McCool and the Gang (and the OG Booktok girlie)
13 Mar 2025
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Send us a textHappy St. Patrick's Day! This week we're telling Irish stories! Janey is goi...
152. I Be Akimbo (Scrimbus Malfoy)
27 Feb 2025
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Send us a textWelcome back to another episode! This week, Max is going to tell us about a man who ca...
151. Your Tallest, Mustachioed Girlfriend (the most popular girl at the party)
13 Feb 2025
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150. Flummoxed! (do you speak German?)
30 Jan 2025
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149. A Garden of Heads (and an infestation of witches)
16 Jan 2025
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Send us a textOn today's episode, Janey is going to tell us about a woman with a deadly bush, a...
148. Bisect, Divide, Sunder ('twas I that set the house ablaze!)
02 Jan 2025
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It: Chapter Goo (Holiday Re-Release!)
25 Dec 2024
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Send us a textHello and happy holidays! Today we're re-releasing a story Max told on episode 10...
147. So Big, So Ugly (please tell Gerky to come outside)
19 Dec 2024
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146. Sufficiently Icked (wee-sa babies)
05 Dec 2024
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145. Hefty Little Apple Baby (Popeye’s spicy 16-year-old sandwich)
21 Nov 2024
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Send us a textHello and welcome to another episode! Today we're drowning our collective sorrows...
144. Chekhov’s Man-Bear (this is my girl-tooth)
07 Nov 2024
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143. Paw Proof (don't be afraid of the park)
24 Oct 2024
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24. (Sort of) Off Topic: The True Story of Pocahontas
14 Oct 2024
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23. (Sort of) Off Topic: The Pirate Blackbeard
11 Oct 2024
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Send us a textAhoy! For our last Off Topic episode of the season, Max is going to take us through th...
142. Ichabod Crane is a Snack Guy (walk him like a dog)
10 Oct 2024
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Send us a textHello and happy October! On this VERY giddy episode of the pod, Max is going to tell u...
22. (Sort of) Off Topic: The 1904 Olympic Marathon
04 Oct 2024
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Send us a textThe 1904 Olympic Marathon has been described as many things-- "unbelievable"...
21. (Sort of) Off Topic: Elizabeth Báthory
27 Sep 2024
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Send us a textTW: 22:17 - 24:37 Brief descriptions of violent and disturbing acts This week, Max i...
141. Odious and Toadious (it’s ‘Eatin’ Girls’ o’clock somewhere)
26 Sep 2024
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Send us a textGreat Scott! It's a new episode! This week Janey is going to tell us all about tw...
20. (Sort of) Off Topic: Things We've Sent to Space
20 Sep 2024
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19. (Sort of) Off Topic: △ The Bavarian Illuminati
13 Sep 2024
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Send us a textThis week, Max is going to tell us all the true history of the Bavarian Illuminati, an...
140. First of all, Dalé (seals are scary)
12 Sep 2024
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18. (Sort of) Off Topic: Magic School Bus Conspiracy Theories
06 Sep 2024
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(Sort of) A Book Club: Mountains Made of Glass with Scarlett St. Clair and Lauren Boyle
05 Sep 2024
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Send us a textHello and welcome to our Book Club! This month Max and I read "Mountains Made of ...
139. Rowing in My Skin Canoe (there’s like, a LOT of witches here)
29 Aug 2024
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Send us a textHello to all you Pit-Heads out there! On today's accidental Native-themed episode...
138. Alliganey Janey– Here to Eat Your Bullets! (grand theft nautico)
15 Aug 2024
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137. Papa Yaga (I don’t want this little leprechaun anymore)
01 Aug 2024
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136. Where’s My Best Boy? (meet me in the Heifer Hut)
18 Jul 2024
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135. Bewildered and Honking (and nonstop harkin’ eggs)
04 Jul 2024
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Send us a textHello and welcome BACK! We're jumping in after a month-long break to tell you two...
134. Mr. Noodle Wants Ten Gold Pieces (and an Inuit ‘Kill Bill’ story)
30 May 2024
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Send us a textHello and welcome to our last episode before our summer break! This week, Max is going...
133. Worm/Kennedy 2024 (don't you know who my emperor is?)
23 May 2024
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Send us a textHello and welcome to a VERY unhinged, late-night episode of (Sort of) the Story. Today...
132. Everyday I’m Draiglin (cats can't play guitar)
16 May 2024
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131. I’d Risk It All for a Pear (and I might stop for a popcorn shrimp...)
09 May 2024
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130. Macbeth (would be so much better with robots)
02 May 2024
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129. King Lear (and the toad-spotted traitor)
25 Apr 2024
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Send us a textTW: Very graphic eyeball stuff at 59:20Hello! In honor of Janey's birthday (which...
128. Thumbelina is Canceled (blow up your castle)
18 Apr 2024
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Send us a textOn this week's episode, Max tells a story about a little baby woman who friend-zo...
127. Wring Your Hams (notice me, Mother)
11 Apr 2024
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Send us a textTW for Max’s story: Cannibalism, Infanticide, and upsetting eyeball stuffOn today&ap...
126. Don't Swaddle Me (you wretched little shrimp)
04 Apr 2024
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Send us a textJaney’s Sources - The Headless DwarfThe Violet Fairy Book, edited by Andrew Lang F...
Faster, Stronger, Paler, Harder (I'm the Skin)
01 Apr 2024
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125. H.P. Lovecraft? (I barely H.P. LIKEcraft)
28 Mar 2024
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Send us a textHello and welcome to our Lovecraftian episode! We're getting into his life, his s...
124. UglyMeanLady Says What? (That seat's for Papa John)
21 Mar 2024
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123. Mumped and Moaned (here's my wallet, sandwich dinner)
14 Mar 2024
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Send us a textHello and welcome to episode 123! This week Janey is going to tell us a story you CAN ...
122. Ol’ Sister Shovel-Tooth (honk-honk-honking around the floor)
07 Mar 2024
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Send us a textHello and happy March! This week Max is telling us a tale that will (hopefully) resona...
121. Sorry You’re So Ugly (would you like to eat my flesh?)
29 Feb 2024
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Send us a textTW: Pedophilia, cannibalism Happy Leap Day! On today's episode, Janey is going ...
120. A little superstition is healthy (I’m being haunted by myself)
22 Feb 2024
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Send us a textHello and Happy Black History Month! Today we're telling stories written by black...
119. The Edgar Allan Poe-pisode (everything is great in the Boink Bunker!)
15 Feb 2024
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118. Working Bear or Barely Working? (Gays on the Trod)
08 Feb 2024
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117. Hot Boys Don’t Go to Bed Before Midnight (or miss their graveside dinner date)
01 Feb 2024
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Send us a textWelcome back everybody! Today Janey is going to tell us a Victorian story about a supe...
116. Kiss the Corpse (in their oppositional-defiant eyeballs)
25 Jan 2024
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Send us a textOn today's episode, we're talking BODIES, BODIES, BODIES! Max is going to te...
115. Pizza for Books (Happy Chenoo Year!)
18 Jan 2024
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Send us a textHello and happy new year!!! Janey's starting 2024 off with a quaint little tale a...
114. When the Crawdad Whistles (don't feed the Riddle Monster)
28 Dec 2023
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Send us a textHello and welcome to the LAST EPISODE OF THE YEAR! To celebrate, Max is going to usher...
113. 7 Signs You’re In an Ogress’s Den (The Running of the Bowls)
21 Dec 2023
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Send us a textOn this week's episode, Janey is going to teach us how to recognize when you&apos...
112. Swan Lake Extended Universe (these apples cure depression)
14 Dec 2023
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Send us a textOn today's episode, Max is going to take us even further into the SLEU and tell...
111. Urban Legends! (are inextricably licked)
07 Dec 2023
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Send us a textHello and welcome back from our week-long break! Our lovely Discord members voted on t...
110. Sending My Worst (do your chores, you little b***)
23 Nov 2023
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Send us a textHello! On today's shivery little episode, Max is telling a story of an Icelandic ...
109. Big Ol’ Foundling Babies (more like Pepto Dismal)
16 Nov 2023
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Send us a textAhoy, Story Babies! Today we're talking about big ol' babies and singing sea...
108. A Foot with Eyes (Vin Diesel NOTICE ME)
09 Nov 2023
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Send us a textOn today's episode, Max is going to tell us a slimy little tale about a girl who ...
107. The Shaving of the Ghouls (come get yer yog bogged)
02 Nov 2023
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Send us a textHello and happy November! Today Janey is going to tell us a Palestinian tale about a c...
106. It: Chapter Goo (It’s a Friday-night body hunt!)
26 Oct 2023
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Send us a textHappy end of October, Story Babies! Today Max is going to tell us the most bizarre cry...
105. Same Rick Forever (and the Jar Jar Binks of cryptids)
19 Oct 2023
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Send us a textHello and happy spooky season! Today Janey is going to tell us a lesser known ghost st...
17. (Sort of) Off Topic: The Green Children of Woolpit
16 Oct 2023
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Send us a textSometime in the 12th Century, in the little village of Woolpit in Suffolk, England, tw...
104. A Tsunami of Corpses (I like big boats and I cannot lie)
12 Oct 2023
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Send us a textHello and HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAX! On today's episode, Max is going to talk about an ...
16. (Sort of) Off Topic: Dear David
09 Oct 2023
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103. Doctors HATE this Magic Mirror (I need the love of a gourd woman)
05 Oct 2023
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Send us a textHello and welcome to our first episode of October, recorded live on Zoom! Today Janey ...
15. (Sort of) Off Topic: Hatshepsut, The Erased Pharaoh Queen
02 Oct 2023
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Send us a textThis week, Max fascinates us with the history of a Pharaoh almost lost to history-- Ha...
102. The Easter Weasel (and the Power of Punctuality)
28 Sep 2023
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Send us a textHello, autumn babies! Welcome to the new episode! This week, Max will tell us the cl...
14. (Sort of) Off Topic: No Man's Land
25 Sep 2023
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101. Goose-Foot Bertha (HEA)
21 Sep 2023
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Send us a textHello and welcome to episode 101! This week, Janey is going to tell us a quaint little...
13. (Sort of) Off Topic: The Beeswax Wreck
18 Sep 2023
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Send us a textOn today's Off Topic, Max tells us all about the shipwreck that inspired The Goon...
100. Girl Boss-iás Dinner (Leggings, Waffles, Morgan, Pancakes)
14 Sep 2023
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Send us a textHELLO and welcome to Episode 100!!!! We recorded this episode live on a zoom call with...
12. (Sort of) Off Topic: Fleetwood Mac
11 Sep 2023
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Send us a textHello and happy Off-Topic Season! We are kicking off our 6-episode season with Janey&a...
99. Like Mother-in-Law, Like Daughter-in-Law (#TeamOgre)
07 Sep 2023
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Send us a textCW for violence against animals in Max's tale. It's 99 and we're feelin...
98. So Many Mommy Monsters (I don’t love you anymore, Boat!)
31 Aug 2023
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Send us a textThis week, Max is going to tell us a story of a She-Devil who lights a flame in our co...
97. Water, Earth, Air, Fire, Goblin, Corpse, Troll (We Have to Kill This Fish Witch)
24 Aug 2023
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Send us a textHello! On today's episode, Janey is going to talk in detail about Scandinavian ch...
96. No Uggos Need Apply (at WifeMart)
17 Aug 2023
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Send us a textTRIGGER WARNING: Violence and brief loss of limbs (they get them back because it'...
95. Too Many Toenails! (The Patron Saint of La-Z Boys)
10 Aug 2023
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Send us a textHello and welcome to episode 95! On today's episode, Janey is going to make us fa...
94. Welcome to the Mouse House (ME GOLD!)
03 Aug 2023
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Send us a textHello! Welcome to our first episode of AUGUST. This week Max is going to tell us about...
93. No Longer Sticky (Lick your Kicks at Route 66)
27 Jul 2023
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Send us a textHello and welcome to the episode where Janey tells you the worst ending to a story EVE...
92. One Big Johnson (and how to know if you're a princess)
20 Jul 2023
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Send us a textHello! On today's episode, Max is going to tell us a spoooOOOoooky Japanese ghost...
91. Don't Pick Me, B**** (dancing with the Wood Lady)
13 Jul 2023
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Send us a textHello and welcome to the Meadow Episode, where Janey will tell us all about a flower t...
90. A Circle of Jerks (we love you, Boo Mama)
06 Jul 2023
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Send us a textHello and welcome to our 90th episode!!! Today Max is going to teach us that mother-in...
89. Society is a Butterface (go do three crusades about it)
29 Jun 2023
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Send us a textHello and welcome to an extra-long episode! Today, Janey is going to tell us about a m...
88. Milkshake Ducking (and the dangers of pillow talk)
22 Jun 2023
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Send us a textToday Max is going to tell us about a magical white duck, and Janey is going to tell u...
87. Feminist Icon, Sir Gawain (You’re not afraid of the Hairy Things?)
15 Jun 2023
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Send us a textGood morrow! Today Janey is going to tell us the story of that time the cutest member ...
86. 1,000 Draculas Richer (at Outback Snake House)
08 Jun 2023
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Send us a textG'day mates! Today Max is going to warn us all about the dangers of leaving our f...
85. Adventures of Buffalo Bill (skeletons aren't scary)
01 Jun 2023
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Send us a textHello friends! Our accidental theme today is "Native tales"! Sit back and re...
84. P.P. the Pee Pee Peeker (The Bob White Tribute Show)
25 May 2023
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Send us a textHello and Bob White to everyone! We hope you enjoy this episode where Max tells a firs...
83. Do You Even Lift, Coachman? (I'm with The Calamity)
18 May 2023
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Send us a textToday's episode has everything: pretty maids, little fellows, babies playing flut...
82. The Regular Devil (Did you fall out of the stupid sack?)
11 May 2023
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Send us a textHappy May, everybody! Today Max is going to tell a Cuban tale about a strong man who f...