Tale Foundry

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  • Premiered: Mar 2016
  • Episodes: 222
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Season 2025
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Why Fantasy is Obsessed with Swords
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Jan 01, 2025
The Iron Throne isn't made out of axes, probably for the same reason that people don't have a favourite lightarrow colour. What's the deal with fantasy, swords, and our own perception?
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Why Monsters Follow the Rules
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Jan 08, 2025
A monster is more than the sum of its fangs, claws and evil eyes. Anybody can become a monster. Especially you.
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The Scariest Thing Imaginable
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Jan 15, 2025
Can you explain what terrifies you? Talk about it? If you had to, can you picture it at all?
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What is No-Face?
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Jan 29, 2025
Let's talk about one of the most mysterious characters in Spirited Away.
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The "Perfect Victim" Complex
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Feb 05, 2025
Nobody wants to see an innocent suffer, even a fictional one. Or do we? Is there a secret catharsis in seeing the right kind of victim?
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The Other Kind of Science Fiction
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Feb 12, 2025
We all heard the stories. Wait, is that normal?
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Silent Hill's Identity Crisis
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Feb 19, 2025
What makes a Silent Hill game feel like Silent Hill? Is the series too focused on its own imagery to stay true to its core? Is Silent Hill... haunting itself?
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Why We're Afraid of Utopias
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Mar 05, 2025
Welcome to the utopia store! Pick your favourite. But be warned: everything here comes at a price...
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The Simulation Narrative
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Mar 12, 2025
Why are we so obsessed with stories about "waking up"? Isn't that, in the end, just another fantasy?
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The Most Insidious Monster
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Mar 26, 2025
They've been living among you, disguising themselves as your friends and family. Who can you trust? Should you trust anybody at all?
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Fiction About Nobody
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Apr 02, 2025
Not every story needs a main character. Some don't need characters... at all.
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Why Magic Drives You Mad
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Apr 09, 2025
What price would you pay to be a magic user? Do you think you could handle it?
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The Cosmic Horror of True Love
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Apr 23, 2025
If it doesn't drive you to absolute, reality-shattering madness... can you really call it "true love"?
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Why Violence Is So Fun
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Apr 30, 2025
Video game violence is gory. It's destructive. It's ridiculous. But you have to admit, it's also really, really fun.
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To Become Human
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May 07, 2025
Robots are always trying to become human. The weird part? They rarely know what "human" even means.
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The Horror of Being a Kid
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May 21, 2025
You probably remember that one spooky story that gave you nightmares as a kid. You probably don't remember just how much it truly scared you.
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The Hardest Monster to Escape
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May 28, 2025
Maybe the scariest monster of all is the one you see in the mirror, every single day.
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Consuming the Vampire
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Jun 04, 2025
The only thing stronger than a vampire's hunger for humans... is humanity's hunger for vampires.
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The Post-Human Condition
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Air date
Jun 18, 2025
What will "humanity" mean... in an era of completely new humans?

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