Tales From the Singing Porch

Floorboard #5. A lonely girl plays piano each night, and begins to fall in love with the moon. But when the moon falls in love with her, the whole world changes…and the girl must decide what her happiness is worth.
Content Warnings: Natural disasters
Tales from the Singing Porch is an original folktale anthology podcast by Talefolk Productions. Designed, directed, and underscored by Maya Reter, written and performed by Joe Blanchard. Our intro & outro music is by Samuel Perlman, and our art is by Megan Lenane.
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Floorboard #4. In a tall and dark city, a boy visits a loan shark to save his family. Soon he discovers that the cruel woman is a powerful witch. Alone and unprepared, the boy’s kindness may prove to be his best weapon.
Content Warnings: Blood, child endangerment
Tales from the Singing Porch is an original folktale anthology podcast by Talefolk Productions. Designed, directed, and underscored by Maya Reter, written and performed by Joe Blanchard. Our intro & outro music is by Samuel Perlman, and our art is by Megan Lenane.
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Floorboard #3. Hourora the hour-hand is always running late. After a lifetime of feeling behind, she finally decides to take a break! However, Hourora soon discovers that taking her time is much harder than expected.
Content Warning: None
Tales from the Singing Porch is an original folktale anthology podcast by Talefolk Productions. Designed and directed and underscored by Maya Reter, written and performed by Joe Blanchard. Our intro & outro music is by Samuel Perlman, and our art is by Megan Lenane.
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Floorboard #2. Sarah lives with her parents on a little family farm, and her only friend is Bess—the beloved family cow. Unfortunately, parents can be foolish, and the world can be cruel. Both Sarah and Bess are forced to transform in ways they never asked for.
Content Warning: eating horror, intense gore, death of a parent, child endangerment (reach out for more information).
Tales from the Singing Porch is an original folktale anthology podcast by Talefolk Productions. Designed, directed, and underscored by Maya Reter, written and performed by Joe Blanchard. Our intro & outro music is by Samuel Perlman, and our art is by Megan Lenane.
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Floorboard #1. The Most Magnificent Express has everything Tierra could ever wish for. But when Tierra wakes up on her last day on the train, she must decide how she will spend the rest of her life.
Content Warning: illness of a parent
Tales from the Singing Porch is an original folktale anthology podcast by Talefolk Productions. Designed, directed, and underscored by Maya Reter, written and performed by Joe Blanchard. Our intro & outro music is by Samuel Perlman, and our art is by Megan Lenane.
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“At the end of all roads, between an end and a beginning…” Meet the Singing Porch, where floorboards creak and stories whisper. If you listen really close, you'll hear it begin.
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Tales from the Singing Porch is an original folktale anthology podcast by Talefolk Productions. Designed and directed by Maya Reter, written and performed by Joe Blanchard. Our Intro and outro music, as well as additional scoring is by Samuel Perlman, and our art is by Megan Lenane.
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