# Episode 485: Playing Bridge with the Boys in a Bear Suit (The Story of Harap Alb, Part 1)

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Podcast: [What The Folklore?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-the-folklore-1034096)
Published: 2026-05-05T16:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3585

## Resource

This week on WTFolklore, we do what we've always done best: complain about commercials. Then we read Chapter 1 of "The Story of Harap Alb", which is itself titled "The Ember-Eating Flying Horse"

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