A Folktale Storytelling Podcast
Where lesser known folktales find a new voice
Ohh Folk!! is a folktale storytelling podcast that gathers and preserves lesser-known folktales from around the world, bringing them back through the timeless magic of oral storytelling for modern listeners. Each episode is a gentle journey into memory, wonder, culture, and the old tradition of stories passed from one voice to another, long before they were written down. Here, hidden gems from across the world are rediscovered, one tale at a time.
A few tales to begin with
Start anywhere. Every tale opens a small door into another place, another time, another way of seeing the world.
S02-EP 08
Coffee Story from Yemen
A fragrant folktale from Yemen, home of Mocha coffee, where one beloved bean carries us through mountain villages, ancient ports, and the land that helped wake the world.
S02-EP 11
Lunar Eclipse Story from Bangladesh
A rare lunar eclipse tale from Bangladesh, a South Asian country of wide rivers, monsoon skies, and stories shaped by the shared language of two Bengals.
S01-EP 02
Dessert Story from Eastern India
A delicious folktale from Bihar, India, a land once dotted with Buddhist viharas, where Malpua, a syrup-soaked dessert with very old roots, takes center stage.
Quieter Folk Stories
That Lived Through Voices
Long before stories lived on screens or slipped past us in social media scrolls, they lived in voices. They were told in kitchens and courtyards, near riverbeds and open fields, around fires, under starlit skies, through dark nights, and beside bedsides.
They traveled through grandparents, travelers, traders, singers, field workers, farmers, mothers, children, and strangers who remembered just enough to pass them on orally. There was sheer joy in the telling itself, in spoken words, live performances, music, dance, and the simple act of gathering together for a story.
Ohh Folk!! is a modern-day nest for those stories, especially the quieter ones. This podcast gathers lesser-known folktales from across the globe and retells them with care, keeping their wonder alive through a calm, intimate voice and the laid-back rhythm of oral storytelling. It is part archive, part listening room, and part love letter to the oral storytelling traditions that shaped human imagination.
In a fast-moving world, Ohh Folk!! invites listeners to slow down, listen closely, and feel the unrushed happiness of being narrated a story.
