One of my favorite podcasts was featured in The Guardian, an excellent piece on “Lore” from creator Aaron Mahnke. What i’ve come to love about Lore is the fine line Aaron walks between actual history and folklore. All twenty something episodes thus far are equally amazing. If your already into podcasts or are just starting, this is an excellent look into Lore, a fantastic history podcast.
“What I tell people is that Lore isn’t a ‘scary story podcast’, it’s a history podcast, with the material delivered in the oral storytelling tradition,” Mahnke explained. “It’s narrative, but I can’t go beyond the historical details.