WEBVTT - The Monstrefact: The Nuppeppo

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, a production of

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<v Speaker 1>My Heart Radio. Hi, my name is Robert Lamb. And

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<v Speaker 1>this is The Monster Fact, a short form series from

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<v Speaker 1>Stuff to Blow Your Mind, focusing in on mythical creatures,

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<v Speaker 1>ideas and monsters in time. The Yokai tradition of Japan

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<v Speaker 1>is rich with strange beings that range from the comical

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<v Speaker 1>to the terrifying, and today's subject falls somewhere in the middle. Imagine,

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<v Speaker 1>if you will yourself alone in a graveyard or on

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<v Speaker 1>the grounds of an abandoned temple in the darkness, you

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<v Speaker 1>glimpse something pale and bloated. It carries with it the rancid,

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<v Speaker 1>unmistakable stench of death and decay. As it bumbles closer,

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<v Speaker 1>you see it more clearly, a bloated, headless torso of

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<v Speaker 1>ghastly flesh that walks about on two lumpy legs and

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<v Speaker 1>flounders about with two lumpy arms. It is naked, and

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<v Speaker 1>the folds of its fat seem to vaguely form the

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<v Speaker 1>contours of a saggy face. This is the new Peppo,

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<v Speaker 1>and despite its disturbing appearance, it is said to be

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<v Speaker 1>quite harmless. It just wanders about, disturbing those who encounter it,

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<v Speaker 1>but otherwise harming no one. It's related in the excellent

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<v Speaker 1>book Yokai Attack by Hiroko Yoda and matt Alt. An

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<v Speaker 1>eighteenth century tale recounts a new Peppo haunting at the

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<v Speaker 1>castle of Shogun took Agaya Yayishu, who lived fifteen forty

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<v Speaker 1>three through sixteen sixteen. According to the tale, the shogun

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<v Speaker 1>demanded the creature be removed from the premises and released

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<v Speaker 1>deep into the willderness, where a wooden trouble human settlements

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<v Speaker 1>or bother anyone again. Only afterwards did Tokugawa learn that

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<v Speaker 1>the new p pose flesh was said to restore youth

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<v Speaker 1>and health to anyone who consumed it. A frequent subject

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<v Speaker 1>of yokai art and toys, New Peppo depictions often walk

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<v Speaker 1>a thin line between the ghastly and the weirdly cute,

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<v Speaker 1>which I think is one of its appeals. Its exact

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<v Speaker 1>origin seems to be shrouded in mystery, though perhaps it

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<v Speaker 1>is related to the word new perry, a derogatory name

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<v Speaker 1>for older women with too much makeup, as well as

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<v Speaker 1>to its fellow Yokai no Parabbo, which appears to be

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<v Speaker 1>an otherwise normal human figure without a face. I like

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<v Speaker 1>the mystery though, is the new Peppo walking accumulation of

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<v Speaker 1>dead flesh some sort of shambling, amorphous grave slime and

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<v Speaker 1>why does it invite us to become the ghoul by

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<v Speaker 1>devouring its life giving meat. Tune in for additional episodes

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