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The Cauldron:Perspectives on the Witch TrialsShe Speaks Volumes is created by Daniella SorrentinoCREDITS:Voice-Actors + NarratorsMargaret Alice Murray, excerpts from witchcraze read by Verna SorrentinoScottish Witches: Marnie Thompson, JP Wright, Susan Harden Joan of Arc: @katsukyInterviews with: Yvonne OwensDr Liz WilliamsLINKS TO PURCHASE or READ BOOKS REFERENCED: detailed bibliography below. Witch Cults in Western EuropeWitchcrazeAbject Eroticism in Northern Renaissance Art Miracles of Our Own MakingResearchBBC...2024-08-0134 min
The Cauldron:Season 1: Teaser - What exactly is a witch?Since the 1970s witchcraft has been spreading, exponentially each year. It is currently the fastest growing ideology (where?).Yet this idea of ‘witch’ is as ephemeral as magic itself. What do we identify with when we call ourselves ‘witch’? What do we mean when we call someone else a witch? Witchcraft itself is more diverse in recent years than in the past; contemporary witches can be hedge witches, kitchen witches, chaos witches, shadow witches or follow any number of magical paths. The rising popularity of the craft is also expanding the definition of witchcraft. There is no central authority for witch...2024-06-1002 min
The Cauldron:A Documented History of the Tarot - An Interview with Tarot Historian Sherryl E.SmithEpisode Title: A Documented History of the Tarot with Sherryl E. SmithDescription:In this episode of The Cauldron, we are thrilled to welcome Sherryl E. Smith, a distinguished tarot historian and the creator of Tarotheritage.com. Join us as we delve into the rich and fascinating history of tarot cards, exploring the major arcana and uncovering the stories behind these mystical symbols. Sherryl shares her extensive knowledge, insights, and passion for tarot.Key Points:Introduction to Sherryl E. Smith and her background in tarot history.An overview of Tarotheritage.com and...2024-06-0253 min
The Cauldron:Leonora Carrington's The Hearing TrumpetThe Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington: Surrealist Storytelling and Female Friendship. Excerpts from The Hearing Trumpet are ready by Verna Sorrentino This episode is based on The NYRB edition of The Hearing Trumpet published in 2021.The Hearing Trumpet was written in the 1950s, and was originally published in 1974.Listen to the SSV episode on Carrington's Down BelowFROM WIKIPEDIA: Mary Leonora Carrington OBE (6 April 1917 – 25 May 2011[1]) was a British-born Mexican artist, surrealist painter, and novelist. She lived most of her adult life in Mexico City and was one of the last sur...2024-02-2222 min
The Cauldron:Coven: An interview with Documentary Filmmaker Rama RauThe Cauldron: An audio-zine for witches, and people who study and practice magic, myth, and meaning. created by Daniella Sorrentino for esbat.tv Interview conducted by journalist and 13th House Mystery school Priest John Threlfall. Interviewee is director Rama Rau: https://ramarau.com/ To learn more about where you can watch The Coven: https://www.covendoc.com/ You can explore upcoming episodes of the Cauldron at: https://esbat.tv/ 2024-02-1535 min
The Cauldron:Miracles of Our Own Making: The History of Paganism - An Interview with Liz WilliamsThe Cauldron: An audio-zine for witches, and people who study and practice magic, myth, and meaning. created by Daniella Sorrentino for esbat.tv This episode fell out of the Perspectives on the Witch Trials episode I did for She Speaks Volumes. Through my research I came across a book Miracles of Our Own Making; A history of paganism. The book caused me to reconsider much of what I had learned, assumed, or imagined about the history of witchcraft, and I was thrilled that the author Liz Williams agreed to be interviewed for the Cauldron’s pi...2024-02-0833 min
She Speaks VolumesPerspectives on the Witch TrialsShe Speaks Volumes is created by Daniella SorrentinoCREDITS:Voice-Actors + NarratorsMargaret Alice Murray, excerpts from witchcraze read by Verna SorrentinoScottish Witches: Marnie Thompson, JP Wright, Susan Harden Joan of Arc: @katsukyInterviews with: Yvonne OwensDr Liz WilliamsLINKS TO PURCHASE or READ BOOKS REFERENCED: detailed bibliography below. Witch Cults in Western EuropeWitchcrazeAbject Eroticism in Northern Renaissance Art Miracles of Our Own MakingResearchBBC...2024-02-0134 min
The Cauldron:Perspectives on the Witch TrialsThe Cauldron: An audio-zine for witches, and people who study and practice magic, myth, and meaning. created by Daniella Sorrentino for esbat.tv CREDITS:Voice-Actors + NarratorsMargaret Alice Murray, excerpts from witchcraze read by Verna SorrentinoScottish Witches: Marnie Thompson, JP Wright, Susan Harden Joan of Arc: @katsukyInterviews with: Yvonne OwensDr Liz WilliamsLINKS TO PURCHASE or READ BOOKS REFERENCED: detailed bibliography below. Witch Cults in Western EuropeWitchcrazeAbject Eroticism...2024-01-3134 min
The Cauldron:The Cauldron - TeaserThe Cauldron is produced by Daniella Sorrentino for esbat.tv Welcome to The very first episode of The Cauldron, an audio-zine for witches and people who study magic, and meaning. This episode is a bit of a teaser of what the cauldron will be.Read more about the podcast at: esbat.tv/the cauldron 2024-01-3105 min
She Speaks VolumesThe Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington: Surrealist Storytelling and female friendshipShe Speaks Volumes: A primer for a millennia of often neglected writings by female philosophers, artists, and scientists. created by Daniella Sorrentino Donate Here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SheSpeaksVol S2:E2: The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington: Surrealist Storytelling and Female Friendship. Excerpts from The Hearing Trumpet are ready by Verna Sorrentino This episode is based on The NYRB edition of The Hearing Trumpet published in 2021.The Hearing Trumpet was written in the 1950s, and was originally published in 1974.Listen to the...2022-07-0423 min
She Speaks VolumesRags. Petrol. Matches. Virginia Woolf's Three Guineas.To support the podcast please donate at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/FeralCultureShe Speaks Volumes: The Primer for 500 years of feminist philosophy, historySeason 1 Episode 8: Three Guineas by Virginia Woolf. Created by: Daniella Sorrentino for the Feral Culture Lab: feralculturelab.com , dsorrentino.com Virginia Woolf is voiced by Fiona Thraille: https://thraille.weebly.comIn this episode we are listening to excerpts from the essay Three Guineas written by Virginia Woolf in 1938. Three Guineas is a satirical book length essay written as England is on the brink of World War...2022-02-1123 min
She Speaks VolumesThe Cage of Obscene Birds: Harriet Jacobs - Incidents in the Life of a Slave GirlShe Speaks Volumes: The Primer for 500 years of feminist philosophy, historySeason 1 Episode 6: In the Cage of Obscene Birds: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs. Created by: Daniella Sorrentino for the Feral Culture Lab: feralculturelab.com , dsorrentino.com Harriet Jacobs is voiced by Portia Cue, VoiceOnCue.com To support the podcast please donate at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/FeralCulture For this episode I used two editions:Jacobs Harriet, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself, Penguin Books, London, Eng 20...2022-01-2625 min
Seen Any Good Films Lately?Paolo Sorrentino, The Hand of God and the BIFASFresh from the first awards bash of the season, I catch up with winners from the British Independent Film Awards - Celeste Bell who carried of two prizes including Best Documentary for Poly Styrene: I Am Not a Cliche about her Mum, Poly Styrene, the late lead singer of former punk band X-Ray Spex; and Breakthrough Performance winner Nell Barlow, from lovely coming-of-age romance Sweetheart.And, as the European Film Awards take place in Berlin, I meet up with nominee for Best Director, Film and Screenplay, Paolo Sorrentino to discuss Naples, Maradona and his brilliant film a...2021-12-1042 min
She Speaks VolumesVindication of the Rights of Woman: the foundation of modern feminismShe Speaks Volumes, the primer for over 500 years of feminist philosophy, history, and writing is produced by the Feral Culture LabWritten and created by Daniella Sorrentino. Mary Wollstonecraft is voiced by Fiona ThrailleIn this episode we are listening to excerpts from the book that would lay the foundation of western feminism, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, written by Mary Wollstonecraft, and originally published in 1792.Episode extracts from Project Gutenberg edition Research from the Penguin Classic edition.Mary Wollstonecraft was born April 27, 1759 in Spitalfields, now...2021-10-1221 min
She Speaks VolumesANARCHY - what does it stand for?She Speaks Volumes - a primer for 500 years of feminist writing. Feral Culture Labwritten and produced by Daniella SorrentinoThis Episode, #8 explores what anarchy is through an excerpt of Emma Goldman's essay 'Anarchy: What it Really Stands For - Anarchy and an interview with the author of several books on anarchy including The Government of No One, the Theory and Practice of Anarchism Ruth Kinna, professor of political philosophy at Loughborough University. The Government of No One: The Theory and Practice of Anarchism can and should be purchased at a...2020-11-2945 min
She Speaks VolumesEmma Goldman: Living My Life Vol 1Episode 7 of She Speaks Volumes explores Volume 1 of anarchist and activist Emma Goldman's autobiography 'Living My Life'. Emma Goldman's autobiography was written in 1928 from a small cottage in Saint Tropez. Throughout the two volumes she reflects back on a life dedicated to the cause of dismantling the capitalist system. Her writing reveals a dedicated and passionate fighter, an unwavering loyalty to her comrqades, and a deeply romantic nature.
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She Speaks VolumesMore Christine de Pizan-The Book of The City of LadiesShe Speaks Volumes:Created by: Daniella SorrentinoMarilynn Desmond is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Binghamton University. She (co-authored with Pamela Sheingorn), Myth, Montage and Visuality in Late Medieval Manuscript Culture: Christine de Pizan's Epistre Othea. 2003, and is the author of "Christine de Pizan: gender, authorship and life-writing," in The Cambridge Companion to Medieval French Literature 2008, p. 123-135. I will post a bibliography for her on my website. Show notes will be updated to reflect this. Two translations of The Book of the City of Ladies were used to create this ep...2020-10-0926 min
She Speaks VolumesA Reluctant Nun; provocateur and feminist Sor Juana Ines de la CruzShe Speaks Volumes, the primer for over 500 years of feminist history, and philosophy is produced by Feral Culture Lab - feralculturelab.com Created by Daniella Sorrentino - dsorrentino.comExcerpts in this episode are from Poems, Protest and a Dream, published in 1997 by Penguin Random House. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. Sor Juana is voiced by Paola PoucelMusic: Madre la de los primores - written and composed by Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. Performed by the L.A. Camerata, directed by Marylin Winkle You can watch a You...2020-10-0126 min
She Speaks VolumesREVAMP Dialogue on the Infinity of Love, Tullia d'AragonaShe Speaks Volumes is produced by feralculturelab.comCreated by Daniella Sorrentino dsorrentino.com Support the podcast at: Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/FeralCultureSign-Up for FCL Newsletter: Episode #3: Dialogue on the Infinity of Love by Tulia d’Aragona Published by University of Chicago Press as part of The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe Series. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/series/OVIEME.htmlEdited and Translated by Rinaldina Russell, and Bruce Merry. Music from Free Music Archive:Lady in Wai...2020-09-1725 min
She Speaks VolumesPT 2: Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of LadiesShe Speaks Volumes:Created by: Daniella SorrentinoMarilynn Desmond is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Binghamton University. She (co-authored with Pamela Sheingorn), Myth, Montage and Visuality in Late Medieval Manuscript Culture: Christine de Pizan's Epistre Othea. 2003, and is the author of "Christine de Pizan: gender, authorship and life-writing," in The Cambridge Companion to Medieval French Literature 2008, p. 123-135. I will post a bibliography for her on my website. Show notes will be updated to reflect this. Two translations of The Book of the City of Ladies were used to create this ep...2020-09-0629 min
She Speaks VolumesPT 1: REVAMP: Christine de Pizan, The Book of the City of LadiesShe Speaks Volumes: a primer for 500 years of feminist history, and philosophy Created by: Daniella Sorrentino. Feral Culture Lab - feralculturelab.com Episode 2: The Book of the City of Ladies:Written by Christine de Pizan - 1405 Excerpts read by: Leanne Woodward: https://www.leannenarrates.com Two translations of The Book of the City of Ladies were used to create this episode:The excerpt is from the Penguin 1999 edition, translated by Rosalind Brown-Granthttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/352/35288/the-book-of-the-city-of-ladies/9780141907581.htmlMy notes, and the...2020-09-0330 min