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Tales for our TimesThe Clever WishSend us a textThis episode features a live telling of an Irish/Scottish folk tale, "The Clever Wish". Recorded at the Hearth Fire Sessions in Edinburgh in November 24, this episode previews the launch of the sessions again this year, starting on World Storytelling Day.This story is a favourite for all ages ,and it's riddle some quality makes it particularly satisfying to tell.Stay up to date with all my storytelling offerings, including story coaching by joining the mailing list:https://sendfox.com/dougiemackaystoryemail enquiries t...2025-03-1224 min
Enthusiastica with Danica BoyceA protection charm from St. PatrickHello!Today I wish to share with you a charm of protection, an excerpt from an Old Irish prayer attributed to Saint Patrick, whose feast day is coming up on March 17th. This prayer is said to have saved Patrick and his fellow travellers from ambush by making them appear to be a herd of wild deer followed by a fawn. This style of incantation is pre-Christian in origin, and called a “lorica,” which is Latin for “breastplate.” The idea is that by saying or singing the prayer one armours oneself with the powers of nature and divinity...2025-03-0801 minTales for our TimesRamble by the RiverSend us a textLive recording from the banks of the River Tweed in the south of Scotland. The sun is shining, the frost is sparkling and the otters are swimming.This episode shares musings on creativity, creating moments of wonder amidst modernity, the polar pulls of to-do-lists and the wild, Fionn's true seeing and the poetry of the Otter.It's a bit different from previous episodes but I enjoyed it and hopefully you do too.If you'd like to stay up to date with story offerings and resources you...2025-02-2836 min
Fair Folk PodcastWolf at the door - interview w/ Scottish storyteller Dougie MackayIn this episode I speak with Scottish storyteller Dougie Mackay about the troubled relationship between humankind and wolves in the British isles, and how we might revive the days when culture was shared with entertainment and joy at the centre. He shares a moving story from Ireland about a peculiar family a man meets while searching for lost cows, and offers a blessing for the revival of the wolf's vital place in our world.
Learn more about the upcoming Wonder Club saints course, starting March 5th: https://www.danicaboyce.com/wonder-club
Sign up for Cave of Dreams - Feast and...2025-02-2059 minTales for our TimesMarrakech Storytelling FestivalSend us a textIn this episode I give updates from the Marrakech International Storytelling Festival and share two short stories from the region.The stories are of a character famed through the Arab world, the wise fool, often known as Hodja, or the Mullah Nasruddin, but in North Africa he is known as 'Djoha'.I recently told one of these stories at a school in the Atlas Mountains to the delight of many school pupils............Stay in the loop with my storytelling offerings through the year via:2025-02-0435 min
House of Legends: World Myths & LegendsEpisode 87: Whuppity Stoorie with Dougie MackayMy guest today is Dougie Mackay. Dougie hails from the Scottish Highlands and draws on his background in nature connection and ancestral skills in his storytelling. He founded the Inverness Storytelling Festival, hosts the Tales for Our Times podcast, recently toured British Columbia and hosts regular events at the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh. On this episode Dougie tells the Scottish story of Whuppity Stoorie, and afterwards we talk about the story and his work. I’m trying a new format, in which we go straight into the story and then talk afterwards, so please let...2024-08-2836 minTales for our TimesCulture Making with Tad HargraveSend us a textAs a prequel to my upcoming tour of British Columbia I speak with Tad Hargrave, best known for his Marketing for Hippies movement, but also eloquent in culture making and something of a storyteller, improv actor and street magician. You want this guy at your party!In our conversation we touch upon his own path to discover of the richness of his Celtic heritage, learning from cultural heavyweights such as Stephen Jenkinson, discuss indigenous knowledge, heritage crafts, and trans Atlantic idea sharing. We reference at least one road trip and a s...2024-05-011h 11Tales for our TimesEp12. Wise fools with Dan SerridgeSend us a textIn this episode I discuss 'applied storytelling' as well as performance with Glasgow based storyteller Dan Serridge.We dive into story as a tool for community engagement and how it can break down barriers.Dan shares his experience of walking the border between England and Scotland, whilst musing the classic tale of Thomas the Rhymer, and his own experience of loss. How do we return changed from a trip to the underworld?This theme continues, using the greek myth of orpheus as a means to process grief, and...2024-03-091h 28Tales for our TimesEp11. Wild Awake with Lucy O'HaganSend us a textIn this episode I catch up with Lucy O'Hagan about her wilderness programmes in Ireland. We range from local myths of Lugh and Balor of the evil eye, to the Belfast Punk scene, snow shelters in Norway, cave dwelling in Dordogne, and the teepee outside Galway where we met.To find out more about Lucy's work:https://www.wildawake.ie/To stay tuned for more story offerings:https://sendfox.com/dougiemackaystoryLynx Vilden's Lithica project:https://www.lithica.earth/2024-02-031h 08
MenstrualityWoran ich dieses Jahr gewachsen bin & was mich gehalten hatNach langem wieder eine neue Folge und Zeit für einen Rückblick! Das Jahr 2023 war für mich nicht einfach und ich teile mit euch ganz persönlich, was mich dieses Jahr herausgefordert hat, woran ich gewachsen und wofür ich dankbar bin.Es geht darumwie ich im Winter eine Trennung verarbeitet habewie ich im Frühling wieder langsam aufgeblüht binwie ich mich im Sommer irgendwie verlorenund im Herbst wieder stärker zu mir gefunden habund wie mir die Nähe zur Natur, me...2023-12-3154 min
The Watt From Pedro Show2023-12-01 The Watt from Pedro Showhour one:
john coltrane talking to august blume on june 15, 1958 about working w different people
"I'm nervous" conan neutron & the secret friends
"anyone else" lung
"heavy metal kid down the block" eugene chadbourne
"diamond" oliver mann & stefano pilia
"dobbin's lost his coconuts" [extended version] woo
"the great commandment" helmore flames
"cuban heel" split red
"side 06 excerpt" post-homo hubris jazz
"whistle conversion - part 10 of 10" position normal
"microwave radio wars" bomis prendin
"criminal hypnosis" conan neutron & the secret friends
hour two:
"we were wolves" conan neutron & the secret friends
"an ice palace" karl m v waugh
"gilgamesh in berchtesgaden" (excerpt) research...2023-12-013h 00Tales for our TimesEp 10. The Witches of Kintail live at SISFSend us a textThis episode features a live recording of a story told at the Scottish International Storytelling Festival 23. It's a version of one of the stories I first fell in love with many years ago and has sublime musical accompaniment from the talented Rachel Newton...aswell as some random audience participation and suggestion!I also comment on various features of the storytelling festival including the Basket of Stories project and finish with a poem from a prominent Palestinian poet.Mentioned in the show is the Another Story Podcast, the online Voices...2023-11-0341 minTales for our TimesEp 9. The Hunter OgalusaSend us a textIn the episode I give a nod to my recent trip to Norway for a primitive skills gathering by telling a hunting tale from Sierra Leone. I also share a 'Revolting Rhyme' version of the Norwegian folk tale, the Three Billy Goats Gruff, inspired by irreverent British-Danish author Roald Dahl.There is some commentary on my time in Norway and the story too.If you'd like to support this podcast you can make a donation, to the price of a hot drink via my Kofi page:h...2023-10-0441 min
Wild Sacred Journey PodcastEp 29. Rediscovering Home: Travel, Stories, and Cultures Rich in Connection (w/ Dougie Mackay)Today’s session around the fire was recorded about 10 days into my time in Scotland and watching it back for these notes, I’m aware of how ‘fizzy’ and ‘unsettled’ my system feels; how old meaning-making patterns were being stirred and and challenged and I was in the place of being unmade. Perhaps you’ll see something different in me, too. Or perhaps that’s how it always was and it looks and feels different now, later, after more shifts and settlings.
But one thing today’s guest, Dougie Mackay, and I share is a living inquiry into how to be a m...2023-09-291h 25Tales for our TimesEp 8. Rewilding Humans (with Daan Timmers)Send us a textIn this episode I discuss rewilding with Daan Timmers, whom I met at the Lithica ancestral skills gathering in Norway.We reflect upon our experience at the Lithica Gathering highlighting the sense of community and connection and value of reconnecting with nature and each other in a world that often prioritizes individuality. We discuss the joy of learning and practicing ancient skills, as well as the intangible magic that occurs when people come together in such settings. We cover concept of rewilding, not only in terms of the natural e...2023-09-051h 15Tales for our TimesEp 7. The Old Grey MagicianSend us a textIn this episode I introduce Animate Lands, a live storytelling and music piece that recently showcased at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.I introduce the Fianna and some of the old Celtic myths relating to them before sharing a Scottish story featuring the Old Grey Magician, a mysterious wizard type character in who appears in several old Celtic myths. This is a story you are unlikely to hear elsewhere............Dougie shares his summer adventures, including attending the Lithica Gathering in Norway, running a camp on the Scottish island...2023-08-1744 minTales for our TimesEp 5. Story Activism and the Magic GardenSend us a textInspired by a community action programme in the North of Scotland, this episode relays a the challenges placed upon green spaces and community resources under the guise of 'green energy'.With anecdotes from Torrie community up in Aberdeen, and reflections upon this folk tale from Central Asia, we explore the contradiction of focusing on carbon whilst ignoring biodiversity and yearn for decision making strategies with youthful vision and elders to offer advice.You can support this podcast to the cost of a cup of coffee (that's a hipster oat...2023-06-0832 minTales for our TimesEp 6. The Monkey's HeartSend us a textCelebrating high summer, this tale is a nod to swims in the river and finding new stories for festival season.This tale is a fun one and a new one in my repertoire.You can support this podcast to the cost of a cup of coffee (that's a hipster oat milk cappuccino) or dram (single malt) via my Kofi page. All contributions very much appreciated.https://ko-fi.com/dougiemackaystorySignup to news and info:https://sendfox.com/dougiemackaystory2023-06-0827 min