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Tales for our TimesThe Wolf HunterSend us a textIn this episode I share a story about a hunter who is haunted by ghosts before encountering a wolf.I reflect upon Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025 and talk about the storytelling and shadow puppetry show, "A Wolf Shall Devour the Sun'.I mention my substack page "Rekindling the Hearth" https://deeprootscommunity.substack.com/aswell as upcoming festivals in the Glens of Antrim, Bray, and the Scottish International Storytelling Festival.
2025-10-0224 minTales 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
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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/
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Blooming HumanWoran 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/dougiemackaystory
2023-06-0827 minTales for our TimesEp 1. Dog & FoxSend us a textWelcome to the Tales for our Times podcast!In this first episode (recorded back in the winter time) I share a classic tale from the Scottish Traveller people and give a little cultural context around the travellers, and their role in the modern resurgence in traditional storytelling.This story is a classic, and one of the tales I tell most often as it's a winner with all age groups and presents a age old dichotomy, that stirs something inmost people.You can support this podcast to the...
2023-06-0817 minTales for our TimesEp 2. The Faery FoxSend us a textThis episode shares a local folk tale from the Isle of Skye, first told to me by renowned Seanachie, George 'Seoras' Macpherson. The tale is set in the time of the Highland clearances, and has themes of co-operation common in rural places, memories of old lore, and the harshness of the Scottish elements.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.c...
2023-06-0821 minTales for our TimesEp 3. 'A Wee Lift' with Liz WeirSend us a textIn this episode I am joined by Northern Irish storytelling phenomenon Liz Weir.I first met Liz many years ago at the Scottish International Storytelling Festival and was fascinated by her anecdotes of storytelling in Northern Ireland during the times of 'the troubles'. It was one of the strongest accounts of applied storytelling I have heard, and only one of many community projects delivered by Liz.Since then, I have visited her across the water several times and have always been made very welcome.Liz is a...
2023-06-0842 minTales for our TimesEp 4. Treasure under the Apple TreeSend us a textAnother classic tale about dreaming and unexpected treasures in familiar places and an inspiration for a best selling novel.This story appeals to all ages and whilst discussing with a friend recently, we reflected upon the influence that the novel version of this tale has had on our adult lives.It's a cracking folk tale in it's finest form: simple, engaging and with just a seed of something to ponder afterwards.I first discovered this story via Hugh Lupton's collection of Wisdom Tales, published by Barefoot Books.
2023-06-0826 min
19 Nocturne Boulevard19 Nocturne Boulevard - HALLOW'S EVE - ReissueHALLOW'S EVE Good intentions may pave the way to ruin, but when Fran - a precocious 11-year old - sets out to rescue what she fervently hopes is a kidnapped child, Halloween may never be the same! Written and produced by Julie Hoverson Cast List Fran - E. Vickery Bobbie - M. Lane Officer Hooper - S. Connor Grigg - C. Hornaday Bool - B. Poole Kidnappers - J. Harvey & Mr. Synyster Timmy & Billy - B. Lomatewama & R. LeBoeuf Mrs. Hooper - A. Kirby Thompson - S. Hoverson Ari & News Report - J...
2021-10-2930 min
The Beaverton Weekly ReportSeptember 19, 2018: Sexual predators about to be most represented minority group on U.S. Supreme CourtLuke and the Panel (Craig Fay, Diana McCallum, Aaron Hagey-MacKay) have no shortage of ridiculous stories to discuss this week. They get into the fact that People's Party of Canada sounds like the name of a communist country (2:30), debate whether Bernier has a shot of pulling in Liberal and NDP voters (12:00), talk about little Dougie Ford and the latest adventures in the Notwithstanding Clause (17:00), explore why the people who drafted S. 33 wagging their fingers at Ford is bullshit (28:00) mourn the loss of childhood innocence brought on by Stormy Daniels' use of a MarioKart reference to describe Trump's junk (35:00) and...
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