Tales for our Times Podcast
1) The Wolf Hunter
Send us a text In 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 sha...Show More
2) The Clever Wish
Send us a text This 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 laun...Show More
3) Ramble by the River
Send us a text Live 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 creativ...Show More
4) Storytelling Delights in Marrakech
In 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...Show More
5) Culture Making with Tad Hargrave
As 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, i...Show More
6) Ep12. Wise fools with Dan Serridge
In 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...Show More
7) Ep.11 Wild Awake with Lucy O'Hagan
In 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 N...Show More
8) The Witches of Kintail live at SISF
This 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 ha...Show More
9) Ep 9. The Hunter Ogalusa
In 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 Norwegia...Show More
10) Rewilding Humans (with Daan Timmers)
In 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 ...Show More