Episode 137 - THE BEAUTY WITCH
Episode 137 - THE BEAUTY WITCH
We explore the ways in which folklore can sit behind some of the everyday rituals that we perform at home with guest Ali... Read more
1 Aug 2023
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39mins
Episode 136 - SCARLET
Episode 136 - SCARLET
Literary correspondent Hilary Wilson chats with Genevieve Cogman, author of the 'Invisible Library' series, about the fi... Read more
14 Jul 2023
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35mins
FOLKLORE IN THE FIELD - Diane Rodgers
FOLKLORE IN THE FIELD - Diane Rodgers
In a new occasional strand of The Folklore Podcast, 'Folklore in the Field', we will be presenting interviews and other ... Read more
12 Jul 2023
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18mins
Episode 135 - AFRICAN FOLKLORE
Episode 135 - AFRICAN FOLKLORE
We shine a spotlight on some of the folklore and tales of importance in African culture. Guiding us on this path is Hele... Read more
3 Jul 2023
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53mins
Episode 134 - VERGE
Episode 134 - VERGE
The day that Rowena Murray was born, two-hundred-and-fifty starlings dropped dead out of the sky. Or so her mother says.... Read more
9 Jun 2023
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33mins
BONUS FEATURE: Lauren McMenemy
BONUS FEATURE: Lauren McMenemy
In this last of three interviews recorded live at the UK Ghost Story Festival in Derby, podcast host Mark Norman chats w... Read more
1 Jun 2023
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23mins
Episode 133: DEATH FOLKLORE IN 19th CENTURY ENGLAND
Episode 133: DEATH FOLKLORE IN 19th CENTURY ENGLAND
Following on from our last episode looking at execution ballads, we stick with the subject of the folklore of death. Thi... Read more
27 May 2023
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47mins
Episode 132: EXECUTION BALLADS
Episode 132: EXECUTION BALLADS
On her website, Execution Ballads, Dr Una McIlvenna writes:"Across Europe, from the sixteenth century until the early tw... Read more
17 May 2023
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1hr 3mins
Episode 131: THE OTHER PATH
Episode 131: THE OTHER PATH
Odyssey Theatre is Ottowa's premiere professional theatre company, specialising in the old tradition of masked performan... Read more
10 May 2023
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1hr 5mins
Episode 130: HOODENING
Episode 130: HOODENING
The Folklore Podcast presents a recording of a panel discussion hosted at Maidstone Museum on the subject of the Kentish... Read more
2 May 2023
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51mins