by Lucy Hounsom | September 21, 2023 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe often take for granted the role language plays in communicating our favourite stories. And here in the west, there exists an unspoken expectation to be able to consume those favourite stories in English. The...
by Lucy Hounsom | July 27, 2023 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSFolklore and fairy tales can sometimes be inextricably bound up with religion. In the Grimms’ own collection of fairy tales, the Devil turns up and so do angels. ‘The Peasant in Heaven’ as well as...
by Lucy Hounsom | July 13, 2023 | Discussion, Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSFor this week’s episode, Lucy and Charlotte thought they’d take the opportunity to talk about something they have a passion for: folklore. In particular, the ballad of the Singing Bone, which is Aarne...
by Megan Leigh | June 15, 2023 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSI went a little bit left-field with the introduction to this episode, but I was weirdly excited by the fact that there was a major event in politics on the day I’d planned to discuss politics on the podcast! So...
by Megan Leigh | June 1, 2023 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIn this episode, I am really excited to talk about a book I was invited to read last year. The premise drew me in immediately – the last of humanity fighting to exist above an inhospitable earth – the only thing...
by Lucy Hounsom | May 18, 2023 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSpeculative fiction is no stranger to exploring issues of colonialism, particularly in science fiction, from first contact stories to wars over territories. While many such stories are extremely black and white, the...
