Episodes
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Episode 43: What is a folk custom?
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
This episode of the Folklore & Fiction podcast was first published as a newsletter in May 2020. I'm recording it as a supplemental podcast now so that new listeners and subscribers have an opportunity to engage with the material. In it, I'm writing about folk customs with help from scholars Richard Sweterlitsch and Wayland Hand, author Naomi Novik, and friends Vigdís Andersen and Sveinn Svavarsson, among others. (Companion Dispatch: https://csmaccath.com/blog/what-folk-custom)
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Episode 42: What is a curse?
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
This episode of the Folklore & Fiction podcast was first published as a newsletter in April 2020. I'm recording it as a supplemental podcast now so that new listeners and subscribers have an opportunity to engage with the material. In it, I'm discussing curses with help from scholars Natalie Underberg, Evangelos Gr. Avdikos, and others, outlining the use of curses in storytelling, and providing you with an example and a reflective writing exercise. If you're new to the podcast or missed March 2020's "What is a charm?" edition, do go back and check it out before engaging with this one. Many folklore scholars agree that curses may be viewed as negative charms, and with that in mind, this discussion is an extension of the last one. (Companion Dispatch: https://csmaccath.com/blog/what-curse)
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Episode 41: Keeping a Journal in Uncertain Times
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
This episode of the Folklore & Fiction podcast was first published as a supplementary newsletter in March 2020, shortly after the pandemic was declared. I'm recording it as a supplemental podcast now so that new listeners and subscribers have an opportunity to engage with the material. In it, I'm discussing the value of keeping a journal you can pass on to others. (Companion Dispatch: https://csmaccath.com/blog/folklore-fiction-supplement-keeping-journal-uncertain-times)
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Episode 40: What is a charm?
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
This episode of the Folklore & Fiction podcast was first published as a newsletter in March 2020. I'm recording it as a supplemental podcast now so that new listeners and subscribers have an opportunity to engage with the material. In it, I'm discussing charms with help from scholars J. Stanley Hopkins, Jonathan Roper, and others, discussing the use of charms in storycraft, and providing you with an example and an exercise on the topic. (Companion Dispatch: https://csmaccath.com/blog/what-charm)
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Episode 39: What is a superstition?
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
This episode of the Folklore & Fiction podcast was first published as a newsletter in February 2020. I'm recording it as a supplemental podcast now so that new listeners and subscribers have an opportunity to engage with the material. In it, I'm discussing superstitions with help from scholars Ülo Valk, Torunn Selberg, Alan Dundes, and others, discussing superstition in the context of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series of books, and providing you with an exercise on the topic. (Companion Dispatch: https://csmaccath.com/blog/what-superstition)
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Episode 38: What is a rite of passage?
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
This episode of the Folklore & Fiction podcast was first published as a newsletter in January 2020. I'm recording it as a supplemental podcast now so that new listeners and subscribers have an opportunity to engage with the material. In it, I'm discussing rites of passage with help from scholars Arnold van Gennep, Alan Dundes, and others, discussing rites of passage in fiction, and providing you with storytelling insights related to the topic. (Companion Dispatch: https://csmaccath.com/blog/what-rite-passage)
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Episode 37: Winter Solstice Dispatch and Podcast 2022
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Guest author Rebecca Buchanan continues the Summer Solstice 2022 discussion of Pagan futurism via her Pagan science fiction short story, "Hysthaany." Join us for this very special edition of the winter solstice dispatch and podcast. (Companion Dispatch: https://csmaccath.com/blog/winter-solstice-dispatch-2022)
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Episode 36: Winter Solstice Dispatch and Podcast 2019
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Join me for a discussion of legendary sea monsters in my poem entitled "Leviathans," which was published in Strange Horizons. (Companion Dispatch: https://csmaccath.com/blog/winter-solstice-newsletter-2019)
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