Episode 27: Blues Music, the African American Experience and Folklore Forget what you think you know about Blues Music and join us as we speak with award-winning Independent Filmmaker and radio journalist Lamont Jack Pearley who explains what blues music is and isn’t. Pearley is founder of the African American Folklorist Magazine and Podcast and […]

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Do you have a favorite folk band? We might just have your new favorite that you didn’t even know was missing in your life? In episode 26 we speak with Liz Pearson, vocalist for the folk band Chalk Horse Music with songs inspired by local stories, legends and places. Stephen Thomas from Folkroom Records says […]

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Did you know the Mahabharata is the longest epic poem ever written? At 100,000 verses, it is about 10 times the length of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey combined. The Bhagavad Gita, a section of the epic, is considered one of the most important Hindu scriptures. Our guest, Parag Shan is an author on the Mahabharata, […]

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Episode 24: Dr. Patrick McNamara and The Neuroscience of Religious Belief Did you know that religious belief and experiences have a profound effect on our brains? In this unique episode we speak with neuroscientist Patrick McNamara on how folklore affects our brains? We discuss how the brain processes and interprets religion, as well as mythology, […]

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Did you know Lithuania was one of the last countries of the Baltic region to convert to Christianity from paganism. This makes its folk stories, and folklore one of the most exciting to folklorists and ethnographers because their tales, traditions, rituals and customs are the most closely aligned to the Baltic states’ ancient pagan practices. […]

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Have you ever heard of folklore being used in therapy sessions? In episode 22, Ben Stimpson, a therapist, lecturer, student, and spiritual director uses a new effective therapeutic practice that combines storytelling, and personal narrative to get at the heart of clients’ challenges. He walks us through how it works and why it’s effective. We […]

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Do you believe in creatures that live at the edge of our reality? In this episode, we discuss fearsome critters both wonderful and terrifying. Strange beasts found in the Maine wilderness and told of by European settlers, the Abenaki or “first people”, and loggers as well of others. Christopher Packard, author of Mythical Creatures of […]

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Have you heard of climate migration? Whether or not you have, it is having a major impact on traditional cultures. Maida Owens, a cultural anthropologist and Folklife Program Director specializing in Louisiana traditional cultures, in this incredibly important conversation, speaks to us about how the Louisiana Folklore Society is supporting local efforts to sustain traditional […]

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Episode 19 All About Death midwifery, and Ghanian folklore. You have probably heard of the Anansi folktales from Ghana, but have you heard the term death midwife? Our amazing guest, Ashley Oppon, who joined us on episode 19 talked to us about both. She is a Shamanic Practitioner, Death Midwife, an oncology RN at Sankofa […]

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Aesop’s Fables are primarily read to children in today’s world, these famous stories, which have stood the test of time, were originally told amongst adults. In episode 18, Dr. Laura Gibbs, retired mythology and folklore professor from the University of Oklahoma, explores Aesop beyond Greece and Rome and guides us through the back and forth […]

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