This week on the Hagstone Podcast Chaise and Andreas are joined by Carl Nordblom. Carl is the author of the wonderful book Historiola: the Power of Narrative Charms published in 2021 by Hadean Press. If you haven’t read this book we highly suggest finding yourself a copy.This is a deep conversation weaving threads of storytelling, charming, folk-magic and mantra into a tapestry that reflects the central theme: the power of story. We range wide taking a look at stories both old and new and how they function in our lives. From the personal to the vast political level the making of and employing of stories has massive implications for life, and learning to look critically at language not as an academic but from within is a deeply powerful tool in times such as these.

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