Nonsense in the Chaos

Following last week's conversation with Ellen Groves, reporting from the front line of the protests in Paris, this week I'm continuing to explore what resistance, solidarity and people power really mean.

Joining me is Corinna Edwards-Colledge, Joint Branch Secretary of Brighton and Hove UNISON, to talk about Undoing Othering.

We live in a world that often encourages us to divide ourselves into us and them, to see difference as a threat rather than a source of strength. But what if we challenged that story?

Capitalism can feel like an inevitable part of the human condition, but it isn't how we've always lived, and it doesn't have to be how we live in the future. The stories we tell about the world shape the world we create. And perhaps it's time we started telling a different one.

This is a conversation about solidarity, collective power, challenging the systems that divide us, and remembering that another way is possible.

Because people power begins when we stop seeing each other as the other.

The novel Corinna mentions that she wrote is The Door That Shouldn't Have Been There: A Modern Fairy Tale About Grief.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

Nonsense in the Chaos is available on all podcast platforms or you can listen to it here… https://nonsenseinthechaos.buzzsprout.com 

I'd love to know what you think! If you want to get in touch with me about anything on the podcast then email [email protected] or you can follow me on Instagram and Bluesky @kriyaarts or at the Nonsense in the Chaos Page on Facebook.

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This week I meet Ellen Groves, Guernsey journalist living in Paris, who has spent the last few weeks trying to protect her children from military force.

My flight home to the Channel Islands was delayed until Monday, and somehow it feels utterly ordained. I was meant to be here in Paris today, at the protest, meeting Ellen and hearing her story.

What a way to bring this year’s Pilgrimage for Armageddon to a close. After 38 days walking across France, following the lines of Michael and Apollo, arriving in Paris at a moment when the realities of war, power, resistance and global warming are playing out right in front of me feels profoundly significant.

And the fact that the person I’m interviewing is called Ellen? Well… if you know, you know. 👁️🔥

Sometimes chaos isn't chaos at all. Sometimes the universe has other plans.

Viva la révolution! ✊✨

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

Nonsense in the Chaos is available on all podcast platforms or you can listen to it here… https://nonsenseinthechaos.buzzsprout.com 

I'd love to know what you think! If you want to get in touch with me about anything on the podcast then email [email protected] or you can follow me on Instagram and Bluesky @kriyaarts or at the Nonsense in the Chaos Page on Facebook.

Please consider supporting me through patreon.com/JolieRose and like, follow, and review wherever you get your podcasts from. Share about Nonsense in the Chaos far and wide! The more people who hear about the podcast the better.

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I can hardly believe we've reached episode 100! That's rather snuck up on me, and I'm feeling incredibly proud to have made it this far. 

This week's episode of Nonsense in the Chaos takes an unexpected detour into the world of Big Brother, following the appearance of someone I know, Twinks Burnett, on the show. It's prompted me to reflect on just how much society has changed in recent years, the strange relationship we have with fame and visibility, and how grateful I am to be skirting through life and communities, spreading a little magic without having to deal with any spotlights myself.

Meanwhile, the Pilgrimage for Armageddon continues, although this week brought the bittersweet goodbye to Scarlett, who has been walking alongside us. We'll miss her!

As ever, the pilgrimage has a way of throwing up unexpected consequences, unlikely connections and plenty of opportunities to contemplate the bigger picture. From silly hats to Big Brother, this week's journey is a reminder that sometimes the most interesting revelations happen when life takes us somewhere we never intended to go.
Here's to 100 episodes of exploring the unknown, trusting the chaos and finding a little magic along the way. ✨

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

Nonsense in the Chaos is available on all podcast platforms or you can listen to it here… https://nonsenseinthechaos.buzzsprout.com 

I'd love to know what you think! If you want to get in touch with me about anything on the podcast then email [email protected] or you can follow me on Instagram and Bluesky @kriyaarts or at the Nonsense in the Chaos Page on Facebook.

Please consider supporting me through patreon.com/JolieRose and like, follow, and review wherever you get your podcasts from. Share about Nonsense in the Chaos far and wide! The more people who hear about the podcast the better.

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We're in the half-way hump of our pilgrimage, where bodies are aching, kit is falling apart, and the going is getting tough. But just as we're being pushed to our limits, the landscape is changing again, and rural France is opening its doors to us in unexpected ways.

From dystopian towns and boiling hot roads to fairyland encounters, generous strangers and moments of perfect Kairos timing, we're discovering that pilgrimage has a rhythm of its own. Sometimes the magic arrives when we least expect it, and sometimes the only way through is to keep putting one foot in front of the other.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

Nonsense in the Chaos is available on all podcast platforms or you can listen to it here… https://nonsenseinthechaos.buzzsprout.com 

I'd love to know what you think! If you want to get in touch with me about anything on the podcast then email [email protected] or you can follow me on Instagram and Bluesky @kriyaarts or at the Nonsense in the Chaos Page on Facebook.

Please consider supporting me through patreon.com/JolieRose and like, follow, and review wherever you get your podcasts from. Share about Nonsense in the Chaos far and wide! The more people who hear about the podcast the better.

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It’s the Week of Michaelmas, and the pilgrimage has taken a distinctly autumnal turn. Rain, mud, long roads and some properly rough days have tested us — but they’ve also given us plenty of time to consider what it actually means to walk in relationship with Saint Michael.

In this episode, we explore our own feelings about religion, the figure of Saint Michael, and the difference between following a religious tradition and forming a personal relationship with an archetype, a saint or a spiritual force.

Looking at Michael through a more esoteric lens, we ask what he might represent beyond the familiar imagery of sword, shield and battle — and what happens when we allow ourselves to meet these ancient figures through our own experience, imagination and inner world.

As the seasons turn, we continue walking towards the light, through the rain, and deeper into the pilgrimage.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

Nonsense in the Chaos is available on all podcast platforms or you can listen to it here… https://nonsenseinthechaos.buzzsprout.com 

I'd love to know what you think! If you want to get in touch with me about anything on the podcast then email [email protected] or you can follow me on Instagram and Bluesky @kriyaarts or at the Nonsense in the Chaos Page on Facebook.

Please consider supporting me through patreon.com/JolieRose and like, follow, and review wherever you get your podcasts from. Share about Nonsense in the Chaos far and wide! The more people who hear about the podcast the better.

Thank you for all your support -x-

A chance meeting with an English couple, Bob and Sue, led us to discover a whole host of ancient dolmens scattered along our route — some sitting directly on the Michael/Apollo energy line.

What followed was the most delightful Autumn Equinox, spent connecting with these extraordinary ancient places, the ancestors who built them, and our own ancestral lines. A week of walking, synchronicity, stones, stories and a growing sense that the landscape is guiding us along... As always.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

Nonsense in the Chaos is available on all podcast platforms or you can listen to it here… https://nonsenseinthechaos.buzzsprout.com 

I'd love to know what you think! If you want to get in touch with me about anything on the podcast then email [email protected] or you can follow me on Instagram and Bluesky @kriyaarts or at the Nonsense in the Chaos Page on Facebook.

Please consider supporting me through patreon.com/JolieRose and like, follow, and review wherever you get your podcasts from. Share about Nonsense in the Chaos far and wide! The more people who hear about the podcast the better.

Thank you for all your support -x-

Week One of the Pilgrimage for Armageddon is underway and it turns out the first lesson was about nearly losing one of the most important members of the expedition… My pilgrim staff, Polly. 

After nearly falling from the ramparts at Mont-Saint-Michel, Polly was rescued, reborn and transformed into Athena, one of the energy lines we're setting off walking, and of course the goddess of wise decisions, wisdom, courage, strategy and righteous action.

Which got me thinking about what really matters. Perhaps the most precious things in the universe aren't gold, possessions or even the things we think we need to survive, but consciousness, imagination and love.

And, apparently, a rather magnificent piece of wood. And wood is the most precious material in the known universe.

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

Nonsense in the Chaos is available on all podcast platforms or you can listen to it here… https://nonsenseinthechaos.buzzsprout.com 

I'd love to know what you think! If you want to get in touch with me about anything on the podcast then email [email protected] or you can follow me on Instagram and Bluesky @kriyaarts or at the Nonsense in the Chaos Page on Facebook.

Please consider supporting me through patreon.com/JolieRose and like, follow, and review wherever you get your podcasts from. Share about Nonsense in the Chaos far and wide! The more people who hear about the podcast the better.

Thank you for all your support -x-

This week, my pilgrimage preparations take me to the magical Cae Mabon in Wales, where I spend a week held in ceremony, surrounded by an extraordinary bunch of humans — and a veritable plethora of inspiring, powerful women.

Amongst the mountains, streams, stories, laughter and a fair bit of emotional alchemy, I discover there’s rather more to preparing for a pilgrimage than sorting out boots and backpacks. I learn about the empowerment that can come with menopause, the importance of standing up for my own needs, and the radical act of occasionally saying “No, actually, that doesn’t work for me” instead of desperately trying to keep everyone else happy.

All hail the Council of Free Women! 🔥🌙

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

Nonsense in the Chaos is available on all podcast platforms or you can listen to it here… https://nonsenseinthechaos.buzzsprout.com 

I'd love to know what you think! If you want to get in touch with me about anything on the podcast then email [email protected] or you can follow me on Instagram and Bluesky @kriyaarts or at the Nonsense in the Chaos Page on Facebook.

Please consider supporting me through patreon.com/JolieRose and like, follow, and review wherever you get your podcasts from. Share about Nonsense in the Chaos far and wide! The more people who hear about the podcast the better.

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Step back through the mists of time and into the glorious, smoky, slightly unhinged world of Kentwell Hall Tudor Re-Creation…

This week, the podcast is less “peaceful historical immersion” and more woodsmoke, clucking chickens, creaking carts, peacocks screaming in the distance and the unmistakable sound of 1553’s most outrageous scandal…

THE GREAT CART CLAMPING SCANDAL OF 1553

Who clamped the cart?
Why was it clamped?
Who authorised the clamping?
And, most importantly… WHO IN GOD'S TEETH IS GOING TO PAY THE FINE?

Come and experience the sights, sounds and smells of Tudor Kentwell — where the past is very much alive, the peasants have opinions, the craftsmen know their arses from their elbows, and apparently even the carts aren’t safe.

A journey into history, heritage, chaos and the deeply questionable transport enforcement practices of the sixteenth century.

This week’s Nonsense in the Chaos is now in your ears. I'm sorry it's landed a little late. 

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

Nonsense in the Chaos is available on all podcast platforms or you can listen to it here… https://nonsenseinthechaos.buzzsprout.com 

I'd love to know what you think! If you want to get in touch with me about anything on the podcast then email [email protected] or you can follow me on Instagram and Bluesky @kriyaarts or at the Nonsense in the Chaos Page on Facebook.

Please consider supporting me through patreon.com/JolieRose and like, follow, and review wherever you get your podcasts from. Share about Nonsense in the Chaos far and wide! The more people who hear about the podcast the better.

Thank you for all your support -x-

Sorry for being radio silent for the last couple of weeks! 🙈 I was ridiculously busy, having far too much fun, and frankly needed a little break from the everyday.

And… apologies in advance that this week’s episode is a little sweary. 😂 But it’s bloody brilliant to be back!

This week I’m sharing some of the power and magic we wove at Boomtown this year — working with land magic, creativity and altered states of reality, and exploring how we can change young people’s relationship with the world, both inner and outer.

It was wild, beautiful, powerful and a little bit fucking magical.

Back in the Chaos we go… 🌀✨

The music and artwork is by @moxmoxmoxiemox

Nonsense in the Chaos is available on all podcast platforms or you can listen to it here… https://nonsenseinthechaos.buzzsprout.com 

I'd love to know what you think! If you want to get in touch with me about anything on the podcast then email [email protected] or you can follow me on Instagram and Bluesky @kriyaarts or at the Nonsense in the Chaos Page on Facebook.

Please consider supporting me through patreon.com/JolieRose and like, follow, and review wherever you get your podcasts from. Share about Nonsense in the Chaos far and wide! The more people who hear about the podcast the better.

Thank you for all your support -x-