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Matthew Anderson teaches in the Dept of Theological Studies at Concordia University, Montreal. During the pandemic, he gets his exercise not from long-distance walks, but in going up and down his stai... more
FAQs about Pilgrimage Stories From Up and Down the Staircase:How many episodes does Pilgrimage Stories From Up and Down the Staircase have?The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.
July 11, 2021Nuuksio Park Finland & Jokamiehenoikeus“An unwritten contract so ancient it predates the law”: Come with me to Nuuksio park in Finland to learn how jokamiehenoikeus—"everyperson’s right—connects Finns to forests, fauna, and foraging, whether or not they own land....more44minPlay
May 01, 2021A Princess Bride PilgrimageInconceivable! Pilgrimaging near Castleton and Higger Tor, in England's Peaks District, in search of scenes from the cult-classic "The Princess Bride."...more26minPlay
December 11, 2020The NWMP Traders Road Part TwoWelcome back for more stories - and audio - from our trek on the North-West Mounted Police Patrol Trail on Treaty Four territory. We're on the path of Everett Baker, talking about everything from the Desert Mothers to walking with one's Ancestors!...more36minPlay
November 26, 2020The North-West Mounted Police Patrol Trail PilgrimageWhether you know it as the North-West Mounted Police Patrol Trail, the Métis Traders' Road, or the Wood Mountain to Cypress Hills Trek, it's a pilgrimage back in history and across Treaty Four territory....more39minPlay
October 22, 2020Back on the Camino de SantiagoCamino pilgrims inevitably feel the itch to return to the high peaks of the Pyrenees and the windswept trails of northern Spain. I went back too - this time with mic and camera....more28minPlay
October 08, 2020The Camino de SantiagoIt all started when I was called into the office of a powerhouse academic who was a former nun. "You're going on the Camino and taking students with you," she told me. "Why me?" I asked. Later, in Spain, I sometimes asked myself the same question....more36minPlay
September 10, 2020Walking the Whithorn Way in South-West ScotlandThe saint behind the Whithorn Way is lost in the shadows of history. As we walked toward Ninian's Candida Casa, the "House at the Edge of the Earth," we caught glimpses of the saint in the moors and mists of Galloway....more30minPlay
September 03, 2020From Old Montreal to Kahnawà:ke Mohawk TerritoryOn our foot-path between Old Montreal and Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Territory, we and our students discovered much about the Kanien'ke:ha, the inner city, and ourselves....more45minPlay
August 27, 2020A Local Icelandic Pilgrimage: Bær to SkálholtDid my walk with locals along a pilgrimage in Iceland in 2016 turn out to be a "pilgrimage fail"? I check back with one of my Icelandic fellow walkers to find out....more30minPlay
August 20, 2020Walking the St Olav Way in Norway Part 2I walked from Dovre to Trondheim with five other Canadians in 2013. On the path, I spoke with Dr Allen Jorgenson about Saint Olav, the trail, and being Scandi-Canadian....more33minPlay
FAQs about Pilgrimage Stories From Up and Down the Staircase:How many episodes does Pilgrimage Stories From Up and Down the Staircase have?The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.