Valhalla is the most well-known of all the Nordic death realms.  For most of popular culture, it is a Viking Heaven that inspires violent, heroic deeds.  Join your host for a dive into Valhalla, what it is, what it isn't, and more!

In Their Own Words - Kash Patel & Valhalla feat. Heather Greene

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The Pagan, Heathen, and Witch movements may now be facing the greatest challenge in our young, vibrant history.  Join your host for a journey through why our movements have always been a challenge to Christian hegemony, how we might now be an explicit target for persecution, The Pagan Threat, and more.

Sources:

The Pagans & the Christians - https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-37-the-pagans-and-the-christians--60874790
Number of Pagans in the US - https://www.newsweek.com/witchcraft-wiccans-mysticism-astrology-witches-millennials-pagans-religion-1221019
Pew Forum on Religion - https://www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/
The Federalist - https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/26/climate-worship-is-nothing-more-than-rebranded-paganism/
Charlie Kirk on Maui - https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-blames-maui-wildfires-pagan-hawaiian-culture
The Pagan Threat - https://wildhunt.org/2025/09/the-pagan-threat-is-talking-about-us.html
Megyn Kelly - https://www.megynkelly.com/2025/09/23/megyn-kelly-reveals-erika-kirk-reaction-to-jezebel-curse-story-about-charlie-kirk/

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Last week, FBI Director Kash Patel promised to meet Charlie Kirk in Valhalla.  Joining us today is journalist and author Heather Greene to talk more about what this suggests, why the far-right's understanding of Valhalla is rooted more in pop culture than myth or history, and more!

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https://www.heathergreene.net/
https://www.youtube.com/@WitchesMovieCoven

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Fascism is on the march so it's time to answer the question: what is it and where does it come from? Join your host for an explainer on fascism, its history, the realities of that movement today, and some tips for how to beat them.

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Joining us today is Ron Padron!  Ron is a gay Cuban-American hedge priest and ordained Pagan clergy. His focus is on queer-affirming spirituality & spiritual activism and his practice is a blend of folk Catholicism, Druidry and Witchcraft. He runs White Rose Witching, has published three books on rites, ceremonies, and magical resilience, and edits the ALTAR PUNK and PaganPunk Community Grimoire.

We talk about being Pagan clergy, ALTAR PUNK, the Community Grimoire, and more!

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Lifting the Veil is a meditation that helps you shift your focus away from the pulse of day to day life & towards the presence of animistic entities & other than human intelligences that are all around us.  It works by giving your daily cares a means to manifest that is then easily dismissed, making way for reaching the Otherworldly all around us.

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There is little question that a militant, aggressive kind of Christianity is now on the march to domination.  If those of us, including the Pagan & Witch movements, wish to survive & overcome these times then we need to start asking what a world after Christian hegemony will look like.  Join your host for what this means for religion & society, how we might get there, and more!

In Defense of Puritanism by Atun-Shei Films
The Diggers from the Revolutions Podcast

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The Vaettir are the animistic beings of Nordic spiritualities.  In this explainer, your host Ryan Smith introduces you to some of the core features of the vaettir, gives some examples of kinds of vaettir that exist in the Nordic world, and more!

Explainer 6 - Animism
Interview with Sif Brookes on Valkyries

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Reading Frigga's Loom is a meditation that helps you better understand how you are connected with others in the world and your relationship with wyrd, the force that unites and binds all things in existence.  It works by using images and symbols of connection to give shape to our relationships with other entities, forces, and institutions.

Link to the Calming the Sea & Sky meditation

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Let's talk about why my book, community, and tradition is so much about fire & ice. Join your host for a journey through two of the great cosmic forces of Nordic myth, the dialectics of creation, what ice & fire represent, and more!

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