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Inclusive Heathen podcast containing a healthy dose of geekery, a fair bit of cake and a hint of queer, by Suzanne Martin, the Gytha in Jeans, and a Coffee-Powered Druid called Kate Coldwind. Welcome around the virtual campfire!
Episodes
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Episode 170.5 The Goodest Boy
Things we talk about in this episode:
Opening Music:
'Ancient Whispers I' by P C III, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.
[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/P_C_III/Ad_Astra_Vol_1/03_Ancient_Whispers_I]
Closing Music:
'Round II - The Ancients' by Learning Music, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence
[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Learning_Music/An_End_Like_This/32_Round_II_-_The_Ancients]
Background fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org
Dies Nefasti: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasti
Cerberus: https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Creatures/Cerberus/cerberus.html
Psychopomp: https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110810105654546
Fenris Rangers (Star Trek: Picard): https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Fenris_Rangers
Doctor Who, 'The Curse of Fenric': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curse_of_Fenric
Ray Stevenson: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0829032/
Hacker the Dog (BBC children's TV puppet presenter): https://youtu.be/nNoFzMljP0U
Where to find us online
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Episode 170 Bluetooth's Lost Fortress
Things we talk about in this episode:
Opening Music:
'Ancient Whispers I' by P C III, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.
[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/P_C_III/Ad_Astra_Vol_1/03_Ancient_Whispers_I]
Closing Music:
'Round II - The Ancients' by Learning Music, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence
[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Learning_Music/An_End_Like_This/32_Round_II_-_The_Ancients]
Background fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org
Bluetooth communication protocol: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth
Ryan Reynolds in Blade Trinity: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0359013/
Ubuntu - African philosophy of Human interconnectedness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_philosophy
Howl's Moving Castle: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0347149/
The Goon Show - Tales of Old Dartmoor: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jn76
Pomerania - historical region in Poland and extending into Germany: https://www.britannica.com/place/Pomerania
King Arthur (movie 2004): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349683/
Harris matrix (archaeological tool): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris_matrix
The High Table (John Wick franchise - article contains spoilers): https://screenrant.com/john-wick-high-table-elder-explained/
Valar Morghulis (Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire): https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Valar_morghulis
SOLITUDE! The Fortress of SOLITUDE! How could we have missed that one?
Camelodunum (modern-day Colchester, UK): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camulodunum
Where to find us online
Monday Jan 01, 2024
Monday Jan 01, 2024
Episode 169 Dis 'ere Weaving Thing
Things we talk about in this episode:
Opening Music:
'Ancient Whispers I' by P C III, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.
[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/P_C_III/Ad_Astra_Vol_1/03_Ancient_Whispers_I]
Closing Music:
'Round II - The Ancients' by Learning Music, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence
[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Learning_Music/An_End_Like_This/32_Round_II_-_The_Ancients]
Background fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org
Hacker can't guess the word: https://youtu.be/nNoFzMljP0U?si=dMAEycsOqGD9M9i-&t=26
Warp vs Weft: Warp is the long thread that runs from the beginning to the end of the piece. Weft is the 'shuttle' thread that goes from side to side. Prolly just think of a starship going straight forward under warp power rather than bouncing left and right?
Macrame is not, in fact, basket weaving. The art of basket weaving is called "basket weaving" - or, sometimes, "basketry".
Turns out you can use wool for tablet weaving, for me it's always gone sproing, generally at the most difficult point to try and mend. So, you know. Maybe get some practice in first.
https://www.shelaghlewins.com/tablet_weaving/Dark_Age_tablet_weaving.pdf
https://wiki.vikingsonline.org.uk/Weaving_your_first_band
Birka band B22: http://www.tabletweavingintheoryandpractice.co.uk/2021/06/b22.html
Oseberg roses: http://www.tabletweavingintheoryandpractice.co.uk/2019/08/oseburg-roses.html
Oseberg: http://www.tabletweavingintheoryandpractice.co.uk/2019/08/very-long-ship.html
Begining weaving: http://ladyelewys.carpevinumpdx.com/2020/08/27/tablet-weaving-for-the-absolute-beginner-birka-6/
Where to find us online
Thursday Dec 21, 2023
Thursday Dec 21, 2023
Episode 168 Random Reel VII – The Frith Awakens...
Things we talk about in this episode:
Opening Music:
'Ancient Whispers I' by P C III, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.
[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/P_C_III/Ad_Astra_Vol_1/03_Ancient_Whispers_I]
Closing Music:
'Round II - The Ancients' by Learning Music, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence
[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Learning_Music/An_End_Like_This/32_Round_II_-_The_Ancients]
Background fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org
Seven. Just wanted to pause there for a moment and take that in. Seven Years. Of Frithcast – inclusive heathen, geek, goofy, queer goodness. It’s an acquired taste. It’s also Random Reel time!
Whether you’ve been hanging around the virtual campfire since the murky but enthusiastic beginning, or are just picking your way through episodes which look interesting, you’re very welcome with us. The campfire has grown over the years, so you’re welcome to come say hello to Earl the Owl, and the hedgehog guard. Sit around the virtual campfire, take a walk to the shifty tree for art and creative stuffs, or even head out to the submarine bay down there a ways.
Kate and I wanted to say a big thank you and big loves to all you lovely listeners, camp fire custodians and trash panda darlings around the world, you’re the reason that we’ve kept making episodes all this time, and the reason that we now have a Discord home for Frithcast. Come and drop in, kettle’s always on, and every now and again there’s randomness.
If you’ve not heard a random reel before, it’s the silliest bits that we cut but couldn’t bear to throw away. So we stuck them all together for your listening pleasure in the way of all macaroni pictures made with more glue and enthusiasm than skill. Here’s your random reel for this year, as a thank you from us to you. We hope to see you around the virtual campfire soon.
Suzanne and Kate
Flames on the Side of my Face
Hedgehogs and Blankets
Start again Start again
Three Quarks for Straightity
A Rather Uncompromising Note
A Strong Underwater Tradition
Randoms
Fiking Pights in Bars
Flappy Toppy
Joshua, a disciple of Shodan, sneaks into space for a Wopr with Zur
Kate is Laughing so Hard
Kate Needs Z’s
Looking Farcical
Matching Socks
Mr Valdi Oh
Not Enough Coffee
Supernova Minerals
The Sinister Dinosaurs Read the Books (in Greek)
Wibbly Wobbly Slidey Widey Accents
You Can’t Put Coffee on Chicken
Friday Dec 01, 2023
Friday Dec 01, 2023
Episode 167 Sole Survivor
Things we talk about in this episode:
Opening Music:
'Ancient Whispers I' by P C III, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.
[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/P_C_III/Ad_Astra_Vol_1/03_Ancient_Whispers_I]
Closing Music:
'Round II - The Ancients' by Learning Music, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence
[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Learning_Music/An_End_Like_This/32_Round_II_-_The_Ancients]
Background fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org
Ceefax (UK Teletext Service): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceefax
Bourbon biscuits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourbon_biscuit
Sybok, brother of Spock: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Sybok
Michael Burnham, sister of Spock: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Michael_Burnham
Ragnarok (Netflix series): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9251798/
Star Trek: The Next Generation - 'Cause and Effect': https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162905/
Where to find us online
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
Episode 166 The Fjord Files, Norse Noir
Things we talk about in this episode:
Opening Music:
'Ancient Whispers I' by P C III, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.
[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/P_C_III/Ad_Astra_Vol_1/03_Ancient_Whispers_I]
Closing Music:
'Round II - The Ancients' by Learning Music, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence
[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Learning_Music/An_End_Like_This/32_Round_II_-_The_Ancients]
Background fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org
Cadfael series, by Ellis Peters: https://www.goodreads.com/series/42167-chronicles-of-brother-cadfael
Marcus Didius Falco series, by Lindsey Davis: https://www.goodreads.com/series/42173-marcus-didius-falco
A Fatal Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, by Emma Southon: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54776211-a-fatal-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-forum
'Retaliate' - Latin 'talio' - to exact payment in kind, whence 'Lex Talionis', the law of equal retribution
Lex Talionis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_for_an_eye
'Venefica' - the Roman word for 'witch/sorceress' and also the word for 'poisoner'
'The Mentalist' (US TV series): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196946/
Where to find us online
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Episode 165: Boats and Foes
Things we talk about in this episode:
Opening Music:
'Ancient Whispers I' by P C III, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.
[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/P_C_III/Ad_Astra_Vol_1/03_Ancient_Whispers_I]
Closing Music:
'Round II - The Ancients' by Learning Music, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence
[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Learning_Music/An_End_Like_This/32_Round_II_-_The_Ancients]
Background fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org
"Sailed round the Isle of Wight" - "...sailed round and round the Isle of Wight till everyone gets dizzy, then set for home" - Captain Redbeard Rum; Blackadder II, episode "Potato"
Number Six - Battlestar Galactica: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_Six_(Battlestar_Galactica)
Gaius Baltar - Battlestar Galactica: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Baltar
S'mores, they're called. The BBC has a take on them but can't get Graham Crackers, apparently: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/smores_30560
The funniest part is that I write these references as I listen through the track, but when you read them they don't have time tags or anything so it must look baffling if you read them before you listen. Or even afterwards, I guess.
"Planet Nine" (even though we already have more than that PLUTO IS A PLANET DAMMIT (JANET): https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/caltech-researchers-find-evidence-of-a-real-ninth-planet/
"Dr X will build a creature" - Movie 'Doctor X' (1932), sure, but really the song 'Science Fiction Double Feature' from 'The Rocky Horror Show': https://rockyhorror.co.uk/
PLUTO IS A PLANET: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAU_definition_of_planet
Mary Rose (Tudor warship with leaky gun ports): https://maryrose.org/
The other ship Kate was thinking of wasn't in fact either French or Spanish - it was the Swedish 'Vasa', which suffered the same failure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship)
'Context' (archaeological term): https://www.thoughtco.com/context-in-archaeology-167155
"GPS for teeth" - archeological use of strontium traces in dental remains: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ancient-teeth-reveal-our-roots-180969495/
The Amesbury (not Avebury, though there's but 30 km in it) Archer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amesbury_Archer
The Dyatlov Pass Incident: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident
The Great Heathen Army: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Heathen_Army
Bj.581, the grave apparently of a high-status warrior, found to have XX ('female') chromosomes: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/viking-warrior-women-reassessing-birka-chamber-grave-bj581/7CC691F69FAE51DDE905D27E049FADCD
Tafl ('table') games: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafl_games
And a couple of articles to start you off: https://www.world-archaeology.com/features/estonia-salme-ship-burials/
https://thevikingherald.com/article/what-do-viking-ships-buried-in-estonia-tell-us-about-the-start-of-the-viking-age/298
Where to find us online
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Episode 164 Er Det Dag, Ragnarok?
Things we talk about in this episode:
Opening Music:
'Ancient Whispers I' by P C III, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.
[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/P_C_III/Ad_Astra_Vol_1/03_Ancient_Whispers_I]
Closing Music:
'Round II - The Ancients' by Learning Music, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence
[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Learning_Music/An_End_Like_This/32_Round_II_-_The_Ancients]
Background fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org
Variant on "It's the Muppet Show" - Waiting4Codot (via Tumblr): https://filkyeahfilk.com/2020/01/22/its-the-muppet-show-waiting4codot/
CinemaSins ("Everything Wrong With...") - a YouTube channel devoted to (often affectionately) picking holes in movies: https://www.youtube.com/@CinemaSins
At around 12 minutes in, it sounds for all the world as though I (Kate) say that some characters are "[...] not entirely Human, they're rich people". I did not actually say that. I said, "Not entirely Human: the rich people", to clarify who I was talking about. Rich people are, contrary to possible appearances and behaviours, Human too. Just not these ones in this thing we're talking about. 'Kay? 'Kay.
Daigo Fukuryū Maru ("Lucky Dragon Five"), following the US's 'Castle Bravo' test detonation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daigo_Fukuryū_Maru
Where to find us online
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Episode 163 – Pretty Political
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Learning_Music/An_End_Like_This/32_Round_II_-_The_Ancients
Things we talk about in this episode:
Opening Music:
'Ancient Whispers I' by P C III, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.
[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/P_C_III/Ad_Astra_Vol_1/03_Ancient_Whispers_I]
Closing Music:
'Round II - The Ancients' by Learning Music, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence
[]
Background fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org
Mini (car): BMW own the brand 'Mini', which manufactures the Mini car line in the UK - https://www.mini.com/
Battlefield 1 (video game): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield_1
Film stars: I mean why wouldn't Kate have thought of Keanu Reeves, honestly?
Don't feed Earl after midnight: https://medium.com/@Naturalish/gremlins-three-rules-an-evolutionary-analysis-de4c4fae2785 (post not by us)
Police Pagan Association: https://policepaganassociation.org
Stonehenge: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/
Asatru Folk Assembly: https://www.heathensagainst.org (yeah, like we were gonna)
Photos of the tree at Sycamore Gap: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-66958697
Where to find us online
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Episode 162 The Saga of the Sword
Things we talk about in this episode:
Opening Music:
'Ancient Whispers I' by P C III, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.
[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/P_C_III/Ad_Astra_Vol_1/03_Ancient_Whispers_I]
Closing Music:
'Round II - The Ancients' by Learning Music, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence
[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Learning_Music/An_End_Like_This/32_Round_II_-_The_Ancients]
Background fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org
Cawdor - a village in Scotland, referenced in 'Macbeth', by William Shakespeare
The Lady Door - main character, 'Neverwhere', by Neil Gaiman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neverwhere
Hamlet's Dilemma (the dead king was Claudius): https://novelsummary.com/hamlets-moral-dilemma/
Laertes WAS actually in Greek mythology as well so there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laertes
Hrolf's Saga: https://web.archive.org/web/20150222112412/http://www.oe.eclipse.co.uk/nom/Hrolf%2520Kraki.htm
Kormak's Saga: https://www.sagadb.org/kormaks_saga.en
Laxdaelasaga: https://sagadb.org/laxdaela_saga.en
"Don't go THAT way!" - from 'Labyrinth': https://youtu.be/PGmK15IM_XE? si=EcfLDLx_y1hYdgyO&t=184
Psalter - a small handbook containing the Biblical Book of Psalms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalter
Where to find us online