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Frithcast Episode 153 - Storytime: Showdown at Goodyard

Episode 153 – Storytime: The Showdown at Goodyard

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

 

Saloon ambiences assembled via https://www.ambient-mixer.com.
Incidental music: 'Spirit Riders' and 'Riding Into The Sun', both by Telecasted, via YouTube Audio Library.
'Sin bell' by CinemaSins (https://www.youtube.com/@CinemaSins).

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Frithcast Episode 152 - Rune Spotlight Berkana

Episode 152 – Rune Spotlight Berkana

 

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

 

The Whole Song: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/P_C_III/Ad_Astra_Vol_1
Milieu - the physical or social setting in which something occurs: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/milieu
The Elder Futhark: https://thevikingherald.com/article/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-elder-futhark-the-oldest-form-of-runic-alphabets/294
The Younger Futhark: https://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/professions/education/viking-age-people/runes
The Rune Poems: https://www.ragweedforge.com/poems.html
The NATO Phonetic Alphabet, used for clarity in audio transmissions: https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/declassified_136216.htm
International Phonetic Alphabet - Charts Index Page: https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/content/ipa-chart
International Phonetic Alphabet - 2018 Chart: https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/IPAcharts/inter_chart_2018/IPA_2018.html
Boustrophedon (back-and-forth) writing system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boustrophedon
The Cowboy Havamal (Jackson Crawford): https://jacksonwcrawford.com/the-cowboy-havamal/
The Yorkshire Av'mal (Dan Coultas): https://thevikingdragon.com/products/yorkshire-avmal-book-by-dan-coultas
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Series 6, Episode 4 - 'Relics': https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708764/
Parkinson's bottle designed collaboratively by TikTok users: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-the-monday-edition-1.5868846/how-tiktok-users-designed-a-better-pill-bottle-for-people-with-parkinson-s

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Frithcast Episode 151 - You’re Only Valid If...

Episode 151 You’re Only Valid If...

 

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

 

Bugs Bunny, perpetually not turning left at Albuquerque: https://youtu.be/e8TUwHTfOOU
Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wile_E._Coyote_and_the_Road_Runner
Awaken The North (go see them, join up, they're grand): https://awakenthenorth.org
Pax Deorum - the 'Peace of the Gods': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_ancient_Roman_religion#pax_deorum
Flamingos - Roman priests or 'flamines': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamen
Cat Rector, author: https://www.catrector.com/
Monkeysphere (more formally called "Dunbar's Number"): https://www.cracked.com/article_14990_what-monkeysphere.html
Karl Popper's Paradox of Tolerance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

 

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Frithcast Episode 150 - It Was Just Supposed to be Plastic Helmets

Episode 150: It Was Just supposed to be Plastic Helmets

 

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

 

"Hell, Bermuda Triangle, Wagner - Excitement?" - CinemaSins running gag: https://www.reddit.com/r/CinemaSins/comments/q7k4vw/someone_explain_the_excitementsin/
"...flavoured with citrus!" - Drag queen BenDeLaCreme appearing as Dame Maggie Smith in the 'Snatch Game' section of 'RuPaul's Drag Race', season 6
"But I, being poor, have only my dreams..." - 'He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven', by WB Yeats: https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/he-wishes-cloths-heaven/
Sean Bean and Christian Bale in 'Equilibrium' (2002) [Content Warning: Poetry and Gun Violence]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJf9Pf9rjO4
What3Words location for "Damp With Sleet": https://w3w.co/damp.with.sleet
Awaken the North: https://awakenthenorth.org/
10 Downing Street What3Words address - "Input Caring Brain" (not "insert"): https://w3w.co/input.caring.brain
Danelaw: https://www.britannica.com/place/Danelaw
Teutoburg Forest, AD9: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Teutoburg_Forest
Cate Blanchett as Hela; 'Thor: Ragnarok' (2017): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3501632/mediaviewer/rm4123809792? ft0=name&fv0=nm0000949&ft1=image_type&fv1=still_frame&ref_=tt_ch 
Letters of Marque (sometimes "...and Reprisal"): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_of_marque
Patents of Nobility - the documents certifying a lord's right of title (an early plot point in 'A Knight's Tale' (2001): https://youtu.be/Hwl-RX5Pmxo

Carl Emil Doepler’s costume designs: https://www.flickr.com/photos/54525871@N05/sets/72157624969947145/

Frank, R ‘The Invention of the Viking Horned Helmet’ https://www.scribd.com/doc/51267328/Frank-Invention-of-Horned-Helmet#

 

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Frithcast Episode 149 - Modern Goddin’

Episode 149 Modern Goddin’

 

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

 

"They like me better when I'm sedated" - 'Little Fix' by Sprints: https://youtu.be/v2u3Yk0b_M0
'Dangerous Woman'; Ariana Grande: https://youtu.be/9WbCfHutDSE
'The Adventure Game' (BBC TV show): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_Game
'The Crystal Maze' (Channel 4 TV show): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Maze
The car chase (best bit of the movie, honestly - apart from Mark Strong, obvs) - Kingsman: The Golden Circle: https://youtu.be/JuRQ2yko43Q
We discuss UK media coverage of Druid police officers. The most egregious example is of course from the Daily Mail - however it's a Frithcast policy never to link to that noxious rag.
'Team Viking', by James Rowland: https://rowlandjames.bandcamp.com/album/1-team-viking-songs-of-friendship-part-one
'The Vikings' (1958): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052365/
Ferrero Rocher embassy ad (1990s): https://youtu.be/aHjiEKaZt1k
Luke Ranieri (polýMATHY): https://www.youtube.com/@PolymathyLuke
Metatron - "Lōrīca segmentāta legiōnāriī Rōmānī": https://youtu.be/lJq_l6Ihs2c (NOTE: While this video relates to the reconstruction of Latin pronunciation and is interesting in that regard, we advise caution around this creator. He is subject to some discussion over a possible rightward political lean, and while this may or may not be warranted, we at the Virtual Clearing have not undertaken any review of his other videos and content to assess that leaning or its extent. We have no reason to question his qualification as a linguist and it is for this that we link this video - however we make no judgements on his political compatibility, or lack thereof, with our values.)
James 2:14-26 (New American Standard Bible): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/? search=James%202%3A14-26&version=NASB 

 

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Frithcast Episode 148 - Burials with Rocks in

Episode 148: Burials with Rocks in

 

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

 

"Imitate the action of the tiger" - Shakespeare; 'Henry V': https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/546127-in-peace-there-s-nothing-so-becomes-a-man-as-modest
Frankie Howerd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Howerd
Dark Angel: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204993/
Gerrae: Latin term referring to small branches and twigs - carries connotation of trivia and thereby of "nonsense".
"A frog in my bidet" - 'Red Dwarf': https://quotegeek.com/television-quotes/red-dwarf/18/
Roc/Rokh (mythic bird): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roc_(mythology)
The Gerdrup Grave: http://viking.archeurope.com/religion/pagan-religion/gerdrup-grave/
Mitochondria: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrion
And 'Mitochondrial Eve', the first matrilineal ancestor common to all living humans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_Eve
"It's just a book. No harm ever came from reading a book." - 'The Mummy' (1999): https://youtu.be/6J-PhFYNbOU
Bj 581: https://gythainjeans.podbean.com/e/frithcast-episode-55-bj581-the-grave-formerly-known-as-male/
The Mummy (1999)/The Mummy Returns (Mummy 2): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120616/ | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209163/
Cyberpunk 2077 (2020 video game): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk_2077
Ofrenda - a tradition for Día de los Muertos: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ofrenda

 

If you want to go all serious and academic like, here’s a good place to start:

Ole Thirup Kastholm and Ashot Margaryan ‘Reconstructing the Gerdrup Grave – the story of an unusual Viking Age double grave in context and in the light of new analysis’ In Danish Journal of Archaeology 2021 Vol 10 pp10-20.

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Frithcast Episode 147 - God Spotlight - Freyr - Cornucopia Boy of Decorum

Episode 147: God Spotlight Freyr: Cornucopia Boy of Decorum

 

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

 

Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic
Sinister ducks - 'March of the Sinister Ducks' by Alan Moore: https://youtu.be/QGL8Fx6SOjg
Carry on Cleo - dreadful yet brilliant: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057918/
Blancmange (Kate's not a fan, for the record): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blancmange
Tiddly-Pom (Winnie the Pooh): https://www.scrapbook.com/poems/doc/8718.html
The Little Dragon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_the_Impaler
'The Lion Cub of Cintra' - Princess Cirilla Riannon; 'The Witcher': https://www.audible.com/blog/article-the-witcher-ciri
Caligula (Roman Emperor): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula ('Caligae' were the leather boots Roman soldiers wore)

Kate struggles to remember the name of Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Empire, called 'Augustulus' as a diminutive (he became Emperor at around 10 years old): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus_Augustulus

47 (Star Trek): https://www.grunge.com/646980/why-the-number-47-is-so-important-in-star-trek-the-next-generation/
The Hedge - White Wolf games' concept of the boundary between Reality and Faerie/Arcadia: https://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/Hedge (Note: Fandom.com is very heavy on the adverts)
Maker hooks - in 'Dune', the hand-held grapples used by the desert-dwelling Fremen to climb and the control the great sandworms of Arrakis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandworm_(Dune)
'Scratatoskr' - how Kate can't help seeing Ratatoskr, sorry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrat
Littoral - yes, this was the right word. Meaning 'relating to or situated on the shore of the sea or a lake' (Oxford Dictionary).
Benthic - 'The term benthic refers to anything associated with or occurring on the bottom of a body of water' (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
The Royal Court of Sweden: https://www.kungahuset.se/english/the-monarchy-of-sweden
Norse curse-pole - the Nithing Pole or Nidstang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nithing_pole
Milk Tray advertising campaign - "All because the lady loves..." - definitely not James Bond though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_Tray
Bat'leth - curved Klingon sword (originally "batlh'etlh"): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat%27leth
Zapp Brannigan and his long-suffering aide Kif Kroker - characters in 'Futurama': https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0149460/

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Frithcast Episode 146 - Kate playing Jaskier playing Geralt goes to Vanaheim

Episode 146 Kate playing Jaskier playing Geralt goes to Vanaheim

 

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

 

Jaskier and Geralt - The Witcher TV series (Jaskier known as Dandelion in books and games): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5180504/
Jagulars - very good droppers. From Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne: https://twitter.com/a_amilne/status/1183267647003209729 (not his actual Twitter account)

Drop Bear - Australian cryptozoological hoax: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_bear
Bank bear: a mystery
Blake's 7 (UK TV sci-fi show) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake%27s_7
Voluspa quote about Nine Worlds: https://www.voluspa.org/voluspa1-5.htm
Mornington Crescent (game): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornington_Crescent_(game)
British Museum Tube station: http://www.abandonedstations.org.uk/British_Museum_station.html
Fallen London (Welcome, Delicious Friends): https://www.fallenlondon.com
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14497.Neverwhere
Hellgate London: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/HellgateLondon
Sodom and Gomorrah: https://www.britannica.com/place/Sodom-and-Gomorrah
Gamora from the MCU: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamora_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)
DAMP.WITH.SLEET IS IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE: https://w3w.co/damp.with.sleet
Everquest - Dark Elf/Innoruuk
'Norse Mythology for Smart People' on Vanaheim, innangard and utangard: https://norse-mythology.org/cosmology/the-nine-worlds/vanaheim/
Lenny Henry - Cat Flaps - "Lenny Live and Unleashed" (OLD recording!): https://youtu.be/IAZ_39f1p-0?t=2826
'Muckle' - Scots word meaning 'large': https://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/muckle
Doilies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doily
Proserpina and Pluto/Dis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proserpina#Myths
"Passport to Magonia"; Jacques Vallee (1969): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/406344.Passport_to_Magonia
"It depends on who's looking" - Indrid Cold to John Klein; "The Mothman Prophecies" (2002): https://youtu.be/5qrp3P7wWds
The Battle of Camlann: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Camlann
"For the Fairest" - the Apple of Discordia (Eris) in the Greek myth "The Judgement of Paris": https://www.greeklegendsandmyths.com/judgement-of-paris.html

 

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Frithcast Episode 145 A Terribly Serious Study of Egil’s Saga

Episode 145: A Terribly Serious Study of Egil’s Saga

 

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

 

Egil's Bones" - article on Paget's Disease (Byock 1995): https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/egils-bones/ [Paywalled (and very poorly OCR scanned) ]

"Palaeopathology by proxy: The case of Egil's bones" (Weinstein 2009; Journal of Archaeological Science): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/43494397_Palaeopathology_by_proxy_The_case_of_Egil%27s_bones [Abstract freely available, full article paywalled]

Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, renowned Egyptologist, mentioned unflatteringly in 'Stargate' (1994): https://youtu.be/WskWZfFpWNI

"Do Your Own Research" - aka Argumentum ad YouTube: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Do_your_own_research

Flat Earth conspiracy theories: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Flat_Earth

Fallen London: https://www.fallenlondon.com/login

Awaken the North: https://awakenthenorth.org/

"Two heated towel rails" - Lenny Henry, "Lenny Live and Unleashed" (1989): https://youtu.be/IAZ_39f1p-0?t=1374

Well of COURSE we were going to link it. Great song, nonsense lyrics. Good luck getting rid of the earworm. "Toss a Coin to Your Witcher", from Netflix's 'The Witcher': https://youtu.be/6Y3rmXkIarQ

Spike ('Buffy the Vampire Slayer'): https://buffy.fandom.com/wiki/Spike

'Forrest Gump' (1994): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109830/

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosencrantz_and_Guildenstern

Mastodon (social network): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(social_network)

Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter_under_Elon_Musk

Greta Thunberg burns far-right influencer Andrew Tate at his own request: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/31/greta-thunberg-andrew-tate-tweet

 

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Frithcast Episode 144 - Random Reel VI

Episode 144 Random Reel VI: Return of the Reel

 

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

 

Six years. Siiiiiix Yeeeears. And you know what that means by now. It’s Random Reel time!
Whether you’ve been around the virtual campfire for the whole six years, listened through the back catalogue, or are just picking your way through, 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 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 occasionally 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, from us to you. We hope to see you around the virtual campfire soon.

Suzanne and Kate

 

The Pineapple who Ducks for a Living
Aesthetics
La la la
Lyrical Musings
Podbean
Requiem for an Otter
Rubber Bushings
The Fardles of Quarto 1
Theatre Lemons

With an extra helping of bits and scraps:
A Fly and a Chequebook
Dankmirian Princesses on Drugs
Lots of Stuff about Star Wars
Quantum Police Logs
Milton Keynes Squirrels
On Oh Being a Number
So Much for Chess
The Kitten Drinking out of a Spoon Earworm
Thermos Flasks, Biscuit Tins and Greek Paradoxes
Those Sat on the Quantum Log