18 January 2021

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I just found out that there are 500 episodes of the BBC's flagship "intellectuals talking about ideas" show In Our Time on youtube, so I've collected together some playlists for Pagans. Feel free to share them around with anyone who will appreciate them.

Each podcast is ~45 minutes long, and features ideas from a selection of academics in the field.

(please note - I've chosen to exclude Greek/Roman lore, as that's not relevant to me, but there are many available if you wish to paw through the channel yourself)

Pagan Reading (link)
Conversations about Beowulf, the Arthur stories, fairytales, Robin Hood, the eddas, etc

Mythic History (link)
History of Northern Europe, including Neanderthals, Celts, Roman Britain, Vikings, Druids etc. If it's been misrepresented in a New Age book as the Original Secrets Of The Ancient Pagans, it's on this playlist.

British History (link)
Starting from Anglo Saxons onwards, and with a focus on 1) Anglo Saxon kings, 2) the history of people's revolt, disobedience, and ungovernability 3) land rights, and 4) England's under-reported dreadful behaviour towards her neighbours in the UK and the rest of the world, to keep the listener humble and discourage nationalist bollocks. Basically, themes which are specifically of interest to Fencraft.

British Mysticism (link)
Idea podcasts about Englishness, the pastoral, the concept of Heritage, Nature, and cultural imperialism; plus book podcasts about Piers Plowman, William Morris, William Blake, and other more contemporary pagan-ish writers.

Witches and Magic (link)
A grab bag of topics, including the devil, Renaissance magic, the Delphic Oracles, the Egyptian Book of the Dead, Salem, Alchemy, etc.

Pagan Ideas (link)
This playlist focuses on concepts of religion. Think of it as the Theology Class playlist. There's
  1. a lot of choices about the soul, good and evil, the fall, in the hope that awareness of these non-Pagan concepts will help us spot how they continue to influence our thinking;
  2. some generic stuff, on Prayer and the intersection of Science and Religion;
  3. a lot of Fencraft specific stuff, such as Nationhood, Monarchy, Memory, History - just to get you thinking critically about these ideas;
  4. a bunch at the end about space and the sea
Hope this finds everybody well!

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