Fireside
Kevin C. Olohan is your host and Fireside Bard. Every Wednesday, Kevin takes a story from Folklore or Mythology, gives it a fresh retelling, and discusses the story itself and the craft, culture and history of Storytelling.- Kevin C. Olohan
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Fireside Bonus – Submitting to Glastonbury
In the latest members-only exclusive episode of Fireside, Kevin tells of his personal experiences at music festivals and how they are a place of paganism, folklore and magic. All leading to an account of his own lore of Glastonbury Festival.
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Firside Bonus – A Personal History of Into the Woods
In the latest members-only exclusive episode of Fireside, Kevin tells a personal history with the Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine fairy-tale musical Into the Wo...
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The Fisherman's Wife
In episode 259 of Fireside, Kevin tells the tale of those who go to sea, and the one's who are left behind. Kate Browne has been married to Dermot for seventeen y...
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Fireside Bonus – Readings from Granard Booktown Festival
In the latest members-only exclusive episode of Fireside, Kevin talks of hs visit to the Granard Booktown Festival in Longford, Ireland. He reads from three very ...
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Scota and Scotland
In episode 258 of Fireside, we have a foundational myth of Scotland - a story that stretches back thousands of years, before the Celts, to sands of Egypt and the ...
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Fireside Bonus – Wolfwalkers
In our fourth HeadStuff+ members only exclusive episode, Kevin looks at the final film in Thom Moore's Irish Folklore Trilogy - Wolfwalkers.
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