The Sage’s Cabin - Herbs, healing, wisdom, belonging

In todays podcast my new co-host Ruth Glasgow and I are speaking with Rabbi E Beck an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi from Neturei Karta International.  Neturei Karta International is a community of activists r...

18 Aug 20251h 19min

This episode is part of the Palestine Series in solidarity with Palestine and made in association with Ruth Glasgow from The Justice Nook whose aim is to share knowledge for action. We are speaking wi...

21 Jul 202512min

In todays podcast I am speaking with Josh Williams, one of my favourite herbal teachers.  He is a wealth of knowledge relating to the traditional ways of working with plants and reviving animism throu...

14 Jul 202558min

Gender based violence, Deva Desi, and witch hunts in India. We will be speaking about the social-legal dimensions in the South- East Asia caste system.   Dr Amit Anand is Assistant Professor, School o...

24 Jun 20251h 15min

In todays episode I speak with historian Tabitha Stanmore on the topic of cunning folk and magic, a topic which I find particularly interesting.  I hope that you enjoy the podcast, and will check out ...

2 Jun 202534min

Today I am speaking with Rosari Kingston about the traditional folk medicine of Ireland.  There is a rich history of traditional healing still practiced by folk healers and recorded in the Irish recor...

15 Mai 20251h 1min

In this months episode I am speaking with Soraya and Catriona from Edinburgh/Glasgow based co-op Grassroots Remedies about their community herbalism work and about sustainable foraging. Check out all ...

28 Apr 202559min

Today, on World Social Justice day, in the podcast I am speaking with Karen Gevirtz the author of THE APOTHECARY'S WIFE: The Hidden History of Medicine and How it Became a Commodity A ground-breaking ...

24 Feb 20251h 13min