Frithcast

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

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 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/05/archaeologist-suggests-location-of-legendary-viking-settlement-of-jomsborg/147482 Where to find us online

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Episode 161:  Slap the Other Cheek   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   Fury (Fiorina) 161: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_3 Imperator Furiosa (Mad Max: Fury Road): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392190/characters/nm0000234 Njal's Saga: https://sagadb.org/brennu-njals_saga.en Egil's Saga: https://sagadb.org/egils_saga.en Barbie Saga (2023 movie 'Barbie'): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517268/ Matthew 18:21-35 - Jesus on Forgiveness: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+18%3A21-35&version=NASB Anakin Skywalker (Darth Vader): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darth_Vader The Jedi: https://www.starwars.com/databank/jedi-order/ Dracula (book by Bram Stoker): https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dracula-novel   An academic reference to start you off: Thorgillsdottir, B The Language of Feeling in Njáls saga and Egils saga: Construction of an Emotional Lexis Scripta Islandica 71: 9–50. http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1513277/FULLTEXT01.pdf   Where to find us online

Episode 160 Rune Spotlight: Laguz   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   Tripods TV series: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086818/ River Kings by Car Jarman: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/River-Kings/Cat-Jarman/9781639365425 Bulach Fibula https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BClach_fibula   Where to find us online

Episode 159: I Feel the Need, the Need for Mead   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   501st Legion (formerly the 501st Clone Battalion): https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/501st_Legion Learning about beer: https://youtu.be/CONa4b9errw "WHINDER shoppin', as it were" - Hacker the Dog, CBBC: https://youtu.be/nNoFzMljP0U London stolen by bats - setting for 'Fallen London' by Failbetter Games: https://www.failbettergames.com/games/fallen-london Marea (We've Lost Dancing) - song: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marea_(We%27ve_Lost_Dancing)   Where to find us online

Episode 158 Very Happy About Postholes   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 theme from Raiders of the Lost Ark, by John Williams (I mean come on, you know it anyway, but we're going to miss a chance to link to it? Nah): https://youtu.be/ojZ0k9ymdU0?t=55 And the theme from Jurassic Park, also John Williams and I seem to have something in my eye: https://youtu.be/lDlU08RU7Tk The Goon Show - 'The Scarlet Capsule' (BBC, 1959 - not, in fact, 1955, but not far off): https://youtu.be/PPJss90E9CA Our favourite Leo the Cat ("NumNum Cat") remix: https://youtu.be/_C1FZ4HtzGY And an explanation of same: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/numnum-cat Two Steps From Hell: https://www.twostepsfromhell.com 'Nine Paces From Hel: Time and Motion in Old Norse Ritual Performance'; Neil Price (2014) [This is a downloadable PDF file]: https://vikingsresources.weebly.com/uploads/4/8/3/6/48362215/burial_ritual_and_performance.pdf   Excavation data and reports: https://snd.gu.se/en/catalogue/dataset/snd2331-1 Lilla Ullevi amulets and arm rings: http://viking.archeurope.info/index.php?page=some-of-the-65-amulet-rings-excavated-at-lilla-ullevi Report on the excavation: http://viking.archeurope.info/index.php?page=lilla-ullevi   Where to find us online

Episode 157: A Visit to the Thunder Hall   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 Sidh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY8u5Ro00dg Nac Mac Feegle - from Terry Pratchett's Discworld: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nac_Mac_Feegle We didn't find any meaningful links about acorn carvings as yet, but Kate - me, I - am/is sure there was something. We'll just have to keep on looking, like them two agents in those old UK TV adverts that parodied The X-Files. Where to find us online

Episode 156 - The Year of Unn   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   Unn the Deep-Minded, also known as Aud Year of Aun: https://nordicanimism.com/aun-2023 You can find Heathen Women United here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/258460597923877 The storytelling and oathtaking project: https://www.ignisursa.com/worldrenewal8 The Year of Unn jewellery https://www.landscapejewellery.com/shop/year-of-unn   Where to find us online

Episode 155 Landspirits and Again   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   Book jokes! Come on! Book jokes! Silly author names! You KNOW the ones. This is like when I was at work one time and I used some word or other and one of my colleagues told me it wasn't a real word and acted like he'd never heard it before and then everyone else joined in deadpan and I actually started believing them. Anyway these DO exist so I'm RIGHT. Here are some examples: 'Walking to School' by Misty Bus 'Over the Mountaintop' by Hugo First 'Why Should I Walk?' by Iona Carr and very famously 'Bubbles in the Bath' by Ivor Windybottom (These taken from https://www.boyscouttrail.com/content/joke/books_never_written-850.asp - caution: they're old jokes are some have dated poorly.) 'Life After People': https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1433058/ 'The Bad Guy' was Rufus Sewell playing the oleaginous Count Adhemar in "A Knight's Tale" (2001). And 'the Prince', credited as 'Colville', was played by James Purefoy, who also played Marcus Antonius - all right, 'Mark Antony', if you insist - in HBO's "Rome". Where to find us online

Frithcast Episode 154:  Altared Reality   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   ‘Goose’ Lauren and Hacker: https://youtu.be/nNoFzMljP0U Kehaar - seagull from Watership Down 'Style or Substance': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGgP2ewrxl8 From Too Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995) No Edge – John and Hank Green: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0o6hQLcSRc Gutamaya Eagle ('Imperial Eagle') from Elite Dangerous: https://elite-dangerous.fandom.com/wiki/Imperial_Eagle Gytha In Jeans blog: https://gythainjeans.home.blog/ UK Seller of devotional plaques, Runecast Copper: https://runecastcopper.com/collections/plaques/products/norse-gods-heathen-god-plaque-portable-credit-card-size-altar-in-copper-odin-thor-freyr-freyja-skadi-ran-hel-tyr-heimdalr-loki UK seller of devotional statues, Samantha Chilton: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SJChilton USA seller of pocket altars: https://awakenthenorth.org/product/pocketaltar/  Where to find us online

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). Where to find us online

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 Where to find us online