"Fandabi Podcast" with Tom Langhorne

Support the Podcast & get extra content here: https://www.patreon.com/TomFandabidoziMy guest today is Madge Bray. Madge was born "Margery Allan" into a long line of village Scots traditional poets musicians and storytellers from the village of Ballater .She was born into the carrying stream where a cultural inheritance of musical expression was second nature . She encountered our ancient Keening Tradition first as a young woman . Madge undertook pioneering work in trauma resolution internationally where she studied sound in human harmonisation - and her journey eventually took her to the High Caucasus mountains and polyphonic grief ritual .You can see her YouTube channel here - https://youtube.com/@traditionalfutures?si=0JH0TcPGvOXUQti-Her recent odyssey with cancer and music is contained in the Ebb and Flow playlist on Traditional Futures . Here https://youtu.be/TbnpQacu92Y?is=0YkAlENQ_jWmdLX7Her article on Restoring the Feminine in Scottish Lament is here: https://ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/TIS/article/view/3174Her books "Poppies on the Rubbish Heap - Sexual Abuse the Child’s Voice" and "Rob the Robin and the Bald Eagle" can be obtained online.She has another book "Songs in the Breastmilk" Coming out soon . Sometimes she can offer one to one (or up to two ) in house sharing's for those who seek more inner explorations in our Scot’s traditional musical medicine , deep in Assynt .Pm her on Facebook messenger if this resonates . She also teaches on the Keening Module of Weaving Remembrance . https://weavingremembrance.org/

In this episode, I speak with members of the Save Loch Ness campaign about the proposed pumped hydro storage scheme at Glen Earrach, and the wider expansion of wind farms and renewable energy infrastructure across the Scottish Highlands.We explore what these developments could mean for Loch Ness, the Highland landscape, and local communities, and ask a wider question:Who really benefits from Scotland’s energy boom, and does it deliver true energy security if the infrastructure is not locally owned?We also discuss:The proposed Loch Ness pumped hydro storage scheme (Glen Earrach)Expansion of energy infrastructure across the HighlandsOwnership of Scotland’s energy systemsWhat “energy security” actually means in practiceThe impact on landscape, wildlife, and rural communitiesScotland is undergoing a major expansion of renewable energy infrastructure. While this is often presented as essential for the energy transition and national energy security, it also raises deeper questions around ownership, control, and how the benefits of this transition are shared.Support this podcast & keep it independent:https://www.patreon.com/TomFandabidoziSave Loch Ness:https://savelochness.co.uk/latest-news/https://www.facebook.com/people/Save-Loch-Ness/61555829794691/https://substack.com/@savelochness/https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-industrialisation-of-our-sacred-loch-ness

Join my resilience school here: https://www.resilientrootssurvival.com/More about Ben's work "Deep Roots" here: https://deeprootsalba.org/You can support this podcast by becoming a Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/c/TomFandabidoziMy guest today is Ben Reid Howells. Ben is a Canadian facilitator and teacher of grass-roots leadership and community resilience strategies. He has led and been part of many community resilience projects all over the world and has some valuable insights into how to heal ourselves, our communities and our culture in the modern age.#resilience #grassroots #culturalregeneration #communityresilience #scotland #fandabipodcast

FREE Journaling course here: https://www.tomlanghorne.com/4-days-to-focusJoin my school here: https://www.resilientrootssurvival.com/If you want to SUPPORT my work and help keep it going, then Patreon is the best place for that: https://www.patreon.com/c/TomFandabidoziThe modern world is filled with unlimited easy access to cheap & quick pleasures, so why don't we all feel great all the time? Well it comes down to a neuro transmitter called dopamine. Modern science now shows how dopamine is the currency of our motivation and that our pleasure and our pain are inseparably connected. But way before science knew about this, the wise old poet Kahlil Gibran writing about this in finely crafted words which still send chills down my spine when I read it. So, in this ponder I want to share a passage from Gibran and show the overlaps with what we now know about the science of dopamine. Enjoy#deepdive #philosophy #kahlilgibran #rewildyourlife #natureconnection #simplifyyourlife #dopaminedetox #resilientroots

If you want to download my guitar music then follow this link- Its just £5 and helps fund human creativity: https://www.patreon.com/posts/147642951or listen to the Youtube playlist here (without bonus track): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHLpk2hRsXftSsHAw1I0DQ8sd0DRMfrMXIf you want to join my school were we are exploring what it means to be human and how to be self-reliant in our basic needs, then here is a link to that: https://www.resilientrootssurvival.com/In a world where artificial intelligence can generate “perfect” music, art and poetry in seconds, what becomes valuable? In this pondering, I explore creativity as something that doesn’t come from algorithms, but from lived experience, from wild places, and from what I can only describe as a conversation with the creative muse.I’m also sharing music I recorded 12 years ago, imperfect, raw, and inspired by time spent in forests, by streams, and on solitary adventures. This music I was once too self-conscious to release, but now... funnily enough I feel its time to share some real human creation.Maybe in an age of machine perfection, authentic human imperfection matters more than ever.Let me know in the comments: where does creativity come from for you?