Folk This

Feb 18 2025 6 ep. 368 mins 11

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Hello and welcome to Folk This, a podcast about sustainability and traditional cultures. Join us each month as we meet people around the world who are focused on connecting with and preserving the natural world in their folk practice.

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Resilient Resonance

Feb 18 2025 38 mins

In this episode Kathryn and Ben chat with Starr Abelardo about her research into bamboo instruments and the art practices of the Talaandig indigenous community in the Phillippines.

Bonus - Folkore Rising

Nov 29 2024 36 mins

Hear about the amazing new book by Ben Edge, Folklore Rising

Standing Stones

Jul 30 2024 63 mins

Head with us on a journey to Orkney in this fireside chat with Tom Muir, a local archaeologist and folklorist who shares his amazing knowledge of the isles and their stories that have endured over millennia.

Where Water Meets

Jun 06 2024 54 mins

Join us in episode 3 for a chat about the nature of folk music, science communication and conservation with Emily Sheppard and Yyan Ng from the Tasmanian arts collective, Where Water Meets.

Future Ancestors

Mar 26 2024 56 mins

In this episode we chat with Gabriel George of the Tsleilwaututh nation in North Vancouver, Canada. Gabriel shares the history of the language of the Tsleilwaututh nation as well as some stories and songs that connect them to the land.

Folk Connects Us

In this episode, the podcast hosts Dr Kathryn Roberts Parker and Ben Edge chat about how they became involved in folk culture, how that has shaped their research and creative work, and how folk practices connect us to the natural world.