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Podcast title Ravencast - The Asatru Podcast
Website URL http://ravencast.podbean.com
Description An Asatru podcast for and about our community. We'll have great interviews, discuss Lore, our gods and goddesses, and anything else relating to Asatru.
Updated Tue, 06 May 2008 04:03:14 +0000
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Episodes

1. Episode 21 - Asatru Artists - Diana Paxson
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Description: In our ongoing series on writers and artists we interview Diana Paxson. She has written a ton of scifi and fantasy books as well as many articles for the magazine Idunna. She has been an important influence on the Asatru movement for many years. You can find her books at Amazon.com. [...]

2. Episode 20 - Asatru Artists - Steven T. Abell
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Description: This episode we interview Steven Thor Abell about his book Days in Midgard: A Thousand Years On. Steve is an aspiring writer and story teller. We talk about writing, inspiration and the influence of story telling on his early childhood. To find out more about the book and Steve check out http://www.StevenAbell.com Download [...]

3. An Important Announcement
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Description: Dave and I thought it would only be fair to let you know about certain changes we feel are needed for this podcast to continue. Thank you to all of our listeners. Download Standard Podcasts

4. Episode 19 - Asatru Artists - Piparskeggr
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Description: In our ongoing series of interviews with Asatru artists we interview Piparskeggr. Pip is a heathen poet and skald living in Illinois but grew up in Massachusetts. He is a hunter and a man of Ullr. We talk about what it means to be a guest, the connection of people to their [...]

5. Asatru 101 - Thor! (Because everyone loves Thor)
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Description: Asatru 101 ‘Cast - Thor! - (Because everyone loves Thor) This is basically a podcast about the application of research. (By request we did more about the Gods.) We pop open our Poetic Edda and Prose Edda and pull a few things out. We hope that folk see the process and are inspired [...]

6. Episode 18 - Asatru Artists - Hauk
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Description: For our 18th episode we interview Hauk. Hauk is a heathen musician living in Los Angeles, CA. We cover many topics such as inspiration, incorporation of faith into music, and Hauk’s personal journey as a musician. Hauk generously allowed us to incorporate three great songs into the podcast. If you like [...]

7. Ravencast Promo - 1
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Description: Yes, after a year and a half we now have a real 30 second promo. Please feel free to send this around. For all those podcasters out there, you can drop a comment here and we’ll check you out for cross promotion. Download Standard Podcasts

8. Episode 17 - International Asatru - Eldaring
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Description: This month we interview Ingmar Lauer and Isabelle Jaus about the Eldaring and their experiences practicing Asatru in Germany. We chat about the troubles (or lack thereof) of the Nazi legacy to the practicing Asatruar. Ingmar does not hold back his opinions about the radical and extremist groups. And we [...]

9. Episode 16 - Yule 2007!
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Description: Welcome to our celebration of Yule! Some Lore links about Yule: http://home.earthlink.net/~wodensharrow/yule.html http://www.simnet.is/gardarj/yule2.htm This year at Yule we focus on the modern celebration of Yule and practices. We do a quick interview with Rick Oberg about his private practice with his family at Yule. I read a fun little poem called the Yule Cat. [...]

10. Episode 15 - National Orgs. - Irminen-Gesellschaft
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Description: We interview Steve Anthonijsz, VP of the Irminen-Gesellschaft. The IG is one of the newest National Asatru Organizations. They have an interest in expanding the role of central Germanic lore and ideas. For more information about the IG have a look at the web page at http://www.irminenschaft.net/ Next Month: Yule! Download Standard Podcasts

11. Asatru 101 - Religion vs. Magic
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Description: Asatru 101 ‘Cast - Religion vs. Magic - Or a Scholarly Discussion about the by-play between Lore and Magic within Asatru. Asatru is a religion first and foremost but there is a place for magical practices that are outgrowths from the Lore. We talk about what that means and give a very, very quick gloss [...]

12. Episode 14 - National Organizations - Asatru Alliance
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Description: We interview Valgard Murray of the Asatru Alliance. The Alliance is organized as collection of separate kindreds. We discuss many things with Valgard, including the importance of community. The AA promotes that idea by offering help and guidance to fledgling groups. For more information about the AA have a look at [...]

13. Asatru 101 - Lore
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Description: In our fourth Asatru 101 cast Dave and I discuss Lore. We give a three examples of how different authors translate the lore. We also give our two cents as to what to do with it. As well as a extra quickie primer on Unsubstantiated Personal Gnosis (UPG). Many, many translations can be [...]

14. Our policy on posts
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Description: The comments and responses that we have received have been incredible and amazing. We just wanted this point to be abundantly clear: We greatly appreciate every comment that we receive whether positive or critical. However, we will not approve any comment or respond to any email that attempts to debate the merit [...]

15. Episode 13 - National Organizations - The Odinic Rite
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Description: In our continuation of organizational interviews we were very pleased to speak with Heimgest of the Odinic Rite. During the interview Heimgest touches on many subjects such as prison ministry work, environmental activism, and programs for children. We highly recommend checking out the Odinic Rite’s main web page at odinic-rite.org from there you [...]

16. Episode 12 - National Organizations - The Troth
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Description: The is the second in our line of ‘casts about National Asatru Organizations and what they offer individuals. We interview Patricia Lafayllve, the High Steward of The Troth. We talk about the many programs that the Troth is currently running as well as the publication of Our Troth Volume II. For more [...]

17. Asatru 101 - Folk finding
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Description: In our third Asatru 101 cast Dave and I discuss Folk. How to find the right group, avoid the wrong group, and basically find your fit in the community. There are alot of different groups out there with even more ways of going about practicing our faith. We’re not going to [...]

18. Episode 11 - National Organizations - The AFA
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Description: The next group of ‘casts will be about National Asatru Organizations and what they offer individuals. The first interview was with Stephen McNallen of the Asatru Folk Assembly. We talk about what the AFA has been up to including the assistance to have Thor’s Hammer listed as an emblem of belief. For [...]

19. Asatru 101 - Blot and Ritual
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Description: This is our second 101 ‘cast. Dave and I discuss the basic concepts behind blots and their structure. The whys and wherefores of the ritual. The link to the outline and Blot details we are most familiar with can be found here. We hope this provides inspiration and structure for folks to [...]

20. Episode 10- Midsummer
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Description: Midsummer! We discuss symbols like the sunwheel, different gods and goddesses associated with midsummer, and modern midsummer practices. There were a lot of specifics so we hope that you’ll use the links below as a jumping off point to your own research. Midsummer~ A solid description of Midsummer celebrations and practices Midsummer Wiki Troth description of Midsummer a [...]

21. Asatru 101 - profession
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Description: This is our first Asatru 101 Podcast. The topic is Profession. The what, whys and wherefores of pledging your Troth to the Gods. Just Sandi and myself for this one. Informal but we hope informative. Feel free to email questions to dscarron at yahoo.com. Download Standard Podcasts

22. Episode 9 - The Thing is the Thing
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Description: We had a great time interviewing Joe Mandato of Vingolf Fellowship. We talked about the East Coast Thing and the east coast asatru community in general. Some babbling by your hosts pre-interview about the East Coast. We hope you enjoy it. Next month: Midsummer! Download Standard Podcasts

23. Episode 8 - About Loki
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Description: Jesse Hutchins was kind enough to talk with us about Loki. He’s not your typical misunderstood and misinterpreted god The interview covered several things: Loki Lore, word derivations and kennings, as well as how NOT to worship Loki. We know we came away from this episode with new insights, not [...]

24. Episode 7- New to Asatru
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Description: In this episode we interview Sean Lynch. Sean has been part of the Asatru community for about two years. We asked him about his experience to gather ideas about what a “newbie” to the community has to say. Alot of very interesting points were made in our discussion with Sean so we [...]

25. Episode 6 - Disir and the Ancestors
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Description: In this episode we discuss the concepts of the Disir and Ancestors as presented in different sagas as well as our own points of view. This turned out to be a very complex topic that we hope you will help us build on by leaving your own thoughts on the subject in the comments [...]

26. Episode 5- Ethics or playing well with others
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Description: What does it mean to be a “good” heathen? We had great fun interviewing Bill Dwinnells about Ethics in this episode. The main discussion is about the reasons for appropriate action by an Asatruar. Please pay no attention to your sickly hosts In this Episode The Havamal from the Poetic Edda is used several times as [...]

27. Episode 4- Yule!
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Description: We talk about what this time of year means for us. A little lore about Thor and Sunna. Dave tells a “ghost story” with Odin as a guest star. A little segway about Yule gifts and the holiday spirit ends the episode. related Links : the Lay of Alvis ~ http://www.angelfire.com/wy/wyrd/alvissmal.html Sunna ~ http://home.earthlink.net/%7Ewodensharrow/grimnismal.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_%28goddess%29 Dave retold this story [...]

28. Episode 3.5 - bonus interviews from episode #3
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Description: In the second half of Episode #3 we interview two great guys, John Cyr and Dave Hawkins. They discuss music, poetry, Galdur, adn what inspires them. We even have some Scandinavian fiddle music as a break inbetween thanks to Barry Philips. next month - YULE! www.myspace.com/totemmusicusa www.ravennorth.org Download Standard Podcasts

29. Episode 3- Magic, art, and the Asatru mindset
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Description: This is part one of two. We interview a great artist, Denise Bowen. She talks about Art and what inspires her. She also talks about her newly announced event the Winter Wassail gathering which will be held this coming February. Check out www.winterwassail.org for up to date information on the gathering. We hope you enjoy the [...]

30. Episode 2 - Our first full episode
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Description: Welcome to the 2nd Episode where Sandi and I talk about how we came to Asatru and I go wild about the Internet. Thanks to Jeff Wells for the great music! Download Standard Podcasts

31. Episode 1 - OUR 1ST CAST IS GO!
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Description: this is our first podcast episode. We briefly introduce ourselves and let everyone know what we have in mind for this Asatru centered podcast. Download Standard Podcasts