# Robert Bringhurst

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Altered States, Imaginal Realms & Co-Becoming with Dr Maya Ward

Today’s subject matter is so slippery and mysterious that even my guest, Dr Maya Ward, finds it hard to describe, though she’s swimming in it. It concerns the aliveness of rivers and the rivers inside us; the nature of reality and realms invisible yet objectively real. It’s about catching the whisp…

The Iron John Podcast: Literacy from Oral Traditions-- A conversation between Ben Dennis and Robert Bringhurst

Mythologist and storyteller, Ben Dennis speaks with the author, poet, and translator Robert Bringhurst, about why oral and written traditions should work together and not displace one another.  Both men will participate in the 2025 Minnesota Men's Conference. If this podcast speaks to you, please c…

Raven Steals the Light

This is my version of the creation story with Raven comes from the Pacific Northwest. This telling specifically is from the Haida people, as provided by the transcription by the poet and writer Robert Bringhurst.  I told this tale to the Australian-based Fifth Direction mythopoetic community's Men'…

Rhapsodes

Raph and Nikhil are joined by David Egan, Koç University, Istanbul, to talk about Robert Bringhurst's A Story As Sharp As a Knife and Ismail Kadare's The File on H (tr. David Bellos). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

6 - Ravens Meet the Tower of London!

It’s the three of us! Debbie, Haley, and Savanna explore how ravens are clever and not crows and also not in Kentucky! Also, forgive the audio! We’re still learning and figuring this out. Thank you for your patience as we figure out how to be the best podcast we can be <3 The Tower of London's rave…

Robert Bringhurst Interview Part 3

In the third and final part of an October 22, 2023 interview Robert Bringhurst, he talks about blister rust, how bioregionalism is an antidote to bad politics and other subjects connected to his 55 page poem The Ridge,

Robert Bringhurst The Ridge Interview Part 2

Through his books, I took lessons from Ezra Pound, who was a schoolmaster at heart and had a lot of things to say about what young poets should read and how they should read it. His politics were bonkers, but his ear was a good ear. I learned a lot from him and from others. But it dawned on me one …

Robert Bringhurst The Ridge (Interview) Pt. 1

The Ridge is a poem in 20 parts, a meditation on a geological feature of Quadra Island, a large island in British Columbia, just north of the Strait of Georgia, and thus the Salish Sea. But the poem is also a meditation on what's happening on the island and on the planet we share in what's been des…

182: Cookbook Design with Frances Abrantes Baca

Kate and Kristin speak with Frances Abrantes Baca about her wide ranging design experience in the food media space. The founding design director of the award winning magazine Gastronimica, Frances shares her thoughts about the design elements that go into a cookbook—color, contrast, titles, page nu…