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The Three Ravens Podcast
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Farewell to the Lake | Series 7 Episode 13: CarmarthenshireFor our final County Episode of Series 7 we're chatting about the heritage and folklore of the largest Welsh historic county, Carmarthenshire! A county that still exists, it's ho…
Will Millard | Local Legends #58: MerionethshireOn this week's episode of Local Legends Martin is chatting with award-winning broadcaster, anthropologist and author Will Millard. Will has presented major BBC Two anthropology s…
Homeopathy and Herbal Medicine | Magic and Medicines #22Get ready for some vigorous shaking of bottles, because in today's episode of Magic and Medicine we're talking all about Homeopathy and Herbal Medicine! Although herbal medicine h…
The Werewolf of Gellilydan | Series 7 Episode 12: MerionethshireOn our penultimate County Episode of Three Ravens Series 7 we're off to the heartland of Welsh language-speaking in Merionethshire! Abolished in 1974, its flag, showing three goa…
Dr Jack Hunter | Local Legends #57: MontgomeryshireOn this week's episode of Local Legends Eleanor is chatting with anthropologist and author of The Folklore of The Tanat Valley, Dr Jack Hunter, all about Montgomeryshire. In addit…
Hildegard of Bingen | Magus #8For this month's episode of Magus we're going Medieval and talking about the one and only Sibyl of the Rhine, Hildegard of Bingen! Born at the tail end of the 11th century, during…
A Strange Arrangement | Series 7 Episode 11: MontgomeryshireOn this week's episode we're winning like Gwenwynwyn and exploring the historic Welsh county of Montgomeryshire! We talk medieval drama in the early days of the kingdom of Powys W…
St David's Day, Ostara, and New Beginnings | March 2026 UpdateIn this month's update episode we're chatting all about St David's Day - which is happening right now! After recapping the key traditions associated with St David's Day, and Ostar…
David Rowe | Local Legends #56: FlintshireOn this week's episode of Local Legends Martin is chatting with the author of The A-Z of Curious Flintshire, local historian David Rowe. Born and raised in Tyneside, David’s love…
Love Songs | Forgotten Melodies #8What's your favourite Love Song? On this month's episode of Forgotten Melodies, to cap off February, we're chatting about our own, and digging into and performing three iconic fol…
Deborah's Well | Series 7 Episode 10: FlintshireOn this week's episode of Three Ravens we're headed to a Welsh county with two separate sections - historic Flintshire! The county where Edward I began his conquest of Wales, the…
Cath Little | Local Legends #55: GlamorganshireOn this week's episode of Local Legends Eleanor is chatting with the brilliant author, storyteller, and champion of Cardiff, Cath Little! Cath is especially interested in re-imag…
Centaurs and Pegasus | Three Ravens Bestiary #21For our first episode of the Three Ravens Bestiary for 2026, we're talking all about Centaurs and Pegasus! We begin in Dark Age Greece, way back before Homer, when horse-riding ca…
A Peculiar Thirst | Series 7 Episode 9: GlamorganshireFor today's episode, we're venturing to the south of Wales to historic Glamorganshire. We talk about the county's very ancient life, including the discovery of the oldest bones in…
Valentine's Magic | Dr Icy SedgwickIt's Valentine's Day, so it's the perfect time to try out a little love magic! That's why we invited Dr Icy Sedgwick, author of Bring Me Love: Finding and Keeping Love Using Divin…
Russ Williams | Local Legends #54: CaernarfonshireOn this week's episode of Local Legends Martin's flagged over Griff, the trusty Ford Fiesta, belonging to travel writer and folklorist Russ Williams. Author of the WTF blog and W…
Spiritualism | Magic and Medicines #21Magic and Medicines is BACK - just like the ooky-spooky ghosts summoned up by believers in this episode's topic - Spiritualism! As we discuss, philosophically speaking 'Spirituali…
Gelert | Series 7 Episode 8: CaernarfonshireThis week we're chatting all about the heritage and folklore of the historic Welsh county of Caernarfonshire, and telling the tale of a very good dog. We begin with two of the cou…
Horatio Clare | Local Legends #53: BrecknockshireOn this week's episode of Local Legends, Eleanor chats with writer Horatio Clare about land and legend. Although Horatio has had a really versatile career, he’s probably best kno…
Hermes Trismegistus | Magus #7For this month's episode of Magus we're finally discussing the life of the first Magus ever, Hermes Trismegistus! An ancient Egyptian sage written about by Cicero and early Christ…
