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Ecofictology
Lovis Geier
67 episodes
6 days ago
Welcome the Ecofictology podcast, where science meets story and we embrace the nerdiness in our fiction! This podcast is all about using fiction as a science communication tool, with a particular focus on ecofiction (fiction where the environment and our relationship with it plays a major role in the plot). I’ll be talking about what I’m reading and writing and speaking to others are doing it too! Come nerd out with your fiction with me!
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Welcome the Ecofictology podcast, where science meets story and we embrace the nerdiness in our fiction! This podcast is all about using fiction as a science communication tool, with a particular focus on ecofiction (fiction where the environment and our relationship with it plays a major role in the plot). I’ll be talking about what I’m reading and writing and speaking to others are doing it too! Come nerd out with your fiction with me!
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Ecofictology
Ep 65: Co-writing and using environment for atmosphere with Devils Island by Midge Raymond and John Yunker

Hey ecofictologists, welcome to episode 65 of the Ecofictology podcast. This week we are chatting with Midge Raymond and John Yunker from Ashland Creek press and we are talking about their new book Devils Island, which launched in September, published by OceanView Publishing. We cover their inspiration, the experience of co-writing with your spouse and using environment as atmosphere in your writing. Enjoy!


Links

Devils Island: https://midgeandjohn.com/ 

Book events: https://midgeandjohn.com/events.html 

John Yunker: https://www.johnyunker.com/ 

Midge Raymond: https://midgeraymond.com/ 

Ecolit Books: https://ecolitbooks.com/ 

Ashland Creek Press: https://ashlandcreekpress.com/

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1 year ago
48 minutes 43 seconds

Ecofictology
Ep 64: Writing and science communication for Children: Interview with Angela Mills, author of Bobby the Brown Long-Eared Bat

Hey ecofictologists and welcome to episode 64 of the Ecofictology podcast! This week we are talking to a younger audience with our guest, Angela Mills, the author of the beautifully illustrated book Bobby the Brown Long-eared bat. I came across Angela while listening to a panel talk that the Bat Conservation Trust was putting on along with other authors who wrote childrens books about bats. And there were a few children on the call and it was absolutely heartwarming to see them engaging so much. I was excited to talk to Angela about what she thought was important when writing for kids and wanting to spark that bit of excitement in them for whatever species you’re writing about. Bobby did the job. You can find her book on her website and a portion of the profits go directly to The Bat Conservation trust so it’s doubly for a good cause. You can find the link in the show notes. I hope you enjoy. 

Angela’s website 

https://www.bobbythebrownlong-earedbat.co.uk/ 

Bat Conservation Trust

https://www.bats.org.uk/ 


Join the Rewilding Our Stories discord server! If you want to find more ecofiction lovers like yourself, get recommendations and share resources, head over to https://discord.gg/zbMz59UNdm and join our community!

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2 years ago
40 minutes 31 seconds

Ecofictology
Ep 63: Connecting to nature through folklore: Interview with Kaitlyn Elverson from Bug life

Hey ecofictologists and welcome to episode 63 of the Ecofictology podcast! This week I’m introducing you to Kaitlyn Elverson, the engagement officer for Bug Life in the UK, who I found through the talks she gave for Buglife on the folklore of insects and on myth and mystery of folklore in the history of wildflowers and trees. I was fascinated and excited as I always am to find someone who turns to storytelling as a way to find connection to nature. Kaitlyn is also an musician and I will be linking all her various social medias below and i highly recommend you check her out. She sometimes uses her music to convey a particular message about nature, so see if you can spot them. I very much enjoyed my interview with kaitlyn and i hope you do too. 

Folklore of Insects

https://www.buglife.org.uk/events/folklore-of-insects-with-kaitlyn-elverson/ 

Myth, Mystery and Folklore Guided Walk

https://www.buglife.org.uk/events/myth-mystery-and-folklore-guided-walk/ 

Kaitlyn’s music:

https://soundcloud.com/kaitlynelverson 

https://kaitlynelverson.bandcamp.com/album/ep-kaitlyn-elverson 

Kaitlyn’s social media:

https://www.instagram.com/canwefollowalice/ 


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2 years ago
46 minutes 30 seconds

Ecofictology
Ep 62: Interview with Sarah Yarwood-Lovett, author of A Murder of Crows

Hey ecofictologists and welcome to episode 62 of the Ecofictology podcast! This week you are getting a twofer as my dad likes to call them. You’re getting a little bit of a book review and then right on its heels, an interview with the author, one that i was downright giddy to do. The book? A Murder of Crows, the first book in the Nell Ward Mystery series. The author? Sarah Yarwood lovett, an ecological consultant who has put her knowledge and her experiences into a murder mystery novel. Can you see why i was excited? This book turned out to be my favourite book of 2022, i devoured it completely. And i loved nerding out with Sarah during our interview so prepare to learn a thing or two about bats. Or four or six things. I’m too excited for you to dive into the world of Nell Ward so i’m going to keep this intro short. As usual, you can find the video versions of these parts on my youtube channel, links are down below, i hope you enjoy.

August and September reading wrap up | Monthly reads | Favourite ecofiction novel of Quarter 3! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQTY8cf6eRk&list=PLErvk5p2-eWqIJaGfibZuk8YZvCggE68O&index=47 

Bats, bats, bats! | Interview with Sarah Yarwood Lovett | Author of A Murder of Crows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQohlTk_WZc&list=PLErvk5p2-eWoC2qkqDRKjUm-eLzChdx0o&index=25 


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2 years ago
1 hour 6 minutes 34 seconds

Ecofictology
Ep 61: How important is scientific accuracy in fiction?

Hey ecofictologists and welcome to episode 61 of the Ecofictology podcast! This episode was really just a giant brain dump of things that I had been thinking about, lots of ideas and mostly questions about how important is scientific accuracy in fiction. We’ve all had that experience where we read something outside of our field of expertise and think it’s really cool and well researched and then read something inside our field and think, well this would never happen its entirely unrealistic. But how much artistic license could we give the author in order to make it a compelling story? Where do we put those boundaries? And it probably depends on what the purpose of the piece of fiction is: to teach or not to teach? I filmed this collection of questions in two parts but have combined them together here so you can be overloaded with questions all at once, you lucky ducks, and I first talk about fiction where science communication is the goal and something called the CSI effect, and then about fiction that really isn't trying to teach you anything, but might have unintended consequences anyway of not being accurate or realistic. I talk about environmental disaster films and films that demonise predators like Jaws. In fact, I go on a bit of a rant about it. If you’d rather watch me do that than listen, you can find parts 1 and 2 linked in the shownotes. Also, if you have thoughts on this topic, please reach out to me because it’s something i really enjoy talking about! Enjoy the rant

How important is scientific accuracy in fiction? | Science Communication | CSI effect | Part 1 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOoOTtKGh_k&list=PLErvk5p2-eWrrcYOqiDbHPufF5XR3sr94&index=20 

Scientific Accuracy in Fiction | Anti-Ecofiction | Demonisation of predators | Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKIo0wBY6sw&list=PLErvk5p2-eWrrcYOqiDbHPufF5XR3sr94&index=21 

CSI Effect papers 

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1163231  https://www.jstor.org/stable/29762978   https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/7381446/stith_roane_the_csi_effect-_us_news_and_world_report-with-cover-page-v2.pdf?Expires=1645362650&Signature=LBN6D1TpQD7LDReCEI0jrtaty1n6x2NexOD1ARFzP3Rpu7dw~tNid8IToaTdoelXRgS21JZK0lvZ8-J7Jk9VaQWdqULiqz31WJYu4YUI0hi83Fgw0AKTfBw8EoDy13HP0JpVtStAGan10uEkid~jLLwgF0MXDaW-qFolPobH-X3wUftnvGi5kHc8shEKXLj7LpNvhYuquu4FQ0B-~NpeWXOB~pcxpfJsezIl~J9ki2EAZBB5H8khiM6V5SKeEvKF7obE4CjPhXXKgrKUdzAqBvEx~zKanFVyc4MZo2NmIyHQclhD6Y3eAvuLEQ5TsY9xSd7nRQjtaCSGQrpS-ONb0Q__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA  https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1027&context=themis   https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/csi-effect-does-it-really-exist 

Environmental Scientists on Vanity Fair 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz42l-KZgJo  

Article on the effect of Jaws  https://daily.jstor.org/sharks-before-and-after-jaws/#:~:text=The%20blockbuster%20Jaws%20(1975)%20provoked,think%20of%20sharks%20before%20then%3F&text=It%20lives%20to%20kill.,A%20mindless%20eating%20machine.  


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2 years ago
32 minutes 23 seconds

Ecofictology
Ep 60: Interview with AE Copenhaver, author of My Days of Dark Green Euphoria

Hey ecofictologists and welcome to episode 60 of the Ecofictology podcast! This week I am introducing you to a wonderful author, AE Copenhaver, who I had the great pleasure of talking to. This interview is a little different than others I have done because I wasn’t only interviewing her about her book, My Days of Dark Green Euphoria, which was published by Ashland Creek Press, you’ll recognise that publisher if you’ve been around for a while...but i wasn’t only asking questions about that, what i really wanted to talk to Athena about was the strength of messaging in ecofiction. When i first read the book which Ashland creek press sent to me, i was a little unsure whether i enjoyed it because the vegan messaging was so intense, until i realised that it was supposed to be over the top and satirical, more of a commentary on the angry vegan than actually saying this is how people should act. And then it became funny and more powerful. But it was such an interesting discussion and we really enjoyed ourselves, so i hope that comes across here. This is an archived episode from my youtube channel so if you want to watch us have this chat, which i would almost recommend because we laughed a lot and Athena is very engaging to watch, you can find the link in the shownotes. I hope you enjoy

My Days of Dark Green Euphoria by AE Copenhaver

https://www.ashlandcreekpress.com/books/darkgreeneuphoria.html 

Finding your audience with AE Copenhaver | My Days of Dark Green Euphoria | Strength of messaging

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF2lhOslPYQ&list=PLErvk5p2-eWoC2qkqDRKjUm-eLzChdx0o&index=24 


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2 years ago
1 hour 8 minutes 6 seconds

Ecofictology
Ep 59: Coming of age, mind control perfume and a revolution | Spells & Specialists with Mauricio Garcia Part 4

Hey ecofictologists and welcome to episode 59 of the Ecofictology podcast! This is the final part of our Spells and Specialists episode with mauricio garcia and i have thoroughly enjoyed learning about perfumes and smells and all the wondrous things that he has taught us in previous parts. This part 4 is where we brainstorm a story to communicate all that wondrousness to the world and i have to say, i immediately want to write this story. I feel like i say that every spells and specialists episode but i got really excited about this and the story just came together so nicely! We explore themes of coming of age, fighting oppression, finding yourself, and all the while we teach readers about perfumes and smells. It’s fantastic. And of course i am joined by my wonderful cohost Clark Rowenson, the magic engineer, so be sure to check out his channel on youtube for more cool stuff on magic systems and his blueprint method we used in the last part. Get your storytelling hats on and enjoy.

Mauricio Garcia’s website

https://www.herbcraftperfumery.com/about-mg-2020 

Coalition of Sustainable Perfumery

https://www.sustainableperfumery.org/ 


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2 years ago
1 hour 7 minutes 7 seconds

Ecofictology
Ep 58: Perfume-based magic tech | Spells & Specialists with Mauricio Garcia Part 3

Hey ecofictologists and welcome to episode 58 of the Ecofictology podcast!  I’m sure you’ve been waiting for this part of our Spells and Specialists episode with Mauricio Garcia where we build a magic system based on the art of perfumery and our seed crystal of “magically infused perfumes can gently alter aspects of reality as well as creatures, minds and bodies”. What a cracker of a seed crystal! And we do come up with a cracker of a magic system as well, and we totally don’t control ourselves when it comes to not jumping forward to part 4. In fact we finish this part with quite a lot of the plot already figured out so next week’s episode is going to be slightly strange. But of course this part 3 revolves around the magic system which we develop using the Magic system blueprint which my cohost clark rowenson developed and you can find more info on that as well as the video version of this episode on his youtube channel the magic engineer. This part does have the visual component of tweaking the blueprint as we go through the steps so i do recommend checking that out if you’re interested in how it all works. But i think you get most of it just by listening too so i’ll shut up now and let you get on with it, I hope you enjoy

Mauricio Garcia’s website

https://www.herbcraftperfumery.com/about-mg-2020 

Coalition of Sustainable Perfumery

https://www.sustainableperfumery.org/ 
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2 years ago
47 minutes 33 seconds

Ecofictology
Ep 57: Reality altering perfumes | Spells & Specialists with Mauricio Garcia Part 2

Hey ecofictologists and welcome to episode 57 of the Ecofictology podcast!  This is Part 2 of our spells and specialists episode with Mauricio Garcia, the perfumer and aromatherapist who blew our minds last week teaching us all the cool stuff. As a recap, our main messages from part 1 were that smell is form of pseudo psychic messaging, that industry and scent create global connections, and that the process of perfumery is resource intensive and we have a responsibility to do it ethically and sustainably. Part 2 as you know by now is all about finding our seed crystal, which is a concept that my cohost Clark Rowenson came up with to distill all our thoughts down to a single sentence from which our inspiration will take off. You can find more about that and about magic systems in general on Clark’s youtube channel, the magic engineer, which is also where you will find the video of this episode. The link for that is in the show notes along with the link to Mauricio’s website and all that good stuff. Honestly i love the seed crystal we came up with and i hope you do too. Enjoy!

Mauricio Garcia’s website

https://www.herbcraftperfumery.com/about-mg-2020 

Coalition of Sustainable Perfumery

https://www.sustainableperfumery.org/ 


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2 years ago
56 minutes 12 seconds

Ecofictology
Ep 56: Perfumery, herbcraft and aromatherapy | Spells & Specialists with Mauricio Garcia Part 1

Hey ecofictologists and welcome to episode 56 of the Ecofictology podcast! It is that time again, we are in for another treat and honestly I am so excited about this guest. Say the name of the show, Lovis, say the name of the show! This is a Spells and specialists episode and our guest is Mauricio garcia who is a designer, perfumer and certified aromatherapist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Honestly, the stuff we teaches us about perfumes, how to build them, analyse them, all the different concoctions you make with the plant matter, it will blow your mind. There is so much to know and so much that i’ve never thought about when putting on perfume and i thoroughly enjoyed this episode. Mauricio was an absolute joy, i could have stayed learning stuff about perfume from him for hours. And of course my wonderful cohost Clark Rowenson is with me, be sure to check out his youtube channel The magic engineer to find everything you could ever want about magic systems. And of course the videos for parts 2 and 3 of this episode. But i’m getting ahead of myself. I’ll stop now and let you get on with it, i hope you enjoy.

Mauricio Garcia’s website

https://www.herbcraftperfumery.com/about-mg-2020 

Coalition of Sustainable Perfumery

https://www.sustainableperfumery.org/ 


Join the Rewilding Our Stories discord server! If you want to find more ecofiction lovers like yourself, get recommendations and share resources, head over to https://discord.gg/zbMz59UNdm and join our community!

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2 years ago
1 hour 5 minutes 44 seconds

Ecofictology
Ep 38: Solidifying Our First Soft-Irrational Magic System | Spells & Specialists with Rachel Rowenson Part 3

Hey ecofictologists and welcome to episode 38 of the Ecofictology podcast! For all you magic system lovers out there, this episode is for you because it is part 3 of our spells and specialists episode with Rachel Rowenson and we run our new seed crystal through the Magic System Blueprint, developed by Clark. If you want to have more detail and information on the blueprint, you’ll find everything your little heart desires on his youtube channel, the magic engineer. This episode was so much fun, it never ceases to astound me how different all these magic systems turn out to be and these episodes bring me so much joy. This episode does have some visual components to it like turning dials and sliders and things on the blueprint so if you feel like seeing it would help you follow along, you can find the video on Clark’s youtube channel and the link is in the shownotes. I hope you enjoy


Solidifying Our First Soft-Irrational Magic System || Spells & Specialists w/ Rachel Rowenson Pt 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FpIefrt7PY&list=PLbLBMlI_GY5K9bywwltAwXjtDZR8h37fI&index=15 


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2 years ago
44 minutes 47 seconds

Ecofictology
Ep 18: How Does Our Emotionally Influenced Magic Work? | Spells & Specialists with Corri Moss-Hunter Part 3

Hey ecofictologists and welcome to episode 18 of the Ecofictology podcast! We are finally at the point in our Spells and Specialists episode with Corri Moss Hunter where we can build out our magic system using Clark’s Magic system blueprint. I love these episodes, this is a great tool and it’s cool to see how flexible it is and how much you can learn about your magic system. In our case, our seed crystal was all about those functional behaviours Corri taught us about and how people are using magic automatically and instinctually which shows us their emotional state. So we dig into that a little bit more in this episode to figure out what that really means and how we can make that a bit more detailed. And then next week we brainstorm a story all about it! The video version of this episode can be found on Clark’s youtube channel, the magic engineer, if you prefer the visual medium, you can find the link in the shownotes. I hope you enjoy

How Does Our Emotionally Influenced Magic Work? || Spells & Specialists w/ Corri Moss-Hunter Pt 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j9lsNH3D0I&list=PLbLBMlI_GY5K9bywwltAwXjtDZR8h37fI&index=8 


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2 years ago
1 hour 7 minutes 8 seconds

Ecofictology
Ep 35: Interview with Midge Raymond | Author of My Last Continent | Cofounder of Ashland Creek Press

Hey ecofictologists and welcome to episode 35 of the Ecofictology podcast! This week I welcome Midge Raymond onto the show as we talk about her beautiful novel My Last Continent. I reviewed this book on Monday so check that out! We talk about publishing ecofiction, taking inspiration for stories from the world around us and using ecofiction and storytelling as a form of communication to reach people. I had such fun chatting with Midge, she and John Yunker, who she founded Ashland Creek Press with, have been so welcoming to me and some of my favourite ecofiction titles have come out of that press so keep them on your radar. 

 This is an archived episode from my youtube channel so if you prefer the visual medium, you can find the link in the shownotes. I hope you enjoy

Midge Raymond's website https://midgeraymond.com/  

Ashland Creek Press's website https://ashlandcreekpress.com/  

EcoLit Books' website https://ecolitbooks.com/ 

Interview with Midge Raymond | Author of My Last Continent | Cofounder of Ashland Creek Press

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-aRM9f-IP0&list=PLErvk5p2-eWoC2qkqDRKjUm-eLzChdx0o&index=19 
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2 years ago
37 minutes 3 seconds

Ecofictology
Ep 11.5: Book Review of Clade by James Bradley

Hey ecofictologists and welcome to today’s Monday minisode which is a book review of Clade by James Bradley. This book really brings the climate crisis to your doorstep and lets you experience what it might feel like to live through the coming decades. It's so real and plausible that the story sucks you right in. This is an archived episode from my youtube channel so if you prefer the visual medium, you can find the link in the shownotes. I hope you enjoy.

Clade by James Bradley https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23307015-clade?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=lSlIExS4M5&rank=1 

Interview with James Bradley on Dragonfly.eco

https://dragonfly.eco/interview-james-bradley-clade-silent-invasion/ 

Ecofiction Book Review: Clade by James Bradley | SPOILER FREE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u__ylbLBhHc&list=PLErvk5p2-eWqIJaGfibZuk8YZvCggE68O&index=8 

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2 years ago
10 minutes 36 seconds

Ecofictology
Ep 47: Animal Bonding and chibi Monster pals | Spells & Specialists with Maxwell Farmer Part 3

Hey ecofictologists and welcome to episode 47 of the Ecofictology podcast!  This week is part 3 of our spells and specialist episode with Max Farmer who has taught us all about his work as a vet and animal nutrition, we’ve created a seed crystal for our inspiration to start to play and now we get to dive into building the magic system out of that seed crystal. To refresh your memory, the seed crystal was that people can bond with animals and monsters to gain their traits powers and weakness over time but they must maintain the health and wellbeing of their bonded, so you can already probably imagine that we had heaps and heaps of fun using the Magic System Blueprint, created by my cohost Clark, the magic engineer, to develop a magic system around it. As with all the part 3’s, this episode has a visual component, we play with levers and dials on Clark’s screen showing the blueprint, so if you want to follow along visually, you will find a link to the video on clark’s youtube channel in the show notes. However, i think you will be able to follow along just fine with the audio. Let’s build a magic system! I hope you enjoy

Find and Follow Max at... 

His website: https://www.maxwellfarmer.com/ 

On Discord: https://discord.gg/DEdypYwn47 

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maxwellfarmerauthor/ 

And On Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Maxwell-Farmer/author/B0865Q4VF4?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true 

The Magic Blueprint for Our Chibi-Menagerie || Spells & Specialists w/ Max Farmer Pt 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siH4GwApTEY&list=PLbLBMlI_GY5K9bywwltAwXjtDZR8h37fI&index=19&t=140s 


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2 years ago
51 minutes 13 seconds

Ecofictology
Ep 14: Interview with Dr. Octavia Cade (The Impossible Resurrection of Grief) with guest host Forrest Brown

Hey ecofictologists and welcome to episode 14 of the Ecofictology podcast! Following on from the book review that you got on Monday, here is the interview with the wonderful Octavia cade all about her novella The Impossible Resurrection of Grief, which touches on these concepts of ecogrief and ecoanxiety in a terrifying magical realism kind of way. I so much enjoyed talking to her with my cohost Forrest Brown, we were both incredibly excited to be able to chat with her, so I hope you are excited to hear it. As usual, This is an archived episode from my youtube channel so if you prefer the visual medium, you can find the link in the shownotes. I hope you enjoy

Interview with Dr. Octavia Cade | The Impossible Resurrection of Grief | eco-grief/climate grief

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H66Bd3pcBkI&list=PLErvk5p2-eWoC2qkqDRKjUm-eLzChdx0o&index=18 


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2 years ago
58 minutes 24 seconds

Ecofictology
Ep 41: Book Review of Sky Dance: Fighting for the wild in the scottish highlands by John D Burns

Hey ecofictologists and welcome to episode 41 of the Ecofictology podcast! This Minisode Monday I am beyond excited to review SkyDance: Fighting for the Wild in the Scottish Highlands by John D Burns. This is a hilarious book that still conveys important messages about land management in Scotland, human wildlife conflicts surrounding the grouse hunting industry, and the push to rewild the highlands, starting with the reintroduction of the lynx. 

Since I live in Scotland and spend time in the Highlands, I was immediately drawn to this book and was not disappointed! Loved it, highly recommend! I’m bringing you this short episode now so that on Wednesday when i invite John onto the show for an interview, you all have the context and know what I thought of the book. We have a wonderful chat, he’s a very funny man, so check back in for that on Wednesday. A small EDIT: in the video I say the subtitle of the book is "The fight for the wild in the Scottish Highlands" but it is actually "FIGHTING for the wild...". Apologies! 

This is an archived episode from my youtube channel so if you prefer the visual medium, you can find the link in the shownotes. I hope you enjoy


John Burns’ website 

https://www.johndburns.com/  

John Burns’ Sky Dance podcast https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/john-538burns/episodes/2019-07-12T05_52_17-07_00  

Vertebrate Publishing “Inspiring Adventure” podcast: Episode 4: John Burns talks bothies in a bookshop https://www.v-publishing.co.uk/blog/v-publishing-blog/2019-11-14---inspiring-adventure-podcast/#:~:text=Inspiring%20Adventure%20from%20Vertebrate%20Publishing,the%20great%20outdoors%20through%20literature.&text=Rae%20is%20joined%20by%20Tough,Appalachian%20Trial%20in%20100%20days.  

E6 (Inspiring Adventure) John D. Burns at Five Leaves Bookshop in Nottingham https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieTa7TFKfJQ 

Ecofiction Book Review: SkyDance, Fighting for the Wild in the Scottish Highlands by John D Burns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcsj6gMY5tc&list=PLErvk5p2-eWqIJaGfibZuk8YZvCggE68O&index=14 


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2 years ago
10 minutes 42 seconds

Ecofictology
Ep 17: What Kind of Seed Crystal Does a Therapist Need? | Spells & Specialists with Corri Moss-Hunter Part 2

Hey ecofictologists and welcome to episode 17 of the Ecofictology podcast! We are continuing our Spells and Specialists episode with Corri moss hunter today and finding out what kind of seed crystal would work best to build a magic system teaching you all about therapy and functional behaviours which we learned about last week. It’s really interesting to see how this process is different for every person and Clark and I have a lot of fun digging into the inspiration that we can take forward into Part 3 which is building the magic system with his magic system blueprint.  The video version of this episode can be found on Clark’s youtube channel, the magic engineer, if you prefer the visual medium, you can find the link in the shownotes. I hope you enjoy

What Kind of Seed Crystal Does a Therapist Need? || Spells & Specialists w/ Corri Moss-Hunter Pt 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY0RGlQtUQI&list=PLbLBMlI_GY5K9bywwltAwXjtDZR8h37fI&index=7 


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2 years ago
46 minutes 59 seconds

Ecofictology
Ep 9: A mystery thriller to teach you about stars! | Spells & Specialists with Dr. Moiya McTier Part 4

Hey ecofictologists and welcome to episode 9 of the Ecofictology podcast! This week is the final part of our Spells and Specialists episode with Dr. Moiya McTier and we brainstorm a story that communicates her wonderful science through the medium of the magic system that we created last week with Clark’s magic system blueprint. I love this story and actually as I am recording this intro, i am working on writing this story so i am DEEP in the trenches of these characters and this conflict so I may be biased but I think this story is really bloody cool. This is an archived episode from my youtube channel so if you prefer the visual medium, you can find the link in the shownotes. I hope you enjoy

A mystery thriller to teach you about stars! | Spells and Specialists with Dr. Moiya McTier Part 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOEVQbEvRag&list=PLErvk5p2-eWrif1Vn3uDole07p_C4EILb&index=4 


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2 years ago
36 minutes 9 seconds

Ecofictology
Ep 4: Interview with John Yunker, author of "The Tourist Trail" and co-founder of Ashland Creek Press

Hey ecofictologists and welcome to episode 4 of the Ecofictology podcast! This week I am interviewing John Yunker, the author of the Tourist Trail and the co-founder of Ashland Creek Press, a wonderful vegan boutique publishing press based in Oregon. If you missed this week’s Minisode where i shared my book review of The Tourist trail, then maybe listen to that episode first so you have all my thoughts, but John will be giving a brief summary of the book if you’d prefer to just stay right where you are. This is an archived episode from my youtube channel so if you prefer the visual medium, you can find the link in the shownotes. I hope you enjoy

Interview with John Yunker, author of "The Tourist Trail" and co-founder of Ashland Creek Press

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mdAq5Wf9zI&list=PLErvk5p2-eWoC2qkqDRKjUm-eLzChdx0o&index=10 


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2 years ago
41 minutes 35 seconds

Ecofictology
Welcome the Ecofictology podcast, where science meets story and we embrace the nerdiness in our fiction! This podcast is all about using fiction as a science communication tool, with a particular focus on ecofiction (fiction where the environment and our relationship with it plays a major role in the plot). I’ll be talking about what I’m reading and writing and speaking to others are doing it too! Come nerd out with your fiction with me!