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Valhalla Conversations

Let"s talk all things Norse - the history, the mythology, how each has been reinterpreted or reinvented in the 20th century onwards and in all media forms. From books to comics to TV series to video games and more - join me, a self-confessed Norse Geek with a variety of hosts and special guests including authors, historians and expert academics.

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41:41

Curses, Trolls and Valkyries with comic writer Doug...

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2025/11/06

This episode of Valhalla Conversations is dedicated to comic artist, Tim Odland who sadly passed away this summer of 2025. Tim's life long dream was to illustrate comics for ⁨@imagecomics⁩ and 'Beware The Eye Of Odin' is that comic, that dream. I will treasure my copy as an example of Tim's extraordinary talent. Thank you for your dream, Tim. Rest in Peace.After a hiatus over September and October due to my academic pursuit in valkyries taking priority for a while, I'm delighted to declare

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8:39

A Runecast Message - Valkyries bring news from...

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2025/09/30

Regular followers/listeners may be wondering where Episode 19 is of our usual monthly Valhalla Conversations podcast series? Well - the answer is that due to a very important debut article which is consuming all my available time and energy I am pausing content creation, including podcast recording with several exciting new guests until November. Consider Valhalla closed for cleaning if you like. We will return, we will reopen, and I am biting on my metaphorical shield with eagerness to hit the

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104:44

Queens & Widows in "King & Conqueror" (Bonus Episode)

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2025/09/16

Behind every great man, is a great woman - and in the 11th century, there were many men claiming, taking or inheriting the throne of England, and thus there were also many great women. Following the debut of BBC's King & Conqueror historical drama - I invite historian Sharon Bennett Connolly onto the podcast to discuss the very real lives of these remarkable female figures, who all had their own role and influence to play in the most turbulent century which resulted in the fateful events of

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52:42

Vikings & Immortality with comic writer, Zack Kaplan...

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2025/08/14

Joining me in this month's episode is comic writer ⁨@Zackkaps⁩ , we will be discussing Kill All Immortals ( ⁨@darkhorsecomics⁩ ) with spoilers and exploring his creative and cleverly inspired choice to use a family of Vikings, and a particular famous family for those in the US, to grant them immortality and billionaire level wealth. We discuss greed, freedom, independence at what cost, the perception of Vikings as brutal warriors and reveal exciting news for the future of this comic story arc. Zack

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59:42

Ran's Daughters with author Kaitlin Felix

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2025/07/17

Joining me this month as my special guest, is author Kaitlin Felix as we discuss and explore her stereotype smashing historical fiction novel, Ran's Daughters, who feature a remarkable cast of Norse women and one heck of a historical adventure! If you like authors Bernard Cornwell, Giles Kristian, Justin Hill, then you will LOVE Kaitlin's book. I was an ARC reader for it before release and I read it in 3 evenings with great enjoyment and her writing is sensational. I love it so much that I indulge

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67:30

A View of the Old Gods (Bonus Episode)

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2025/06/18

Join me in discovering a stunning set of special photographs and their talented photographer. We meet a very unique and talented photographer, Jenn Robinson, who is also a near decade long member of Regia Anglorum, and her amazing photographs that have captured moments from the legends of the Norse pantheon. See them in full glory at her website: https://jenniferpetersphoto.com/reenactment And find out more about Regia Anglorum, UK's biggest historical re-enactment society:

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66:20

Norse Witches & Norse Queens with author Genevieve...

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2025/06/12

Joining me for this month's episode is a good friend of mine, Genevieve Gornichec, due to our shared passion for all things Norse and I'm delighted to finally after years of talking online about her wonderful Norse Fantasy and Norse History books, 'The Witch's Heart' and 'The Weaver and the Witch Queen'. Learn what inspired both stories about remarkable female figures of mythology and history, her experience writing and publishing, her second life in viking age living history and so much more

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116:44

Valhalla Assemble! - Vikings & Valkyries TTRPG...

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2025/06/04

Clear the mead benches, lay out fresh straw, roll out the mead barrels and prepare to welcome the most "hapless" group of Norse heroes and heroines to the Hall of the Worthy as we welcome: Game Master, ‪@ianstuartsharpe‬ aka Mr Vikingverse, who has recently completed an actual play podcast, Vikings & Valkyries, of his uniquely norse Thought & Memory Saga adventure set in the When The Wolf Comes universe. You can listen on YouTube and Spotify. https://vikingverse.com/podcast-episodes Along

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94:25

Legends of Jorvik (4): Jason Buck, Dark Norse...

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2025/05/28

My next special guest in this mini series meeting the many talented and skilled and knowledgable folk who are part of this years ⁨@JORVIK-Viking-Centre⁩ Jorvik Viking Festival - is a truly talented storyteller by the name of Jason Buck. I chat to him about how he first encountered the Norse myths, how he creates the stories he enchants audiences with, we discuss the nature of stories and their enduring power, the blessing and curse of not knowing all the norse stories ever told, how various

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64:05

Norse Games & Vikings in Games (Part 2) with Luca...

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2025/05/22

Return and join us in Valhalla as we conclude Episode 15, Norse Games & Vikings in Games, with special guest academics, Luca Panaro (University of Iceland) and Emma Thompson (University of Leicester) - Part 2! - If you haven't watched/listened to Part 1 please do so, otherwise you will miss out on the many games and topics of representation discussed - Games mentioned in Part 2 are as follows: Roki @PolygonTreehouse Final Voyage of Draengr Thar (table top role play game for 5e Dungeons &

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59:16

Norse Games & Vikings in Games (Part 1) with Luca...

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2025/05/22

Joining me in this month's episode of Valhalla Conversations are two academics, Luca Panaro, a PhD candidate at the University of Iceland, in the Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies; and Emma Thompson, a Midlands4Cities (M4C)-funded PhD Researcher at the University of Leicester, in archaeology broadly but specifically looking at Viking Age and Late Anglo-Saxon mortuary identities. We unite together to dive into the topic of games played by the vikings and the journey to games where

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41:09

Legends of Jorvik (3): Jorvik Viking Centre, Official...

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2025/05/21

I am delighted to welcome a guest with a unique and special connection to myself, in that we are both Alumni of @hudduni - myself graduating in 2009, whereas Katie Smith, a graphic designer at @yorkarchaeology graduated in 2020. And thanks to her talent and current position, she was given the almighty task of helping design the very first and most exclusive @TopTrumpsOfficial card set for the @JORVIK-Viking-Centre which were release a month or two before this years Jorvik Viking Festival. I

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68:36

Legends of Jorvik (2): Tyrfing & Time Will Tell Theatre

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2025/05/14

In my 2nd bonus episode, in my Mini Series, Legends of Jorvik, I am pleased to welcome Simon Kirk and Kathy Hipperson, from Time Will Tell Theatre, to share with us the secrets, tricks and tales that were behind their Finale show, "Tyrfing: The Cursed Sword" at this year's ‪@JORVIK-Viking-Centre‬ Viking Festival. The show was written by Simon Kirk http://time-will-tell.co.uk The music and soundscape by Jonny Dyer http://swan-dyer.co.uk The narrators were Kathy Hipperson and Simon Kirk The play was

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90:31

Fated Signs with Sam Flegal - Norse Myths in Art

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2025/04/17

Joining me for this months episode is artist, @SamFlegalart , who set up his artist brand, Fateful Signs, whom has creatively interpreted the Havamal (Sayings of the High One), the Voluspa (Prophecy of the Seeress) and is currently working on the Lokesenna. His artworks is in both painting and ink and sketches and fine line art. He has painted various members of the pantheon from Odin, Freya, Loki and others. Learn how he first connected with Norse Mythology, what inspired Fateful Signs and his

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71:38

Enter the Vikingverse: Exploring Alternative Norse...

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2025/03/19

Joining me in Valhalla this month is a fast friend of mine, Ian Stuart Sharpe, whom I affectionately call Mr Vikingverse for he has quite a vast and established collection of creative works with strong Norse historical and mythological influences.2 sci fi/fantasy novels: All-Father Paradox and Loki's WagerThe Jotunn War comics collection.Old Norse for Modern Times phrase book.When the Wolf Comes table top role play campaign source book.And is also running an actual play podcast of the former,

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54:53

Legends of Jorvik - Old York Theatre & the Jorvik Play

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2025/03/06

Join me in meeting some of the talented and creative people who have featured in Jorvik Viking Festival 2025. In this debut Bonus Episode, we meet Charlie Blanshard and Oliver Strong, two thirds of the a new theatre company in the North, 'Old York Theatre'. I talk to them about their equally new play, 'Jorvik' which has no stage, no fourth wall and audience engagement is encouraged! "At it's heart, Jorvik is a play about what Legacy really means to the individual. It's about loss, faith, glory,

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87:06

Twilight of the Gods on Netflix - Special Guest Panel...

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2025/02/27

Episode 12 February 2025: Spoiler WarningJoining me to discuss and review the Netflix animated TV series, Twilight of the Gods is:Retired Professor Carolyne Larrington - she is the author of The Norse Myths: A Guide to the Gods and Heroes, and The Norse Myths That Shape The Way We Think.Sacha, from Slightly Reckless Games, who are launching their norse inspired table top role play game, Beserkr. https://www.slightlyrecklessgames.com/Kim Barton, a historical and fantasy author who publishes fiction

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37:31

Joshua Gillingham: Old Norse in New Ways - Books,...

Valhalla Conversations ·

2025/01/23

Joining me in my humble hall of all things norse is canadian author and games designer Joshua Gillingham. We discuss his fantasy series Torin Ten-Trees, how he developed the strategy card game Althingi based on the Icelandic legal and cultural practices during the Viking Age, his scandinavian heritage and how he became interested in viking culture and history. Guest profile: https://www.joshuagillingham.ca/ Joshua Gillingham is an author, game designer, and editor from Vancouver Island, Canada. His

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24:45

Whispers with Mugnin and Hugnin: Bonus Episode

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2024/12/24

Join me, as we take a look back through Memory at the origin story of my podcasting journey with Valhalla Conversations and all the guests we've welcomed into the great mead hall, and then look forward by sharing my Thoughts and plans for future episodes in 2025, including exciting expansion plans! 1. Valhalla Conversations is now available on: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ll6E3w... Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/fda... 2. Valhalla Conversations Facebook Page is now OPEN

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72:56

Gods, Men & Runes: Northern Wrath with Thilde Kold Holdt

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2024/12/21

*First recorded and premiered on YouTube early December 2024.Join me for our first double digit episode of Valhalla Conversations as I talk with the newest author to join my Favourites shelf, Thilde Kold Holdt. We discuss her Norse Fantasy series beginning with Northern Wrath, learn about what fascinated her about Norse Mythology and the era of viking history featuring Harald Bluetooth, and about her experiences rowing and sailing a Viking Warship, The Sea Stallion.Website:

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