TopPodcast.com
Menu
  • Home
  • Top Charts
  • Top Networks
  • Top Apps
  • Top Independents
  • Top Podfluencers
  • Top Picks
    • Top Business Podcasts
    • Top True Crime Podcasts
    • Top Finance Podcasts
    • Top Comedy Podcasts
    • Top Music Podcasts
    • Top Womens Podcasts
    • Top Kids Podcasts
    • Top Sports Podcasts
    • Top News Podcasts
    • Top Tech Podcasts
    • Top Crypto Podcasts
    • Top Entrepreneurial Podcasts
    • Top Fantasy Sports Podcasts
    • Top Political Podcasts
    • Top Science Podcasts
    • Top Self Help Podcasts
    • Top Sports Betting Podcasts
    • Top Stocks Podcasts
  • Podcast News
  • About Us
  • Podcast Advertising
  • Contact
Not in our directory?
Add Show Here
Podcast Equipment
Center

toppodcastlogoOur TOPPODCAST Picks

  • Comedy
  • Crypto
  • Sports
  • News
  • Politics
  • True Crime
  • Business
  • Finance

Follow Us

toppodcastlogoStay Connected

    View Top 200 Chart
    Back to Rankings Page
    Arts

    Fireside

    Fireside is the Irish Storytelling Podcast. Kevin C. Olohan is your host and Fireside Bard. Every Wednesday, Kevin takes a story from Folklore or Mythology, gives it a fresh retelling, and discusses the story itself and the craft, culture and history of Storytelling. Whether you’re a folklore fanatic, or someone who just enjoys hearing a good yarn, you can always join Kevin by the Fireside.
    For any sponsorship inquiries contact advertising@headstuff.org

    Advertise

    Copyright: © Copyright HeadStuff Podcasts

    • Apple Podcasts
    • Google Play
    • Spotify
    Latest Episodes:
    Snow White Nov 10, 2023
    Show notes

    In episode 235 of Fireside, Kevin begins a new chapter of the podcast, celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of Disney, by looking at the folklore origins of some of the company's most iconic movies. First up is the one that started it all - Hair black as ebony, lips red as blood, skin as white as snow...it's Snow White.

    Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/

    Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P

    Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news

    Source: 0141442220

    Describe the Night tickets: https://glassmasktheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873652326/events/129505816

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Fireside of Horror V Oct 26, 2023
    Show notes

    In episode 234, It's the fifth annual Fireside Halloween Special! This year Kevin takes another look at the gothic masterpiece Dracula, reading a segment where Jonathan Harker begins to suspect something is suspicious about his mysterious host Count Dracula...

    In a second reading, Kevin compares Dracula with the earlier gothic work Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Jane wakes in the middle of the night to sound of demonic laughter, she follows the sound into the room of her master Mr. Rochester. There Jane finds the room on fire, and with Mr. Rochester asleep in the bed!

    Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/

    Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P

    Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news

    Source: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rgs/drac-3.html

    https://victorianweb.org/authors/bronte/cbronte/janeeyre/15.html

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Witches' Excursion Oct 26, 2023
    Show notes

    In episode 233 of Fireside, Kevin tells the whimsical tale of a man who wakes up in the middle of the night to discover a party being held in his kitchen. A party of witches, all gearing up for a hell of a night out....

    Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/

    Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P

    Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news

    Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairy-Tales-Ireland-William-Butler/dp/0684829525

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Queen's County Witch Oct 25, 2023
    Show notes

    In episode 232 of Fireside, Kevin tells the gruesome tale of a priest's long journey home - the farmer's complain that their cows give no milk...and the priest may have found out why - bringing about a horrific encounter that will make him question everything...

    Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/

    Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P

    Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news

    Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairy-Tales-Ireland-William-Butler/dp/0684829525

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The McCarthy Banshee Oct 25, 2023
    Show notes

    In episode 231 of Fireside, Kevin tells the gothic tale of Charles McCarthy, who lives a hedonistic life of whiskey, wine and women. But when his lifestyle catches up to him, and Charles has a brush with death - what will he do with his second chance?

    Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/

    Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P

    Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news

    Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairy-Tales-Ireland-William-Butler/dp/0684829525

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Banshee on the Bridge Oct 22, 2023
    Show notes

    In episode 230 of Fireside, Kevin tells a tale of the figure that heralds the death of Irish families...Thomas Connolly is on his way to visit old Biddy Maguire. But when he reaches the old stone bridge he meets a woman who gives him quite the tale to tell...

    Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/

    Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P

    Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news

    Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairy-Tales-Ireland-William-Butler/dp/0684829525

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Pooka's Tower Oct 22, 2023
    Show notes

    In episode 229 of Fireside, Kevin tells the tale of Daniel O'Rourke who drunkenly leaves a party and ends up encountering a bog, an eagle, a whale, a flock of geese, and even the man on the moon...or is it just one shapeshifting faerie?

    Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/

    Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P

    Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news

    Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairy-Tales-Ireland-William-Butler/dp/0684829525

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Kildare Pooka Oct 20, 2023
    Show notes

    In episode 228 of Fireside, Kevin tells the tale of the staff of a Dublin townhouse, all of whom begin to hear creaks and clatters in the night. Who has cleaned the kitchen? Was it one of them? Or was it a shapeshifting faerie?

    Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/

    Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P

    Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news

    Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairy-Tales-Ireland-William-Butler/dp/0684829525

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Changeling Bride Oct 15, 2023
    Show notes

    In episode 227 of Fireside, Kevin tells a changeling tale with a twist - Jamie Friel works hard and looks after his mother. But one Halloween he takes a visit up to the ruins of an old castle, to meet the other folk and seek his fortune...

    Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/

    Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P

    Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news

    Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairy-Tales-Ireland-William-Butler/dp/0684829525


    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Abhartach - The Celtic Vampire Oct 13, 2023
    Show notes

    In episode 226 of Fireside, Kevin tells the bloody tale of Abhartach, a supernatural demon dwarf who terrorised the folk of Derry a long time ago. Abhartach may also have inspired a Dublin writer who would redefine the world of horror...

    Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/

    Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P

    Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news

    Source: https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/dracula-bram-stoker-inspiration

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 27 Next

    Related Podcasts

    Fresh Air

    1

    Fresh Air Arts
    Twenty Thousand Hertz

    2

    Twenty Thousand Hertz Arts
    The Black Tapes

    3

    The Black Tapes Arts
    Snap Judgment

    4

    Snap Judgment Arts
    Here’s The Thing with Alec Baldwin

    5

    Here’s The Thing with Alec Baldwin Arts
    The NoSleep Podcast – Creative Reason Media Inc.

    6

    The NoSleep Podcast – Creative Reason Media Inc. Arts
    footer-logo

    Contact Us

    Toll Free: 844-670-7747

    Links

    • Home
    • Top Charts
    • Networks
    • Apps
    • Independents Podcasts
    • Podcast Advertising
    • Podcast News
    • Contact Us
    • About Us
    • Analytics & Insights

    Stay Connected

      Privacy, Terms of Use & Our Code of Ethics Protecting Content Creators Copyrights