Witches of Scotland

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EPISODE 65 - ANYA BERGMAN - WITCHES OF VARDO Jan 14, 2023

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Zoe and Claire speak to author Anya Bergman about her story of the women killed as witches in Vardø. We talk magic, menopause, weather witches and why a Scotsman might have been to blame. Raccoons included

EPISODE 64 - DOCTOR MARTHA MCGILL - WITCH HUNT 1649 Nov 13, 2022

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Zoe and Claire speak to Dr. Martha McGill about her game, developed by a team at the University of Warwick, to explore and understand the witch hunt phenomena - based on events in Haddington, Zoe & Claire consider the history of Haddington accused and one of the accusers who owned an enchanted pear. Raccoon chat included

EPISODE 58 - DAVID RUDOLPH - AMERICAN INJUSTICE May 21, 2022

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Zoe and Claire talk to the criminal defence lawyer - made famous by #thestaircase documentary on Netflix about american injustice - the Salem witch trials, forced confessions, pardons and why they are important and much more! also : cake references

EPISODE 37 MARY W CRAIG HISTORIAN & AUTHOR Jul 11, 2021

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Zoe & Claire speak to historian and author Mary W Craig about the 4 Proofs, Quarrelsome Dames and the woman accused of witchcraft in Mary’s forthcoming book.

EPISODE 26 - INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY LIVE EVENT WITH SARA SHERIDAN Mar 07, 2021

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IWD2021 marks a year of work on the the #womennotwitches Witches of Scotland campaign. Zoe and Claire talk to their very first guest, Sara Sheridan (EP 2) about why we need to memorialise women and why we need to remember the history of women and men who were killed as witches in Scotland.

EPISODE 18 IAIN MC SPORRAN QC ON ROBERT BURNS DEPICTION OF WITCHES IN TAM O SHANTER Jan 23, 2021

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Join us as Iain Mc Sporran QC tells us about the story of Robert Burns and arguably his most famous poem, Tam o Shanter and his depiction of the dancing witches that Tam interrupts on his way home from the pub... we also talk about addressing past wrongs, and why looking at history honestly means recording the truth of the past.

EPISODE 16 SOCIAL MEDIA CATCH UP Jan 10, 2021

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This week we name those accused and executed as witches, and catch up on social media discussions including discussing the new cultural project, inspired but the campaign for a pardon and monument - we talk about the devil’s mark and why it was important for those confessing to witchcraft to renounce their baptism and we are played out by bagpipe music especially commissioned for women executed as witches in Galloway.

EPISODE 15 - NEW YEARS MINI EPISODE Jan 03, 2021

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Zoe and Claire remember those killed as witches, talk about Mrs Mennie of Newfoundland and her inspiring letter and discuss plans for 2021......

SARA SHERIDAN - WHERE ARE THE WOMEN? Oct 04, 2020

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The book “Where are the Women” written by author Sara Sheridan was one of the inspirations for the Witches of Scotland campaign - her Sara tells us about her book and how she might like the women who were convicted of witchcraft to be memorialised

Witches of Scotland Podcast Trailer Mar 02, 2020

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