In the Borderlands

Two performance storytellers with a shared interest in liminal spaces explore topics in the borderlands between creativity, mythology and magic. intheborderlands.com

In the Borderlands is a arts podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 67 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  In the Borderlands

  Epic Small Talk: Trickster #66

  Jul 14, 20261h 40m

  We’re starting a new thread in our podcast weave! "Epic Small Talk“ is basically conversations between performance storytellers and other myth workers on different mythological subjects. A deep dive into the nitty gritty of myth, if you will. And to bless any new project, we have to start by invoking and inviting trickster to open the landscape for us. Join performance storytellers Jo Blake and Dominic Kelly (UK) as well as your eternal hosts Mikael Öberg (SE) and Torgrim Mellum Stene (NO) in a delightful caper on the edge between right and wrong, the cracks, the openings, the thresholds, the grey areas of neither/nor where trickster resides and spins its dynamic dance. The image of trickster is seen from a wide range of perspectives, including in relation to the current state of the world. We invite you to the beginning. A beginning. JO BLAKE LINK https://jo-blake.co.uk/ DOMINIC KELLY LINK https://dominickelly.net/ PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www. patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ EMAIL contact@intheborderlands.com TORGRIM LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCES Trickster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickster Blodeuwedd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blodeuwedd Mabinogion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabinogion Raven https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravens_in_Native_American_mythology Coyote https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyote_(mythology) Trickster Makes This World by Lewis Hyde https://lewishyde.com/trickster/ Hermes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes Medb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medb The Ulcster Cycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_Cycle The Trickster Aesthetic by Jeanne Rosier Smith https://books.google.se/books/about/The_Trickster_Aesthetic.html?id=jgpSNwAACAAJ&redir_esc=y Maui https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ui The Gallic Wars by Julius Caesar https://classics.mit.edu/Caesar/gallic.6.6.html Peer Gynt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_Gynt Kalevala https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala Lemminkäinen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmink%C3%A4inen Frank Abagnale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Abagnale Catch Me If You Can https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_Me_If_You_Can Loki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki Vodou https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Vodou Candomblé https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candombl%C3%A9 Santería https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santer%C3%ADa Cynthia Bourgeault https://www.cynthiabourgeault.org/ Epic of Gilgamesh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh Ishtar/Inanna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inanna Uruk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruk Baldr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldr Frigg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigg Ezra Pound https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Pound Lleu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lleu_Llaw_Gyffes Hod https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6%C3%B0r Ragnarök https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnar%C3%B6k Kachina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kachina

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  Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen: Odin #65

  Jun 9, 20261h 48m

  Our second episode on the Odinic path takes us to Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen, founder of Nordic Animism and initiate to Odin in the Candomblé tradition. We speak to him about his initiation to a Norse god in an Afro-Brazilian syncretistic context, about the nature of initation in general, and how the Odinic qualities of speaking something into being and insisting on the right story are crucial counterweights to our hypermodernistic and overly representational times. What is a right story? What is a wrong story? Can you destroy the sacred by making it too seen? Too available? Join us as we explore these themes guided by the guardian of knowledge. RUNE HJARNØ RASMUSSEN LINK https://nordicanimism.com/ PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www. patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ EMAIL contact@intheborderlands.com TORGRIM LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCES Candomblé https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candombl%C3%A9 Vodou https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Vodou Santería https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santer%C3%ADa Oshoshi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshosi Ullr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ullr Yoruba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_religion Hávamál https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1vam%C3%A1l Donna Haraway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Haraway Tyson Yunkaporta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Kb7EWX80Fo Right Story, Wrong Story by Tyson Yunkaporta https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/199122606-right-story-wrong-story Atlantis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis Gotland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotland The Matrix https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix Black Panther https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_(film) Gangs of New York https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangs_of_New_York Dune https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(franchise) Jötunn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6tunn Kalevala https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala Ragnarök https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnar%C3%B6k Ragnarok tv series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnarok_(TV_series) Sophie Strand https://sophiestrand.com/ Wendigo https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendigo

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  Maria Kvilhaug: Odin #64

  May 13, 20261h 49m

  Maria Kvilhaug, one of our favourite guests, has returned to "In the Borderlands“. She herself inhabits the liminal space between the scholar and the mystic and her deep delve analysis of ancient Norse poetry is always a delight to listen to. This time we have asked her to reflect on the fascinating figure of Odin, his polyvalent nature and his many, many names. Saddle your eight-legged steed and join us for the ride! MARIA KVILHAUG LINKS https://www.patreon.com/MariaKvilhaug https://www.instagram.com/mariakvilhaug/ https://www.facebook.com/ladyofthe.labyrinth/ https://bsky.app/profile/mariakvilhaug.bsky.social https://shop.the3littlesisters.com/collections/the-maria-kvilhaug-collection PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www. patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ EMAIL contact@intheborderlands.com TORGRIM LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCES Odin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin Freyja https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyja Idunn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%C3%B0unn Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen https://nordicanimism.com/ Candomblé https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candombl%C3%A9 The Poetic Edda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetic_Edda Hel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hel_(mythological_being) The Norns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norns Plato https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato Jo Blake https://jo-blake.co.uk/ Book by Walter Ong: Orality and Literacy https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164515.Orality_and_Literacy Snorri Sturlusson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snorri_Sturluson Hávamál https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1vam%C3%A1l Vafþrúðnismál https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaf%C3%BEr%C3%BA%C3%B0nism%C3%A1l Sif https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sif Valkyrie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valkyrie Útgarðar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Atgar%C3%B0ar Hárbarðsljóð https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1rbar%C3%B0slj%C3%B3%C3%B0 Grímnismál https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%ADmnism%C3%A1l Jörmungandr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6rmungandr Alvíssmál https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alv%C3%ADssm%C3%A1l Haustlǫng https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haustl%C3%B6ng Hyndluljóð https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyndlulj%C3%B3%C3%B0 Lokasenna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lokasenna Höðr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6%C3%B0r Ragnarök https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnar%C3%B6k Hœnir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%93nir

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  Fletcher Tucker: Kin #63

  Mar 25, 20261h 28m

  From the vibrant wilderness of Big Sur in California, we are joined by multidisciplinary artist Fletcher Tucker. Through the music label Gnome Life Records and the organisation Wildtender his work is deeply related to the re-enchantment of the world and establishing relation and dialogue with the land, with other awarenesses, with the more-than-human. We speak of the importance of ceremony and of the restoration of an ancient contact between human and landscape. Through practice. Through awareness. Through art. The land misses us. FLECHER TUCKER LINK https://www.fletchertucker.com/ PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www. patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ EMAIL contact@intheborderlands.com TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCES Esselen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esselen Sōtō zen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%8Dt%C5%8D Alan Watts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Watts Wendell Berry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Berry Kumano kodō pilgrimage routes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumano_Kod%C5%8D Æsir-Vanir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86sir%E2%80%93Vanir_War Ramayana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramayana Ramlila https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramlila Shinto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto Kami https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kami Tomten https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisse_(folklore) Thulite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thulite Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen https://nordicanimism.com/

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  Torgrim Mellum Stene: Time Weave #62

  Jan 10, 202653 min

  For this episode, performance storyteller Torgrim Mellum Stene takes center stage as we talk about two of his current performances that both revolve around myth, history and time. Join us for a probing conversation on dreaming and waking, fact and vision, giving voice to the underdog, truth and that which is truer than truth – how layers of reality weave together to resonate in a way that reveals meaning and brings history into the here and now. PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www. patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ EMAIL contact@intheborderlands.com TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCES Magnus the Lawmender https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_the_Lawmender Helgøya Church https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helg%C3%B8ya_Church Chakra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakra Omphalos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphalos National Library of Norway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_of_Norway Jerusalem by Alan Moore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_(Moore_novel) The Great When by Alan Moore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_When Voice of the Fire by Alan Moore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_the_Fire Bohemian Rhapsody film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Rhapsody_(film) Walk the Line film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk_the_Line The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dawn_of_Everything

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