Episode 105: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2021

We round off Season 6 with a special feature length episode. Broadcaster and comedian Robin Ince is in conversation with podcast creator and host Mark Norman in this live recording, made as part of Robin's 100 Bookshops tour in 2021, supporting his book "The Importance of Being Interested". The discussion covers science, folklore, storytelling and the intersection of all three things in an free-form conversation.This episode is closed in traditional fashion by the talented music duo Lunatraktors, with a unique performance of "The Holly and the Ivy" using reconstructed pre-Christian themes of the song.To support the Folklore Podcast in its aim to collect and preserve folklore materials for the future, please visit our Patreon page (www.patreon.com/thefolklorepodcast) or make a small donation via our website (www.thefolklorepodcast.com).Visit The Cosmic Shambles Network (www.cosmicshambles.com) for more of Robin's work, and the Lunatraktors (www.lunatraktors.space) website to learn more about them.