Valhalla Conversations

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 @JOR...

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 soundsca...

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...

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 Wager The Jotunn War comics collection. Old Norse for Modern Times phrase book. When the Wolf Com...

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...

Episode 12 February 2025: Spoiler Warning Joining 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, Beserk...

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.joshuagill...

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 ... Am...

*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...

*First recorded and premiered on YouTube in November 2024. Join me for Episode 9 of Valhalla Conversations, which is a special collaborative podcast episode as I am joined by the two hosts of ‘Shield Maiden: ‪@WomenoftheNorseWorldPodcast‬ Kim Barton and Johanna Wittenberg. In this episode we each share our particular favourite female figure from Norse sagas and history, and equally Norse legends a...

*First recorded and premiered on YouTube in November 2024. I reunite with returning guest panelists, ‪@JustinHilltheAuthor‬ , Patricia Bracewell and Sharon Bennett Connolly, to discuss and explore and in many ways untangle a interpretation of history and comparing it to genuine events, of ‪@Netflix‬ Vikings: Valhalla, Season 3, what turned out to be the FINAL season. There are SPOILERS from the st...

*First recorded and premiered on YouTube in June 2024. On the release of his fourth comic anthology on Kickstarter, I'm delighted to get some time with comic writer, Asa Wheatley, who has creatively blended the tale of a lone shield maiden, a female warrior, with his love of the Western genre. We discuss how Shield Maiden began, how he used both Viking Age history and Norse Mythology, his unique c...

*First recorded and premiered on YouTube in May 2024. In Episode Six of Valhalla Conversations I am joined by my special guest (and another favourite author), ‪@tessagratton‬ to discuss her trilogy The United States of Asgard (The Lost Sun, The Strange Maid and The Apple Throne). The blurb of one book says the following "Norse-influenced alternate world of the United States of Asgard, where cell p...

*First recorded and premiered on YouTube in March 2024. In Episode 5 of Valhalla Conversations I'm delighted to talk to one of my latest favourite authors, Kate Heartfield, author of The Valkyrie, an epic retelling of the Volsung Saga/Nibelunglied from the point of view of Brynhild, the fallen Valkyrie and Gudrun, sister to the ill-fated Gunnar. Her exploration of Valkyrie's role, duty, abilities,...

*First recorded and premiered in February 2024. In our fourth episode of norse themed conversation I'm joined by five extraordinary women, each with their own passion and interest in Norse Mythology, as we discuss and review the Netflix series 'Ragnarok'. All three seasons are discussed in this one episode so THERE ARE SPOILERS you have been warned. * Special guest panelists are: Professor Carolyn...

*First recorded and premiered on YouTube in April 2023. In this episode we will be discussing the Real Lives of three often over-looked historical figures, which have recently been revived on the small screen in Netflix's Vikings: Valhalla series, which Season 2 debuted in January. We will be talking about historical events and other historical figures/characters and comparing developments between...

*First recorded and premiered on YouTube November 2022. A discussion about the very real Game of Thrones drama and intrigue which occurred in British History during the 11th Century. With special guest speakers, Historian & author, Sharon Bennett Connolly, historical fiction authors Patricia Bracewell and Helen Hollick. Featuring an equally fascinating cast of historical figures. Emma of Norma...

*First recorded in November 2022 as part of Norse-Vember. Before the Podcast had an official name. As avid fan of Norse Mythology I've been delighted to encounter the gods and monsters re-incarnated, re-invented and revived in over 100 different fiction titles, dominantly in the Fantasy genre. I decided to invite two of my favourite authors, Amalia Dillin and Cat Rector to discuss what it is about...

Welcome to the Valhalla Conversations podcast, I’m your host Becky Hill otherwise known as Soul Chaser Becky and I am a proud Viking Geek. I fell in love with the history, culture and mythology of the Viking Age through Historical Fiction and Norse Fantasy books and I’ve been on an endless quest for more ever since. I have read and reviewed over 100 books in the Norse Fantasy Genre and over 50 in...