Mooney's Mythic Podcast

Opening Music: Queen Space Baroque Episode Description: Sarah explores the art of conscious performance—from telling her first deliberate joke on stage (poems tucked in her bra!) to navigating audience reactions at Wellington Park’s outdoor festival. Sarah rediscovers the beautiful chaos of outdoor family storytelling. She shares her original tale of the squirrel who finds a golden acorn and hides...

Episode Description: The day after a show on the dark moon—what Sarah calls the “soot moon”—she tells the story that came through her the night before at 777 in Glastonbury. It’s a story that wasn’t quite ready, that felt like cottage cheese in her fingers the day before, but she told it anyway because that’s what the dark moon demanded. Old Nanny finds an abandoned baby at the market cross after...

Opening music: Ritual Door 1 by Queen Space Baroque As the autumn moon wanes and we approach Samhain, Sarah sits down with musician Rob Bray from, among others, Maythorne and Queen’s Space Baroque to explore the threshold between life and death, light and shadow. Rob shares his original death poem set to music—a meditation on mortality that emerged from months of practical preparation and deep con...

Wild Women & The Hunter Turned to Stone with Katy Cawkwell Guest: Katy Cawkwell - Professional storyteller, host of Artemis Storytelling events Episode Summary Sarah opens with a vulnerable prayer about abundance and visibility, inspired by the fruiting trees of autumn - sharing bruised gifts without hesitation. Through a series of funny mishaps (including being caught naked on her landing by Aval...

Guest: Daygan Robinson - Multi-instrumentalist (mandolin, bouzouki) and founding member of Dragon’s Fly and Maythorne Episode Summary Sarah welcomes legendary Glastonbury musician Daygan Robinson for an intimate fireside chat about perfectionism, community music-making, and the transformative power of French Breton dance. Fresh from leading a creation myth retreat in Wales, Sarah explores with Day...

Episode Summary Sarah Mooney returns for Season 2 with a deeply personal exploration of creation myths, seasonal transitions, and the power of storytelling as soul retrieval. Fresh from a storytelling retreat in Wales, she weaves together ancient wisdom from the Iroquois Sky Woman story, reflections on anxiety and creative process, and insights about using myth as a framework for life's initiation...

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Seasonal Transitions & The Girl in the Forest Host: Sarah Mooney, Storyteller Episode Overview An intimate, unedited recording exploring the emotional transition from summer to autumn. Sarah shares a story she wrote six years ago about a girl in the forest learning to navigate seasonal change, alongside reflections on aging, creativity, and preparing for winter's introspective season. Key Themes *...

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Welcome to me. Welcome. Welcome all of you. Welcome whether you're listening at home and you've used your imagination to create a chalk circle around you so that nothing can disturb you. Proto Celtic Musings in the Penultimate Pod of the Season. Episode Length: ~30 minutes Season 1, Penultimate Episode Episode Summary A beautifully vulnerable and wandering conversation by the fire as Sarah prepare...

Welcome to Mooney's Mythic Podcast. Welcome to you all. Welcome to my fireside. Here by myself, by my fire. I'm here without any other human beings. But I do feel like I'm in good company with my altar, with the fire, with the candle. With you guys. Thanks for listening. Thanks for being here. Wanting to breathe with you. Wanting to feel your beating hearts. Feeling like calling in the elements. T...

Imbolc is the time when the first movement towards Spring is felt. This year I am choking on the sediment that has been unsettled, so I call in some help to soothe the way. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sarahmooney.substack.com

last week we were talking about this never-ending January feeling. And what is in the bottom of our barrel, what is still yet to be kind of reached for before spring gets us kind of shooting in a different direction. What needs tending to on the inside. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sarahmooney.substack.com

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Mooney’s Mythic Podcast - Show Notes Episode: Winter Solstice Songs & Sacred Rest with Ted Waters Host: Sarah Mooney, Storyteller Episode Overview A cozy fireside conversation about wintertime, rest, and the lost arts of singing, dancing, and storytelling. Sarah welcomes farmer, seasonal celebrant, and singer Ted Waters to the sofa for an intimate exploration of what it means to truly winter well....

Mooney’s Mythic Podcast: Death and Wassail A quiet January reflection on sacred stillness, what must die for new growth, and waking the apple trees. This Episode: Japanese death poems • David Lynch on intuition • Befriending anxiety like a frightened animal • The Crescent Moon Bear story • Wassailing traditions in Somerset Quote: “This could be the last moment. How would we spend the last 10 minut...

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Painting by Tales of Ro. I meet Ted Waters and we talk about the solstice This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sarahmooney.substack.com

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