Taking The Tradition On:
5 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago -Amy Douglas is a traditional oral storyteller, celebrating 30 years of telling stories. As a teenager and young woman, she apprenticed with the legendary Duncan Williamson, master storyteller and ballad singer from the Scottish Traveller tradition.
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Episodes
Taking My White Privilege On with Casey Bailey
June 29, 2021 12:41 - 1 hour - 95.8 MBIn this series, ‘Taking my white privilege on’, I am talking to black artists about their life experiences and looking forward to the future to the society we want to build and live in and exploring what part I can play as a white woman living in a white rural area. In this episode, I talk to Casey Bailey, the Birmingham Poet Laureate and our focus is on education. Like everything else, our education system is changing – but big organisations can take a long time to change course. Most ...
Taking My White Privilege On with Graham Cleland
May 04, 2021 12:10 - 59 minutes - 85.5 MBIn this new series, I am talking to black artists about their life experiences and looking forward to the future to the society we want to build and live in. In this episode, I talk to Graham Cleland, a Graffitti artist from County Durham - and my cousin. In the past, as a white woman living in a rural white area, I have been wary of talking about race. I felt I had no place in the conversation and that my voice wasn't wanted or needed. Black Lives Matter has changed that. The campaign...
TTTO Podcast: Duncan Williamson Series, Episode 2: Talking to Helen East
March 20, 2020 09:31 - 47 minutes - 65.6 MBHelen and Amy discuss Duncan and Scottish Traveller lifestyle; the importance of living in balance with the land and, of course, there are stories! Helen remembers how she first met Duncan, his self-reliance and how he balanced acknowledging the scorn and prejudice he had encountered with an open-hearted generosity and joy in meeting new people. A warm, intimate conversation as two friends make the most of a chance to reflect on a unique man; the startling relevance of his stories today ...
TTTO Podcast Episode 1, Duncan Williamson Series: My first podcast!
March 04, 2020 15:13 - 11 minutes - 16 MBThis is a short first podcast. It is an introduction to Duncan Williamson and a little of me learning of how to podcast from podcast expert, Hannah Hethmon. My name is Amy Douglas and I am a traditional oral storyteller. I learned much of my craft from Scottish Traveller storyteller, Duncan Williamson. I'm currently digitising boxes and boxes of reel to reel tapes he gave me with help from the School of Scottish Studies. Here is a first story from that archive and an introduction to wh...
My very first snippet of a podcast - training in progress!
October 22, 2019 14:56 - 1 minute - 2.68 MBA small sample of what's to come...