Bedste Gretel-podcasts (2024)

Welcome! I have taken you to the ancient hilltop town of Malmesbury, Wiltshire. Please check out the photographs on platforms X or BlueSky by searching for Gretel le Maitre or @leshuguenots. Thank you for joining me 🤗 Send us a text Support the show Thanks so much for dropping by. Very best wishes xAf Gretel le Maître

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Tuesday with Dunstan, Aldhelm and Bede 23:22

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St Augustine asks his boss awkward questions about women, sex and menstruation 21:38

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You’ve got to admire St Augustine for his frank questions! Are you ready to get baffled by Wulfys? Tonight’s episode is just for the stout-hearted. Tomorrow I’m going to take you into a deep, dark wood.. as the moon waxes and winter draws near. Alone with the leaves, the graves and the bats 🦇 . Please do leave comments on what you would like more o…

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Remembrance; Bedlam Hospital and Bede. 16:31

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(I apologise for a few moments of stumbling words today. I’m a little under the weather. ) Today I would be delighted if you would join me as I take you inside Sherborne Abbey as it prepares for the Service of Remembrance. Followed by Victorian enlightenment in Bedlam Hospital and closing with more wisdom from Pope Gregory, with an instruction to s…

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Shelley, Sherborne, Scriptoriums and St Augustine 🍂 17:05

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Oh wild west wind! Do join me this evening for a few words from Shelley, some nuggets of information about Northumbrian scriptoriums, an update on Sherborne Abbey’s origins, and St Augustine’s next questions to Pope Gregory. Can one lie with one’s stepmother? A peaceful Saturday to all and thank you for honouring me with your ears 🤗🙋‍♀️🍂 Send us a …

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Overcoming dread, old Wessex and St Augustine give us a gentle time to pause 19:42

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Good evening and thank you for joining me this Friday evening. Send us a text Support the show Thanks so much for dropping by. Very best wishes xAf Gretel le Maître

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Gretel takes you inside a very old church in the Somerset Hills before our progress with St Augustine 18:10

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Hello! Please join me as we go inside St Nicholas church of Bratton Seymour, Somerset. Then we listen to Bede telling of St Augustine’s questions for the Pope. An incredible glimpse into the mind of a long-dead man of huge historical importance. Send us a text Support the show Thanks so much for dropping by. Very best wishes x…

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Join me for a gentle twenty minutes of historical readings and a few ponderings. 24:42

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Art galleries, the origin of Sherborne, teetolling and Bede are gentle pondered this evening. I would be so delighted if you would join me. But please note the unattractive word ‘anus’ makes an unwelcome appearance. Episode 30 today. I’m very grateful for your company on this walk into the unknown.. 🤓🙋‍♀️ Send us a text Support the show Thanks so m…

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A wearisome day, put to bed with our usual peaceful readings. 14:47

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It was for days like these that I decided to put distance between emotional strain and my head resting on the pillow by reading aloud from books. Books, poems, art, music, these things can help us in times of strain beyond measure. They bring knowledge, bring joy and bring an intercession in the strain in which one can breathe and feel whole again …

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Cosy candle-lit readings and ponderings on a Monday afternoon 🤓 24:40

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Hello and please join me as I sit in candlelight on a grey Monday and bring a little bit of cosiness to your lives as we ponder parenting, mull over apses and catch up with our venerable friend. It would be so kind if you have time to rate this show. Though I fear you’ll deduct points for my prononciation of ‘induction’ 🤨. Bonne journée 🙋‍♀️ Send u…

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A drizzle, damp Sunday, with seagulls, history books and the wind for company 18:45

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Hello friends in America and countries other than my home turf. How much of an honour to be listened to across the other side of the earth. Thank you for your kind comments. It would be so kind if you might consider giving this wee podcast a rating if you have the time. With best wishes to you. Happy Sunday evening mes amis 🙋‍♀️🌞🌳 Send us a text Su…

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London churches and Bede 16:01

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Hello and welcome back for a gentle mulling about London churches and our nightcap from the venerable one. NjdhAaXsyFsLJMWwyIfx Send us a text Support the show Thanks so much for dropping by. Very best wishes xAf Gretel le Maître

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A new month of life and loss with Gretel and the ecclesiastical history of England with Bede 🤓 13:39

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Do come keep me company this quiet Friday evening. The skies are inky black and a new month is upon us. 🌚 Send us a text Support the show Thanks so much for dropping by. Very best wishes xAf Gretel le Maître

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Halloween Thursday with Gretel and Bede. Families can be tricky 24:58

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Hallo dear folks. If the intro is too long please let me know. I’m also hoping a super-kind person might be interested in creating a podcast website for me for me 🤓 Bonsoir ☺️ Send us a text Support the show Thanks so much for dropping by. Very best wishes xAf Gretel le Maître

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Please do join me as we continue with Bede’s progress 🤓 16:57

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A quiet Tuesday in the new Anglo-Saxon Englannd 11:13

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Quiet Monday at Rotten Row with our Venerable friend 12:17

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Good evening and I do hope you will keep me company for ten quiet moments as I share the difficulties of trying get being a daughter right at the age of 52; then take you to the fantastic showing off at Rotten Row, before Bede closes with a win for the Britons. Rest well, all. Send us a text Support the show Thanks so much for dropping by. Very bes…

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Sunday with Mr Katt, Hyde Park and marauding Saxons 🤓 17:16

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Hello, I would be honoured if you would join me in my Dorset garden as I read a little Bede and am joined by a wren and a protesting cat. The clocks have gone back in England but we will get through the long, dark nights together. One day at a time 🌳🌞 Send us a text Support the show Thanks so much for dropping by. Very best wishes x…

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Gretel makes a mistake while the birds chirrup merrily and Bede tells of incoming Anglo-Saxons 15:11

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I am sorry but I make a blunder in this episode where I interrupt myself. I hope any kind listeners won’t give up on me for this. I will try hard not to repeat the blunder. I was speaking about a conversation I had today with my mother and I’ll go back to it tomorrow. Don’t forget to turn the clocks back if you live in the UK. A demain mes beaux am…

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Bede takes centre stage as we return to England 🌅 16:23

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Thursday in Paris. A balmy day at the Louvre 🇫🇷 13:02

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Bonjour! C’est Mercredi. Holiday ponderings and chaotic times told by Monsieur Vénérable 🤓🇫🇷 16:48

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Come join me for a quarter of an hour of gentle ponderings from Paris. Send us a text Support the show Thanks so much for dropping by. Very best wishes xAf Gretel le Maître

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Bonsoir mes amis. 🌞 Paris, the National Anthem and Monsieur Bede 11:49

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Monday good cheer and Bede 12:16

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Welcome to Sunday rain, The Cheshire Cheese and Bede 12:28

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Please join me on a damp Sunday as I ponder on the perils of alcohol and read about hostelries in London and Bede takes us to the abyss. Send us a text Support the show Thanks so much for dropping by. Very best wishes xAf Gretel le Maître

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A jittery Saturday from Bede to Tyburn Gallows 13:23

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Hello and welcome back to the world of ponderings, Bede’s Ecclesiastical History and a little more of Baedeker. Send us a text Support the show Thanks so much for dropping by. Very best wishes xAf Gretel le Maître

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An eleventh day of short musings with Gretel, Bede and a bit of Baedeker’s Primrose Hill. 12:40

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Close your eyes, put up your feet and have a listen to some quiet musings. Send us a text Support the show Thanks so much for dropping by. Very best wishes xAf Gretel le Maître

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Shine on Harvest Moon with autumn 🍂 sunshine, Gretel and Bede 14:57

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So I tried to be fancy by uploading an apt song to the start but couldn’t work out how to do it just for one episode without also only having the end music for just one episode. So for today only I think every episode starts and ends with music. 🎵 💁‍♀️ Send us a text Support the show Thanks so much for dropping by. Very best wishes x…

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Please join me on day nine for nine quiet minutes. 🌳 9:32

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Eleanor Farjeon and Bede share a platform on this eighth day of podpondering with Gretel 🙋‍♀️🌳 11:15

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A Monday muse with Gretel, the dog and Bede. Come join us. 🤓 12:08

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A potter with Bede around Corton Denham 24:02

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A candlelight muse with Bede on a fifth day. 15:32

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Gretel goes forth with Bede on day four. Wishing everyone a restful Friday evening. 10:00

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The Birds and the Bede. Come join me for day three, walking in the Dorset woods. 13:21

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Grief and Bede. Come join me in the library for day two. 10:18

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I need to work out what to say in these description spaces. I’m talking, from a rather lonely and worried place, to you, another hooman. And trying to connect and unspool a little, ending with a meditative walk through Bede’s gentle words about our world hundreds of years ago. And it would be a joy if my crutch of talking can be leant upon by you, …

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Gretel, Grief and Bede. Let's kick things off.. 9:24

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Hello I'm Gretel. I'm sharing my grief (pre-grief?) for me and I'm sharing Bede (the venerable, of course) for you. Or is it the other way around? Please drop by into my little library. The little green lamp is on, a pot of tea is on the table, and I hope this teeny podcast will help keep a candle lit for me, for my mum, and for everyone grieving. …

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E.038 All You Need Is Love, Right? 49:02

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In Ep. 38 we learn a new catchphrase, there's more talk about baked goods, and the Grimms pitch us a few balls and strikes Part 1 [04:49] - In which we do some clock watching, and try to guess what’s really being sold in the Vatican bakery shop Part 2 [14:44] - In which we repeat ourselves, and hear something very scary, and very new, and very scar…

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The Check's in the Mail, or: Wake the F*** Up! 1:14:19

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In Ep.37 we smell something fishy, meet a member of the Illuminati, and discover the source of the famous imposter syndrome Part 1 [07:37] - In which we're told: the check's in the mail Part 2 [26:59] - In which we hear a dead German poet talking poetry, and a dead German philosopher talking smack... we have reason to mention the Illuminati, and a …

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C'mon Baby, Light My Fire 1:02:23

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In Ep.36 we rub some sticks together, light a campfire, and roast some heretical marshmallows Part 1 [07:07] - In which we learn why Ed Sullivan didn’t want Jim Morrison singing his full-throat version of Light my Fire on live TV Part 2 [26:44] - In which Rudolph the Red-Nosed reindeer shows up on New Year’s Eve and separates the party goers from t…

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Thank Goddess it's Friday!!! 50:21

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In Ep.35 we let the cat out of the bag, and Hansel gets a lesson in the missionary position Part 1 [08:28] - In which we let the cat out of the bag, give her a nice old Nordic name, and before you know it, hooray, it’s Friday! Part 2 [33:27] - In which we discuss the missionary position on Easter Sunday, and discover a funky medieval connection bet…

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We Gotta Have More Cowbell!!! 33:39

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In Ep. 34 we visit Switzerland and India, and find that we all need more cowbell Part 1 [03:20] - In which we see how the head is often clueless concerning what the heart knows, and what the heart wants... and what it wants is: Swiss cheese??? Part 2 [23:43] - In which Hansel tells a little white lie… we go scouring the internet in search of the tr…

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Runes and Rosaries and Rude Awakenings, or: Time to Make the Donuts 29:56

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In Ep. 33 we have one hell of an early wake-up call, and wish we were all back in West Virginia??? Part 1 [05:43] - In which we have cause to mention the Anabaptists, and, uh oh, it’s time to make the donuts Part 2 [22:26] - In which we have real teamwork... and, some historic subterfuge Part 3 [26:35] - In which nostalgia plays an interesting part…

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The Power of Plan B 24:26

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In Ep. 32 Hansel takes a well deserved snooze while we contemplate the difference between Plan A and Plan B Part 1 [04:40] - In which we do some late night thinking about Plan A Part 2 [08:43] - In which we do some more thinking about Plan A, and find out what Plan B is all about Part 3 [17:59] - In which the Grimms bring up a famous little point o…

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Talking Heads or Plastic Jesus & Velvet Elvis 58:55

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In Ep. 31 we spill the beans on Hermes Trismegistus, the Magic 8-Ball, and Hansel's Strange Uncle Albert Part 1 [03:34] - In which we spill the beans on Hermes Trismegistus and find out what kind of hat he doesn't wear Part 2 [15:51] - In which we read the most infamous passage in Antiquity, and find out what Hermes Trismegistus has to do with mowi…

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Hansel and the Real Doctor Faustus 52:56

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In Ep. 30 we find the real Doctor Faust, John Oliver, and a Renaissance MeToo movement, all hidden within the symbolism of Hansel's Moon Rocks Part 1 [03:34] - In which we meet the real Dr. Faustus and find out he was the Julia Child of Renaissance magic Part 2 [15:51] - In which we learn about the connection between AI, the Magic 8 Ball, and a cou…

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The Great Revelation, or: Lutheran Stew on a Plate 26:21

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In Ep. 29 we get hold of a super-early draft of Life of Brian, a former pimp and gangbanger regales us with his exploits, and we order pizza but end up with a messy plate of stew, instead. Part 1 [08:04] - In which the all time greatest game of Simon Says gets its due Recognitions. Part 2 [14:40] - In which we hear about the origins of Pizzagate fr…

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The world’s longest game of telephone, or: gospel gossip 33:50

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In Ep. 28 we get an apology from a Vatican PR specialist, we meet the guy who invented Simon Says, and we do some “Fair and Balanced” reporting on what’s gospel and what’s not. Part 1 [05:03] - In which we listen in on a game of Vatican telephone, hear about the earliest Marvel comic book ever written, and pick up some titillating bit of gospel, er…

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That's a Bozo No-No or: Welcome to Camp Simon 35:13

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In episode 27 we go on a magical mystery tour through the dark tunnel of Theurgy, looking for the real Simon Magus Part 1 [09:05] - In which we finally meet the Cumean Sibyl and learn about her travel agency business Part 2 [20:49] - In which we get to choose a summer camp, the Vatican, um, "opens the books," and we get to play a game of telephone …

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