The World is Storytelling

We're in County Armagh today for a hike up Sieve Gullion, and to record an episode of the podcast in a passage tomb with the fascinating Brinsley McNamara. Brinsley is a content creator, author, podcaster, and adventurer who documents the unique, interesting, and weird stories, places, and folk in Ireland. He’s got a social media channel called ‘Weird Ireland’ and the book and podcast have the same names too. Find him on Instagram here [https://www.instagram.com/weird.ireland?igsh=MXpndnNkMWJ6Y3N0], buy his book here [https://linktr.ee/weirdirelandbook?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=3a9ad4df-06a0-4420-9761-0cd62d9d1133], and listen to his podcast [https://open.spotify.com/show/7IXwp5icas8xpemCRDDLu2?si=2b3ac9d2db624bbc]. To help me hike up more hills, comedic or otherwise. Please be in touch with ideas of who I should be inviting on the podcast, and support me with some waterproof gear. All that and more ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here [https://linktr.ee/ronnigurwicz]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Thank you to all the supporters as well as to the amazing band Bukahara for their permission to use their fabulous, on point song '⁠⁠Storytelling Animal⁠⁠' as our soundtrack. The World is Storytelling podcast is based on the book by the same name. Written by Arjen Barel, Ronni Gurwicz, and Stu Packer, it is the definitive guide to how sharing stories can be used for social impact and personal growth. Buy your physical or digital copy ⁠⁠today [https://ronnigurwicz.com/the-world-is-storytelling/]⁠⁠!

Up into the foggy hills of Mayo we go. The weather may have been bleak, but climbing Croagh Patrick with the fabulous Aoibhinn was worth the freezing temperatures and the yellow weather warning. Aoibhinn is a Mayo native living and working in Australia. She's an adventurous soul with a love for the open road and is a fiend for a meandering conversation. Whether she’s tackling a hike or embracing the joy of the sea, she spends as much time outside as possible and tries to bring warmth and a spark of fun to everything she does. Follow Aoibhinn on Instagram here [https://www.instagram.com/ismise_aoibhinn/] and go hike some mountains in Mayo! To help the podcast hike up more hills, comedic or otherwise, please be in touch with ideas of who I should be inviting on the podcast, and support me with some waterproof gear. All that and more ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here [https://linktr.ee/ronnigurwicz]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Thank you to all the supporters as well as to the amazing band Bukahara for their permission to use their fabulous, on point song '⁠⁠Storytelling Animal⁠⁠' as our soundtrack. The World is Storytelling podcast is based on the book by the same name. Written by Arjen Barel, Ronni Gurwicz, and Stu Packer, it is the definitive guide to how sharing stories can be used for social impact and personal growth. Buy your physical or digital copy ⁠⁠today [https://ronnigurwicz.com/the-world-is-storytelling/]⁠⁠!

Headed back up the hills, and today we are in Galway up the gorgeous Knockma. It isn't the county top, but that will be for next time. This was purely for the very rocky seats at the top, as well as the fantastic (not at all rocky) conversation, with the awesome Shawna Scott. Shawna is the owner of SexSiopa.ie [https://sexsiopa.ie/], a multi-award winning queer & female friendly online sex toy boutique. She has been featured on Forbes, The Irish Times, RTE, Stellar magazine, Image magazine, and has been speaking about sex & pleasure at events and festivals both nationally and internationally for over a decade. Shawna currently resides in rural Galway with her rescue Greyhound where she enjoys drinking cocktails in her field. Follow Shawna on Instagram here [https://www.instagram.com/an_siopa_gneas/] and buy her old clothes on Vinted here [https://www.vinted.ie/member/241977959]. To help the podcast hike up more hills, comedic or otherwise, please be in touch with ideas of who I should be inviting on the podcast, and support me with some waterproof gear. All that and more ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here [https://linktr.ee/ronnigurwicz]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Thank you to all the supporters as well as to the amazing band Bukahara for their permission to use their fabulous, on point song '⁠⁠Storytelling Animal⁠⁠' as our soundtrack. The World is Storytelling podcast is based on the book by the same name. Written by Arjen Barel, Ronni Gurwicz, and Stu Packer, it is the definitive guide to how sharing stories can be used for social impact and personal growth. Buy your physical or digital copy ⁠⁠today [https://ronnigurwicz.com/the-world-is-storytelling/]⁠⁠!

Headed back up the hills, and today we are in the bizarrely snowy Carlow Alps, as no one has ever called them before. We didn't make it to the top of Mt. Leinster, because of the thick snow, but I did have a fantastic afternoon with Cathy & Martin. Cathy Fitzgerald grew up in Aotearoa New Zealand and has been living in rural South East Ireland, the home of her Irish ancestors for several decades. She is an ecological artist and ecoliteracy educator at Haumea Ecoversity, her independent online ecoliteracy learning platform for creatives, teachers and cultural professionals. She addresses a critical gap in higher education on holistic transformative learning, to empower people to act for personal, societal, planetary and intergenerational well-being. All of this drawing from the re-wilding of the Sitka Spruce plantation her and Martin live with, that is the ongoing 'Hollywood Forest Story'. Cathy's husband Martin Lyttle was born in Kenya, and grew up near Mt. Leinster, South County Carlow, very close to where he and Cathy now live. Martin has always gravitated towards geology, rocks, and mountains. Once a former geotechnical engineer, in recent years he has followed his passion for creativity in becoming a stone sculptor. He takes care to only work with local Kilkenny limestone and granite, with his unique sculptures of organic forms, fruits and vegetables, often hand-polished, relate to his interest in Nature's forms, gardening and care for the Earth. Find more information about Cathy's work here [https://haumeaecoversity.com/] and here [https://www.instagram.com/haumea_ecoversity/]. Find Martin's art here [https://lithicworks.com/] and here [https://www.instagram.com/lithicworks/]. To help the podcast hike up more hills, comedic or otherwise, please be in touch with ideas of who I should be inviting on the podcast, and support me with some waterproof gear. All that and more ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here [https://linktr.ee/ronnigurwicz]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Thank you to all the supporters as well as to the amazing band Bukahara for their permission to use their fabulous, on point song '⁠⁠Storytelling Animal⁠⁠' as our soundtrack. The World is Storytelling podcast is based on the book by the same name. Written by Arjen Barel, Ronni Gurwicz, and Stu Packer, it is the definitive guide to how sharing stories can be used for social impact and personal growth. Buy your physical or digital copy ⁠⁠today [https://ronnigurwicz.com/the-world-is-storytelling/]⁠⁠!

Headed back up the hills, and today we are in the misty uplands of Kildare with Professor Dr A Jamie Saris. Dr Saris is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Maynooth University. He has been working for more than twenty years in medical and psychological anthropology in Ireland, North America, and parts of Africa, where he has researched and published on such diverse issues as the social life of mental hospitals, the experience of major mental illness, colonialism and its aftermath, structural violence and health risk, authenticity, health services research, drug use/abuse, professionalism in medical education. Find more information about Jamie here [https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/people/jamie-saris]. His latest book can be found here [https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/SeidelFrom]. To help the podcast hike up more hills, comedic or otherwise, please be in touch with ideas of who I should be inviting on the podcast, and support me with some waterproof gear. All that and more ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here [https://linktr.ee/ronnigurwicz]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Thank you to all the supporters as well as to the amazing band Bukahara for their permission to use their fabulous, on point song '⁠⁠Storytelling Animal⁠⁠' as our soundtrack. The World is Storytelling podcast is based on the book by the same name. Written by Arjen Barel, Ronni Gurwicz, and Stu Packer, it is the definitive guide to how sharing stories can be used for social impact and personal growth. Buy your physical or digital copy ⁠⁠today [https://ronnigurwicz.com/the-world-is-storytelling/]⁠⁠!