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Wild Kin: A Celtic Podcast
Wild Kin is a seasonal podcast exploring Celtic myths, deities, and traditions. Hosted by writer Jess Neary of Wild Kin Studio, each episode blends immersive storytelling with history and reflection to show why these legends still resonate today. New episodes drop around the Celtic festivals of Samhain, Imbolc, Beltane, and Lughnasadh.
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Episodes
Wild Kin: A Celtic PodcastWild Ancestry: How We Celebrate Samhain with Jess & Agne
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Wild Kin: A Celtic PodcastLughnasadh E4: The God of the Festival
He's remembered as a warrior, a poet, a healer, and a craftsman all at once, and an entire Celtic harvest festival still carries his name three thousand years…
Wild Kin: A Celtic PodcastLughnasadh E3: Matchmaking
At the height of the Lughnasadh fair, families gathered from across the land to trade, to settle disputes, and, some say, for matchmaking. This episode traces…
Wild Kin: A Celtic PodcastLughnasadh E2: The Celtic Olympics
Every August 1st, people across the Celtic world gathered for Lughnasadh—one of the best-documented festivals of the ancient calendar. In this episode, we step…
Wild Kin: A Celtic PodcastLughnasadh E1: A Heart in Exchange for a Harvest
Before the festival, there was Tailtiu. A defeated queen clearing a forest by hand so her people could eat, she gave everything to the effort. The festival we…
Wild Kin: A Celtic PodcastBeltane E4: At the Threshold of Desire
From the sovereignty goddess tradition of the early Irish, through the May Day customs, this episode traces where the traditions of Beltane originated. Most of…
Wild Kin: A Celtic PodcastBeltane E3: Bonfires & Butter
The Celtic festival of Beltane was never just about the fires. Behind the bonfires of May Eve lay something deeper — a three-thousand-year reverence for…
Wild Kin: A Celtic PodcastBeltane E2: Spring Sacrifice
As the first of May approaches, the ancient Celtic festival of Beltane marks a turning point as a threshold between seasons. In this episode, we explore how…
Wild Kin: A Celtic PodcastBeltane E1: The Bull, the Queen, and the Balance of Power
What does it mean to hold power, and what does it take to claim it? In this episode of Wild Kin, we step into the world of early Ireland through the story of…
Wild Kin: A Celtic PodcastYule E4: The Wild Winter Mare
As the year draws to a close, there is a stretch of winter when time feels suspended. The space after holiday celebrations have ended, but before the light…
Wild Kin: A Celtic PodcastYule E3: Midwinter Gatherings
In the heart of winter, when storms rage and resources grow thin, generosity has never been easy, or even optional. In this episode of Wild Kin, we step into…
Wild Kin: A Celtic PodcastYule E2: The Holly Tree
Holly is more than a Christmas decoration — it’s one of winter’s oldest guardians. In this episode of Wild Kin, we trace holly’s path from pagan threshold…
Wild Kin: A Celtic PodcastYule E1: The Winter Crone
The first frost isn’t just a shift in weather — it’s the moment the Cailleach rises. Mountain-shaper. Storm-bringer. Guardian of the wild herds. This week on…
Wild Kin: A Celtic PodcastSamhain E4: All Hallows Eve
Long before Halloween, the ancient Celts gathered under darkening skies to mark Samhain, the festival that ended the harvest season and began the dark half of…
Wild Kin: A Celtic PodcastSamhain E3: Ancestral Spirits
From feasts for the dead and sacred burial mounds to the shimmering Otherworld of Irish mythology, this story explores how Celtic spirituality saw death not as…
Wild Kin: A Celtic PodcastSamhain E2: The Irish Werewolf
This episode explores the origins of Ireland’s werewolf legends — from Celtic wolf-warrior rituals and shapeshifting myths to the medieval Werewolves of Ossory…
Wild Kin: A Celtic PodcastSamhain E1: The Banshee
Before she became a ghostly omen in folklore, the banshee began as a woman whose voice bridged the living and the dead. Her cries were not curses, but calls of…
Wild Kin: A Celtic PodcastWild Kin: The Bear Goddess
Thousands of years ago, Artio was revered as a goddess of wilderness, transformation, and abundance. Worshipped by the Helvetii tribe of Switzerland and later…
Wild Kin: A Celtic PodcastWild Kin Official Trailer
Your first sneak peek at Wild Kin, a seasonal podcast that reconnects us with Celtic myths and traditions. Join your host, Jess Neary, as she brings ancient…