Stories from the Hearth

By: Cal Bannerman
  • Summary

  • Stories from the Hearth is an experimental storytelling podcast, a free artistic space in the style of a painter's studio or writer's diary. It is a place for you to lose yourself in truly original short stories and their immersive soundscapes, written, narrated, and produced by Scottish poet Cal Bannerman. Learn about the history of storytelling in occasional miniseries The Wandering Bard, or escape your daily stresses with one of Cal's queer-focused fantasy, historical, supernatural and science fiction stand-alone monthly stories. Episodes range from 15-90 minutes long, and are aimed at an adult audience. Original artwork by Anna Ferrara.

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    2020 - 2024 Cal Bannerman, Stories from the Hearth Podcast
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Episodes
  • Mother Pearl and the Nuclear Disaster (Sci-Fi Horror) - Story #16
    May 29 2022

    A love letter to Gojira, a post-Cold War parable, a tale of confinement, escape, and approaching catastrophe. Mother Pearl and the Nuclear Disaster is all of these things and more. It is the story of a child born into nuclear winter, a community obsessed with a giant pearl, a president with a woefully short memory, and a world entirely unprepared for the end. "Gather, my neighbours, and rejoice; fear not the night that lasts the day, for Mother Pearl shall be our guiding light, our torch in darkest need!"

    CW: reference to violence and birth defects from radiation

    Stories from the Hearth is an experimental storytelling podcast, a free artistic space in the style of a painter's studio or writer's diary. It is a place for you to lose yourself in truly original short stories and their immersive soundscapes, written, narrated, and produced by Scottish poet Cal Bannerman.

    Stories from the Hearth will be back later this year, whilst Cal takes some time to prepare the next batch of stories. In the meantime, you can support the podcast by spreading the word and joining the community on Patreon:

    https://www.patreon.com/storiesfromthehearthpodcast

    Website: www.storiesfromthehearth.co.uk
    Instagram: @storiesfromthehearth
    Twitter: @Hearth_Podcast
    YouTube: Stories from the Hearth
    Email: storiesfromthehearthpodcast@gmail.com

    Original Artwork by Anna Ferrara
    Anna's Instagram: @giallosardina
    Anna's Portfolio: https://annaferrara.carbonmade.com/

    Thank you for listening. Please consider following, subscribing to, and sharing this episode, and please do tell your friends all about Stories from the Hearth.

    Some of the recorded audio in this episode is courtesy of www.freesound.org.


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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • The Fox That Moved in Upstairs (Glaswegian Fauxklore) - Story #15
    Apr 24 2022

    Bumps in the night. Shrieks through the wall. Strange smells in the hallway. A long-empty flat suddenly occupied by a reclusive and rather... furry individual. Upstairs neighbours are - let's face it - a nuisance, an anomaly, the bane of all apartment blocks. But when an urban fox moves into the flat upstairs in a crumbling Glasgow tenement, the residents face their most unruly neighbour yet. A Scottish folktale for modern times; a whimsical look at life as a 21st century city dweller.

    CW: reference to drug misuse

    Stories from the Hearth is an experimental storytelling podcast, a free artistic space in the style of a painter's studio or writer's diary. It is a place for you to lose yourself in truly original short stories and their immersive soundscapes, written, narrated, and produced by Scottish poet Cal Bannerman.

    Episode #19 out on 29th May (29.05.22)

    Support the podcast and earn exclusive perks through my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/storiesfromthehearthpodcast

    Website: www.storiesfromthehearth.co.uk
    Instagram: @storiesfromthehearth
    Twitter: @Hearth_Podcast
    YouTube: Stories from the Hearth
    Email: storiesfromthehearthpodcast@gmail.com

    Original Artwork by Anna Ferrara
    Anna's Instagram: @giallosardina
    Anna's Portfolio: https://annaferrara.carbonmade.com/

    Thank you for listening. Please consider following, subscribing to, and sharing this episode, and please do tell your friends all about Stories from the Hearth.

    Some of the recorded audio in this episode is courtesy of www.freesound.org.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    29 mins
  • The Art of Floating (Surreal Satire) - Story #14
    Mar 27 2022

    An old woman with her can of spray paint invokes the anger of the Argentinian government, a group of armed civilians, and an American newsroom run by some questionable characters. At the core of what becomes an international crisis lies an ancient cave painting: hundreds of human hands overlapping each other. A painting to which the old lady feels drawn, and which might just hold the key to the secret art of floating.

    CW: homophobia, xenophobia, misogyny

    Stories from the Hearth is an experimental storytelling podcast, a free artistic space in the style of a painter's studio or collagist's scrapbook. It is a place for you to lose yourself in truly original short stories and their immersive soundscapes, written, narrated, and produced by Scottish poet Cal Bannerman.

    Episode #18 out on 24th April (24.04.22)

    Support the podcast and earn exclusive perks through my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/storiesfromthehearthpodcast

    Website: www.storiesfromthehearth.co.uk
    Instagram: @storiesfromthehearth
    Twitter: @Hearth_Podcast
    YouTube: Stories from the Hearth
    Email: storiesfromthehearthpodcast@gmail.com

    Original Artwork by Anna Ferrara
    Anna's Instagram: @giallosardina
    Anna's Portfolio: https://annaferrara.carbonmade.com/

    Thank you for listening. Please consider following, subscribing to, and sharing this episode, and please do tell your friends all about Stories from the Hearth.

    Some of the recorded audio in this episode is courtesy of www.freesound.org.

    Water by The Kyoto Connection is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license. Accordingly, this episode of Stories from the Hearth is also licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license. To read more about this license, click here.


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    1 hr and 8 mins

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