Episode 104: The Bard's Tale (with music)

Goblin Lore Podcast

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today we have part 1 of a 2 part episode on Music and Storytelling. This starts with an exploration of the Bards in Magic and where we are potentially heading as we approach the DnD set. We are joined by friend of the cast Erik Linden who is a local Minneapolis Educator and Musician. Part one highlights the story of Yisan the Bard and his travels with Jalira ending with a discussion of ballads/storytelling in songs. When we come to Part 2 we are going to discuss story telling on Kaldheim and then the role of Music in Storytelling.

Also here's a video of Beowulf that Erik highlights! We have a lot of links today :)

Again we would like to state that Black Lives Matter (with a link to where you can offer support both monetary and not).

We also are proud to have partnered with Grinding Coffee Co a black, LGBT+ affiliated and owned, coffee business that is aimed at providing coffee to gamers. You can read more about their mission here. You can use our partner code for discounted coffee!

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As promised, we plan to keep these Mental Health Links available moving forward too. For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
  • Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
• Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741-741
• International suicide hotlines: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
• IMAlive: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
• TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support): 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
• Trans Lifeline (US): [phone]

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You can find the hosts on Twitter: Hobbes Q. at @HobbesQ, and Alex Newman at @Mel_Chronicler. Send questions, comments, thoughts, hopes, and dreams to @GoblinLorePod on Twitter or [e-mail].

Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle).

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