Bristlecone Firesides

Bristlecone Firesides


Latest Episodes

17c: The Wild Woman: Encountering the Mother-God
February 10, 2022

This is a special 3-part episode of Bristlecone Firesides. Abbey and Madison are joined again by poet and mystic Kathryn Knight Sonntag as well as new guest Amber Richardson to explore the Wild Woman

17b: The Wild Woman: Shameless, Wild, and Free
February 10, 2022

This is a special 3-part episode of Bristlecone Firesides. Abbey and Madison are joined again by poet and mystic Kathryn Knight Sonntag as well as new guest Amber Richardson to explore the Wild Woman

17a: The Wild Woman: A Mythic Symbol of Womanhood
February 10, 2022

This is a special 3-part episode of Bristlecone Firesides. Abbey and Madison are joined again by poet and mystic Kathryn Knight Sonntag as well as new guest Amber Richardson to explore the Wild Woman

16: Job and the Comforting Wild
February 03, 2022

Bob Rees, the Director for Mormon Studies at the Graduate Theological Union, joins Abbey and Madison around the fireside today to talk about the rare, radical, and challenging book of Job. This book i

15: Into the Wild
January 27, 2022

The post 15: Into the Wild appeared first on Bristlecone Firesides.

Trailer: Wilderness
January 13, 2022

The post Trailer: Wilderness appeared first on Bristlecone Firesides.

14: Wild Geese and the Family of Things
August 25, 2021

This special episode of Bristlecone Firesides: Summer Sessions is all about the poem Wild Geese by Mary Oliver. While this poem has been referenced in a previous episode, it is just so good that Madis

13: Lake Powell vs Bear Lake
August 11, 2021

Utah has two great lakes that straddle the northern and southern borders — Lake Powell and Bear Lake. These two lakes are icons of aquatic recreation in Utah. Bear Lake is a natural deep blue body of

BONUS: Consumption and Creation by Theric Jepson
July 14, 2021

In this talk, Theric snacks on a bag of SunChips while extolling the sacrament ritual and describing the cycles of life, death, and recreation we are all a part of.

12: Conversations with the Cliffrose: Deserts, Homelands, and Embodied Healing
June 30, 2021

The Summer Sessions continues with an interview with three of the essayists in Blossom as the Cliffrose by the Torrey House Press. We are joined by Reb, Michael, and Sarah who all have fantastic essay