Cascadian Prophets

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Latest Episodes

Tess Gallagher on Surrounded by Weasels and Josie Gray
December 02, 2025

To preserve a bit of one's art is a true act of love, even if the book of stories it comes out of is titled Surrounded by Weasels: Stories from the Northwest of Ireland. The late Josie Gray is the story teller, and his widow Tess Gallagher, the world reno

In Memory of Jack Foley
November 16, 2025

This interview is brought to you in memory of Jack Foley, who passed away earlier this month at the age of 85. The interview is with Jack and his wife Adelle, who were poets from Oakland, California.

Vodou Visions with Sallie Ann Glassman
November 01, 2025

In this interview on her book Vodou Visionswith Sallie Ann Glassman, she discusses becoming a Manbo, or Vodou Priestess, Vodou, its history as a religion created by enslaved Africans, common misunderstandings about it...

Linda Russo on the verdant
October 18, 2025

Linda Russo is a poet, scholar, essay writer, willing co-creator, collaborator and student of ecospheric care. Through the lens of ecofeminism, or geopoetics, or inspired by indigenous practices of interspecies kinship, her works explore relationality, w

A Salish Perspective on Wellness with Beaver Chief
September 28, 2025

Hear a Salish perspective on wellness with Beaver Chief. Fred Beaver Chief Jamison was a spiritual leader who brought out the traditional teachings of the Northwest Coast (Native American) Salish peop

Stephan Torre in Atlin, B.C.
September 13, 2025

What a great way to entice someone to read a book: "Like a prize-fighter boxing over his weight, Stephan Torre has long made his home in the wilderness, negotiating environments that are hostile...

Interview with El Habib Louai at Desolation Peak
August 27, 2025

On the morning of Wednesday, August 14, 2013, Habib and Paul Nelson awoke before 6A and were hiking with full packs up to Jacks Shack." But after an hour, maybe less, they knew they were not going to make it with those heavy packs.

Sharon Thesen “…off on an angle”
August 05, 2025

The 9th Cascadia Poetry Festival is happening October 10-12th, 2025 at the Rainier Beach Community Club. One of the featured poets is Sharon Thesen, a legendary B.C. poet who considers herself a "Casc

Peter Levitt on Translating Cold Mountain
July 30, 2025

The latest and perhaps most complete translation of Han Shan has been done by Levitt in collaboration with Kazuaki Tanahashi and published by Shambhala Press.

Writing Resistance: Winter in America (Again Contributors
July 17, 2025

Four contributors to Winter in America (Again discuss how they respond as writers without resorting to rhetoric or invective. The outrages, for any person of conscience in the United States in the tru