Part Two: Druids: Because the Past is Metal as Hell

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🗓️ 29 October 2025

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Summary

Margaret continues her talk with Sophie about the philosophers of the celts.

Sources:

https://irishfolklore.wordpress.com/2017/03/13/blacksmiths-and-the-supernatural/
https://folklorethursday.com/folklore-of-archaeology/ferrous-friend-foe-iron-became-enemy-fairy-folk/
https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/28y8zwazfxaq2tsb933b54wf0slfcj

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/05/02/woodhenge-is-just-as-fascinating-and-mysterious-as-its-famous-neighbor-stonehenge/

https://irishmyths.com/2022/04/29/female-druids/

Barry Cunliffe, Druids: A Very Short Introduction

Peter Berresford Ellis, The Druids

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:06.1	CoolZone Media.
0:09.2	Hello, and welcome to cool people who did cool stuff.
0:11.8	Your weekly reminder that usually I do things that are a little bit more political,
0:16.1	and sometimes it's spooky month, and I want to do a thing that I've always been curious about,
0:20.6	and I want an excuse to research.
0:22.3	I am your host, Margaret Kiljoy and my guest this week is also my producer, Sophie.
0:28.6	Hey.
0:29.8	How are you?
0:31.0	You know, it's Monday.
0:33.5	Yeah, which is a different than normal recording day for all you people who want to know too much about my life.
0:40.0	But, you know, sometimes things happen.
0:43.9	Sometimes, unlike the druids who have a mastery of time, we have to look at clocks and things go poorly, and then we have to do things at different times.
0:56.3	And you would say, you know, we're really sacrificing our time.
1:00.9	Are we sacrificing our time? Because that's where we're at in the script. How'd you know?
1:05.8	It's almost like just to give everyone a peek behind the curtain. Normally the guest has no idea what the
1:10.7	subject matter is,
1:11.8	but Sophie gets to look at the script.
1:14.3	And since Sophie is both,
1:16.2	Sophie has multi-classed in the parlance of tabletop role-playing games.
1:20.7	I really enjoyed taking advantage of the knowing a thing.
1:25.2	Yeah.
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