Into the Greenwood

As an author, blogger, and podcaster, Icy Sedgwick has been making a name for herself with all things folklore-related across the internet. Her recent book, Rebel Folklore, from DK Press with vivid illustrations by Melissa Jarram, is a journey around the globe to look at folk heroes, terrifying monsters, agents of death, and all manner of beings that wouldn't quite fit in at your average society tea party. Icy not only introduces this host of colorful characters, but brings up applicable lessons we can learn for our modern lives when we consider them. Rebel Folklore IcySedgwick.com Icy's podcast: Fabulous Folklore Other podcasts mentioned in the episode: The Folklore Podcast Dirty Sexy History Into the Greenwood is produced by Thaddeus Papke Theme music is by Plastic3 For more from Into the Greenwood: https://www.instagram.com/intogreenwood/ https://twitter.com/intogreenwood https://www.facebook.com/intogreenwood https://www.threads.net/@intogreenwood To support the podcast go to: https://www.patreon.com/IntoGreenwood or https://buymeacoffee/intogreenwood Our selected charity: Trees, Water & People intogreenwood@gmail.com Support the Show. Support the Show.

How does Robin Hood fall in with a group of pirates? Will the pirates One Eye and Hook find love? Where exactly is Sherwood supposed to be anyway? How will the international film star and war hero known as "Sexy Lexy" fall in our ranking of Robin Hoods? Listen to the episode to find the answers to some of those questions! With Richard Hopkins-Lutz and Theodore Papke Into the Greenwood is produced by Thaddeus Papke Theme music is by Plastic3 For more from Into the Greenwood: https://www.instagram.com/intogreenwood/ https://twitter.com/intogreenwood https://www.facebook.com/intogreenwood https://www.threads.net/@intogreenwood To support the podcast go to: https://www.patreon.com/IntoGreenwood or https://buymeacoffee/intogreenwood Our selected charity: Trees, Water & People intogreenwood@gmail.com Support the Show.

February of 2024 saw the release of a brand new Robin Hood-centric computer game developed with the Unreal Engine and released on Steam. It is an open world role playing game, which means that your character gains new skills and abilities as you navigate them through an explorable digital world. Additionally, the game utilizes base building and crafting elements that encourage you to create your own secret lair for Robin and his followers. Tomasz Stajszczak, the co-lead for the game's development, CEO of the company, and a translation studies scholar specializing in video game localization, sat down with me for an interview about the new game released by the company Mean Astronauts, 'Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders'. Mean Astronauts Website Into the Greenwood is produced by Thaddeus Papke Theme music is by Plastic3 For more from Into the Greenwood: https://www.instagram.com/intogreenwood/ https://twitter.com/intogreenwood https://www.facebook.com/intogreenwood https://www.threads.net/@intogreenwood To support the podcast go to: https://www.patreon.com/IntoGreenwood or https://buymeacoffee/intogreenwood Our selected charity: Trees, Water & People intogreenwood@gmail.com Support the Show.

Rick and Thaddeus are joined by Mike Nichols and Ben Curly to discuss a TV Pilot turned short film that, while now quite obscure, marked a real turning point in Robin Hood adaptations going forward. Most directly, the Robin of Sherwood television series from the 1980s. The entire film on YouTube: Wolfshead Into the Greenwood is produced by Thaddeus Papke Theme music is by Plastic3 For more from Into the Greenwood: https://www.instagram.com/intogreenwood/ https://twitter.com/intogreenwood https://www.facebook.com/intogreenwood https://www.threads.net/@intogreenwood To support the podcast go to: https://www.patreon.com/IntoGreenwood or https://buymeacoffee/intogreenwood Our selected charity: Trees, Water & People intogreenwood@gmail.com Support the Show.

This episode is the second part of our look at how and why creators have begun incorporating supernatural elements into their Robin Hood tales. In this interview with novelist J. Tullos Hennig, we examine the different elements that define her Robin and how another, nearly forgotten medieval outlaw tale, became an integral part of her five part novel series. For more on J. Tullos Hennig and her work: https://www.jtulloshennig.net/ https://forestpathbooks.com/ For episodes of Robin of Sherwood on YouTube from Family Central: Ep 1 Robin Hood and the Sorcerer Into the Greenwood is produced by Thaddeus Papke Theme music is by Plastic3 For more from Into the Greenwood: https://www.instagram.com/intogreenwood/ https://twitter.com/intogreenwood https://www.facebook.com/intogreenwood https://www.threads.net/@intogreenwood To support the podcast go to: https://www.patreon.com/IntoGreenwood or https://buymeacoffee/intogreenwood Our selected charity: Trees, Water & People intogreenwood@gmail.com Support the Show.

A discussion with writer, filmmaker, and podcaster Andy Mark Simpson about why and how creators are sometimes drawn towards incorporating supernatural elements into their Robin Hood adaptations. For more on Andy's work: https://www.dreamswarm.org/ For episodes of Robin of Sherwood on YouTube from Family Central: Ep 1 Robin Hood and the Sorcerer For a discussion about medieval beliefs in the supernatural: Episode 6 with Richard Firth Green Into the Greenwood is produced by Thaddeus Papke Theme music is by Plastic3 For more from Into the Greenwood: https://www.instagram.com/intogreenwood/ https://twitter.com/intogreenwood https://www.facebook.com/intogreenwood https://www.threads.net/@intogreenwood To support the podcast go to: https://www.patreon.com/IntoGreenwood or https://buymeacoffee/intogreenwood Our selected charity: Trees, Water & People intogreenwood@gmail.com Support the Show.

Since the internet dearly loves a ranked list, we've started ranking all of the screen adaptations of Robin Hood starting with Douglas Fairbanks as a part of the Splitting Arrows series. In honor of his 50th anniversary, Rick and I devoted nearly an entire hour to discussing just where in the ranking this animated version of Robin Hood belongs. Give us a listen and then find us with the handle @intogreenwood on social media to tell us why we were wrong to rank him as we did. (Or preferably why you think we were right!) You can find our initial creation of the list with the first half dozen or so Robin Hood films on patreon.com/intogreenwood Support the Show.

A special edition of Splitting Arrows to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Disney's animated Robin Hood film! Special guests from previous episodes return to help us celebrate and discuss this much-loved animated classic that has become a touchstone for our cultural connections to Robin Hood for generations! Into the Greenwood is produced by Thaddeus Papke Theme music is by Plastic3 For more from Into the Greenwood: https://www.instagram.com/intogreenwood/ https://twitter.com/intogreenwood https://www.facebook.com/intogreenwood https://www.threads.net/@intogreenwood To support the podcast go to: https://www.patreon.com/IntoGreenwood or https://buymeacoffee/intogreenwood Our selected charity: Trees, Water & People intogreenwood@gmail.com Support the Show.

Patricia Gonsalves is the founder of Lykopis Archery, an expert on historical archery, a competitor in international traditional archery competitions, was the archery consultant for the television shows, 'Arrow' and 'The Flash', and was the first person that came to my mind when I first started this podcast. During our wide ranging discussion we touch upon the earliest bows we know from the archaeological record, what it's like to work in Hollywood, how to make one's own bow and arrows, the physics of archery, different styles of shooting and much much more! The Saga Thing podcast episode featuring Patricia Gonsalves and Stephen Fox https://sagathing.podbean.com/e/saga-brief-14-medieval-archery-with-patricia-gonsalves-and-stephen-fox/ The Holmegaard Bow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmegaard_bow The Hunting Gear of Ötzi the Iceman https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-we-can-learn-otzis-hunting-pack-180973898/ The Mary Rose https://maryrose.org/ Lykopis Archery https://lykopis.com/home Into the Greenwood is produced by Thaddeus Papke Theme music is by Plastic3 For more from Into the Greenwood: https://www.instagram.com/intogreenwood/ https://twitter.com/intogreenwood https://www.facebook.com/intogreenwood https://www.threads.net/@intogreenwood To support the podcast go to: https://www.patreon.com/IntoGreenwood or https://buymeacoffee/intogreenwood Our selected charity: Trees, Water & People intogreenwood@gmail.com Support the Show.

Backtracking in our chronological journey a little because it was decided that we HAD to delve into some of the more influential television series, starting with 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' from 1955 starring Richard Greene. We only sampled four episodes, a tiny fraction of the show's run, but we had a LOT to say about them. A wide range of topics are discussed within this episode relating to storytelling, medieval history, McCarthyism, disease, the Jewish Diaspora, and somehow the Mirror Universe of Star Trek. Plus there's a bonus review of malmsey, Friar Tuck's fortified wine of choice, at the end of the episode. With Richard Hopkins-Lutz and Emily Holt Episodes reviewed include: The Coming of Robin Hood The Moneylender Errand of Mercy The York Treasure Monty Python Parody The Saturday Matinee Theater from The Longbox Crusade doing episode by episode recaps: http://saturdaymatineetheatre.longboxcrusade.com/ #ImFollowingRobinHood Into the Greenwood is produced by Thaddeus Papke Theme music is by Plastic3 For more from Into the Greenwood: https://www.instagram.com/intogreenwood/ https://twitter.com/intogreenwood https://www.facebook.com/intogreenwood To support the podcast go to: https://www.patreon.com/IntoGreenwood or https://buymeacoffee/intogreenwood Our selected charity: Trees, Water & People intogreenwood@gmail.com Support the Show.

A tale of one play and the two groups of high school students that managed to produce that play against all odds. The play, "Marian or the True Tale of Robin Hood" is the sort of fun adaptation that embraces inclusivity that I would have been inclined to cover on this podcast, even if it hadn't just been featured in some headlines. And it even happened that I had a personal connection to a recent production that had experienced its own unique set of challenges. The Journal Gazette article from which I first learned about the students of Carroll High School in Fort Wayne: https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/carroll-students-take-play-to-independent-stage-after-school-cancellation/ Their own website with a donation link: https://www.marianlives.org/ The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ Into the Greenwood is produced by Thaddeus Papke Theme music is by Plastic3 For more from Into the Greenwood: www.instagram.com/intogreenwood/ twitter.com/intogreenwood www.facebook.com/intogreenwood To support the podcast go to: www.patreon.com/IntoGreenwood or www.buymeacoffee.com/intogreenwood Our selected charity: Trees, Water & People intogreenwood@gmail.com Support the Show.

To celebrate May Day, we're presenting an episode of the DreamSwarm podcast by writer and filmmaker Andy Mark Simpson. This is a holiday dear to Andy and he did a fabulous job interviewing Keith Leech of the Hastings Jack-in-the-Green festival about the particulars relating to some of the interesting traditions surrounding this particular seasonal celebration. You can find more of Andy's work, including other episodes of his podcast, his blog, and his films at dreamswarm.org Into the Greenwood is produced by Thaddeus Papke Theme music is by Plastic3 For more from Into the Greenwood: www.instagram.com/intogreenwood/ twitter.com/intogreenwood www.facebook.com/intogreenwood To support the podcast go to: www.patreon.com/IntoGreenwood or www.buymeacoffee.com/intogreenwood Our selected charity: Trees, Water & People intogreenwood@gmail.com Support the Show.

Over the past few years I've been delved into many different adaptations of Robin Hood and even a good handful that have centered around Maid Marian, and while each one has been unique in its own way, the Forest Wife trilogy by Theresa Tomlinson does stand apart from the others. In it can be felt the influence of ITV's 'Robin of Sherwood' from the 1980s, but also of the local folklore from her childhood, early Robin Hood ballads, and medieval history, but without losing the author's distinct, and decidedly feminist, voice. It was a pleasure talking with Theresa Tomlinson and I hope that you enjoy my interview where we delve into her influences and the themes of her novels. The author's website: https://theresatomlinson.com/ An earlier interview on her work from Allen Wright of boldoutlaw.com: https://www.boldoutlaw.com/robint/tomlinson1.html Into the Greenwood is produced by Thaddeus Papke Theme music is by Plastic3 For more from Into the Greenwood: www.instagram.com/intogreenwood/ twitter.com/intogreenwood www.facebook.com/intogreenwood To support the podcast go to: www.patreon.com/IntoGreenwood or www.buymeacoffee.com/intogreenwood Our selected charity: Trees, Water & People intogreenwood@gmail.com Support the Show.

Hammer Films is our primary Robin Hood content creator from this period. This British production company, mostly remembered for its horror films, has been a real mixed bag with us here at Into the Greenwood. Men of Sherwood Forest was a surprise hit with us. While The Sword of Sherwood Forest built high expectations with its cast of Richard Greene and Peter Cushing, only to dash them with a convoluted mess of a movie. For their third outing we get a third Robin Hood, and unlike the previous two, an origin story. How does this one fare? With a good deal more absurdity than we had anticipated... During the outro I draw connection to a topic covered in episode 10: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1727735/9254400 Into the Greenwood is produced by Thaddeus Papke Theme music is by Plastic3 For more from Into the Greenwood: https://www.instagram.com/intogreenwood/ https://twitter.com/intogreenwood https://www.facebook.com/intogreenwood To support the podcast go to: https://www.patreon.com/IntoGreenwood or https://ko-fi.com/intogreenwood Our selected charity: Trees, Water & People intogreenwood@gmail.com Support the Show.

On October 18th 2022, the 100th anniversary of the silent film classic "Robin Hood" starring Douglas Fairbanks, I was joined by Emily Rich, Leah Kahn, Nathan Makaryk, Mike Nichols, Allen Wright, and Kristen Noone to discuss the film and its impact on how we've viewed the world's most famous outlaw hero ever since. The discussion was also posted on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mw9nW0Z5XE&t=4s Here is the A+ work from Allen Wright, one of the guests in that discussion, in his coverage of the film for the anniversary on his website: https://www.boldoutlaw.com/robspot/douglas-fairbanks-in-robin-hood.html Here is also the very first Splitting Arrows episode where we covered the film: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1727735/8428786-episode-3-splitting-arrows-taking-aim-at-douglas-fairbanks-in-robin-hood-1922.mp3?download=true Support the Show.

The award-winning game designer and artist, Michael Menzel discusses his return to the world of board game making with the lushly illustrated story-driven cooperative campaign game 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'. His designer diary is worth perusing to get a glimpse at the evolution of his ideas and to see the artwork that didn't make it into the finished product: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2744373/adventures-robin-hood-designer-diary 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' is for sale from Kosmos or your friendly local game store: https://store.thamesandkosmos.com/collections/board-games/products/the-adventures-of-robin-hood Into the Greenwood is produced by Thaddeus Papke Theme music is by Plastic3 For more from Into the Greenwood: https://www.instagram.com/intogreenwood/ https://twitter.com/intogreenwood https://www.facebook.com/intogreenwood To support the podcast go to: https://www.patreon.com/IntoGreenwood or https://ko-fi.com/intogreenwood Our selected charity: Trees, Water & People intogreenwood@gmail.com Support the Show.

Thaddeus and Rick are joined by special guests AJ and Emily Holt to watch Richard Greene, one of the actors with the MOST Robin Hood-related bonafides do battle with none other than Grand Moff Tarkin himself, Peter Cushing, in what proved to be the most convoluted Robin Hood tale to date. Into the Greenwood is produced by Thaddeus Papke Theme music is by Plastic3 For more from Into the Greenwood: https://www.instagram.com/intogreenwood/ https://twitter.com/intogreenwood https://www.facebook.com/intogreenwood To support the podcast go to: https://www.patreon.com/IntoGreenwood or https://ko-fi.com/intogreenwood Our selected charity: Trees, Water & People intogreenwood@gmail.com Support the Show.

It's an old aphorism that history is written by the winners; which implies a certain bias in the historical record. Of course, that's even assuming you have a written record at all. Archaeology is a means of learning about our past in ways that don't rely on the written word. While the popular imagination tends to fixate on images of tombs, mummies, and glittering artifacts, there are many different types of archaeology; including the study of animal remains. For instance, the people of Medieval England raised livestock, kept pets, hunted, and often lived with rodents, and studying the remains of those animals can tell us a lot about the lives of the humans that were around them. This episode's guest, Dr. Naomi Sykes, reveals more about the study of zooarchaeology and some of the ways that she has used it to further our understanding of the Medieval world. Papers on some of the research projects mentioned in the interview: Wild to domestic and back again: the dynamics of fallow deer management in medieval England (c. 11th-16th century AD) In search of the 'great horse': A zooarchaeological assessment of horses from England (AD 300-1650) Into the Greenwood is produced by Thaddeus Papke Theme music is by Plastic3 For more from Into the Greenwood: https://www.instagram.com/intogreenwood/ https://twitter.com/intogreenwood https://www.facebook.com/intogreenwood To support the podcast go to: https://www.patreon.com/IntoGreenwood or https://ko-fi.com/intogreenwood Our selected charity: Trees, Water & People intogreenwood@gmail.com Support the Show.

Jeff Messer has had a success run with his Robin Hood:Legend of Sherwood plays and is now in the process of switching from play writing to comic book writing as he adapts the story into graphic novel form. As of the posting of this episode, the kickstarter for volume 2 will be entering the final two weeks of its campaign. We discuss how the switch to comics offers a different approach to storytelling and some of the benefits that come from funding a project through kickstarter. I have to admit that we do fanboy a little over some of the legendary comic book artists who are collaborating on his project. And at the very end of the interview, Jeff offers an exclusive reward for Into the Greenwood listeners. It's hard to talk too much about comic books over an audio medium, though, so to really get a sense of what we're discussing check out Jeff's projects on Kickstarter or Facebook via the links below! Robin Hood: Legend of Sherwood Volumes 1 & 2 on Kickstarter www.facebook.com/LegendofSherwood For more on their partner charity organization www.comicbooksforkids.org/ The Infamous and Venerable Bold Outlaw Website www.boldoutlaw.com Into the Greenwood is produced by Thaddeus Papke Theme music is by Plastic3 For more from Into the Greenwood: https://www.instagram.com/intogreenwood/ https://twitter.com/intogreenwood https://www.facebook.com/intogreenwood To support the podcast go to: https://www.patreon.com/IntoGreenwood or https://ko-fi.com/intogreenwood Our selected charity: Trees, Water & People intogreenwood@gmail.com Support the Show.

Mistaken identities, romantic trysts, secret passages, and daring action abound in "The Son of Robin Hood"! While all accurate, I'd hesitate to call this a "good" movie. Our third venture into the "Child of Robin Hood" sub-genre and we're still left scratching our heads over whether or not any of Robin's children had a mother. Special guests: Richard Hopkins-Lutz and Maryanne Rose Papke Into the Greenwood is produced by Thaddeus Papke Theme music is by Plastic3 For more from Into the Greenwood: https://www.instagram.com/intogreenwood/ https://twitter.com/intogreenwood https://www.facebook.com/intogreenwood To support the podcast go to: https://www.patreon.com/IntoGreenwood or https://ko-fi.com/intogreenwood Our selected charity: Trees, Water & People intogreenwood@gmail.com Support the Show.