Podcasts
Accidental Gods: Growing into relationship with the earth
In part of the ‘Accidental Gods’ series, Mac talks with deep, abiding compassion and authenticity of the ways we can find our way back into context with the earth.
How Gardening Saved My Life
A warming and relatable episode from Mac recorded just before the birth of his son. He reflects on the world he’d like his son to live in, on the struggle, humour and joy during the writing of his first book, Finding Earth, Finding Soul, and how gardening saved his (and Monty Don’s) life.
What we can learn from the longbow
Two friends, honing the craft of their ancestors. Practising a tradition that dates back thousands of years, sitting by a fire that burns in the present. Just as the longbow is both powerful and elegant, so too can uncomfortable words like power and leadership be fused with grace. We must aim our arrowheads high in […]
The Stone Circle
The stone circle is a prayer. A prayer to stand by sacredness and beauty. A prayer to stand together. Sixteen stones forming eight corridors now stand at Embercombe. Mac tells of how they got there, beginning with his own longing to connect with land, air and water. He shares the stories of summers in the […]
The Children’s Fire
There are times in our lives when something is shared with us that changes everything forever. In this episode Mac shares one of the most profound turning points in his life. Recounting a wintry night when the wisdom of the Children’s Fire was offered to him, he speaks of the heart-daring it takes to bring […]
Dreaming at Life’s Real Music Bar
How does embracing the depth of the magical, potent, dreaming, mysterious other world that we sometimes encounter help us face the times we live in? What if we designed our cities thinking about children instead of cars? What if we planted flowers for the sake of beauty or stopped to take in the full moon? […]
Beating the Drum of Life
How can we walk in a sacred way? How can we be in alignment with the hazel, the holly and the birch? It is tempting in changing times to gather with likeminded people but what if we beat our drum to engage with all of life? In this episode Mac entertains the idea of inviting […]
Navigating Uncertainty: Mac Macartney & Giles Hutchins in Conversation
Do you ever feel that even your pauses have to be justified? Do you make time to fold in, to listen, to wander without going a prescribed route? Do you listen to the trees that call you? Do you give yourself the space to imagine new projects and create anew? What does it look like […]
How do we reconnect? Mac Macartney & Jon Young in Conversation
How do we begin to answer the call home? By understanding what we’ve lost we can also wake up to what we have. The beginning of the journey is to find what we are curious about. Curiosity exercised turns to passion, which turns to vision and purpose. This episode speaks to what it takes to […]