Podcast
Discussions dedicated to exploring faith, spirituality, arts and culture.
EPISODE 1: STORY, CONTEXT & THEMES OF "BABETTE'S FEAST"
This is the first episode of a new podcast series exploring the ideas and themes expressed in the internationally renowned story of Babette's Feast by Danish author Karen Blixen. It features special guests SHAUNA AKKERMANS (9th Hour Theatre Company Artistic Associate and Director of Babette's Feast) and KATIE IRVINE (theatre artist and Dramaturge for the production). They discuss the story and context in which it was written, who wrote it, its history, the artistic process and vision in staging a new theatrical adaptation, as well as introducing the key motifs and plot points in the story.
This podcast series is recorded at CHRI Radio. We wish to thank them for their support.
Past Podcast Series
EPISODE 2: THE ART OF HOSPITALITY
This is the second episode of a podcast series exploring the ideas and themes expressed in the internationally renowned story of Babette's Feast by Danish author Karen Blixen. It features guests ADAM BARROWS (professor of English Literature at Carleton University and performing artist in Babette's Feast) and EVELYN JOST (Costume Designer for Babette's Feast and many times Hospitality Coordinator for 9th Hour Theatre Company). They discuss the art and practice and experience of hospitality and the transcendent power of it changing lives and people feeling loved and accepted.
EPISODE 3: THE GIFT OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE
This is the third episode of a podcast series exploring the ideas and themes expressed in the internationally renowned story of Babette's Feast by Danish author Karen Blixen. It features guests LOGAN INDEWEY (performing artist in Babette's Feast) and LAVINIA SALINAS (performing artist in Babette's Feast). They discuss what culture is, the many ways in which it can be learned, what shapes culture and how it evolves, the appreciation of another culture and its impact on us as people, what it means to be "home", and the responsibilities and challenges of being immersed in a new culture.
EPISODE 4: THE POWER OF LIVING IN COMMUNITY
This is the fourth episode of a podcast series exploring the ideas and themes expressed in the internationally renowned story of Babette's Feast by Danish author Karen Blixen. It features guests KELTIE NEWMARCH (performing artist in Babette's Feast) and GEORGE DUTCH (9th Hour Associate Artistic Director). They discuss what defines community and what shapes it, the role of community in the play's story, the interpersonal challenges of living in community and the opportunity for personal growth, the many different ways of living in community both physically and in life, as well as their personal experiences in community.
EPISODE 5: THE HOPE OF REFUGE & SANCTUARY
This is the fifth episode of a podcast series exploring the ideas and themes expressed in the internationally renowned story of Babette's Feast by Danish author Karen Blixen. It features guests SARAH MCKAY (performing artist in Babette's Feast) and GEORGE DUTCH (9th Hour Associate Artistic Director). They discuss the difference between refuge and sanctuary, how its applied in the world throughout history both in law and in custom, how it shows up in the story of Babette's Feast and in the real life of the authour, as well as the spirituality of the concepts of refuge and sanctuary and where they find it personally in their own lives.
EPISODE 6: THE EXPERIENCE OF PLEASURE & BEAUTY
This is the sixth and final episode of a podcast series exploring the ideas and themes expressed in the internationally renowned story of Babette's Feast by Danish author Karen Blixen. It features guests ADAM BARROWS (professor of English Literature at Carleton University and performing artist in Babette's Feast) and MARITA SMITH (Registered Nurse and sexual health educator). They discuss the difference between consumptive and generative Pleasure, how Pleasure can lead to the experience of Beauty, the difference between aesthetic and transcendent Beauty, the language of pleasure and sex, as well as the transformational and potential healing power of experiencing Pleasure and Beauty.
This podcast series is recorded at CHRI Radio. We wish to thank them for their support.