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Smoke Hole Sessions

Martin Shaw & Chelsea Green Publishing

Author and master storyteller Martin Shaw brings us the Smoke Hole Sessions – a series of vital conversations with inspirational people, in the hope that in the crackle of the thinking, the...

Episodes

11 episodes

EP10: LIVE at Conway Hall, feat. Martin Shaw

We’re delighted to return to the Smoke Hole Sessions with a LIVE recording with Martin Shaw. To celebrate the paperback release of Smoke Hol...

00:54:12Dec 13, 2024

EP 9: Growing Your Hands Back, feat. John Densmore

In the season 1 finale of the Smoke Hole Sessions, Martin talks to music legend and icon, John Densmore, drummer for one of the greatest ban...

00:42:35Jun 30, 2021

EP 8: What’s the Narrative of Your Life? feat. Natasha Khan

In the next episode of the Smoke Hole Sessions , Martin Shaw chats with Bat for Lashes singer songwriter and musician, Natasha Khan. Natasha...

00:45:37Jun 23, 2021

EP 7: Preparing the Grail, feat. Sir Mark Rylance

Martin has a wonderful, lyrical conversation with Academy Award winning actor and friend, Sir Mark Rylance. The pair discuss everything from...

00:58:51Jun 16, 2021

EP 6: Helping the Peacemakers, feat. Ariel Burger

Martin Shaw talks to rabbi, artist and author Dr. Ariel Burger, who reminds us that 'there are certain kinds of madness that really do const...

01:00:45Jun 9, 2021

EP 5: What Books Got You Through Your Childhood? feat. John Mitchinson

Martin Shaw talks to publisher, author, podcaster and smallholder, John Mitchinson about the most powerful, precious and provocative objects...

01:08:14Jun 2, 2021

EP 4: Mouth Open, Story Jump Out, feat. Jan Blake

In this episode renowned storyteller Jan Blake recounts her journey into storytelling as a young woman growing up in Manchester. Jan has bee...

00:52:39May 26, 2021

EP 1: Reintroducing Ourselves to the World, feat. Tommy Tiernan

Welcome to the Smoke Hole Sessions , a series of vital conversations with some of our most admired writers, musicians, artists, comedians an...

00:56:24May 18, 2021

EP 2: What Animal Do You Have Under Your Cloak? feat. Jay Griffiths

Martin Shaw chats with author and Boudicca incarnate, Jay Griffiths. They discuss their calling to the creative arts and Jay’s new book, Why...

00:48:00May 18, 2021

EP 3: Mad, Dead or a Poet, feat. David Keenan

Author David Keenan and Martin Shaw are true kindred spirits. Steeped in the music scene as a journalist and drummer respectively, their exp...

01:17:09May 18, 2021

Smoke Hole Sessions - Trailer

Author and master storyteller Martin Shaw brings us the Smoke Hole Sessions – a series of vital conversations with inspirational people, in...

00:02:26May 4, 2021