Tim Weed

I love talking about books, literature, and related topics, so I’m very grateful to these generous radio show/podcast hosts for bringing me on to talk about them in the context of my new novel, The Gatepost. Each of these shows was converted to the podcast format after airing, which means that you can listen to the recordings at any time by clicking on the links or images below!

Writer’s Voice with Francesca Rheannon, a multi-syndicated public radio show that airs on public radio stations around the country. Francesca is a brilliant interviewer and I found our conversation particularly fascinating because it took us to some unexpected and personally revealing places.

We talked about The Gatepost, new mythology, the challenges and prospects for shifting the current paradigm about humanity’s relationship to the rest of nature, the history and uses of psychedelic or entheogenic drugs, archaeology, quantum theory, Mesoamerican stelae & glyphs, the role of modern storytelling, grief, consciousness, and much more.

The Inner Game with Gwen Garcelon on KDNK radio. This delightful conversation covered topics of spirituality and nature including awe, rhe miracle of life on this planet, humanity’s need to reclaim a spiritual relationship with the natural world, and one particular scarlet tanager.

I was particularly honored by Gwen’s takeaways about the book, including this one:

“The Gatepost is a really moving novel about human development and love and what may be possible in other realms of consciousness.” — Gwen Garcelon

Write on Four Corners with DelSheree Spinner on KSJE radio. In this fascinatingly in-depth conversation that may be of particular interest to writers we talked about The Gatepost and how it straddles several genres, grief, the power of fiction to help us figure out our own lives, and how fictional protagonists allow us to use our compassion to explore the experience of being human.

We also talked about why novels are an antidote to loneliness, the work of bringing literature to the new generation, character relatability, the power of place and how good descriptive writing is a mechanism for fictional transportation, hallucinogens, geological time, the Eleusinian mysteries, and more!

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