Join me, as we take a look back through Memory at the origin story of my podcasting journey with Valhalla Conversations and all the guests we've welcomed into the great mead hall, and then look forward by sharing my Thoughts and plans for future episodes in 2025, including exciting expansion plans!

1. Valhalla Conversations is now available on: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ll6E3w... Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/fda...

2. Valhalla Conversations Facebook Page is now OPEN / 1er67cnbbt

3. Please do also follow me on Instagram, Threads and Bluesky @soulchaserbecky

4. New Book focused reviews content coming soon.

5. Plan to release 12 episodes in 2025.

6. At least 2 New Guests for January and February episodes, with others to be confirmed.

*First recorded and premiered on YouTube early December 2024.

Join me for our first double digit episode of Valhalla Conversations as I talk with the newest author to join my Favourites shelf, Thilde Kold Holdt. We discuss her Norse Fantasy series beginning with Northern Wrath, learn about what fascinated her about Norse Mythology and the era of viking history featuring Harald Bluetooth, and about her experiences rowing and sailing a Viking Warship, The Sea Stallion.

Website: https://www.thildekoldholdt.com/

Insta: @KoldHoldt or / koldholdt

Twitter: @KoldHoldt or https://x.com/KoldHoldt

Thanks to James RPG Art for the Viking Hall virtual background. Find and Support his digital artwork on Patreon.

Thanks to Podcast Theme Music, 'In the Warmth of the Fire' created by Will Savino from Shattered Storm DnD music bundle.

*First recorded and premiered on YouTube in November 2024.

Join me for Episode 9 of Valhalla Conversations, which is a special collaborative podcast episode as I am joined by the two hosts of ‘Shield Maiden: ‪@WomenoftheNorseWorldPodcast‬ Kim Barton and Johanna Wittenberg.

In this episode we each share our particular favourite female figure from Norse sagas and history, and equally Norse legends and mythology.

I chose Audr/Unnr the Deep Minded, a woman who single handidly led her family from danger to peaceful settlement in Iceland. Followed up by Freya, Goddess of War, Love and Seidr Magic.

Kim chose Lagertha, and we learn more about what the sagas say, not the Netflix drama. Followed up with Skarthi, the Jotun/Giant, who demanded a husband in recompense for the Gods killing her father.

Johanna chose Queen Asa of an ununified Norway, who features as her female protagonist in her now 6 going on 7 book series, followed up with the half-corpse goddess, Hel, who ruled Helheim.

Kim and Johanna are both authors of historical fiction (and some fantasy) set in the Viking Age, and each has a strong female protagonist to explore and navigate the culture and society of the time. Kim and Johanna, combined forces over their shared fascination and interest women’s lives, experiences, challenges and successes and roles during the Viking Age and so began their own podcast. To date they have recorded 24 episodes covering an amazing range and depth of women in Viking history and mythology. From goddesses to spirits to legends and sagas, historical artefacts, archaeology, religious roles, domestic roles, Queens to Abbesses, Warriors to Valkyries. These two have covered a LOT and I have always learned something from every single episode I’ve listened to so far.

Johanna Wittenberg’s website - https://johannawittenberg.com/

K.S.Barton’s website - https://www.ksbarton.com/