Join me is this special episode as I talk to Vanessa Woolf and George Hoyle from Connection with Wonder about stories, community and our values as storytellers; as well as witches, ghosts vampires and Baba Yaga!

Vanessa shares the fun Russian story of Marusia and the Hedgehog, both of which find themselves in Baba Yaga's soup!

Story Prescription: A story of looking out for each other and being kind.

You can find out more about Vanessa and George here: https://connectionwithwonder.com/

Vanessa's own storytelling pages is here too: https://londondreamtime.com/

If you're in London, go and see them tell stories!

Music: Thank you to InFeathers for the beautiful music

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Here are two online events that I think you would love if you have been enjoying listening to this podcast.

The first one is called The Dance of the Wild Woman on the 4th October 2026 online. There will also be an unperson version in the Scottish Highlands in Forres.

You can find out more about The Dance of the Wild Woman here.

You can also join the popular and rich course WILD WOMEN that's running for the fourth year. Early bird tickets are available until the end of September and it will start in November 2026.

May you have a beautiful month, and see you again soon for another story prescription very soon.

Story Prescription: A story for always following your thread. A tale of hope, that it doesn't matter where you come from, life is full of possibilities.

A sweet folk tale from Romania about a king who poses an impossible task, and a young woman who rises to the challenge. To support this podcast, you can '⁠⁠buy me a coffee'. ⁠⁠You can also tell your friends, which is free but means a lot. If you enjoy this podcast, please leave me a 5* review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Music: Thank you to ⁠⁠In Feathers ⁠⁠for the beautiful music.