JAWBONE with Martin Shaw

Martin Shaw
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Acclaimed storyteller and author MARTIN SHAW invites us into his study where he freewheels his ferocious imagination into everything he's learnt about life over half a century. He asks: how do we become a real human being? Using myth, storytelling and his own unique form of philosophizing, Shaw reveals what he calls 'archaic technologies' and shows how we can use them today.

  1. 06/18/2025

    WILD CHRIST | The Man of No Shelter

    Support the Show on PayPal | (https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/PYR6HWRK8BRYA) Jesus speaks to the ancient in us. He is talking to the mud in us. He is talking to the Holy breath in us. He reminds us of a garden we almost remember. He tells us we are the salt of the earth, but we risk losing our essential tastiness. He tells us we are the light of the world. But do we want to hear what he has to say? Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A!  CREDITS  Written and performed by Martin Shaw  Produced by Isaiah Smallman Edited by Paul Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck |  @AbeHouck   Additional Music by Maya Belsitzman & Matan Ephrat Additional music by Andy Aquarius |  @AndyAquarius  Additional Music by Abe Houck | @AbeHouck   Thumbnail Painting | "Christ Driving the Money Changers Out of the Temple" (1618) by Valentin de Boulogne  Branding by Sam Ragland  Martin Online | (https://martinshaw.substack.com)/ & (https://DrMartinShaw.com)

    15 min

  2. 06/18/2025

    SO, YOU WANT TO BE A STORYTELLER?

    Support the Show on PayPal | (https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/PYR6HWRK8BRYA) So, you want to be a storyteller? In this episode, Martin gives some practical tips for those wishing to enter the wild world of storytelling and he also tells a story. Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A!  CREDITS  Written and performed by Martin Shaw  Produced by Isaiah Smallman Edited by Paul Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck |  @AbeHouck   Additional music by Andy Aquarius |  @AndyAquarius   Thumbnail Painting | "Aiding a Comrade" (1890) by Frederic Remington Original Artwork by Sam Ragland  Martin Online | (https://martinshaw.substack.com)/ & (https://DrMartinShaw.com)

    18 min

  3. 06/18/2025

    WE HAVE A HEALING CRISIS | An Initiatory Moment For the Church

    Support the Show on PayPal Martin Online | (https://martinshaw.substack.com)/ & (https://DrMartinShaw.com)  If we won't allow ourselves to be wholly swallowed by the whale, we will never see the world in its fullness. Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A! CREDITS Written and performed by Martin Shaw Produced and Edited by Isaiah Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck | @AbeHouck Additional music by Andy Aquarius | @AndyAquarius Additional Music by Maya Belsitzman & Matan Ephrat Additional Music by Enzo Bellomo Original Artwork by Sam Ragland Audio Engineering by Trent Jones and Marmalade Cream

    13 min

  4. 06/18/2025

    SHE MARRIED A BEAR | The Raw and the Cooked

    Support the Show on PayPal  This week Martin tells the story of a girl who married a bear (a rather common experience in the old world, it seems).  Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A!  Martin Online | https://martinshaw.substack.com/ & (https://DrMartinShaw.com)  CREDITS Written and performed by Martin Shaw Produced and Edited by Isaiah Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck Additional music by Andy Aquarius  Additional Music by Maya Belsitzman & Matan Ephrat Additional Music by Enzo Bellomo Original Artwork by Sam Ragland Audio Engineering by Trent Jones and Marmalade Cream

    20 min
  5. ANGELS IN LIMOUSINES

    05/08/2025

    ANGELS IN LIMOUSINES

    This week Martin's recounting the time he met an angel, reciting some poetry and encouraging us to behold, rather than to see. Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A!  Support the Show on PayPal | https://bit.ly/JAWBONE_PayPal  CREDITS  Written and performed by Martin Shaw  Produced and Edited by Isaiah Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck |  @AbeHouck   Additional music by Vinicius Barbosa | https://www.themusicgiant.com/ Additional Music by Maya Belsitzman & Matan Ephrat Additional Music by Enzo Bellomo Cover art featuring " The Last Communion of Saint Mary of Egypt, c. 1695" by Sebastiano Ricci Original Artwork by Sam Ragland  Audio Engineering by Trent Jones and Marmalade Cream  Martin Online | https://martinshaw.substack.com/ & https://DrMartinShaw.com

    18 min
  6. THIS IS WHAT WE WERE BORN FOR | Iain McGilchrist & Martin Shaw

    04/25/2025

    THIS IS WHAT WE WERE BORN FOR | Iain McGilchrist & Martin Shaw

    Psychiatrist, literary scholar, philosopher and neuroscientist Iain McGilchrist joins Martin for something new. Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A!  Support the Show on PayPal  CREDITS  Written and performed by Martin Shaw  Produced and Edited by Isaiah Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck |  @AbeHouck   Original Artwork by Sam Ragland  Martin Online | https://martinshaw.substack.com/ & https://DrMartinShaw.com

    58 min

  7. 04/25/2025

    DISORDER IS NOT INITIATION | Moving From the Little "I" to the Big "We"

    Thoughts on form and the way that structure creates space for us to become who we really are. Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A!  Support the Show on PayPal CREDITS  Written and performed by Martin Shaw  Produced and Edited by Isaiah Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck |  @AbeHouck   Additional music by Vinicius Barbosa | https://www.themusicgiant.com/ Original Artwork by Sam Ragland  Audio Engineering by Trent Jones and Marmalade Cream  Martin Online | https://martinshaw.substack.com/ & https://DrMartinShaw.com

    16 min
  8. THE TROUBLE WITH BEAUTY | What Do We Really Love?

    04/25/2025

    THE TROUBLE WITH BEAUTY | What Do We Really Love?

    What are the things that we really love? What actually claims us? What are not just sophisticated pleasures we develop? What are the things that innately call to our own soul? Support the Show on PayPal Like, subscribe and comment to submit questions for our monthly Q&A!  CREDITS  Written and performed by Martin Shaw  Produced by Isaiah Smallman  Edited by Paul Smallman Intro music written and performed by Abe Houck |  @AbeHouck   Additional music by Vinicius Barbosa | https://www.themusicgiant.com/ Additional music by Maya Belsitzman and Matan Ephrat Original Artwork by Sam Ragland  Audio Engineering by Trent Jones and Marmalade Cream  Martin Online | https://martinshaw.substack.com/ & https://DrMartinShaw.com

    30 min
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Acclaimed storyteller and author MARTIN SHAW invites us into his study where he freewheels his ferocious imagination into everything he's learnt about life over half a century. He asks: how do we become a real human being? Using myth, storytelling and his own unique form of philosophizing, Shaw reveals what he calls 'archaic technologies' and shows how we can use them today.

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