Media appearances

Here is a list of my recent media appearances, with links to some:

Interviewed about Entertainment, Pleasure and Meaning in Early England on the New Books with Miranda Melcher podcast, March 2025.

Interviewed on-air about Halloween folklore on KMTR-TV Oregon, October 2024.

Interviewed about medieval humor in the Hindustan Times, September 2024.

Talking head for two episodes of the History Channel series “Holy Marvels,” first aired June 2024. If you want to know more about this process, speak to me privately!

Interviewed about the literature of eclipses, Atlas Obscura, March 2024.

Interviewed about the history of humor, MailOnline, October 2023.

Interviewed about the folklore of black cats for an online site, October 2023.

Interviewed about the folklore of apples on the public radio Colin McEnroe show, September 2023.

Interviewed on-air about traditions about Groundhog Day, CHCH TV News, Hamilton, Ontario, February 2, 2023.

Interviewed on-air about traditions about Friday the 13th, CHCH TV News, Hamilton, Ontario, January 13, 2023.

Interviewed about medieval magic on Witch Science podcast, December 2022.

Interviewed about the Middle Ages on the public radio Colin McEnroe show, May 2022.

“Secrets of Medieval Storytellers,” talk for Story Crossroads Storytelling Festival, West Jordan, Utah, May 2022.

“Weddings, Underwear, and Dinner: Crafting Historical Details for Fun and Profit,” talk to the Rose City Romance Writers (Portland chapter of the Romance Writers of America), Portland, Oregon, April 2022.

Featured in BBC article, “The Jokes that have Made People Laugh for Thousands of Years,” March 2022.

Featured in Eugene Weekly article, “Magical Thinking,” on my Museum of Natural and Cultural History “Magic in the Middle Ages” exhibit, February 2022.

Interviewed on-air about the history of Valentine’s Day, KVAL-TV Oregon, February 14, 2022.

“Medieval Magic Then and Now,” Ideas on Tap public talk for the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, in conjunction with the History of Magic exhibit, October 2021.

Interviewed about the history of unicorns on the public radio Colin McEnroe show, July 2021.

Interviewed about King Arthur on the NPR podcast “Imaginary Worlds,” January 2021.

Interviewed for Gizmodo about superstitions, March 2020.

“Magical History Tour,” interview and PowerPoint presentation for the Deschutes Public Library, Bend, Oregon, October 2020.

And an oldie but a goodie: my appearance talking about the board game of the Anglo-Saxon “Prittlewell Prince” on the BBC series Time Team, 2005.