Episode 11

Her Right to Privacy: A Story of Macha | S6 Ep11

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OUR STORY

This is the story of Macha, a goddess, a fairy woman, a woman of the Sidhe, who took a human lover for a year. This story, and Macha's race against the king's horses, sets the stage for the greatest epic in Irish mythology, the Táin Bó Cúailnge.

Marisa returns to this story which she originally shared in 2022 and looks at it through the lens of a “post Roe world,” in which the right to abortion and reproductive freedom is no longer part of life for all Americans.

She explores the many ways in which we also live in a post-privacy world, and how this influences everything from romantic to parent-child relationships.

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KnotWork Myth & Storytelling
Mythology, Folklore, and Culture, from Ireland and Beyond

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Marisa Goudy

Marisa Goudy is a story healer, a writing coach, and a word witch. Her book, The Sovereignty Knot: A Woman’s Way to Freedom, Power, Love, and Magic, was released in 2020.
Marisa nurtures writers and storytellers in her long-running online writing community, the Sovereign Writers’ Knot.
On this show, Marisa combines her passion for story with her love of Irish literature, culture, and folklore and her fascination with the Celtic world. She has a particular love of stories of heroines, goddess, and women whose tales were forgotten by history.

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