Podcasts by Katz and Wulf on Bedlam Farm

From Chicks To Amish Neighbors To Lamb Testicles from 2021-05-02T21:51:53

We're back for what is hopefully a regular weekend podcast from Bedlam Farm. We covered a lot of ground today, from being patient training dogs to adjusting to new Amish neighbors and friends. Mari...

Robin The Lamb: A True Story Of Life And Death from 2021-03-07T22:30:21

This is the true story of our struggle to save a freezing, starving, and abandoned lamb we found. He was completely unexpected and we were totally unprepared. This is what happened after we found h...

What's a Potholder worth? Pride, Confidence, Survival from 2020-10-18T16:14:14

In today's podcast, we talk about the value of art, and what potholders are worth, we talk about the lies of a President and what they mean, about how we both have grown, about trust and marriage a...

MariaThink from 2020-10-04T22:41:50

Bloody But Unbowed. The Rituals Of Bedlam Farm, The Lessons Of Aging from 2020-09-27T20:28:23

We were tired today and wrestled with some minor technical details, our talk ranged from farm rituals to my heart surgeries to loving our little farm. Come and listen.

Now I see it, Now I Don't. Cow Plops And Maria's Mystical Mind. Yes, My Surgery Also from 2020-09-20T18:38:57

In this latest podcast, we talked about how our eyes are often fooled by what we see, about Ruth Bader GInsburg and her death, about what is and isn't surgery, about the Virtual Cow Plop, about Zin...

Our Lives On Bedlam Farm. Our Favorite Stories from 2020-09-06T20:49:39

Today, we talked about our farm, how we have grown on the farm, come to love it, what we have learned, our lives with the animals, our lives together. I used to say my farm is the Mother, the dogs ...

The Time Of The Therapists: Spilling Our Guts from 2020-08-31T19:11:07

Some Heart Cath, A Home For My Bike, Quilts, Magnets, The Post Office from 2020-08-23T17:02:09

Giving Back To Readers, Getting A Bike,Fighting Fear from 2020-08-16T16:51:10

In this podcast, a good one we think, Maria talks about how she is learning to write so well, I talk about overcoming my terror of exercise and buying an e-bike, and we both end up sharing the ways...

The Importance Of Art In Hard Times from 2020-08-09T15:49:03

The GrandCa-Ca, Housebreaking, Selling Quilts from 2020-08-02T14:00:33

My anointment as Bedlam Farm's Grand Ca-Cas, Portland and Naked Athena, My Creative Process, The World's Longest Quilt-Selling Streak, Zinnia's Light, Housebreaking Dogs. A good one.

Maria In Space: Shrinks, Pandemics, Politics from 2020-07-26T14:41:53

We apologize for missing a few podcasts, we're weekly again. Today we rehash our life with the coronavirus, my writing about politics, Maria's desire to be in space (Good Luck, Commander), and her...

Big News: Maria's Artist's Residence Starts Next Week At Bedlam Farm from 2020-05-16T17:40:52

Monday, Maria begins a month-long Artist's Residence and creative retreat, she put aside her tax refund so she can be creative and not worry so much about making money. This is the dream of every c...

"The Worst Is Over..."How The Virus Has Changed Us from 2020-04-14T18:45:03

In today's podcast, Maria and I talk openly about how the coronavirus has changed us, and in some cases, for the better. We are hopeful about the future, and working hard to understand the present....

The Rise Of The Luftmensch: Inside Corona World, Cont. (And Solar!) from 2020-04-09T20:48:58

CoronaWorld: Rising ToThe Role Of Artists in Hard Times from 2020-04-08T21:34:33

In the midst of a frightening Pandemic, Maria and I talk about the role of artists in troubled times.

What The Hell Is Wrong With Us? Life In The Time Of Corona -:) from 2020-03-25T21:49:24

Some laughs, some tears, some reflections on creativity and life in these strange and wrenching times. Come and listen. This might just help, it was good for us.

Corona World: How We Are Dealing On Bedlam Farm from 2020-03-14T20:42:22

This podcast is devoted to people who are struggling to deal with the awful coronavirus which has transformed out country overnight into something unrecognizable. It is not just a pandemic, it is a...

Friendship, Wool, Stickers, Awakening... from 2020-03-01T16:46:44

Maria and I talk about friendship, awakening, belly dancing, yarn, art, stickers, dogs, and life. We learned a lot about life these past few weeks.

Getting Old, Loving Snails, Cheerleading, Performing from 2020-01-26T16:19:25

We talk about getting old, our snail party, Maria's Belly Dancing Revelations, Zinnia and our new logo.

Happy New Year Podcast: Fish Tank, Quilts, Dogs, Life, Hopes from 2020-01-01T14:50:47

We had fun with this New Year's podcast - our lives, our creativity, our animals, our hopes. Come and listen.

Zinnia, Vulvas, Creative Risks from 2019-12-09T19:57:15

Zinnia Upends Life At Bedlam Farm; Maria Wonders If She's Living In A Bubble, We Talk About The Risks Of Creativity.

Thanksgiving Weekend: Zinnia, Storms, Learning To Relax from 2019-12-01T18:13:02

Jon's Arc De Triomphe (Plus Fish, Wool, Puppies) from 2019-11-04T19:14:31

Another week of creativity, triumph and change at Bedlam Farm; stone sculptures in fish tanks, a new puppy, snails, stones, exciting new wool news. Our lives are about creativity and change, we are...

Shawls, Dogs, Books, Septic: The Week In Bedlam from 2019-10-28T20:08:29

Lots of news in Bedlam this week. Maria and her friend Suzy are selling shawls, we're planning for a new puppy, I'm considering a book deal, and most importantly Ryan Snell came to clean out a sep...

New Sheep, New Book from 2019-10-21T15:01:02

A sense of renewal on Bedlam Farm this weekend. New Sheep, New Book, New Friend

The Meaning Of Belly Dancing from 2019-10-13T15:33:11

Maria talks openly and honestly about the meaning of belly dancing for her, (it has a lot of meaning for me as well). This has been a transformative experience for her, and we talk about why that i...

The Joker from 2019-10-10T00:23:06

On the way home from seeing The Joker together, Maria and I had a mesmerizing conversation about it. I thought "this conversation should be a podcast." So here it is, it was just as good this time.

Creativity, Life And The Coming Of Autumn from 2019-10-07T15:56:33

Fall comes to Bedlam Farm in all of its glory. The Season of Change. In this podcast, we talk about creativity, gardening, the Tiny Pricks Project, the coming winter, the meaning of God, and of cou...

Part Two: New Directions, Yarn, New Puppy, Doily Woman from 2019-09-29T16:49:49

Part Two of our discussion on yarn dogs, the discussion continues.

Part One: The New Bedlam Farm, Yarn, New Dog, New Directions from 2019-09-29T16:45:33

We talk about the farm, why we have sheep now, sheepherding, Maria and her yarn, a new puppy,
and a major shift in my life on the farm. Every animal teaches us something.

Luck Versus Work. Zelda, Fate, Zinnia. from 2019-09-17T19:18:37

How much of a role does luck play in our lives? We talk honestly about that (as honestly as we can) and also talk about the death of Zelda, the rise of Fate and her therapy work, and the prospect o...

"I Am Maria Wulf." Self-Awareness, Self-Esteem For Both Of Us from 2019-09-08T17:05:51

This week's podcast topic is important to us, it has to do with self-esteem, self-image, and creativity, different and volatile systems all linked together in our lives. Maria talks about her break...

Creative Chronicles: Living And Working Together from 2019-08-25T16:42:04

Maria and I both work at home, we are both artists/creatives. We are always figuring out how to give each other some space, yet be there when we are needed. So far, so good. Come and listen to how ...

Getting A New Dog from 2019-08-19T17:44:31

A week after Red's death, we decided to get a new dog, a Yellow Lab puppy. Find out why and how on our newest podcast.

Goodbye, Red. Loss Is Loss from 2019-08-10T15:11:16

We say goodbye to Red, who died on Friday, August 9. We talk about what he meant to us, and how we are dealing with his loss. There are lots of sad things in the world, but Loss Is Loss

Part Two: Panic Attacks from 2019-07-30T15:03:46

Maria and I meant to talk about panic attacks on yesterday's blog, but we ran out of time, so this is Part 2, devoted to our experiences with panic, and our ideas for healing and moving forward. It...

Part I: Fate Becomes A Therapy Dog, and TinyPricks: Tuesday, Panic Attacks from 2019-07-29T14:29

On this podcast, our first two-parter, we talked about Fate's somewhat stunning debut as a therapy dog, and also about the Tiny Pricks Art Project, which Maria has joined. This is our first two-par...

Maria's Success, My Response. What Does It Mean To Be A Good Man? from 2019-07-21T20:22:09

Maria's life and work are ascending radically. Mine is moving in a different direction and a good one. Will she take money away from me? II am challenged and proud to support her, even though her ...

Staying Grounded In The Trump Years from 2019-07-14T23:21:45

This podcast is about how we have stayed grounded and focused and creative during the Trump Years. Sometimes, we have done this together, most of the time we do this in different ways, each of us u...

Family, Quilts, Bud, Money, The Creative Life. Lessons Of The Week from 2019-07-08T01:12:19

We had a compelling week. Bud got lost for awhile, Maria spent weeks making a quilt, freaked out a bit over money, my daughter and Granddaughter visited for the first time in two years, sparking al...

Miss Fate Is A Therapy Dog, Maria's Remarkable Quilt About Women's Lives from 2019-07-03T00:33:52

Today, I took Fate to an assisted care facility to begin her training as a therapy dog. She was wonderful. Today, Maria is close to finishing a quilt titled "How To Keep Your Husband," it's powerfu...

How To Keep A Marriage. What it really means to be feminine, and masculine from 2019-06-28T19:36:40

In our striking latest podcast (and one of the best, I think) we talk about How To Keep Married, about notions of femininity and masculinity, and about Maria's striking new understanding about what...

Belly Dancing Week from 2019-06-20T02:25:20

This is Belly Dancing Week at Bedlam Farm, Maria's first performance is with her fellow dancers at a farmer's market in Bennington, Vt. this Saturday. Who would have thought it? We talk about that,...

Our Lives: Living With Animals from 2019-06-13T13:25:30

Maria and I talk about our lives with animals - donkeys, dogs, sheep, barn cats, chickens - what we have learned over the past decade, our successes and failures (including a breakthrough when it c...

Chronicles Of Self-Awareness. Discovering Who We Are from 2019-06-07T14:21:50

Nothing has been more important to Maria, and to me, than our search for identity, our long and hard work to understand who we are and who we wish to be. That's the subject of our podcast today, co...

Mystics In Bedlam from 2019-06-03T15:33:50

Maria and I talk about the mystical experience of creativity and life, an important but rarely discussed part of each of our creative and spiritual lives. We learned a lot about it in recent months...

Love And Hope: The Week In Bedlam Farm from 2019-05-30T14:18:25

Podcast 14 is about the week on Bedlam Farm, and also about the love and hope we both have found in a troubled Catholic School in a poor neighborhood that is working hard to keep its faith and pro...

Life With Donkeys, From Simon To Lulu And Fanny from 2019-05-27T16:20:50

In this podcast, we talk openly and with feeling about our life with donkeys, from Carol to Simon to Lulu and Fanny. These wonderful animals are fading from America, replaced by tractors and machin...

The Creative Life from 2019-05-22T14:47:41

Maria and I talk about the power of creativity in our lives; how it has become our faith and path to fulfillment. It isn't always easy, but it is always wonderful, we love our lives, and what a gif...

Red's Story, Grieving For Animals from 2019-05-19T19:37:41

Sloths, Menopause. The Good Fight from 2019-05-13T01:49:45

We decided to talk about the things we fight about, and how important it is to deal with conflict and tension in any relationship. We love our relationship and would like to share what we have lear...

Being Honest: What We've Learned About Helping People from 2019-05-08T22:02:10

Helping people has become a central element in our lives, especially in these tense and divided times. On our podcast, we speak as honestly as we can about how important helping others is for us no...

Living An Open Life: Blessings And Challenges from 2019-05-05T21:11:59

We've cancelled our Open House this year, and we wanted to talk about that and also have a very candid talk about the complexities of living an open life in the Digital Age.

Search For An Octopus: Journey To Boston. A Fish Story from 2019-04-30T00:40:53

This weekend, we went to the New England Aquarium to see some Octopuses and penguins and many other species of fish. We loved the trip. Come and listen and hear what this trip meant to us and to ou...

Animals In Our Lives: Journey To Meet The Two Giant Octopuses from 2019-04-24T14:35:02

Maria and I head to the Boston Aquarium to meet The Professor and Freyer, two giant octopuses. This is a leap forward in our deepening relationship with animals and the natural world. Sy Montgomery...

Vulnerability from 2019-04-21T15:41:29

Creating Our Sign On: Greetings! from 2019-04-19T14:52:25

Podcast 3 - Spring from 2019-04-17T15:20:41

Spring has come to the farm, which means dealing with hay and firewood for the winter, and deciding when to stop putting hay out. As usual, this conversation leads to many others.

Episode 2 Who Are We? from 2019-04-17T14:30:26

We wanted to introduce ourselves - Jon Katz and Maria Wulf. Why are we doing a podcast?

Episode 001 from 2019-04-16T15:31:55

This is our first official podcast. I'm Jon Katz, Maria Wulf my lover, friend and partner. Every week (sometimes more often) we will share our lives, our animal issues, our life on our farm, our lo...