Outlander Soul

So, we started with the idea that we'd do an episode on vengeance and justice, and then a second episode on forgiveness and mercy in Outlander. Jamie and Black Jack, Murtagh and the Duke of Sandringham, Wee Ian as a man of violence and Arch Bug's vengeance, Claire and Laoghaire..... the list goes on and on. We quickly realized we couldn't separate them all - because they're all connected - and so we're doing Part 1 and Part 2 instead. Enjoy!

With the premiere of Season 3, we started a series that builds on one another.  For episode 1 it was friendships, and now in episode 2 we explore oaths and honor (or honour for our UK listeners!) in Outlander.  We talk about the importance of vows, how honor motivates our beloved characters, and the ways the story calls us to question and value honor and oaths in our 21st century lives.

We're back!! We start this new season 3 with an exploration of the friendships in the Outlander series. We delve into the gender dynamics of friendship, the uses and value of friendship, and the various types of friendship we see in the series.

Season 4 of the Outlander TV series is over and Season 2 of the Outlander Soul podcast is also coming to a close. In this episode, Jayme and Terry give some listener feedback, talk about the latest TV series, reflect on some of the issues fandom is having with the TV adaptation, and give a taste of what's coming next in Season 3.

In this episode, Terry and Jayme conclude their 2 part discussion on theology and time travel, as depicted in the Outlander universe and in other stories we know and love, looking at the myriad of issues related to choice and fate and the ethics in trying to change history.

Did you know that there are several theories on how time travel works? Do you know which one is used in the Outlander universe? And what is the relationship between free will and fate, choice and determinism when we talk about traveling through time? In this episode, Terry and Jayme discuss the various theological and philosophical conundrums present in the Outlander text related to theology and time travel.

The latest in our closer looks at the call and vocation of Outlander characters, Terry and Jayme look at the beloved Roger (Wakefield) McKenzie. While in some ways, his call to Presbyterian ministry is the most straightforward (and obvious) of all the characters, the nuance of his call and vocation throughout the series is a much deeper and richer story than first appears.

We've talked about the calling and vocation of Claire and Jamie so far, but what about the call of the stones? What role do the stones play in the calling and vocation of Outlander characters? In this episode, Terry and Jayme talk about exceptionalism in calling and vocation for characters like Claire, Roger, and Bree because of the stones and other aspects the stones have in the Outlander narrative.

Terry fills us in on her trip to Thru the Stones, the bi-annual Outlander convention where she met and had a chat with Ron Moore and Terry Dresbach.

Jayme and Terry continue this 2 part Outlander and the Bible series looking specifically at Jamie and Claire's relationship and the parallels to Biblical texts. For this episode, we compare Outlander and Song of Solomon and how the themes of searching, longing, love, sex, and consent are portrayed.

We begin an initial 2 part series, looking at Jamie and Claire's relationship and the parallels to Biblical texts. For this episode, Terry and Jayme discuss the Adam and Eve narrative archetype and how Jamie and Claire's relationship is written and portrayed in a similar way.

We continue for part 2 of our conversation with guest, friend, and fellow Outlander fan, Emma Nagouse, whose research at the University of Sheffield (UK) focuses on religion and sexual violence. In this episode, Emma and Jayme discuss Christ imagery and suffering, the Geneva & Laoghaire question, Fergus, and sexual violence as depicted in Outlander more generally.

We welcome our first guest, friend, and fellow Outlander fan, Emma Nagouse, whose research at the University of Sheffield (UK) focuses on religion and sexual violence. For Part 1 of this series on sexual violence in Outlander, Emma and Jayme discuss Emma’s research on Jamie Fraser and the Man of Sorrows, a character in Lamentations 3 in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and the implications of male rape as depicted in biblical texts and in Outlander.

“May she be safe, she and the child. May she be safe, she and the child.” We’re all familiar with this repeated prayer in Voyager and The Scottish Prisoner. In this episode, Terry and Jayme are back with the second instalment on Jamie’s interior life, and we look look specifically at his prayers and the role they play in his life and spirituality.

We're back with Season 2 and we begin with introducing Celtic spirituality and its origins and theological foundations. Then we apply that to Outlander, looking at Jamie's interior life and prayers as an embodiment of Celtic spirituality.

The King of Men - James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser. We devote this episode to looking at Jamie's call to be a leader, his various vocations living out that call, and what makes him the man we love to love.

As a central character, Claire's experience shapes the tone of the Outlander series. In this episode, Jayme and Terry discuss how Claire's inner life and spirituality change and mature over the course of the series and we set the stage for looking at other characters and their own spiritualities in future episodes.

This episode was recorded live on 15 July 2018 at The Wild Goose Festival 2018 at Hot Springs, North Carolina. Terry and Jayme lead discussion with fellow fans on what reading contemporary fiction as sacred text means and how that applies to how we approach Outlander as a formative and generative text for its fans. (Note: the sound quality is reflective of the fact that this was a live round-table recording)

Terry and Jayme discuss the theme of calling and vocation, the various ways people are called, where we see it in other literature and in Outlander. In this episode, we focus specifically on Claire's call and vocation as a healer.

Jayme & Terry explore the themes of home and belonging in the Outlander series, looking at where/who home is, what it's like to not feel at home, and the human impulse to create community and belong.